I would like to start this topic hoping that I'm not the only one that does stupid things
1. Mentioned before about pouring brand new oil through the engine and out the bottom through the unplugged sump plug and into the oil pan.
2. Did some things yesterday including got the high beam flasher working. Early start this morning (dark, pushed bike out front) and no start. Everything working but no fuel pump. Thought it might have been something to do with where the flasher is as wires go from there to clutch. Wheeled bike back into garage and pulled the bracket apart, tried stand button, put in gear and rocked. Went to push starter again and noticed kill switch in off position. Doh. I rarely use it
I bought a new Harley.
Doesn't get much dumber than that.
I'm back on proper bikes now, but I still have the mental scars.
Hard to top that one for stupidity Tony :clapping:
Let's try anyway. Sold my 14 :facepalm:
After 10 years of mental therapy I was cured instantly when riding my "new" 14 home :boogie:
have done the kill switch thing, took a while to figure. have lobbed at work a day early after holidays, stupid i know, but riding to work last year, had forgotten to put false teeth in. thought the wind flow was a bit more than usual. :rofl2:
A bit of ploughing done Tony or time on the side of the road contemplating your decision? :)
Quote from: Buddynq on Sunday, 27 August 2017, 07:14 PM
A bit of ploughing done Tony or time on the side of the road contemplating your decision? :)
I wanted to like it, really I did. Something to mod to suit me, to evolve over time, easy to work on and service, a bike to grow old with. I even bought those luxury "Extra's" like a rev counter and pillion seat!
I'd lost 3 mates on rides in a year, I thought it would low me down.
Piece of shit was gutless, handling was crap, brakes didn't.
Bulbs blew, big ends knocked, exhaust heat shields fell off, nut cme off the front sprocket and the sprocket took all the thread off where the nut went (it was the last chain drive Evo)
Dealer told me I was to blame for riding it like a jap bike.
The highlight of owning it was being told I wasn't welcome in HOG (Harley Owners Group)
I sold if after 18 months and bought an 1100 Katana that I kept for 12 years.
Tony, sounds like you got one of the better ones.
Huh, didn't you know that they test IQ in aspirants for HOG. It is obvious you failed the MAX-requirement of 99.
Long list there! I add one more.
Guy drives hd to suspension specialist.
Guy: "I am not happy with my fork. Now I read that they are crappy forks. Anything you can do to make it better"
"They are actually quite good forks. It's the way HD put them in. Look at that steering head angle. Even the best fork can't do a good job in that position."
I thought things were blurred as I rode away from the barbers - must be all the hair he cut off ( not much to cut nowadays ) then I realised I had taken my glasses off for the cut and they were still on the shelf !!
Another time I put my prescription glasses on for the first time and they were very dark - I guessed that was why things weren't that clear - anyway, I didn't see the sleeping policeman and hit it rather hard but managed to stay on - I went back to the opticians to tell them I had problems, they huddled together in a group when i handed them over - seems the had been put in the wrong sides - got 2 free pairs for their error bunch of twats !! :bugga:
Went to the wrong wedding reception once.
The seating was not marked so we just sat down at a table and waited for the bride and grooms grand entrance only to find............ errr thats the wrong bride and groom.
Got up, went to the reception desk and asked if there was another wedding party at the venue. They asked for the name of the bride and groom.
Looked in their book then told us........ next week !!
Missus comes in to tell me that the treadmill wont go, easy-peasy, checked the fuse, OK.
So I strips it all down, power to the main board, pulled the motor, brushes OK. Muckey inside, so I spent some time cleaning it all out while in bits, main board out, motor out, trans out, side & bottom panels off, bugger, put it all back together, now i'm baffled, AYUP, whats that on the floor??
A red pull-out safety-key on a lanyard...........DOH :embarassed:
I fixed it love!!! :grin:
bin there done that puppy fooked off with the key,not funny,but it is realy???????
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I have warned you before saggy, please DO NOT USE PROFANITIES.
Note to self - Take the rubber diaphragm out when bleeding the brakes
Yeees, that could sort of spoil things a bit Buddynq
I dropped mine. A fortnight ago, and not for the first time.
Surely that counts.
Quote from: VladTepes on Monday, 28 August 2017, 11:35 PM
I dropped mine. A fortnight ago, and not for the first time.
Surely that counts.
