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Post by XSv650 on Oct 28, 2008 0:51:15 GMT -5
Ever knocked over a pan(LARGE) of used diesel oil in your garage??
Sheer panic shall ensue!!
LMFAO!
Don't do it!! LOL!
-XSv
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Post by ShakerNorm on Nov 2, 2008 14:25:51 GMT -5
XSv650 - I DO have you beat - I always change my oil at home, and store the used oil in a 15-gallon container until I have enough to take it over to the local garage to recycle...... Well - when it was full - I put it in my car, ON the back seat (since there wasn't enough room for it to fit on the floor between the front and back seats of my little Shelby Charger), and SLOWLY drove over to the garage...... As I was almost at the garage, some idiot almost sideswiped me, and I had to make a FAST turn - and You guessed it - the container fell over, and the lid popped off  . 15 GALLONS of old dirty used oil all over the back of my car!  In the 15+ years since then, I've changed the carpet, the back seats, all the upholstery, and steam cleaned it thoroughly - and I can STILL smell the used oil in there..........  Needless to say, now I have a truck to carry all my recyclables to the depot...... |
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Post by XSv650 on Nov 2, 2008 22:09:47 GMT -5
I had a BAAAD feeling your story wasn't going to go well as soon as I read "I put it in my car, ON the back seat"...
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Post by 10ecjed on Nov 7, 2008 11:29:13 GMT -5
Well, I guess i will fess up.
#1 Back in late July, I was pulling the float pivot pin out of my carb. and broke the post right off. I felt real stupid. I got some marine epoxy that is supposed to be good in fuel tanks. I epoxied the post back on., put it in the oven at 170 degrees F for an hour and then let it finish curing for seven days. reinstalled the float and it still work fine.
#2 I was standing next to the bike putting my helmet on and I started the bike up in CVS parking lot in 1st gear thinking that it was in neutral. Of course it rolled forward and crashed on it's side. Would not have been so bad if someone wasn't sitting in their car next to me.
10ecjed
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Post by 17mmspanner on Dec 29, 2008 12:36:25 GMT -5
ShakerNorm's story reminded me of this: www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/car-paint-accident-p1.phpAs for stupid tricks. Well none that have had me in the ER and most involve taking stuff apart because part C needs to go over part D before assembling, E - K inclusive  That and never pull a bike towards you from the front when it's on the centre stand. Ouch. And when it's hot all tarmac is soft - eventually. So you're sat in the parts shop having a coffee and a yarn when, 20mins after pulling up, your Guzzi Le Mans keels over.  Chris (17mmspanner) |
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Post by xsleo on Dec 31, 2008 16:59:09 GMT -5
when i was younger ,a bunch of us where at a gathering, had a few. decuded to go for a ride. one fellow has an old pan head. he kicks and kicks, no go. some of us kick it awhile, get tired. try pushing it up and down the street. still no go. push it up on the yard. a guy comes out of the house, asks what the problem is. tell him the bike wont start. he goes over starts on first kick, every one is amazed. ask him how he did it. he says i turned the key to on.
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Post by azman857 on Jan 14, 2010 2:20:06 GMT -5
A few decades back when I was young and dumb....I had just gotten my new '82 BMW R100RS and was trying to start it in front of my barracks with friends watching (of course). Ran the battery dead trying to start the beast. Did you know the damn things won't start with the gas lever in OFF position? It wasn't funny then but now.....LOL
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Post by masterhall on Jan 14, 2010 10:57:42 GMT -5
Here is my 2 cents worth! When i drag raced bikes I had an air shifter on my Kaw ZX12. Forgot to fill my airtank up between races once. It had enought to know it into newutral but not into second........miss a shift at 115 mph........everyone say it with me...........NEW MOTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was helping a friend of mine that is new to bikes get a new battery. Showe him how to fill them and got a Battery Tender to slow charge. 2 days we put the battery in the bike so would could go scoot'n. After try after try after try.......nothing. Nothing at all, helps to plug in the charger in the first place. DUMB!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by woodman on Feb 20, 2010 14:24:21 GMT -5
20 years years back they hired a kid at work just to do oil changes. I took my new Chevy work truck in & left it there saturday for service. Picked it up monday & drove it 4 miles smoking like hell until the transmission locked up. He had drained the 4 speed and added 5 more qts of oil for a total of 10 to the engine. It was a very expensive screw up
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Post by tww on Mar 7, 2010 11:20:08 GMT -5
20 . He had drained the 4 speed and added 5 more qts of oil for a total of 10 to the engine. It was a very expensive screw up I knew a guy that drained his engine oil and put the four quarts into the transmission instead.... Drove around the block twice before it died, he had had the car for a little under a month... Off the show room floor... |
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Post by 10ecjed on Mar 10, 2010 16:16:03 GMT -5
Back in the 70's on a winter day with 2 feet of snow on the ground, my car would not start. I got my dad's Datsun pick up out of the garage and proceeded to jump start my old Maverick. Well I thought I had the jumper cables on correctly. I guess not, since the battery blew up in my face. Luckily my face only got plastic shrap from the top side of the battery with some cuts. The acid went the other way. Good thing I closed my eyes quickly.
