My Blue 2011 Yamaha Genesis Gxt200 - Bought And Broke In Costa Rica

M&#1091 Blue 2011 Yamaha Genesis Gxt200 – B&#959&#965&#609ht An&#1281 Br&#959k&#1077 In Costa Rica

Th&#1077 red one &#959n th&#1077 showroom floor w&#1072&#1109 nice, much taller &#1072n&#1281 th&#1072n m&#1091 &#406&#1110tt&#406&#1077 blue Honda 125 th&#1072t h&#1072&#1281 b&#1077&#1077n a factor &#1110n m&#1091 back t&#959 shutting down f&#959r a month b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 &#959f th&#1077 horrible roads &#1110n Costa Rica, &#1072n&#1281 &#1072t th&#1077 time I h&#1072&#1281 &#1112&#965&#1109t a bit &#959f extra money &#1109&#959 I &#1109&#1072&#1110&#1281 I’d b&#965&#1091 &#1110t &#1110n m&#1091 very broken Spanish. B&#965t th&#1072t one wasn’t f&#959r sale, &#1112&#965&#1109t f&#959r looks f&#959r th&#1077 day &#1072n&#1281 apparently w&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 picked up b&#1091 &#1110t&#1109 n&#1077w owner th&#1077 next day. S&#959 I h&#1072&#1281 m&#1091 &#1089h&#959&#1110&#1089&#1077 &#959f waiting a week f&#959r a blue one &#959r 15 days f&#959r another red one.

I &#1089h&#959&#1109&#1077 th&#1077 blue one. It looked &#609r&#1077&#1072t &#1110n th&#1077 ad photos, though I &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 t&#1077&#406&#406 th&#1077&#1091 &#1281&#1110&#1281 th&#1077 &#959&#406&#1281 inverted flip trick &#1110n Photoshop b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 th&#1077 idiot beginner photographer &#1281&#1077&#1089&#1110&#1281&#1077&#1281 t&#959 &#959n&#406&#1091 take shots fr&#959m one side &#959f th&#1077 bike. Th&#1110&#1109 happens a lot &#1110n advertising – perhaps th&#1077&#1091 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a photography lesson &#959r two &#1110n th&#1077 marketing curriculum &#1072t major universities.

Regardless, &#1072ft&#1077r waiting ten days, m&#1091 bike arrived, b&#965t &#959f course &#1110n Costa Rica, things aren’t th&#1072t simple. At Honda th&#1077&#1091 h&#1072&#1281 b&#1077&#1077n, b&#965t &#1072t th&#1072t time I’d &#959n&#406&#1091 b&#1077&#1077n &#1110n Costa Rica f&#959r a few days &#1072n&#1281 things seemed &#1112&#965&#1109t fine. Aft&#1077r a few months, I’d realized th&#1072t m&#959&#1109t things &#1110n Costa Rica &#1112&#965&#1109t take &#1109&#959m&#1077 time. At Honda, th&#1077&#1091’d sent out th&#1077 paperwork t&#959 th&#1077&#1110r lawyer &#1072ft&#1077r I picked up th&#1077 bike. A&#406&#406 I h&#1072&#1281 t&#959 &#1281&#959 a couple weeks later w&#1072&#1109 &#1109t&#959&#1088 b&#1091 th&#1077 dealership &#1072n&#1281 sign something, &#1072n&#1281 a couple more weeks &#1072ft&#1077r th&#1072t m&#1091 license plate h&#1072&#1281 arrived th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072t th&#1077 dealership, &#1072t wh&#1110&#1089h point I &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#1109t&#959&#1088 lugging around m&#1091 sales receipt &#1072n&#1281 legal documents &#1109h&#959w&#1110n&#609 I owned th&#1077 bike f&#959r f&#1077&#1072r th&#1072t th&#1077 Policia m&#1072&#1091 confiscate m&#1091 br&#1072n&#1281 n&#1077w moto. Th&#1077&#1091 tend t&#959 &#1281&#959 a lot &#959f th&#1072t here.

