I’m so ill this week over the bike. It seems like every time we get a step closer to getting everything put back together something goes wrong. Our friend from the bike shop has had our new front forks for a couple weeks. He was changing out the springs for us because the stock springs can’t be adjusted enough for Hubby’s weight.

We ordered an after market set of springs per recommendations from the guys on the 600r forums and Wheelers. We dropped the forks off with our friend knowing he wouldn’t get them back to us soon because he’s doing this as a side job. No big deal. He did promise to have them back to us by the end of the week. As soon as he started working on them there was a problem. Parts Unlimited sent the right set for our bike according to the part number, but the springs weren’t the right springs.

The dealership called Parts Unlimited and they sent out a second set saying there was probably a mix up in the factory when the kit was put together. No big deal, but we had to wait a week for the second kit to arrive. When it came in our friend picked it up from the parts department as he was leaving the shop.

We were expecting our friend to put the new springs in today, but he called this morning with more bad news. This time Parts Unlimited sent the completely wrong kit. They sent a kit for an r6, not a 600r. Grrrr…feel my frustration?

Instead of waiting on yet another kit to be sent out I told him to put the old springs in the new forks, and we’ll switch them out once we get the whole kit thing sorted out with Parts Unlimited. He swung by earlier to drop his Sony Vaio off with me to fix, and he picked up the old forks so he can get the old springs.

I’m just so ready to have this thing back together. We’re so close yet so far away at the same time.