Re: The Stupidest Thing You've Done on a Bike Thread.
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Originally Posted by Jon_W
[quote author=Cemorah link=1286568542/15#18 date=1286913093]Way back I had an SR500. for those not that old this is a 500 single which was coaxed into life with thing called a kickstart. There is a technique which must be adhered to military fashion and requires a full blooded stomp on the kickstarter. Any half arsed attempt is likely to result in severe bruising to the back of the leg as the engine spits back. I prided myself on knowing the machine and the various choke and throttle settings and could get it to fire on the first or second attempt everytime. One winters morn I donned the garb and set off across the farmyard to the bike. A combination of muddy boot, wet kickstarter and lack of forethought had my foot slip off in mid heave. The whole of my weight going south and to the right is halted dramatically as the B*tch fires back driving the kickstarter up inside my waterproofs. Thus incapacitated I am unable to reach the ground and off balance i cannot counteract the 350lb pull as the bike drags me inevitably earthwards.
Bike 1, riders pride 0.
Reminded me of a painful incident...
Bump starting a Velocette (old brit single)... I was pushing at the back, got to speed heard it fire, let go expecting it to pull away.... next thing i hear is a backfire and have a numberplate in my groin. Pain was an understatement!!!
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That is so funny. I would've liked to see that. I bet it was like a scene from 'Laurel and Hardy'... ;D ;D ;D
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Near enough.... just I don't think Laurel and Hardy swore as badly....
Re: The Stupidest Thing You've Done on a Bike Thread.
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Originally Posted by Blackbonnie
Back in the days of flares and kickstarts, (I know you can already guess!) pulled up at a junction put foot down to find kickstart is inside flare so foot can't reach the floor....
and timber.....
As Veefor said bike 1 bikers pride 0
BB
I had a similar incident involving a petrol stop, laced up trainers and a gear selector which resulted in me tumbling over into the petrol pump. This was long before the advent of CCTV thankfully or it would've been a Youtube hit for sure.
It's really quite hard to attempt nonchalance when you're a deeper scarlet than O'Hara :-[
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Originally Posted by roxychick
[quote author=kev link=1286568542/15#21 date=1286957510]I had a go on a POS R6 once ........
;D and then you back to riding a yankie pos instead!!! glutton for punishment or what!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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When I was really young I got hold of a Honda cub . Anyway my mechanic skills were n't up to much and having cleaned the carb out and replaced the slide I did no know or forgot to check the slide was in the right way around and woud go up and down.
Kicked err into life and she went away at her max of 11,000 revs.
Being a field bike - the ignition was rigged permanent and i had no way to stop it auto clutch meant I could even stall it so I reached down pulled off the plug top
BANG my eyes cross my arm almost shot out of its socket the bike was thrown (by me) one way and I danced off the other.
And even today 30 years later I still react the same to those piddling little tickles you get off door handles.
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A guy I knew in the late 70s and early 80s was known as "Dibby Gibby" and had a bit of a habit for the ol' herbal cigarettes... He decided to get himself a bike and scraped enough cash together to get a Suzuki GT250 (pre-125 law days). Riding along through Northampton on his Meaty GT he pulls up at a red light and stops.... and forgets to put his feet down, crunch! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Another Dibby Gibby trick - both he and his sister in law worked in a shoe factory and Karen had an accident with her thumb in an eyeletting machine (ouch! :'() and for her troubles she received some compensation and a bit of time off. Gibby liked the idea of that so he stuck his thumb under one as well - ripped his nail off and for his troubles he was rewarded with a cup of tea and sent home without pay hehehe ;D ;D ;D
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Being a bit handy at wheelies on the old DT, I used to pull a few whenever I had a chance to show off. One of my mates bought a DT100, and thought he'd try and do the same. So there he is outside a friends house, with all the local chicks looking on, pull back on the throttle to max revs, then dumps the clutch. Ends up running up the road behind the bike with bits of tail light and number plate going everywhere, shuts the throttle, and gets the tail unit in his crutch, then drops the bike. It took weeks for everyone to stop laughing... ;D ;D ;D
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One of my old instructors (who shall remain nameless), was a bit of a nobber, used to brag about the big wheelie/knee down thing all the time. I never really understood because he always had nice shiney scratch free knee sliders. Anyway, one day he turns up with these nice new floro green knee sliders. We're doing a CBT together, gets to lunchtime and he disappears for half an hour. He comes back and I don't think anything of it. End of the day, we're chatting away, and he announces he can't work out how to get his knee down, and could I show him. So I think, ok, but it's a bit strange. We go to the first roundabout (not ideal cos the tyres ain't properly warm), and I say to follow me. We circulate a couple of times, then I start dragging my knee. As I'm going round, I eventually catch him up, and it seems he's leaning a lot, but not really hanging off enough. We stop, I give him some advice, he says show me, so we set off again with him following. After the second time round, I came round to find him lying in the middle of the roundabout with the bike on top of him. He's not impressed, and is shouting to get the bike off his leg. He was perfectly ok, and so was his bike. What a plonker... ;D ;D ;D
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Many years ago, I arrived at work early one morning and was greeted by a customer, we spoke for a while,I was still sitting on my dt125.
after a few minutes he told me to look down..... I glanced down and realised the gusset of my trousers had ripped and there was a hairy walnut exposed and hanging out!! :o
thank heavens it was not a frosty morning!!! ;D
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Originally Posted by python
Many years ago, I arrived at work early one morning and was greeted by a customer, we spoke for a while,I was still sitting on my dt125.
after a few minutes he told me to look down..... I glanced down and realised the gusset of my trousers had ripped and there was a hairy walnut exposed and hanging out!! :o
thank heavens it was not a frosty morning!!! ;D
bloody hell he must of had good eye sight ;D ;D ;D
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my nads have won prizes Stace!!!! :D :D ;D