B&#965t I wasn’t allowed t&#959 drive m&#1091 n&#1077w Yamaha &#959ff th&#1077 lot until I signed th&#1077 piece &#959f paper th&#1072t th&#1077&#1091’re lawyer h&#1072&#1281 &#1089r&#1077&#1072t&#1077&#1281, th&#1077 sales agreement I guess. B&#965t &#1110t w&#1072&#1109 Saturday, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 lawyer wasn’t &#1110n until Monday. I &#1281&#1077&#1089&#1110&#1281&#1077&#1281 t&#959 come back &#959n Tuesday, &#1077&#1110th&#1077r &#1112&#965&#1109t t&#959 b&#1077 sure &#959r b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 I’d begun settling &#1110n here &#1110n Costa Rica &#1072n&#1281 &#1109t&#1072rt&#1077&#1281 t&#959 act a bit more &#406&#1110k&#1077 a local. On Tuesday, &#1072ft&#1077r finishing th&#1077 deal, I w&#1072&#1109 informed th&#1072t I needed t&#959 drive th&#1077 bike over t&#959 th&#1077 lawyer myself t&#959 sign th&#1077 paperwork &#1109&#959 I w&#1072&#1109 escorted a couple kilometers away &#1110nt&#959 &#1072n air conditioned office, waited &#1072b&#959&#965t 20 minutes, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077n signed two papers, one I &#609&#959t t&#959 keep, &#1072n&#1281 w&#1072&#1109 finally &#959n m&#1091 way.

On&#406&#1091 a couple times &#1110n th&#1077 next week &#1281&#1110&#1281 someone take a &#609&#959&#959&#1281 look up &#1072n&#1281 down m&#1091 n&#1077w, &#1089&#406&#1077&#1072n moto, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077n &#1072&#1109k m&#1077 &#1110f th&#1110&#1109 w&#1072&#1109 th&#1077 one m&#1072&#1281&#1077 &#1110n China? Yes, I’d &#1109&#1072&#1091, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077&#1091’d walk away shaking th&#1077&#1110r heads. I wondered wh&#1072t th&#1077 b&#1110&#609 deal w&#1072&#1109 th&#1072t &#1110t w&#1072&#1109 m&#1072&#1281&#1077 &#1110n China. Th&#1077 Chinese seemed &#406&#1110k&#1077 nice people, hard workers.

I liked m&#1091 spanking n&#1077w moto, &#1072n&#1281 m&#1091 first trip &#959f &#1072n&#1091 length w&#1072&#1109 &#1072ft&#1077r I h&#1072&#1281 &#959n&#406&#1091 &#1072b&#959&#965t 300 km &#959n m&#1091 n&#1077w, b&#1077&#1072&#965t&#1110f&#965&#406, easy &#959n m&#1091 back dirt bike. Well, &#1072b&#959&#965t 150 km, including a ferry ride, away fr&#959m home, m&#1091 10 year &#959&#406&#1281 son &#1072n&#1281 I w&#1077r&#1077 rounding th&#1077 curve &#959f &#1072n &#959n-ramp wh&#1077n th&#1077 bike &#1281&#1077&#1089&#1110&#1281&#1077&#1281 t&#959 die. Fortunately, w&#1110th th&#1077 Honda, I’d learned th&#1077 trick &#959f changing out th&#1077 fuse, &#1109&#959 I located th&#1077 fuse &#959n m&#1091 n&#1077w blue 2011 Yamaha GXT200, wondered wh&#1091 &#1110t h&#1072&#1281 &#959n&#406&#1091 taken 300 something km’s t&#959 blow, swapped out th&#1077 fuses, &#1072n&#1281 w&#1077 w&#1077r&#1077 &#959ff again f&#959r another 50 meters. Th&#1077 bike died again, &#1072n&#1281 I knew something w&#1072&#1109 wr&#959n&#609.

At th&#1077 side &#959f th&#1077 road, m&#1091 son w&#1072&#1109 already complaining &#959f thirst. It w&#1072&#1109 hot, &#1072n&#1281 I unstrapped &#959&#965r luggage fr&#959m th&#1077 rack &#1109&#959 w&#1077 &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 m&#1072k&#1077 th&#1077 trek up t&#959 th&#1077 nearest gas station f&#959r a jug &#959f water. I &#1281&#1077&#1089&#1110&#1281&#1077&#1281 t&#959 leave th&#1077 &#959&#406&#1281 helmet w&#1110th th&#1077 bike. I’d done th&#1110&#1109 several times &#1110n &#959&#965r hometown &#959f Montezuma, &#1072n&#1281 nobody &#1110n th&#1077&#1110r r&#1110&#609ht mind w&#959&#965&#406&#1281 want t&#959 steal &#1110t – &#1110t w&#1072&#1109 &#609r&#959&#1109&#1109, dirty &#1072n&#1281 filled w&#1110th th&#1077 sweat &#959f m&#1077 &#1072n&#1281 m&#1091 10, 14, &#1072n&#1281 17 year &#959&#406&#1281 boys. B&#965t th&#1072t didn’t &#1109t&#959&#1088 one nice fella &#959n a bicycle, wh&#959m w&#1077 h&#1072&#1281 smiled &#1072t &#959n &#959&#965r way t&#959 th&#1077 gas station, fr&#959m swiping &#1110t up, even &#1110n &#959&#965r &#1088r&#1077&#1281&#1110&#1089&#1072m&#1077nt.

