arse

The parking at the new flat is stones on bare ground. Parked the bandit
up on thursday, thinking it had a little bit more lean on than usual, so
rearranged and made a mental note to get something to support the
sidestand.

At some point overnight, it appears the rain has saturated the ground to
such an extent that it turned to the consistency of yoghurt, and the
sidestand started a borehole, at which point the bike went for a lie down.

Brief inspection shows broken mirror stalk, indicator & clutch lever.
Scratches to engine casing & bar end (lost the other one on the way to
work on Thursday anyway!).

Fortunately, I was going to put the new fairing on yesterday to replace
the one I knackered in a couple of offs last year, but the pissing rain
stopped me from doing that. It's now even more knackered, but I still
have the good condition one in the spare room.

Overall, it's looking very sorry for itself.

Shit, I desparately need a garage....

 

My 7R did that on Tarmac softening in the summer outside the Bear cave.
I was not a happy bunny. It always hurts when the toys we love get hurt.

 

**** me, I didn't do that much damage when I lobbed the bike down the road,
up the kerb and across the pavement last year.

Or a few paving flags as a minimum.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I know, more damage (to the bike at least) from this compared to when I
highsided last year....

It's a rented flat, so I don't have much scope to lay paving stones. I
will, however, be aquiring a large peice of wood to stabilise the side
stand.

 

8'x6' wooden shed? I used one at my last address. I could get a CBR600
in there. The R-GS engine was too wide to fit through the door.

 

Just park it facing due south - the coriolis effect will stop it
falling over[1].

[1] Unless it's a shaftie, obviously.

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

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

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Krusty

Did it not occur to you to check which hemisphere the OP's in before
dispensing potentially dangerous advice like that?

Irresponsible fool.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

And aren't there some bikes, or markets, on which the side-stand is
fitted to the other side of the bike?

Indeed.
--
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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com)
\`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10
`\\ | //'
`\|/`
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You're both absolutely right of course. I humbly apologise to the OP
for being so reckless, & respectfully suggest he uses the Platy method
of parking to ensure there are no further mishaps.

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

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

 

Wot 'e said. Leave it in gear, but don't put the parking brake on, 'cos
you'll forget about it and do the next 30 miles with the rear hub glowing a
dull red.

 

Pah. When I trustingly let a local dealer service give my first big bike
(a GT550) its first service they left a bolt loose inside the rear drum.

About 10 miles futher on it slowed and slowed (despite liberal
application of throttle and down-changes) until I stopped in a
convenient layby, looked back and saw a snail trail of metal shavings
down the road ending at my back wheel.

Luckily the bolt had only unscrewed about 5 mm and the head had only
skimmed the first bit of the drum. As it had not reached the braking
surface tightening up the bolt *properly* fixed it without great expense.

 

I used the sprocket bolts to trepan halfway through the swinging arm
on my old 9R and in doing so gave quite a number of people a good
laugh.

 

Inverted ?

P.

 

That was certainly how the bike seemed to want to do it :-(

 

I used the disc holding bolts to carve a trench in the left fork of my VN.
Well actually, it was the guy at the bike shop who did it as he was riding
it at the time. My fault for not Loc-Titeing the bolts though, but I didn't
tell him that.

The shop provided me with a shiny new fork leg even though I told them I
hadn't used Loc-Tite.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

This is obviously why grey imports are so frowned upon.