High-5 for elite sa50...

[toboggan]

Well, yesterday my friend layed down my scoot... AGAIN! motherf#$%^#

And my front wheel is bent, so i took it off, thinking it was the axle that was bent, but nope, straight as an arrow.

What else could be bent?

Thanks guys!

~toboggan

[scooterwerx]

the wheel itself can bend, its pretty thin stamped sheet metal. i would probably not let this clown ride anything of mine, ever.

[toboggan]

ha, noone, except me, or anyone on here(if we ever do a ride) is going to ride my elite again!!

So you think it's just the wheel?

It couldn't be the forks? I'll check the wheel when i get home!!
Thanks scooterwerx!

[carp]

I'd hit that idiot up for the cost of repairing the scooter.The wheel is $25 - $50 used ,the plastic parts (depending on what is messed up) $25 -$100 used.And yours was in good shape ,might be hard to find good clean parts.You truly should tell him he has to pay up.Say you borrowed a car then bent a wheel and dented a fender 4 wheeling in it.The owner would expect you to pay.If he doesn't do right by you ,hes no friend.He did it twice because you did not hold him responsible for his action the first time.This also shows how little he values your friendship,friends are supposed to look out for each other not try to destroy each others belongings.I mean he screwed it up once(guess he thought he didn't do enough damage),showing no remorse (or concern/respect) he walks all over you and goes and does it again.I'm starting to ramble.Time for my "meds",I'm starting to boil over again.Carp

[toboggan]

Ha, he said he'd pay, i just have to figure what exactly is wrong with it, and how much.

And this isn't the same friend that crashed it the first time, i just used the term "friend" in general.

Thanks again carp!!

[carp]

I got you.I just went off.Back when i was younger,15-16(close to the beginning of time) i had a couple of "friends" that showed that kind of lack of respect.Decided to not put up with that ever again and cut them lose.Made better friends that are still my friends.Good luck.Carp....ps..at least i didn't ask for his address, so I could go kick him in the shins.

[toboggan]

haha. you like to kick people in the shins, (DAC's i think stolen aero thread) haha

But i really trust my friend, he's my closest friend, and i know he'd pay up!

[toboggan]

SO i went home and built a truing stand, my rims bent.

Now looking for a rim for 2 2000 Elite S, SA50p

Anyone have one? lol

[wikked_spree57]

I'm the one with the stolen Aero... * suckers. Carp did offer to kick them in the shin, though I prefer the forhead much over. I don't let my friends ride my scooters unless they own one and know what they're dealing with. My best friend Preston rides mine when they run because every time he's over we use his Elite 150 for beer runs.

[Lunytune]

Sometimes you just have to count the cost of friendship. My youngest son brought his girlfriend home from college. My wife, the scooter evangelist, coaxed her into riding the "E". Scared, nervous... my wife didn't see it, but she lost it in a grassy bar ditch. Came back crying, traumatic. I didn't notice the damage to the plastic until a couple of days later. Repairable, yes... I chalk it off to the price I pay for hopeful future daughter in law. Scooters can be fixed. Relationships require sacrifice and effort.

Now the rest of the story. She got over her trauma, got back on the next day, and I think we converted her. She'll ride again.