1 Why you shouldn't drop a fully loaded K1100LT on your right foot at a gas station Wed 07 Nov 2018, 14:07
duck
Life time member
This happened in Taft, California about 1,300 miles into my loop of the western states. Were I a sane, rational person I would've gone to a clinic the next day and then headed home. However, since I'm not, I holed up at a Hilton in Palmdale and iced it down for a couple of days until I could hobble around on my right heel without a whole lot of pain. Then, since I could still shift just fine with my left foot, I hopped back on the bike and rode another 3,300 miles to complete the trip I'd planned.
Now, as if that weren't enough "adventure" for one ride, a few days later I stopped by to visit a K1100LT owner in Salida that I'd sold some parts to and he'd invited me to stop by if I were ever in Colorado. About 30 minutes after meeting him and checking out the LT he is restoring from a lowside, I went outside to get something off of my bike. When I came back in he was slumped over in a chair, unable to speak and suffering a MAJOR STROKE.
I immediately called 911 and given the severity of the stroke he ended up having to be life-flighted to Colorado Springs. Thankfully, I spoke to him a couple of weeks later and he was fully recovered and back at home. Since he lives alone it's incredibly fortunate that I happened to be there when this occurred.
Aside from those little incidents it was an excellent 4,600 mile ride but I do hope my next ride is a bit less "interesting."
Along the way I visited a K100 owner, a K75 owner and a K1100LT owner.
Here's my GPS track:
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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT