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Old 22nd February 2012, 01:05 AM
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I've smashed the disc lock into the front mud guard a few times

I now use that key ring extender thing that came with fastbikes
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Old 22nd February 2012, 01:07 AM
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Got me first bike, rode down the road and the fecking thing lost power and wasnt going nowhere... instinctively i thought i had bought a dead bike/something along the reasoning of a newbie anyway turned out the fuel switch was off. took a good half an hour to figure it out, next day the kill switch played a joke at my expense
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Old 22nd February 2012, 01:22 AM
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Too many to list all that I have done never mind other folk, dropped both Blades in my garage whilst cleaning them, on different occasions of course, ridden off with helmet undone or jacket not zipped up. Sat on the wrong bike once and couldn't understand why key wouldn't turn in igniton.
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Of couse had friends who did dafter things, like filling the bike with diesel, realising it but still rode on hoping to burn it all off.
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Overfilling engine with oil so much bike wouldn't even turn over.
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All sorts of mad stuff.
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Old 22nd February 2012, 08:34 AM
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Default Re: silly billy things done

Originally Posted by Chris Gray
I've smashed the disc lock into the front mud guard a few times

I now use that key ring extender thing that came with fastbikes
I done that once but I was in a hurry, bent the pin in the Disk lock. Lucky the welders came down 5 mins later with a 9" grinder and a genny
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:08 AM
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Taxed an NC30 once...


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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by corkgsxr
I done that once but I was in a hurry, bent the pin in the Disk lock. Lucky the welders came down 5 mins later with a 9" grinder and a genny
Remember the time you rang me asking what 7IO was cos you were low in it and it eventually transpired you were lookin at the OIL cap upside down.
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by shauncreed
While up the mountain a few years ago on the scrambler, me and my mates came across a large tree felled across the path. Myself and one of the lads went off road and tried to drive around the large tree. Half way round we heard some reving and then an abrupt silence. By the time we got the bikes around we seen our mate embedded (and I mean embedded as this was a very branch heavy tree) in the tree, still on his bike but horizontal. His reasoning for doing this, "I thought I could jump it"!
how ya gonna know you cant unless you try
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Adalla
Remember the time you rang me asking what 7IO was cos you were low in it and it eventually transpired you were lookin at the OIL cap upside down.
You appear to be speaking bullshit again
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Adalla
Remember the time you rang me asking what 7IO was cos you were low in it and it eventually transpired you were lookin at the OIL cap upside down.
Oh lawrd no, that can't be true
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Nearly wet myself
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Did the no stand move once and just let the bike fall over on its side
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Thank f**k for crash bungs.
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:53 AM
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Remember the time you rang me asking what 7IO was cos you were low in it and it eventually transpired you were lookin at the OIL cap upside down.

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That one has hair on it at this stage, but if it ain't true it oughtta be!
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Old 22nd February 2012, 12:56 PM
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Filled the bike up at the pump while sitting on the seat, then went to jump off to pay without putting down the kickstand.

Fecked my back up utterly for a month trying to save the bastard, but save it i did!
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Old 22nd February 2012, 02:04 PM
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took the pan outta the shed one day to give it a wash, i was wearing slippers and went to put the bike on the mainstand - guess what?, i slipped, over went the bike and i nearly gave myself a hernia lifting the b*stard, heavy bike them.
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Old 22nd February 2012, 04:02 PM
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I took out the bike pissed drunk a few years back on new years eve to do wheelies and fired it down the street, two weeks after getting a lovely new paint job
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Luckily i saved the most of it with my body which thankfully landed under it
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Old 22nd February 2012, 07:19 PM
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cleaned the back wheel one time wit a rag while bike woz in gear on a paddock stand,rag caught in chain,blessed 2 still hav me digits,let me tell ya u will only do dat once
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Old 22nd February 2012, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubba Zanetti
Oh lawrd no, that can't be true
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Nearly wet myself
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Did the no stand move once and just let the bike fall over on its side
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Thank f**k for crash bungs.
Same here, beautiful sunny day at the seaside, place was packed.......crash! down it went
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.....this was in the days before crash bungs......
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Old 22nd February 2012, 09:55 PM
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dropped a 2lb lump hammer on the tank of my sons brand new yamaha xvs650 dragstar , 40 miles on it
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Old 22nd February 2012, 09:59 PM
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Mate called up to show off his new [second hand] bike one day but he couldnt start it so we said we would try it on a push , he sits on the bike as myself and another lad push him down the road and when i shouted now he pulled out the kickstarter and started kicking
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by banjaxed
Mate called up to show off his new [second hand] bike one day but he couldnt start it so we said we would try it on a push , he sits on the bike as myself and another lad push him down the road and when i shouted now he pulled out the kickstarter and started kicking
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:05 PM
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I used to work in a garage around the corner from a bike shop.
A regular sight on sat morn was young lads conking out on the street.
Used to just walk over and turn on the fu el tap
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Old 22nd February 2012, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by black pudding
cleaned the back wheel one time wit a rag while bike woz in gear on a paddock stand,rag caught in chain,blessed 2 still hav me digits,let me tell ya u will only do dat once
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was a thread awhile ago bout a fella who tried to clean his chain with a rag,bike on paddock stand in gear.fooked his hand up
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