Note to self:

[Guacamoto]

Never let younger sister help hold up the rear of a kickstanding KZ1000 whilst removing rear shocks.


:side note to self- Never sell any bikes- keep 'em all!

[Pugsley/Hobbfather]

It's possible to sell them? I thought they were single-use items!

Oh... right, my bikes were all well loved before I got them...

...NOW they're single-use items!

[k-moe]

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
Also, don't give your son your truck keys after he loses his set, and definitely don't give him the spare from the lockbox after he loses your set (I didn't, but this is a reminder to never be tempted).

[H96669]

Next time you spend a really long day in the shop and all you feel like doing for supper is throwing in a frozen pizza and slouch on the couch, make sure that frozen pizza did not come from the food factory with TWO pieces of cardboard under it.

It cooked all right!

[42]

Originally Posted by H96669

Next time you spend a really long day in the shop and all you feel like doing for supper is throwing in a frozen pizza and slouch on the couch, make sure that frozen pizza did not come from the food factory with TWO pieces of cardboard under it.

It cooked all right!

Could have been worse.

[Pugsley/Hobbfather]

If that's the same household oven you put in your shop to heat treat, or do small powdercoating projects, or oil-baked finishes, you're a harrier chested man than most!

[Shoganai]

Note to self: if at first a wooden dowel and hammer doesn't drop the fork, loosen the pinch bolts on the LOWER portion of the triple tree.








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[Geek]

Shogs related:

If you are trying to take the cap off the top of a fork and it isn't loosening to the point where you break the teeth off the special $19 motion pro tool - loosen the top pinch bolts on the triples

[olderigetfasteriam]

Borrow bother's Electraglide for nice weekend ride. Take friend's wife for ride around town, hit kill switch when entering driveway. Drive 100 miles to find battery next day. Install, still won't start.


See above. No facepalm large enough. Ugh.

[Tom S]

Originally Posted by olderigetfasteriam

$$$ Battery
.... hit kill switch when entering driveway....

I never understood why people get in the habit of using the kill switch to shut off their bikes. It bites them sooner or later.

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by Tom S

I never understood why people get in the habit of using the kill switch to shut off their bikes. It bites them sooner or later.

Jim

[Cpt. Ron]

Originally Posted by Tom S

I never understood why people get in the habit of using the kill switch to shut off their bikes. It bites them sooner or later.

Not being in the habit of using can also bite you. And that's the bite that hurts a lot more. There's a whole thread discussing it:

http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...ht=kill+switch

[Tom S]

Originally Posted by Cpt. Ron

Not being in the habit of using can also bite you. And that's the bite that hurts a lot more.

Ok, I looked at a lot, not all, pages in that thread you linked. How is it gonna bite you so hard? I didn’t find it.
I ain't talkin' about when the bike takes a nap as that could be a different situation.

[Cpt. Ron]

Originally Posted by Tom S

Ok, I looked at a lot, not all, pages in that thread you linked. How is it gonna bite you so hard? I didn’t find it.
I ain't talkin' about when the bike takes a nap as that could be a different situation.

I wasn't in the habit of using it when the throttle stuck wide open:
http://advrider.com/forums/showpost....0&postcount=16

For the record, I'm still not a big user of it. There were a lot of things happening very quickly in my incident.

[duck]

Originally Posted by Tom S

I never understood why people get in the habit of using the kill switch to shut off their bikes. It bites them sooner or later.

How so? I've been using the kill switch for oodles and oodles of miles (as long as I can remember) and it's never "bitten" me yet.