Another humorous story has to do with a motorcycle I had owned for several years.  Well I never was the master mechanic that Kevin was and one day after riding my bike with some friends I flipped the bike and fell off.  The bike landed upside down with the throttle full open.  Of course before I could get to it the engine seized up.  I had to beat the kick-starter with a boulder to finally get it to turn over.   I drove it back to Gramma’s house the next day and was showing the bike to Kevin.  He pulled the oil plug and out comes black oil laced with metal slivers and one “Big” bubble gum size of warped engine fragment.  Kevin looked at me and said something like “you need to buy and new bike and fast”.  Just then Andy Figg rode up on his bicycle and I said “Hey Andy wanna buy my motorcycle?”   So I agreed to sell it to him for a pretty good amount.  Far more than it was worth in the shape it was in.  So Kevin showed Andy the piece that came out in the oil and we both told him that this had just came from inside the oil case and that he should take heed before he bought the bike.  Andy was quite used to our practical jokes and began laughing so uncontrollably that he was crying.  No matter how much Kevin or I tried to be serious with him about it he thought it was a great joke.  Yeah right he said as peddled to the bank to get the cash.  Kevin and I were surprised that that bike lasted for another few years with Andy as the owner when we thought it would certainly blow up in Gramma’s driveway.   

Told by Jon Clarkson via email sent to me on 7/10/99.