Technically THEY paid for themselves
A plastic fender toolkit apparatus lived under where this “hip” went it. I could no longer access the tool kit once the hip was installed. Why bother w/the hip? The other side is more important as it protects (part of) the muffler and link pipe, and things from it. They also add strength and structure to the rear end.
There aren’t a lot of BDR rules. Two of the biggest revolve around not passing gas. ‘At’s right, don-do-it…. Got half a tank and you see a gas pump? Top off, unless you like to gamble, flirt with disaster. The second part of not passing, squirrel some away!!
I had lunch outside Yarmouth en route to the ferry. I was on schedule, tight, but on. As I pulled away from poutine and rappie pie, I had two bars of fuel. Uh-oh. Almost doubled back but didn’t want to, hoped there would be something ahead, SOON. The GPS said there was. Turned out to be a service station…
Gas pumps are few and far between in Nova Scotia. SERIOUSLY! Glad I upgraded to a 3.5gallon tank! I now know I get about 200MPT (Miles Per Tank). And not much more.
A bottle holster and fuel bottle filled the toolkit void perfectly. I’m sooooo glad it did, I did it! (it was one of those AH-HA moments messing around with upgrades in the house!)
Turns out, I ran dry on the highway to Digby. Utilized the back up, 1.5L, a couple mere miles from a station. That itself was a couple miles from the road. Filled up and HAULED PATOOTY, arriving for loading a 1/2 hour late, but “in time”.
It’s experiences like this I set out to have before getting off the pavement. It could be considered a fail from the half-empty side.
The other side sees a major win, lesson on the curve. A) DON’T PASS GAS B) SQUIRREL SOME AWAY C) Nova Scotia does NOT have a gas pump in every town
For real…
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