I guess this would fall under here?? Mishap because the guy I was helping was kind of helpless haha.
So I saw a dude on Facebook who needed a place to store his truck and trailer for a couple of months so he could go on an epic trip to Mexico. I've got land so why not make a little side cash.
He rolls up yesterday with a rad African Twin in a small enclosed area. I honestly didn't realize how big those bikes were. He had to take the windshield off to get her to fit.
He wasn't very mechanically inclined to say the least and when reinstalling the windshield he pushed both lower grommets that hold the nuts into the fairing. To reiterate... He was using a torx bit to reinstall the windshield allen socket bolts... I mean it worked but still haha. I tried using a magnet to fish it out, but then realized they were stainless steel. At this point he either wasn't going to run a windshield until he could find replacements grommets in Mexico or take off way to much shit that he most likely wouldn't know how to put back together.
I had my two year old in one arm and was like... 'lets just make something real quick bud.' This was above his pay grade so I was like 'I got a lathe, we'll find some material and just make something to get you by.'
About 45 min later I had these little guys made from an old grinder handle. I'm pretty excited to hear if they make the whole 3 month trip honestly.
