Your most succesful inappropriate use of an object

[sieg]

Originally Posted by DirtyOldMan

Drain pipe pto guard.

And a turn buckle for a check chain

[janeuner]

Originally Posted by Dexter2811

Used a ratchet strap and a lighting post as a "power" to straighten the car...

Been there, done that.

Also once used a US Navy lanyard to remount a busted exhaust after a high-speed leap over some railroad tracks. The fix lasted through the several more months it took the owner to finish totaling the car.

[DirtyOldMan]

Originally Posted by sieg

And a turn buckle for a check chain

"Check chain" huh? Thank you. If i had known what that part was called I might have bought one instead of doing the hardware store fabrication.

[beemerkid]

After a little spill on my ducati I found that the factory bars were over $100 . So I bought a set of triumph bars that I liked the bend of but they were ever so slightly too thin for the clamp, so I just cut up a couple of soda cans and "custom formed" them to the shape of the bar. Its still working like a champ a few years later.

[disston]

Originally Posted by beemerkid

After a little spill on my ducati I found that the factory bars were over $100 . So I bought a set of triumph bars that I liked the bend of but they were ever so slightly too thin for the clamp, so I just cut up a couple of soda cans and "custom formed" them to the shape of the bar. Its still working like a champ a few years later.

You learned this from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?

[local1]

Originally Posted by disston

You learned this from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?

its been afew years..its due for another read..i love that book..

[DirtyOldMan]

Mustard bottle auxiliary fuel tank.


They come in sets red and yellow. I think that I'll use the red one next time in a nod to safety.

[kenny61]

Winner!!!

[Craneguy]

I once dug a hole for a mailbox post with a pressure washer. Then I poured cement into the water and mixed it right there.

If you try this may I suggest you wear goggles and waterproofs. I didn't, and I'm still finding dirt in inappropriate places...

[assquatch20]

Originally Posted by DirtyOldMan

Mustard bottle auxiliary fuel tank.


They come in sets red and yellow. I think that I'll use the red one next time in a nod to safety.

I did something similar with an old battery acid jug. You gotta put a vent in there though. Save the yellow one for diesel work.

[DirtyOldMan]

Originally Posted by Craneguy

I once dug a hole for a mailbox post with a pressure washer. Then I poured cement into the water and mixed it right there.

If you try this may I suggest you wear goggles and waterproofs. I didn't, and I'm still finding dirt in inappropriate places...

If this ain't the winner, it's surely near the top.
Lack of a picture is the only thing keeping the rest of us in the game.

[gn77b]

just found this video, the masking tape looks inappropriate enough there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEevf...layer_embedded

[janeuner]

7 year old's birthday party, made possible with 6 mil vapor barrier sheeting and two bottles of children's shampoo. Highly successful. No insurance claims!

[kenny61]

Improper use of exhaust hole

watch guy pushing bike at 20 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=P9aRv9tf-LM

[DirtyOldMan]

wallpaper brush screwed to sliding door keeps birds from building nest on top of door frame.