The REB is home. I walked into Broadway Street Bikes and the REB was on the show room floor beside a new Electra. Don't know why because it was pretty dirty but I guess it still looked pretty good. It started right up but the muffler was rattleing so I looked down and found a nut off the rear header mounting bolt. Not only was it off but it looked stripped. They offered to fix it but it would mean another 180 mile round trip so I declined. That nut had fell off when the bike was new and I replaced it with one that didn't fit all that well so figured I had gotten my mileage out of it. I'll pull the bolt out and re-thread it before riding. There in lies the problem, I won't have time to work on it for a few days as daughter #2 and grandson #only arrive tomorrow. The rest of today and tomorrow are filled with important honeydos. I won't know if it is fixed until I can ride it a few miles. One thing for sure BSBs didn't ride for more than 3 miles. They told me the mech took it out for a ten mile run. I don't who is lying to whom but I'm betting their fix is crap and I have learned an expensive lesson. Should I ever mention taking this thing to a dealer again would someone please shoot me!
I should mention that Dubya and the REB look really, really cool together.
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