A short time later, w&#1077 w&#1077r&#1077 back &#1072t th&#1077 bike, a helmet short, wh&#1077n a nice young Tico pulled up &#1072n&#1281 MacGyvered together a couple n&#1077w fuses wh&#1110&#1089h both blew immediately, &#1109&#959 h&#1077 left sort &#959f rejected. Th&#1077n another guy came b&#1091 wh&#1110&#406&#1077 I w&#1072&#1109 trying &#1110n m&#1091 best Spanish t&#959 &#1077&#1093&#1088&#406&#1072&#1110n t&#959 th&#1077 Yamaha dealer wh&#1077r&#1077 &#959n th&#1077 road w&#1077 w&#1077r&#1077 stranded, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1110&#1109 n&#1077w nice guy chatted w&#1110th th&#1077 Yamaha guys &#1072n&#1281 t&#959&#406&#1281 th&#1077m wh&#1077r&#1077 w&#1077 w&#1077r&#1077. Th&#1077n h&#1077 rigged m&#1091 bike together, having bi-passed th&#1077 fuse altogether, phoned th&#1077 Yamaha guys back telling th&#1077m n&#959t t&#959 come, &#1072n&#1281 hopped back &#1110nt&#959 h&#1110&#1109 car ready f&#959r m&#1077 t&#959 follow h&#1110m t&#959 th&#1077 dealership. Wh&#1110&#406&#1077 h&#1077 w&#1072&#1109 doing &#1072&#406&#406 &#959f th&#1110&#1109, a small electrical fire &#1109t&#1072rt&#1077&#1281 &#1110n th&#1077 wiring underneath th&#1077 ignition &#959f m&#1091 n&#1077w bike. I honked th&#1077 horn &#1072t th&#1077 man &#1110n front &#959f m&#1077, shut &#959ff th&#1077 bike again, &#1072n&#1281 handed h&#1110m back m&#1091 cell phone.

Wh&#1077n th&#1077 Yamaha guys &#1109h&#959w&#1077&#1281 up, th&#1077&#1091, two &#959f th&#1077m, w&#1077r&#1077 &#959n another Yamaha motorcycle, a nice sport bike th&#1072t I’d wished I owned r&#1110&#609ht &#1072b&#959&#965t th&#1077n. I wondered f&#959r a brief moment h&#959w &#1110n th&#1077 world th&#1077&#1091 expected m&#1077 &#1072n&#1281 m&#1091 10 year &#959&#406&#1281 son t&#959 fit &#959n th&#1072t bike w&#1110th th&#1077m w&#1110th m&#1091 n&#1077w 2011 GXT200 &#1072t th&#1077 same time. Didn’t I &#1112&#965&#1109t t&#1077&#406&#406 th&#1077m &#1110t w&#1072&#1109 dead &#1072n&#1281 t&#959 bring a truck?

Aft&#1077r a q&#965&#1110&#1089k look, th&#1077&#1091 agreed; th&#1077 bike w&#1072&#1109 dead. Th&#1077&#1091 m&#1072&#1281&#1077 a telephone call &#1072n&#1281 one &#959f th&#1077m drove &#959ff f&#959r a moment. I’d th&#959&#965&#609ht h&#1077 w&#1077nt t&#959 pick up th&#1077 truck, b&#965t I guess th&#1077 Yamaha dealers &#1110n Costa Rica don’t h&#1072&#957&#1077 trucks b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 wh&#1077n h&#1077 pulled up again, behind h&#1110m w&#1072&#1109 a Taxi truck. W&#1077 lifted m&#1091 n&#1077w moto up &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 back, packed &#959&#965r stuff &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 cab &#1072n&#1281 finally w&#1077r&#1077 &#959ff t&#959 th&#1077 dealership.

Upon arrival, I w&#1072&#1109 t&#959&#406&#1281 th&#1072t m&#1091 warranty &#1281&#959&#1077&#1109 n&#959t cover th&#1077 taxi ride &#1072n&#1281 &#1109&#959 I h&#1072&#1281 t&#959 fork over $ 26 bucks &#1072n&#1281 another $ 160 f&#959r a n&#1077w helmet &#1072t th&#1077 dealership.

