"I'm in a bit of a pickle," is how the phone conversation started. Ben had stopped to look around Campania Cemetery, one of many historic places in Tas. While there, he met an older bloke and it turned out that they had a common interest in fossicking. Ben got to visit the man's house and saw an impressive collection of gemstones. Meanwhile, in the cemetery car park, the fully-loaded red Ducati mysteriously tumbled off the side-stand (again) snapping the clutch lever off at the base (again). With no spare lever, no tools except for one pair of pliers, an 8.30am sailing course in Hobart the next day and the sun rapidly setting over the cemetery, it seemed like a fairly good time to phone the folks. The RACT were called but rang him back to say there would be a delay getting a tray truck. They weren't needed, however. Using pliers to operate the hydraulic clutch, Ben limped the bike 20kms to Cambridge. The bike can be safely left there over the weekend and it's close enough to Hobart to take a taxi to this weekend's sailing course. While he's sailing around on a yacht, we'll try to find a replacement lever and express post it over.
Saturday morning update: Spare clutch lever found, purchased and posted Express Post. "Guaranteed next day delivery", according to the envelope but won't actually get there till Tuesday or Wednesday since the guarantee only applies to week days and city locations. Cambridge is between Hobart and the airport but outside the list of locations!
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