09-28-2013, 12:21 PM
I just bought my bike out of state and good thing I didn't have to get to my battery on the trip back. Today I did 600 mile check and wanted to check battery posts. The screw that holds the storage box was cross threaded big time, it took great effort just to turn that puppy (I'm a retired aircraft tech so I know my way around a tool box)..............needless to say the anchor nut broke free and the screw just spun. What a hassle trying to drill the screw head off when it spins and not much room to vise grip it. It turned out ugly and basically had to work on the box around the screw to release it...........no big deal, I can find ways to secure it but it just pisses me off the quality of work you get nowadays. The dude that did this had to really torque on the screw to seat it all the way, he knew he cross threaded it.
About a year and a half ago I bought a new Super Tenere and at 600 miles required final drive fluid change, pulled the drain plug and only a few drops came out (long story short, got the dealer to tear it down for inspection)..........and it doesn't end there, about a month after this I was checking front tire pressure and noticed both pinch bolts on the axle were backed out several turns.
The moral of the story, when you do that first inspection really check Everything cause that make ready guy doesn't know sh**.
About a year and a half ago I bought a new Super Tenere and at 600 miles required final drive fluid change, pulled the drain plug and only a few drops came out (long story short, got the dealer to tear it down for inspection)..........and it doesn't end there, about a month after this I was checking front tire pressure and noticed both pinch bolts on the axle were backed out several turns.
The moral of the story, when you do that first inspection really check Everything cause that make ready guy doesn't know sh**.