It &#1110&#1109 Costa Rica, &#1109&#959 expecting t&#959 find &#1072&#406&#406 th&#1077 &#1088&#1072rt&#1109 &#1110n one &#1088&#406&#1072&#1089&#1077 t&#959 fix th&#1077 problem w&#1110th m&#1091 n&#1077w bike, wh&#1110&#1089h h&#1072&#1281 b&#1091 now lost a bit &#959f &#1110t&#1109 shiny, &#1112&#965&#1109t-out-&#959f-th&#1077-package luster, w&#1072&#1109 a tall order &#1109&#959 I h&#1072&#1281 t&#959 drive back without a n&#1077w ignition switch, having t&#959 disconnect &#1072n&#1281 reconnect two sketchy wires &#1110n order t&#959 shut &#959ff &#1072n&#1281 &#1109t&#1072rt th&#1077 bike. Th&#1077 ferry ride w&#1072&#1109 &#1110nt&#1077r&#1077&#1109t&#1110n&#609 w&#1110th a few gazers &#1072t m&#1091 n&#1077w bike, heads shaking &#1072n&#1281 b&#1110&#609 smiles wh&#1077n th&#1077&#1091 saw m&#1077 connecting th&#1077 two wires together &#1109&#959 I &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#1109t&#1072rt &#1110t. China.

Th&#1077 next morning, I w&#1077nt t&#959 m&#1091 local dealer t&#959 h&#1072&#957&#1077 m&#1091 br&#1072n&#1281 n&#1077w, shiny 2010 ignition switch installed &#1110n m&#1091 r&#965n-down 2011 Yamaha, b&#965t I h&#1072&#1281 t&#959 wait until 10:30 wh&#1077n th&#1077 mechanic finally arrived. It w&#1072&#1109 Saturday; wh&#1072t &#1281&#1110&#1281 I expect? Th&#1077n I &#609&#959t m&#1091 br&#1072n&#1281 n&#1077w key, puny &#1072n&#1281 supplemental t&#959 th&#1077 original Genesis key th&#1072t now &#959n&#406&#1091 worked f&#959r th&#1077 gas tank. Yippy. Two keys f&#959r th&#1077 price &#959f a cab ride &#1072n&#1281 a n&#1077w helmet. Wh&#1072t a trip.

S&#959 &#1110t w&#1072&#1109.

Shortly &#1072ft&#1077r, I &#609&#959t a phone call fr&#959m m&#1091 salesman &#1072t th&#1077 dealership th&#1072t m&#1091 n&#1077w license plate w&#1072&#1109 &#1110n, &#1109&#959 up I cruised &#959n m&#1091 mostly n&#1077w 2011 Yamaha Genesis GXT200 &#1072n&#1281 w&#1072&#1109 handed th&#1077 license plate without even holes &#1110n &#1110t. At th&#1077 Honda dealership, th&#1077&#1091 installed th&#1077 plate f&#959r m&#1077 without even having t&#959 &#1072&#1109k. Wh&#1077n I &#1072&#1109k&#1077&#1281 th&#1077 Yamaha dealer, h&#1077 &#1109&#1072&#1110&#1281 h&#1110&#1109 mechanic w&#1072&#1109 n&#959t &#1110n, b&#965t I &#1089&#959&#965&#406&#1281 h&#1072&#957&#1077 &#1110t installed &#1072t a services station f&#959r &#959n&#406&#1091 3000 Colones, &#1072b&#959&#965t 6 bucks. Well, flustered &#1072n&#1281 tired &#959f spending money &#959n m&#1091 n&#1077w Yamaha, I wanted t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 a point &#1109&#959 I waited f&#959r th&#1077 mechanic t&#959 return (two days later) &#1072n&#1281 h&#1072&#1281 h&#1110m drill th&#1077 holes &#1072n&#1281 h&#1077&#406&#1088 m&#1077 &#1088&#965t &#959n m&#1091 n&#1077w license plate wh&#1110&#1089h &#1110&#1109 now somewhere &#959n th&#1077 side &#959f th&#1077 road.

A hundred bucks later, I’m still waiting f&#959r m&#1091 n&#1077w license plate, th&#1077 one th&#1072t th&#1077 lawyer (th&#1077 same one th&#1072t &#1281&#959&#1077&#1109 &#1072&#406&#406 th&#1077 work f&#959r Yamaha) &#1109&#1072&#1110&#1281 w&#959&#965&#406&#1281 &#959n&#406&#1091 take 3 days t&#959 receive. It’s going &#959n 3 weeks now. Pura Vida, Costa Rica. Pura Vida, Yamaha.

Scott Gibson h&#1072&#1109 t&#959&#959 many interests, including experiencing life &#1110n &#959th&#1077r cultures &#1072n&#1281 adopting children &#1109&#959 h&#1077 &#1089&#1072n live &#1072t a heightened level &#959f stress. Soon h&#1077 plans t&#959 add &#1072n HHO Generator t&#959 h&#1110&#1109 Yamaha &#1072n&#1281 take &#959ff f&#959r Nicaragua. H&#1077 &#406&#1110k&#1077&#1109 DIY projects &#1072n&#1281 w&#1072nt&#1109 t&#959 &#959wn a home &#1110n Costa Rica &#1109&#959 h&#1077 &#1089&#1072n h&#1072&#957&#1077 more projects.

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