The Honda Riders Club was planning a ride to West Virginia. I had my new Goldwing fresh from the dealers showroom. What could go wrong? I had heard that rocks could be thrown by the front tire and damage the oil filter, but it was my first long ride and he belly pan I ordered aftermarket had not arrived. I was warned by a friend.
He told me about his relative striking a rock and having it strike the oil filter on the new Goldwing. I had also read about bikes being damaged from debris and had ordered a belly pan online. It had not arrived by the time we were leaving for West Virginia.
We departed Manassas for West Virginia. When we arrived in Marlinton, a couple of us were staying in the Marlinton Motor Inn, located a couple of miles north of town. Two of us started out up the hill on US219 leading out of town. As we rounded one of the curves I struck a rock that had fallen down from the cut bank.
The rock flipped up from under the front tire and hit the Goldwing, making a loud noise. It sounded like something had exploded. I could see smoke coming from the bike and had to get off the road and shut down fast.
After the curve there was a business parking lot which I rode into and I hit the kill switch coasting to a stop. The result of the rock damage is shown below. The irony is I had read of this problem on the webboards and had ordered a belly pan the previous Monday night, but I had not arrived by Friday morning when we departed Manassas.[I:1:J]
The rock put three deep grooves in the grey plastic housing that holds the fog lights. There was a big hole in the oil filter.
I was fortunate, someone driving by saw our plight and just happened to have a screwdriver, which I stuck in the hole and used to remove the filter. The oil was almost all gone, with very little left in the engine. One of my fellow riders lent me his bike to ride back into the nearest town. I found an auto parts store that had a filter that fit and took that and some oil back up the hill.
When I got to the top of the hill, and the Goldwing, I put the new filter on, dumped the oil in the bike and started it up. I thank the fellow riders who lent me their bike after I damaged mine. I also have to say thanks to the passing motorist who just happened to have a tool I could use to remove the motorcycle oil filter. The bike ran fine as we left the parking lot and rode to the motel where we had our reservations. - 16928
He told me about his relative striking a rock and having it strike the oil filter on the new Goldwing. I had also read about bikes being damaged from debris and had ordered a belly pan online. It had not arrived by the time we were leaving for West Virginia.
We departed Manassas for West Virginia. When we arrived in Marlinton, a couple of us were staying in the Marlinton Motor Inn, located a couple of miles north of town. Two of us started out up the hill on US219 leading out of town. As we rounded one of the curves I struck a rock that had fallen down from the cut bank.
The rock flipped up from under the front tire and hit the Goldwing, making a loud noise. It sounded like something had exploded. I could see smoke coming from the bike and had to get off the road and shut down fast.
After the curve there was a business parking lot which I rode into and I hit the kill switch coasting to a stop. The result of the rock damage is shown below. The irony is I had read of this problem on the webboards and had ordered a belly pan the previous Monday night, but I had not arrived by Friday morning when we departed Manassas.[I:1:J]
The rock put three deep grooves in the grey plastic housing that holds the fog lights. There was a big hole in the oil filter.
I was fortunate, someone driving by saw our plight and just happened to have a screwdriver, which I stuck in the hole and used to remove the filter. The oil was almost all gone, with very little left in the engine. One of my fellow riders lent me his bike to ride back into the nearest town. I found an auto parts store that had a filter that fit and took that and some oil back up the hill.
When I got to the top of the hill, and the Goldwing, I put the new filter on, dumped the oil in the bike and started it up. I thank the fellow riders who lent me their bike after I damaged mine. I also have to say thanks to the passing motorist who just happened to have a tool I could use to remove the motorcycle oil filter. The bike ran fine as we left the parking lot and rode to the motel where we had our reservations. - 16928
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