Saturday, September 12, 2009

Bike Problem - Breaks Sep. 12th


Ok, arriving to Villa Hermosa I got lost inside of the city; the hwy goes through the city and the city is quite big so it was obvious I will get lost.
I stopped a couple times to ask for directions. At 3 PM, it was extremely hot and I noticed the bike was getting really hot.

At one point I was stuck in traffic, uphill and moving one meter at a time. I was using the brakes a lot and all of the sudden a big cloud of smoke came off the bike. It was something related with the brakes.

To my luck, 3 cars behind me was a motorcycle mechanic, I did not have time to take my helmet off and I was already talking with a mechanic and HIS SHOP was 20 meter up the hill !!!

I was so dehydrated, tired and confused; I was not able to think! I just moved the bike inside of the shop and got a taxi to a hotel....again...I was shaking and I just needed a hotel to cool off.

The next day (Sunday) I was much more calm...I visited Plata and I noticed she was in save hands. No work has been done (as I indicated). So I decided to be a tourist in Villa Hermosa.

Today is Monday, I am having breakfast now, I will go and work on the bike all day (with the mechanic's help!) I will update the status later.

Later....The bike is fixed by noon. There was a fitting loose in the brake line...something was loose, probably not attached properly in Albuquerque NM when they did the other repair.
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