A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 3)
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My mates SP1 decided it wanted DCT transmission halfway to our destination today, Hunstanton.
After walking up and down the road for half an hour trying to find said lever, we gave up, we then tried various bodges with the toolkit and anything we could find roadside to push the clutch piston in, which not surprisingly didnt work.
Having rode home many a time( in the 80s, when cables snapping seemed a fairly common occurrence) without a clutch, I knew it could be done but he was best part of 100 miles away from home.
I knew it would be a b
h to get it underway and sure enough knocking it into gear at my "top whack" just resulted in the wheel locking up and caused some havoc with the traffic..
In the end I bought a tow rope from a nearby Halfords and towed him up to a reasonable speed( rope was much shorter than shown we did get under way..) and away he went, I stopped, stuffed the rope in the box and then did my best impression of a bike copper for the journey hoe , going ahead & stopping the traffic on the busier roundabouts, with some use of the pavement on occasion, we managed to get from Wisbech to Bedfordshire without stopping, luckily we'd filled up at Peterborough as both our fuel lights where flashing as we pulled up at his.
We didnt hang around on the way home and still had a good day out anyway, I was looking forward to my fish n chips at the seaside thou..
Apologies to anyone we inconvenienced on the A47/Peterborough way this afternoon..
After walking up and down the road for half an hour trying to find said lever, we gave up, we then tried various bodges with the toolkit and anything we could find roadside to push the clutch piston in, which not surprisingly didnt work.
Having rode home many a time( in the 80s, when cables snapping seemed a fairly common occurrence) without a clutch, I knew it could be done but he was best part of 100 miles away from home.
I knew it would be a b
h to get it underway and sure enough knocking it into gear at my "top whack" just resulted in the wheel locking up and caused some havoc with the traffic..In the end I bought a tow rope from a nearby Halfords and towed him up to a reasonable speed( rope was much shorter than shown we did get under way..) and away he went, I stopped, stuffed the rope in the box and then did my best impression of a bike copper for the journey hoe , going ahead & stopping the traffic on the busier roundabouts, with some use of the pavement on occasion, we managed to get from Wisbech to Bedfordshire without stopping, luckily we'd filled up at Peterborough as both our fuel lights where flashing as we pulled up at his.
We didnt hang around on the way home and still had a good day out anyway, I was looking forward to my fish n chips at the seaside thou..
Apologies to anyone we inconvenienced on the A47/Peterborough way this afternoon..
Tim85 said:
Ha quality rescue tale!
He#s a top lad but he is ALWAYS fking something up or causing chaos , I had to take him home on Wednesday just past after his KR1 conked out on a country road, in the middle of nowhere on the way over to the 2 stroke meet, we had to hide the bike in a bush and fetch it the following morning.The week before that, he run out of fuel on the way over, something he has done twice with me in France ...I had to tow him on both occasions then!
podman said:
He#s a top lad but he is ALWAYS fking something up or causing chaos , I had to take him home on Wednesday just past after his KR1 conked out on a country road, in the middle of nowhere on the way over to the 2 stroke meet, we had to hide the bike in a bush and fetch it the following morning.
The week before that, he run out of fuel on the way over, something he has done twice with me in France ...I had to tow him on both occasions then!
Sounds as bad as my mate. He lives about 1 min ride from a petrol station yet he is always the one that scratting about for somewhere for fuel. king something up or causing chaos , I had to take him home on Wednesday just past after his KR1 conked out on a country road, in the middle of nowhere on the way over to the 2 stroke meet, we had to hide the bike in a bush and fetch it the following morning.The week before that, he run out of fuel on the way over, something he has done twice with me in France ...I had to tow him on both occasions then!
Just fill up before we go out like everyone else ffs
theshrew said:
Stuff about chain alignment.
The chain alignment tools are crap too, bought one and it's a total faff to use and easy to bend the rod. These might be a bit to some on here, but to get the wheel tight against the adjusters without just pressing the back wheel, finger tighten it, put something soft between the chain and sprocket and rotate the wheel. The chain going tight will pull the wheel forward and you can then tighten the wheel nut. Also, just use a ruler/verniers to measure that each side is even.
theshrew said:
Sounds as bad as my mate. He lives about 1 min ride from a petrol station yet he is always the one that scratting about for somewhere for fuel.
Just fill up before we go out like everyone else ffs
Or (magic thought) fill up at the end of a day out so it's always ready for action next time you use the bike. I'm getting too cynical because I cannot watch people taking 5 mins to get their gloves on without thinking homicidal thoughts. Just fill up before we go out like everyone else ffs
Mastodon2 said:
iambeowulf said:
Huyabusa thing
Is this like some sort of museum of automotive horrors?Apart from the Valkerie, which standard isn't exactly what I'd call a classic design, all the bikes were hideous.
The cars were ok, Lambo, AC, Ferrari, Porsche, Prowler, Hummer. And a Jag!
The yank cars were, well, big.
moto_traxport said:
Or (magic thought) fill up at the end of a day out so it's always ready for action next time you use the bike. I'm getting too cynical because I cannot watch people taking 5 mins to get their gloves on without thinking homicidal thoughts.
Christ, stay away from the world of cycling then, that is fking painful to watch when the clowns are getting ready to ride!Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff