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>planning a road trip for the end of May
>started planning in early May
>gonna need a windshield and saddlebags on muh bike
>install saddlebags
>hellyeah
>carry groceries around town like a boss
>go to install windshield
>brackets don't fit
>turns out previous owner crash-landed bike on the headlight and bent the bracket out of whack
>order new bracket
>7-10 days later
>install windshield
>cruise down the highways at 80 mph, no fucks given
>suddenly winter skips springtime and goes straight to summer
>bike reacts to this
>won't idle right, think it's a cable issue caused by installing the windshield, but throttle cable is fine
>take it to a mechanic
>3-5 days later
>bike is fixed, idle set screw was out of whack
>$37
>go for a 150 mile-ish practice ride last sunday in anticipation of road trip which is now less than a week away
>less than 20 miles out, hit bump, which knocks loose a bolt that stabilized the rear brake, and...
>entire brake assembly twists ~5 degrees on the wheel, snaps an essential connector rod and twists the brake lever into a reverse J-shape
>simple fix (am sure I can do it myself in 1 hour or less, or it's free), cheap(ish) part...
>need to order the part or else can't fix it, local suzuki dealer is closed on mondays...
>frantically ordering online
>have ordered from two places already, selected EXPEDITED SHIPPING
>no shipping confirmation as of Tuesday (have tried to contact one, partzilla, but ALL SYSTEMS ARE DOWN, no phone calls, no email, no live chat, fuck the haters)
>ordered another one from guy on ebay mid day Tuesday
>road trip is this weekend
>am meeting family mid-way along route in a certain time-frame, destination is a 4 day road trip away
>even if I fix it, I'm worried about other shit rattling loose
tl;dr Fuck my life.
On an up note, the part was marked shipped today.
