(11-09-2019, 04:18 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote:

(11-09-2019, 03:46 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Bill: Some really nice snaps for sure.

(*sigh*) 2013 seems so long ago now.

What was this?



... taken from https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZZtzrKDWht1x2cGC6

By the time I got home after the 5000-mile trip, the rear tires were worn down to the nub. Tires were a recurring, annoying expense in this car. Trying to make them last till I got home.

I was selling the car with the original 16" wheels (which still had tread) and selling these 17" separately, so didn't want to have to spend another $400 on rear tires.

(11-08-2019, 01:43 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Bill: Pleez be careful. There are trees, boulders, trenches, gullies, and maybe the worse: Squirrels who can never seem to make up their mind.

(11-09-2019, 11:05 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote:

(11-08-2019, 01:43 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Bill: Pleez be careful. There are trees, boulders, trenches, gullies, and maybe the worse: Squirrels who can never seem to make up their mind.

You left out dogs. Had about five chasing after me today, but I think the 29" knobby tires kept them at bay.

This is about as technical as it gets for me ...



Nice day for a new bike shakedown ...

(11-09-2019, 01:05 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:

(11-09-2019, 11:05 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote:

(11-08-2019, 01:43 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Bill: Pleez be careful. There are trees, boulders, trenches, gullies, and maybe the worse: Squirrels who can never seem to make up their mind.

You left out dogs. Had about five chasing after me today, but I think the 29" knobby tires kept them at bay.

This is about as technical as it gets for me ...



Nice day for a new bike shakedown ...

You left out dogs. Had about five chasing after me today, but I think the 29" knobby tires kept them at bay.
...
Were you wearin' meat or sumthin'?

(11-05-2019, 07:27 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote:

(09-27-2019, 09:32 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand look who's finally home. Two months to the day.

So the new owner in California called ... he wrecked it already.

Low speed fallover ... he's ok but all the new shiny parts ... not so much.

(11-21-2019, 04:17 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: zbillster, wow, never new insurance could be so difficult to deal with--the few times I've had to deal with progressive it was over vehicles only (car, mc, boat even), no body injury, and they were pretty much upfront and timely.

Keep on the mend!

(11-21-2019, 04:13 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote:

(11-05-2019, 07:27 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote:

(09-27-2019, 09:32 AM)zbillster_imp Wrote: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand look who's finally home. Two months to the day.

So the new owner in California called ... he wrecked it already.

Low speed fallover ... he's ok but all the new shiny parts ... not so much.

So the new owner in California called ... he wrecked it already.

Low speed fallover ... he's ok but all the new shiny parts ... not so much.
Late November Update:

1. New California owner called (again). Due to 69-year-old leg issues, he's going to fix up the bike and sell it (again). So be on the lookout on the West Coast for this CB.

2. The relationship with Progressive Insurance over my medical coverage reimbursement is getting heated. They are holding up reimbursement on the remaining $5100 of eligible medical bills (in my $25K total coverage) on "waiting for ER medical records" ... which I have filled out the authorization paperwork for at the hospital TWICE (once in person in late October) ... the hospital says they faxed the records access information to my adjuster in October the day I showed up in person, and again this week ... the adjuster seems to be avoiding my calls, responding via email days later. Next step: File a complaint to the Texas Department of Insurance to "motivate" them to close this July claim out.

3. The battle over medical bill negotiations will hopefully wind up soon. Got the $265 arm sling reduced to $50 (normal retail is $25 shipped) ... but it took about 2-1/2 weeks to seal the deal, as this crooked company (Dura Medic out of Austin, Texas) never answers their customer service line, never returns voicemail messages ... so I had to resort to badgering them with comments via social media and other sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Better Business Bureau, Google Maps, Yelp) to get a callback from the person authorized to take my reduced payment. That was a long, annoying trip around the barn.

4. Healing continues slowly but surely ... left hand less and less painful, right shoulder less bothersome.

Cheers, y'all!