After doing a swift blast round the Airport perimiter today, I was having a coffee, thinking about how wicked my bike is, when I noticed something missing off my it!!
Someone’s had it away with (wait for it) the lower engine mounting bolt!!!
So, somewhat miffed I rode back to town, quite slowly, then went down the Yamaha shop. I thought at most it would cost me a fiver - £25 quid it cost!!
So after some thought I came to the conclusion that the only public place I’ve left my bike unsecured is the Ace cafe.
On further thought I thought thats about the only place where someone would swipe such an item.
Its definately not the kind of thing that could fall off the bike without me knowing, and I may be wrong, but I’ll be keeping an eye on my bike up there from now on!!
That’s odd Chris. Though I think it’s more likely it just worked loose, rather than someone pinching it, but hey, weird things happen in this world now. I am more surprised though that you were charged £25 for a bolt! I too had to replace an engine bolt for my previous gixxer when I mislaid one after fitting crash-bungs, and it thought it would cost a lot, but was £3 from Metropolis. I know they’re different bikes, but still, £25!!! Someone’s having a giraffe.
dont think so mate cos ive had two lower engine bolts come loose and get lost i dont think anyone would nick them they would take the whole bike if anything
Yeah your not wrong mate, Yamaha centre, New Kings road, I know them pretty well and the guys there are the first to admit that some of the genuine Yamaha parts are a rip off, but I couldn’t ride around with an engine mounting missing.
As for it working loose, I thought of that but the bolt is about a foot long!! I take a lot of care of my bike and theres no way I’d miss that coming out - no, someones had it away who’s building/rebuilding/or etc,etc an R6.
PS: I want to make it plain that I’m guessing It went from the Ace, I don’t KNOW. But I’m not born yesterday!!
“You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”
£25… Take it back for a refund and get one on eBay. You’re entitled to a full refund as long as it’s in original condition, within seven days of purchase. That’s a mad price.
Sorry to hear that same thing happened to me someone pinched the bolts holding my tank down, both were gone overnight, i think som1 as trying to steal is but couldnt mange…thank god!
Anyway could be worst they could of taken the bike!
True mate the bike could have gone and it’s not the end of the world by any means.
The point really is just to make others aware that it happened.
To me the Ace Cafe/chelsea bridge/Boxhill etc are like bikernirvana, if you like, I suppose its just a reminder that theres still dodgy f***ers hanging around
The sig says…“Just call me a chav” Need i say anymore?
Talking of chavs, I was with my mate in a shop waiting to get his tyres sorted and a chav tries to get on a bus. The bus driver for some reason refuses him to come aboard so the chav pissed off and swearing the chav gets off and as the bus pulls away he presses the emergency door open button which obviously opens the door.
The bus driver stops and closes the door and in the meantime the cheeky little fecker is round the back of the bus, opens the engine hatch, presses the engine kill switch, slams the hatch and does a runner. The poor driver was sooo livid, you can imagine what he was shouting. By now quite a queue had developed and the bus driver has no idea what to do but luckily the van driver behind him points out what the chav pressed and they soon get the bus started.
Everyone around was in stitches and what made it funnier was the bus driver getting reder by the second, thought he was gonna burst when he didnt know how to get the bus restarted.
, the other on Chris’s plums 
