You never expect it to happen to you. You buy a new Goldwing motorcycle and go for your first long club ride. I had heard of damage to the oil filter from rocks but never expected it to happen to me even though I knew someone who lost an engine for that reason.
He told me about his relative striking a rock and having it strike the oil filter on the new Goldwing. I had also read about bikes being damaged from debris and had ordered a belly pan online. It had not arrived by the time we were leaving for West Virginia.
We departed Manassas for West Virginia. When we arrived in Marlinton, a couple of us were staying in the Marlinton Motor Inn, located a couple of miles north of town. Two of us started out up the hill on US219 leading out of town. As we rounded one of the curves I struck a rock that had fallen down from the cut bank.
My front tire stuck and flipped the rock which struck the underside of the Goldwing. The rock shattered and felt like someone struck the bike with a baseball bat. I immediately saw the blue smoke and knew I had to stop the engine.
Luckily, there was a business on the right. I stopped the bike and shut it down fast. The oil filter is pictured below. How ironic, I had just ordered the belly pan after learning of the potential problem, but it had not arrived before we left home.[I:1:J]
The oil filter looked like someone had shot a bullet through it. The fairing had deep grooves cut by the flying rock.
A passing motorist stopped and offered a pair of gloves and a pointed screwdriver or awl that I used to remove the filter. There was very little oil remaining in the bike. I rode the other riders bike back to the NAPA store in Marlinton and obtained another oil filter and 4 qts of oil.
In the parking lot, I did a roadside repair and installed the oil filter and oil. The Goldwing started up just fine. I appreciate the fellow riders who trusted me with their motorcycle after mine was struck and also was lucky that the person who stopped had a screwdriver that helped me remove the damaged oil filter. We rode the last two miles to our hotel with no problems. - 20785
He told me about his relative striking a rock and having it strike the oil filter on the new Goldwing. I had also read about bikes being damaged from debris and had ordered a belly pan online. It had not arrived by the time we were leaving for West Virginia.
We departed Manassas for West Virginia. When we arrived in Marlinton, a couple of us were staying in the Marlinton Motor Inn, located a couple of miles north of town. Two of us started out up the hill on US219 leading out of town. As we rounded one of the curves I struck a rock that had fallen down from the cut bank.
My front tire stuck and flipped the rock which struck the underside of the Goldwing. The rock shattered and felt like someone struck the bike with a baseball bat. I immediately saw the blue smoke and knew I had to stop the engine.
Luckily, there was a business on the right. I stopped the bike and shut it down fast. The oil filter is pictured below. How ironic, I had just ordered the belly pan after learning of the potential problem, but it had not arrived before we left home.[I:1:J]
The oil filter looked like someone had shot a bullet through it. The fairing had deep grooves cut by the flying rock.
A passing motorist stopped and offered a pair of gloves and a pointed screwdriver or awl that I used to remove the filter. There was very little oil remaining in the bike. I rode the other riders bike back to the NAPA store in Marlinton and obtained another oil filter and 4 qts of oil.
In the parking lot, I did a roadside repair and installed the oil filter and oil. The Goldwing started up just fine. I appreciate the fellow riders who trusted me with their motorcycle after mine was struck and also was lucky that the person who stopped had a screwdriver that helped me remove the damaged oil filter. We rode the last two miles to our hotel with no problems. - 20785
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Cliff Odenkirk is webmaster for Bikes-N-Trikes.net and writes about adventures ridingon a Goldwing
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