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**Mrs. Leanintree** · August 2nd, 2008, 10:04 PM

I know there's tons dedicated to broke down built up wheelers but what else does everyone have that breaks down every so often?

Here's my story for the day:
LT, myself and our friend Dean take off over the Grand Mesa for what should be a 3 hour tour (heard this one before?). Going up the north side of the Mesa, my bike-AKA The Thermonuclear Cupcake, starts spitting and sputtering and dies right in the road. So I pull over with little to no shoulder room. LT and Dean turn around, they thought I threw in the towel but in all reality it was the cupcake. So they notice I am missing the screw off the clutch lever-still pivots and engages but could potentially give out. And also the bike seems vapor locked. So we wait for a bit, try to start, and it's trying to turn over but it just won't fire. So we get the bikes turned downhill to a better pull off and LT babies it the whole way. I'm riding Dean's ZX6 which has considerable higher pegs with the worst cramp in my hip. We get to a better stopping place, take off most of the plastic, the gas tank and all to get to the guts. In the end, they decide the fuel pump has died. They bypass the pump and it seems to want to run but it's way low on power and you gotta keep the RPM's way high. We made it to the top and stop for lunch at 2:00-we left at 10:30. It's still running really bad and there's some moto-heads at this place so they all help Don get it going again. We eat, go start up and it's running even worse than before. Dink with it, says lots of cuss words, sweat alot, finally, we think we have it going at least. I killed it one time taking off from a stop before starting at 4500 RPM is just not kosher. As we come off the Mesa on the south side, lower in altitude it runs better but still spurty at 6500 RPM. We stop at the folks house, it's now 4:00. We BS and think we're OK to make it home. Well with the bypass, the fuel has to be shut off when it's not running. Guess what idiot forgot to turn the fuel back on-yep ME. Whoops.

We made it home fine and I broke 100 MPH coming across the desert- that was bad a$$ and not as scary as I thought it'd be. We got home at 5:15. The guys take the cupcakes top end apart and it has 1 fouled spark plug-easy fix with a trip to the auto parts store. It still runs kinda sketchy and the fuel pump will have the be replaced or the points replaced if it's possible. It was a fun day other than the Cupcake acting up. Ran through some rain which felt damm good.

**goofy** · August 3rd, 2008, 06:18 AM

Glad you had fun......doesn't it totally suck to have your bike break down???????

Thank God mine is up and running again and so far going good.

**fred2mihi** · August 3rd, 2008, 06:19 AM

You should have heard the cuss words when they were here! I just kept mentioning a

rock crawler is a lot more fun. Well maybe not they can be as agrivating as the "cupcake".

**goofy** · August 3rd, 2008, 06:25 AM

anything can be when it breaks down.

**Mrs. Leanintree** · August 3rd, 2008, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by goofy

Glad you had fun......doesn't it totally suck to have your bike break down???????

Thank God mine is up and running again and so far going good. :bouncing goofy:

Yep, I'll probably be relegated to driving on 4 wheels again. Unless by some miracle there's one in town for a better price than the internet.

**cbbr** · August 3rd, 2008, 08:28 AM

Sounds ike a fun day even with the trouble.

**filo** · August 3rd, 2008, 10:31 AM

Sounds like it was fun, and sucked, all in the same day. What would we bitch about if it weren't for motorized vehicles?

**Mrs. Leanintree** · August 3rd, 2008, 06:01 PM

Thanks to LT sweating in the garage all day, the Cupcake is back up and running. We did a little research and found that a universal fuel pump would work just fine on a motorcycle and about 1/3 the price as an OEM for my bike.

I made a killer supper-grilled pork chops, corn on the cob, cukes in vinegar, tomato salad and broccoli cheese rice. That is my way of saying how much I love Don for slaving over my bike in a hot garage...

Thank you Honey!!!

**leanintree** · August 3rd, 2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Leanintree

Thanks to LT sweating in the garage all day, the Cupcake is back up and running. We did a little research and found that a universal fuel pump would work just fine on a motorcycle and about 1/3 the price as an OEM for my bike. :woot:I made a killer supper-grilled pork chops, corn on the cob, cukes in vinegar, tomato salad and broccoli cheese rice. That is my way of saying how much I love Don for slaving over my bike in a hot garage...

Thank you Honey!!!

And THAT'S why I'm a fat barstard. 'Cause me Bethie luvs me. :headbang:

Leanintree

**MrK5** · August 3rd, 2008, 09:34 PM

Sounds like it's time for another rode trip so you can make sure it's all running good. At least you have a good excuse anyway.

It rained on us yesterday wheeling and today on the drive home. I agree, it felt damn good.

**Mrs. Leanintree** · August 4th, 2008, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MrK5

Sounds like it's time for another rode trip so you can make sure it's all running good. At least you have a good excuse anyway.

I am not sure if we'll be able to go this weekend. Uncle Noel will be at Mom and Dad's and we're going there Friday night for a wheeling trip Saturday. If it wasn't for the dog, we could ride down Friday.

**goofy** · August 4th, 2008, 05:28 AM

I know that my bike is doing fine. Bruce and I went for a ride yesterday before I went to work. I worked for a few hours yesterday to cover, so the boss didn't have to come in. It was really slow so I left early, since I was on O/T

Glad to hear that LT was able to fix Cupcake. I know how it feels to have a broken motorcycle.