A big thank you to the guy who helped pick my bike off me this arvo.

Stupid me a bit happy with last day of work and a rather sumptuous
luncheon packed the bike and took off as normal only to fall in a heap
1/2 a metre later. (I forgot to remove the U lock from the front wheel.)
The person who helped me lift my bike was a fellow rider and knew how
embarrasing this can be.
I am indebted to you kind sir.
As for the bike, no damage apart from the u lock loosening the brake
line resulting in some leakage of brake fluid.
I retightened the nut and took it to southbank BMW where they kindly
gave the caliper and front wheel a steam clean to remove the excess
brake fluid.
they examined the caliper and concluded there was no damage and by re
tightening the nut attatching the hose to the caliper the leak had stopped.
All i have to do now is to bleed the brakes so that I get any air out of
the system.
again a big thanks to the gentleman who helped.
(outside the Williamstown RSL)

 

one pot to many ?.

 

Lucky, bloke in St George lent his VFR (no not me) to a mate who did
the same, but the damage was $1500 worth

 

Bloody light beer mate!

 

If only I had a beer for every time I've read this happening...

 

I did it on the Trump and it cost me $500 plus a broken wrist!
(I was two-up and the wheel got almost one full rotation of a quick
take-off)

 

Heh
I was told by the tyre fitters a few years ago to lock a u bolt as close
as possible to the caliper so that the wheel does'nt get the full rotation.
I reckonthe 50 cm I travelled were the shortest before going plonk.
P.S they were light beers

I rechecked the caliper this morning
Everything is foine so I'm pretty happy now.

 

There there.
Put it on the rear wheel and if you know you're going to have to
reverse out of a spot, put it so you can only go a little way before
it contacts. A sudden stop from the rear wheel is less violent than
from the front. On my bike, the lock rubs on the swing-arm before it
stops, so I can feel it rubbing and take the lock off.
I've forgotten it about 5 times on the rear wheel and each time I
could feel it and stopped before disaster struck. I've forgotten it
twice on the front and each time has resulted in a severe nut crushing
(didn't drop it though).
Mark

 

What a shithead

 

God, I love it. This had me spilling good quality VB over my keyboard!

I wonder what this period of aus.motorcycles will look like to the
un-initiated, searching through the archives.

(If you're one of them: **** ya!)


Cheers,
Jørgen
// having updated my www.roadangel.com.au unit with fresh GPS data, ready
for the hume drive to sydney tomorrow. No of infringements vs. average speed
will finally determine its value; driving known roads (Melbourne) is only so
exciting.

 

If I send you my address will you send me enough for a slab of beer?

Kim

 

**** you too!

G

 

you'll have to describe the situation

 

"Rmmm, boom, eeek, ahhhg, crunch, whimper, ......ahhhhh"

 

A complete tool on a poxy yellow bimmer tried to ride his bike but instead
parked it on top of his dumb arse.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

NEV GETS THE SLAB!

 

Jorgen,
I gather from some of your postings that you are indeed a
newbie to this n/g.

For your sake - let's get one thing right.... VB IS NOT A GOOD QUALITY
BEER. In fact, it has been compared to soldering flux or at the very
least...does a good job on un-blocking drains.

Johno
PS - Smee is really a shithead~
PPS just in case harsh week still going - welcome to the n/g and get
fucked!

 

Nev owes me half.

Kim

 

No worries... When I've finished drinking the slab I'll refill a dozen of the
empties and send them your way You can share them with Damien

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

Book it through a really expensive courier, then just send me the money instead.


Kim
Anyway, Damien doesn't drink.
Well, the Damien I was going to share it with doesn't.