Spook99
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So my beloved Tracer goes in for its second service yesterday, in readiness for the summer and a week touring in the Alps next month, I'm already excited! I decided to get the carbon effect LED indicators fitted while it was in for service as I though they looked great on another bike I saw.
My wife-to-be says she needed a lift in to work yesterday, so at the end of the day I go back to the garage to collect the bike, where she's waiting for a lift home. I see the bike at the front of the garage and start admiring my new indicators, she comes over and says
'start it up and see what they look like'
'I don't need to start it' and I turn the ignition on and put on the hazards, and sure enough they do look great, I'm happy with them. By this time the service manager and one of the sales team are checking I'm happy with the outcome. I said to them
'I meant to tell you I left the heated grips on and was worried you had the ignition on during some of the service' they assure me it'll be fine, but my fiancée says
'just start it and check'
Whilst I'm telling her it'll be ok I start it up anyway for piece of mind
Over the next 1.2 seconds the following thoughts and emotions go through my head
Hmmmmm that's not right...........I start frowning
They've broken my bike..............my frown deepens
sounds good though....................my eyes widen
She effing hasn't, has she...........I start grinning
As I give it a rev I dive round the other side of the bike and see the letters Akrapovic written on my new exhaust! She's gone and bought me an Akrapovic and had it fitted while it was in for service!! The guys at the garage were obviously in on it and enjoying the revelation I was going through.
Sweet god in heaven, after nearly 50 years on the planet I've found the right one. I'll have to marry her now and get a bigger helmet to accommodate my new smile.
My wife-to-be says she needed a lift in to work yesterday, so at the end of the day I go back to the garage to collect the bike, where she's waiting for a lift home. I see the bike at the front of the garage and start admiring my new indicators, she comes over and says
'start it up and see what they look like'
'I don't need to start it' and I turn the ignition on and put on the hazards, and sure enough they do look great, I'm happy with them. By this time the service manager and one of the sales team are checking I'm happy with the outcome. I said to them
'I meant to tell you I left the heated grips on and was worried you had the ignition on during some of the service' they assure me it'll be fine, but my fiancée says
'just start it and check'
Whilst I'm telling her it'll be ok I start it up anyway for piece of mind
Over the next 1.2 seconds the following thoughts and emotions go through my head
Hmmmmm that's not right...........I start frowning
They've broken my bike..............my frown deepens
sounds good though....................my eyes widen
She effing hasn't, has she...........I start grinning
As I give it a rev I dive round the other side of the bike and see the letters Akrapovic written on my new exhaust! She's gone and bought me an Akrapovic and had it fitted while it was in for service!! The guys at the garage were obviously in on it and enjoying the revelation I was going through.
Sweet god in heaven, after nearly 50 years on the planet I've found the right one. I'll have to marry her now and get a bigger helmet to accommodate my new smile.
