| | Haha... well I guess now my parents know about my motorcycle. Didn't want to tell them just yet but I guess it was for the best. So yea... the other day I was just working out in the garage, and I always leave the garage door open when I work out so it will be cooler. Well while I was working out both my parents walk up to the garage. I knew showing my mom where I lived would come back to bite me... haha. My mom looks at the motorcycle and tells me to tell her that this belongs to one of the other 4 guys that live in the house and is not mine. I guess I could of lied to her right then and said it was one of theirs, but I figured since I wanted to tell her anywayz now was the perfect time.
Well now that my parents knew about the bike they offered to pay for my back brakes since I told them it was making funny noises. While I was taking the rear brake caliper off I noticed that there were no brake pads! The reason there were no brake pads was due to the previous ones being worn down till they dissolved and the brake pistons were rubbing against the rotor. Yea so the rear brake is all fucked up and I have to wait till this part place sends me new parts for the brake caliper. The shit is hella expensive too... all I ordered was one brake piston, one seal kit for that piston, one dust cover, two pins, and two brake shims. Basically, it was 100 bucks for a small metal cylinder, two rubber rings, a metal lid, two paper clips, and two thin pieces of metal to stick to the brake pads. It was 5 dolla for the freaking clips! They're about 2 inches in length and as thick as a paper clip. I guess that is to be expected since the parts are indeed OEM.
So yea... because the back brakes are shot... I can't ride until these parts come in... which wont be till November 6th at the earliest!!! I'm already having motorcycle withdrawals just thinking about it. Actually I would ride the bike now anywayz without the rear brakes... but since my parents know about it I'm not even gonna try it. They would freaking kill me.
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| | Posted 10/23/2006 10:58 PM - 24 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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