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Post by usfs68 on Jun 13, 2010 23:07:48 GMT -5
I neglected to install the oil pump drive gear on a tragically fresh XS motor and proceeded to ride the bike approx 500 miles....
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Post by fermatseye on Jun 14, 2010 20:07:59 GMT -5
Finally found the time to put my winter project back together- beautiful riding weather, narrow misses on bad behavior due to feeling crazy no running motorcycle in my life etc... get the bike outside, kick and kick. nothing not even a murmur..kick some more.. check ignition, remove air pods to cover back of carb whilst I kick my brains out... hand covered in gas, gas shooting out of the back of the carbs...hmm air flowing the wrong way... cam in 90 deg out better wheel her back in and out with the engine (again, 3rd time). Had a good chuckle at myself for not being more careful, surprisingly calm about the situation...must be getting older ;D...
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Post by mikebritton on Oct 17, 2010 19:14:06 GMT -5
Ok, everybody else is jumping under the bus, let me get in this.
Never, ever try to tow a dead motorcycle home.
I'm working for John Deere, in the parts warehouse, night shift.
Just bought a very tired Allstate 250 twingle for pocket change.
I'd already been riding it for a few weeks when I decided to man up and ride it to work. Holed a piston on the way to work. had to leave it on the expressway.
Got off work at midnight, my forever faithful wife comes to save me. Get back to the expressway, and miracle! the bike is still there!
Now, no trailer, how to get it home? I know! I'll tow it! how hard can it be!?! Besides, it's only about 15 miles home. piece o cake!! Get in the trunk of Cris's car, no rope, but there is a pair of jumper cables. Wow metal rope!
Quickly tying the cables together, I make what seems like an indestructible tow strap.
Now for instructions to Cris who by now is beginning to panic at this brilliant idea. Not to worry, my love, you just drive the car as if I wasn't back there, and I'll brake when I need to to keep the tow strap tight.
OK, fine. We take off, and the next thing I know,we are off the frontage road, onto the expressway, going 60!!!!!
The front end is beginning to shimmy, I mean really shimmy.
I can hear the front tire squealing. I'm flashing my lights, screaming at the top of my lungs trying to get her to slow down, smoke coming off the front brake. She has the windows up, stereo blasting. As if I wasn't back there!!
People driving by finally got her attention after about five miles of this and she stops, and helps me pry my fingers off the grips.
One of the guys I worked with came by just then and was kind enough to take the bike home in his pickup. For thirty years, "the event"was brought up at opportune times at work.
Since then, I have always either had a pickup, or a trailer big enough for my bikes.
If you own a bike never assume it will go pop pop every time without breaking down. Evey time I handle a pair of jumper cables I twitch a little bit. Mike
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Post by tomterrific on Oct 18, 2010 15:43:16 GMT -5
That is crazy Mike! I'm glad you're here to tell the story. It is the funniest story I've heard in a long while. Perfect bike for this story, an Allstate Twingle! :^)
When you tow a motorcycle you are supposed to wrap the rope around the center someplace and hold the end with your hand on the grip. When something goes wrong, or terribly wrong as in Mike's case, you release your grip on the rope and the rope pulls off the bike.
Tom Graham
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. 15 GALLONS of old dirty used oil all over the back of my car! 
Needless to say, now I have a truck to carry all my recyclables to the depot......
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