Neanderpundit

Evel Knievel dead.

Won’t be many more like him.

Bugger could do some real damage to a scooter. And himself. Wonder how many stunt men today would do what he did without any safety other than a helmet and a tight leather suit to hold his bones together if he wrecked?

Handed the keys to the Exploder to someone else, and said “Fix it”.

Well, mostly because the item to be “fixed” was exhaust(all three catalytic converters(- and they could fix it in a couple days, and for the cost of the parts.(plus, I got the good muffler and the OEM parts) So I get someone else to do the labor, and I still get the good parts. Not a spot of rust on the “old” stuff, by the way. I mean, surface rust, but not one thing rusted through.

Unfortunately it means I stay home tomorrow, but i could get some hunting in on Sunday.

At least it was something that could be fixed. Guess I can’t expect that cat to run for 300,000 miles. I expect to drive this for at least another 150,000 miles and at $1500 bucks, that’s about a penny a mile.

Imagine this poor bastard.