Sigh. It's only plastic

Got a bit cocky and tired after the third session at Donington[1].





And rode off with my disc-lock on. Anyone got a front mudguard for a
K8 Thou in black lying around?


[1] Ron Haslam Race School. Excellent fun again. Clive Horton was
doing the briefings
(http://www.racinglines.co.uk/html/cliveprofile.html). He's highly
entertaining in a WW2 RAF officer kind of way.

 

Of all the ways to damage the bike on a track...

 

oops, was this today? Have they cleaned the corners yet?

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike

 

Ride at a less pikey track and you wouldn't need a disk lock.

 

You disc-lock your bike between sessions? That sort of thing was never
necessary in my day. Mind, I never rellay had a nickable bike.

 

I wasn't using my bike on the track.

 

Yes, today. Track was fine. Must have been the rain yesterday that
sorted it out.

 

Ron Haslam Race School. Their bike. Mine was in the carpark all day.

 

At, then...

 

We've all done it. Get one of those bright plastic coily thread things
to attach to it.

 

I did it with a fucking full chain on my last ZZR100, it made a nice black
stripe up the drive & a new rear wheel & chain guard was required It took
a real big chunk out of the wheel. Thick **** that I am.

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike

 

Not all of us. Some are not daft enough to get a disc lock in the first place.

 

I haven't.

 

If you attach it to the clutch lever, as my son does (yes, he did it
too), it's just about impossible to miss. In daylight, anyway.

 

Well, quite. The only time I ever did it was on a Harley, of all things,
and a loaned disc lock. I've never used once since.

 

Yet...

 

My disclock is still in the shop.

 

I did it at the bike show at ExCel.

Had to come home in a van.

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


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

2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (Soon to be gone)
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 the method I am using now.

 

I'm actually surprised that I've managed to go 14 years without it
happening before.

Now to find out how much Suzuki want for the fender. My guess is
"lots".