We went to bed that evening a little sad and confused. An ATK 605 is a beast a production works bike if there ever was one. Yeah, old by today's standards but not a bike that should be on its side on a dilapidated dock in the No-man's land zone of the San Rafael Canal.
We finally left a note.
About a week later we got a voice mail "Hi, this is (owner) and it's there because it don't run and I owe you money?"
No clue but with nothing to lose played phone tag for a couple of weeks. We agreed to forgive a forgotten debt and grab the ATK not knowing its condition. Great, now off to DMV to make sure it's really this guys bike to give away.
Yep, no problem, just pay the thousand of past due registration and penalties :mad
Decided to walk away. But there it was, on its side, on a beat to hell island of an old dock, getting swamped every time a big boat went by :cry
The DMV was able to reduce the penalties to under $1000 so last Tuesday we pulled the dock around to a ramp and:
Thank you TOM (OFG) for the carrier.