I’ve been annoyed by slightly loose right side button cluster, so after my bike safe day all full of beans I thought, I know I’ll get my multi tool out and see if I can fix that.
Took the bar end off dropped the washers on the floor, loosened a few bolts, jiggled it all, put the bar end back on, tested the accelerator…
oh!
Why is it getting stuck? Took the bar end off again, examined the washers 2 locking 1 normal fiddled with the combination and ended up re-fitting it to what I thought was a reasonable tight-ness, I believe proper mechanics call this torque.
Rode to work, parked, went to work, went to my bike to ride home, no bar end, DOH!!!
Not only that about a half a mile from home sitting at lights, bored, look back at my chain and sprockets, just being nosey, suddenly my left foot slips and the bikes falling away from me, DOH!!!
Luckily I wasn’t in gear, luckily the lights were kinda and thirdly I could just about pick the bugger back up. No damage, it’s a 97 BMW F650, hardy to say the least!
All in all a rather annoying day, check prices for replacement bar ends around £8, just gotta hope they come with bolts and washers.
I used to know a girl who rode a GS1000 and she had a habit of dropping the blasted thing. She used to phone up and tell me what street it was lying in so I could go and pick it up for her. I may be on the small side but that BM was ok to get up thanks to a lovely little grab handle in the centre of the bike that you needed to use to get the thing on the centre stand. Plus the sticking out pots meant that it never got flat to the ground either.
My most embarrasing moment was when I had my Gpz1100A. Pulled up on a slight incline and layed it on the sidestand. Turn my back on the bike, then all of a sudden i’m pinned to the kerb face down with the bike across my legs. After a bit of swearing and cursing I call to a passer-by for a little assistance. He just gives me a blank look and carries on! I call to another person, they ignore me aswell. I was there about five minutes before someone else came by and helped. Seemed like a lifetime!
RODE OF ON MY R6 WITH THE DISK LOCK STILL ON AND CRUSHED MY NUTS ON THE TANK FELL OFF TO THE SIDE WITH MY HAND ON THE THROTTLE OPENEND FULLY AND PEOPLE WATCHING
back in the day pulled up alongside a transit fitted with those wheel nuts that stick out a long way,sat there waiting for the lights to change and the bike in front to move,left foot on the peg.for some reason the transits line started to move first and all of a sudden my leg was moving up and forward!! didnt know wtf was happening for a moment then realised that my sodding flaired trouser leg was caught on the wheel nuts of the transit!!! thank christ he was’nt moving fast I was able to hop /push along long enough to bang on the van door and get him to stop, phew! bastard almost choked laughing
This was a while back (when I had a scooter) I was day dreaming at lights and had a car drive right accross my foot.
The driver seemed surprised when I started banging on his bonnet, he lent out of the window to start shouting by which point he was off my foot and I was able to zoom off while giving him the 2 finger salute.
