I couldn't resist checking out a bike that was posted for sale on another forum last week.. It's an '82 XJ750 Seca that was posted on the MicaPeak XJ Owner's list... I contacted the owner of the bike, and learned that the bike "ran" when put up about a year ago.. so got some more recent photos than what was posted in his ad... and decided to make the drive down to San Antonio to check things out, and possibly bring the bike back with me. When we got close to the owner's house, I called, and he excitedly said that he got the bike running and would fire it up for us when we got there... So, we got there, he fired the bike up with a shot of starter fluid into the carb throats.. and it roared to life.. rough.. but it ran! A little TLC, some time working out an electrical relay gremlin or two, and take care of some overdue routine maintenance and cosmetics, and it'll be a nice ride... Fantastic - considering the price I paid for it... I spent more in gas for my S-10 Blazer getting there & back (3 tank fulls) than I spent on the bike itself.... <grin> (and yes - I got the bike with a clear title) Immediately after getting on the road in San Antonio to head back to Dallas, traffic immediately came to an almost halt... my buddy looks ahead and says "Hey, Look at that".. I look ahead on the road, and didn't see anything.. and say "Where?".. "Up there - on the embankment". A truck was up there, flipped onto it's passenger side... "Strange," I thought.. "there's no-one standing around, and looking at it or anything... Hey!!! Friggin' wait - There's 2 people still in the truck!!" I yanked the Blazer/Trailer/bike over to the side and Richard and I run to the truck.. the gals inside had rolled, windshield cracked, but they looked okay. Driver hanging in her seatbelt in the driver's position.. and the passenger sitting on the door/window. I reached up to hold the truck in place so that it wouldn't roll down the embankment.. and next thing I know - there's about 10 guys there helping us hold it in place.... After what seemed like an hour - but in reality was probably 15-20 seconds, we decided it was time to get them out... The cab had shifted enough that we were able to pop out the rear window without breaking it... then had the passenger squeeze her oversized posterior through the window-hole... the driver quickly exited through the same way..... Note: Some guy showed up who claimed to be an "off duty registered EMT" - and he starts freaking out and screaming that he wants to bust out the windshiled to get them out - because he "sees this kind of thing every day." If the frickin idiot decides to work an accident I'm in - I'd kill him... He needed to use the grey matter between his ears and actually *think* before taking the wrong course of action... It was right about then that the police & emergency vehicles showed up to do their part.. as we hadn't really witnessed the accident, we were told we could get back on our way... Something had happened on the highway, and they had careened off the road - missing the cement barriers at an entrance ramp, and went up the embankment - nearly to the top, and flipped back downwards - from what we could tell... The gals were quite shaken, and were visibly upset.. the driver had bumped her head in the rollover - but they both seemed okay. I'll bet after their adrenaline rush wore off, the both were feeling some pain... But they were lucky... A few minor bruises, and a snapped rear driver's side wheel/hub in the rollover. I don't know how many cars ahead of us that passed them without stopping to help...but it's pathetic.. I KNOW that if ANY bikers had seen it, they'd have stopped to help as we did - it's in our blood. Rex S. '82 XJ650 Maxim - The Beast '82 XJ750 Seca - The New Ride '82 XJ750 Maxim - The Project
