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<\/p>\nWe took that 3rd day off to drive over to Gunnison and do some maintenance on the bikes. \u00a0 When we hit town for lunch I noticed a Husky dealer, so we stopped by there to see if they might have a shifter for mine. \u00a0(What follows\u00a0is the reason I sometimes hate motorcycle shops.) \u00a0 I waited in line behind a guy who was asking how to adjust a chain, and than asked if he could just bring the bike to them, have them show him. \u00a0 I asked the guy about a shift lever, he turned to the other counter and asked Bart if it was one of the Italian huskys. \u00a0Bart said he had no idea it’s her bike. \u00a0 I told him yes it was. \u00a0He never looked me again and told Bart that he didn’t carry parts for that bike. \u00a0It was just so rude. \u00a0Bart then asked the guy if we brought him the lever if he’d drill it and put a bolt in it so I wouldn’t have to work so hard to shift. \u00a0He response was that he had a drill and a bolt. \u00a0Not sure if that was a yes or not.<\/p>\n
After that we went back to camp and I pulled the lever off the bike, we figured we would go to the KTM shop and see we could find one that might match. \u00a0This time Bart just took the lever from me and dealt with them. \u00a0Since they again, didn’t want to talk with me about it, these guys weren’t nearly as bad as that other guy, they were nice. \u00a0I just got the impression they weren’t as comfortable with me as they were with Bart. \u00a0 I just don’t get it, they’ll spend 30 minutes talking with a dude about how to adjust a chain, but won’t answer questions about part from a girl. \u00a0I can adjust a chain, remove\u00a0a wheel, a change a tire, change my own oil and do a bunch of other things, but no I don’t warrant \u00a05 minutes of their time….. \u00a0Idiots. \u00a0This is why I like dealerships that know me. \u00a0I’m not treated like I don’t know anything. \u00a0It was the same thing when I was in Alaska a week earlier and I decided to swing by their newest shop. \u00a0I might as well been invisible, even when I tried to get their attention to ask if they had more gloves in the back. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Anyway,\u00a0that other shop in Gunnison at least\u00a0tried to find a lever for it, and sent us to the shop to have them drill the hole for us. \u00a0The kid who did it went way over board and didn’t want to charge us anything. \u00a0That store I’ll give more business!!!<\/p>\n
The next day of ridding was actually really fun. \u00a0Good thing too, I am not sure if I’d had another rough day what I would have done…. Very likely I’d have gone home and sold all of my bikes. \ud83d\ude1b \u00a0We rode up to Taylor lake reservoir it was just stunning. \u00a0We rode up to the top of Cottonwood pass, then headed over to Tin cup pass. \u00a0In all it was a great day for riding, not too hot. \u00a0After Tin Cup we took an off shoot up a road leading to the Alpine Tunnel, It was a nice and scenic ride up and down. \u00a0Perfect after our last ride, since I managed to not fall down, but had two close calls due to trying to catch air over some whoops. \u00a0I didn’t see the deep water filled ditch on the other side until it was too late. \u00a0 At least I kept it up. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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The rest of the ride was filled with great scenery and was really nice and peaceful until Bart decided to break the one rule that it unforgivable. \u00a0Waiting at the next turn off for the last person. \u00a0He didn’t wait for either Kelly or me, so we ended up back at camp hours before him. \u00a0We were worried that something had happened to him, so we waited on the side of the road for awhile trying to reach him. \u00a0Not cool. \u00a0He had some BS excuse, I wasn’t buying it, about thinking we were right behind him.<\/p>\n
This was the end of my riding for next couple of days. \u00a0I booked it over to Denver the next day to drop off my race suit with Nate Butler to see if he could salvage the cluster that Pilot had made of a custom suit. \u00a0(the rant can be found under the gear reviews) \u00a0Then it was home to prep for a track day and racing over the wknd.<\/p>\n
Not a bad way to spend a vacation.<\/p>\n
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