"DON'T TAKE THE BIKE" (aka messagaes from <insert chosen deity>)

5 seconds max to break the front window, jump in and drive off.

<g>

 

Had a lad do that changing a tyre at a bike shop in/near Coogee
once. The missing spacer (from a GS500B) was stepped and looked a bit
like a socket in profile, so easy to dismiss lying on the shop floor.
After I realised why I had to keep tightening the rear wheel nut, I
forcefully required the shop owner to acquire new bearings and spacers.
ISTR I rode tight shotgun on the replacement process.

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

What happened to bump starting, unless the seat is too high it makes
sense.
Or do triples have a problem doing this ?

 

They do if there's not enough juice to fire the injectors.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Ah, makes sense.

 

I only did it twice ;-)

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/

2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (It's big, and it's black)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7/8)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

That's exactly the one.

I didn't have bearing-changing facilities, so I had to let the
shop do it.

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

I hope you rewarded him for his ingenuity by either buying the car or
smacking him in the mouth.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:13:48 -0700 (PDT), Grumpy

snip>

Using a pressure washer to clean your bike on a regular basis can wash
all the grease out of the bearing in your sprocket carrier causing it
to collapse and let the sprocket nuts trepan half way through your
swinging arm if you're unlucky.

If you're really unlucky it'll do it at high speed on a motorway in
Luxembourg and you'll have to wind your bike up to 130mph plus to
catch your mates up so they know you've got a problem.