Jamie

French friend of mine riding his 3 or 4 year-old Rocket III. All of sudden, the odometer jumped from 71'800 k's, the bike's actual mileage, to 874'070 k's ( i.e. roughly 546'000 miles!).

The fuel gauge instantly went from full to near empty. And the after-market clock started showing 13:75 (seventy-five) as the time of the day.

Pictural evidence is on www.rocket-3.org

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And to think that so many things in/about our existence are electronically managed, tracked, accounted for, monitored, etc. ...

Jamie

The Prophet

By any chance... did he step into another dimension?

Seriously, imagine all the great conversations and bragging rights you could get with 546,000 miles on the Odometer...

"Oil change? Are you supposed to do that?

It reminds me somewhat of my 1979 MGB, that I rarely use for obvious reasons. Guaranteed, every time I take it out for a spin; something breaks. Last time it was the speedometer, which went "Vrzz, vrizzzz, zzork, wizz...clunk", and died. I put it back in the shed, pulled out the ignition key, shut the door, and haven't cared about it since. Quite possibly the worst car ever made? Well, at least a runner up, or "Top Ten".

Ride Safe (and hopefully within THIS dimension)!

Bob

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Jamie

He might already have. After the fact, though. Just by virtue of his tale and pics being e:broadcast (my cheap contribution to THIS forum), Google'd and eventually VideoTube'd.

To most human beings, that "other dimension" is simply FAME. Jamie

The Prophet

Great story.

By the way, remind your buddy that you can change from a little cursor/automobile figure to a motorcycle fiqure on the Garmin GPS Screen. My son, who is much better than me at doing such things - did it for me, so if you need to fly him to France...

Ride Safe!

Bob