I dropped mine halfway across the road in front a busy bike night at a pub, oddly enough I never went back on the same bike.
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Hi Dave acceptable swearing? I think that triumph is having an effect on you lol
Refitted the forks in my mum's bike saturday & was about to put the wheel before I noticed I'd put them in the wrong sides.
I am taking precautions against my stupidity. In case of working on the forks, I take out one at a time, put it back in, then do take out the other. Yep, I have learned over the decades to guard against my frailties. Appears to become more of a necessity as I grow older. Taking precautions makes things slower but reduces stress and frustration significantly.
Quote from: Yoda on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 01:00 AM
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Hi Dave acceptable swearing? I think that triumph is having an effect on you lol
Thanks Alan :hat: - seems an appropriate post to have made a booboo doh! (Original post modified!!) :computer_type:
Quote from: Andre on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 01:23 AM
I am taking precautions against my stupidity. In case of working on the forks, I take out one at a time, put it back in, then do take out the other. Yep, I have learned over the decades to guard against my frailties. Appears to become more of a necessity as I grow older. Taking precautions makes things slower but reduces stress and frustration significantly.
I had the steering bearings out for a clean & regrease too, so had to have both forks out.
I tend to lay everything out like an exploded diagram to help, but my mum decided to clean bits while they were easy to get too - that's my excuse & I'm sticking too it.
I rode bikes in the UK as an only means of transport from when I was 16 to when I was 40. That was 24 years of ice, snow, rain, fog. I used a bike every day. Never owned a car.
I moved to Qld in Australia, beautiful weather 95% of the time, haven't seen a frost in the 13 years I've been here. When I moved here I bought 2 cars.
Thinking back, I got that a bit wrong.... :confused1:
The decisions we make as we go through our lives make us into who we are today.
This is why you're a great biker Tony!!
Pic says it all, was a while ago though.
Quote from: Hooli on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 06:03 AM
Quote from: Andre on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 01:23 AM
I am taking precautions against my stupidity. In case of working on the forks, I take out one at a time, put it back in, then do take out the other. Yep, I have learned over the decades to guard against my frailties. Appears to become more of a necessity as I grow older. Taking precautions makes things slower but reduces stress and frustration significantly.
I had the steering bearings out for a clean & regrease too, so had to have both forks out.
I tend to lay everything out like an exploded diagram to help, but my mum decided to clean bits while they were easy to get too - that's my excuse & I'm sticking too it.
Yep, I do the diagram thing myself. For some weird reason after a while it often looks like it had EXPLODED.
many years back, still apprentice. boys all going down the coast early friday. 300k run. i had to work. boss said if i rebuilt nissan campervan motor, they would fit, i leave at lunch time. was a great weekend, i strapped a carton of beer cans on seat, off i go. very quick trip. none left when i got to camp, strap had cut thru, all been lost on trip. mustve been a few cars i passed wondering what was bombing them. work monday morn, all smiles from me me, not from boss. they fitted the motor but no oil pressure. oil pick up still sitting on bench. still remember clearly. cant be perfect all the time. one of my majors that one.
Many years ago - rebuilding a winter hack. Just had the frame stove-enamelled. Rebuilding it outside. Freezing cold. Dad takes sympathy on me. Mums gone out shopping. "Bring it in the kitchen son".
Mum comes home. She hits the roof. Must have been the lump on the dinner table that did it. She calms down letting us get on with rebuild. Finished. All done - could't get it through a 90 degree bend. Had to take whole front end off again...
Happy days. Mum and dad not here now. Still puts a smile on my face tho.
A couple more - not me may I add. But, I was there...
A set of young lads messing about down a dark lane in a valley. One stops and gets 'T' boned by another. We could't get it going. So, we freewheeled him - downhill for a two mile to the nearest street light. Five lads totally dismantling KH100. Until I asked him why did he turn his kill switch off...
Or another on a GSX750 teapot. Gets to a bike meet. Mate dumps front brake. And throws him off. In front of dozens. I said we are not leaving until everyone who saw the incident has gone. Three hours later. Teapot refuses to start. 30 minutes later. Bike in a total state of disassembly. I noticed him pulling his clutch in. I had a Yamaha at the time. What are you doing? The Suzuki needs clutch pulled in to start - was his reply. Hmmm... Looked underneath - two wires hanging down - unconnected...