6 things you learn the hard way

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< I Fly > · #1 Post by **< I Fly >** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:08 pm

1) Bad air filters can make starting your bike impossible... but only when you REALLY have to be somewhere.

2) Fairing snaps are really fragile.

3) Epoxy isn't as strong as I thought.

4) The smell sure is.

5) Kawasaki clearly doesn't want people changing air filters.

6) Cycle Barn does not have socket wrenches or flex-wrenches.

#2 Post by **MrGompers** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:44 pm

One addition.

Driving a bike with a missing foot peg is very difficult.

camthepyro · #3 Post by **camthepyro** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:07 pm

No it's not, just rest your foot on the hot exhaust!

#4 Post by **MrGompers** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:13 pm

LOL! Thats exactly what I did. Luckily, I was wearing boots.
If it was the left side tho. Dunno what the hell I would've done.

WheelieGrip · #5 Post by **WheelieGrip** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:12 am

MrGompers wrote:LOL! Thats exactly what I did. Luckily, I was wearing boots.
If it was the left side tho. Dunno what the hell I would've done.

You would have put your foot on the passenger peg, taken off your front wheel and held the wheel in your right hand and manualed a wheelie all the way home standing up.

Seetrout · #6 Post by **Seetrout** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:09 am

camthepyro wrote:No it's not, just rest your foot on the hot exhaust!

Wow!! That really changes things.

I was thinking of a guy I work with that has a wooden leg and rides a Harley.

Driving a bike with a missing foot peg is very difficult.

jstark47 · #7 Post by **jstark47** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:35 am

Things you learn: parts made out of rubber on the carbs or air system will split or crack. When that happens, proper mixture will be impossible to maintain.

#8 Post by **MrGompers** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:00 pm

WheelieGrip wrote:
MrGompers wrote:LOL! Thats exactly what I did. Luckily, I was wearing boots.
If it was the left side tho. Dunno what the hell I would've done.

You would have put your foot on the passenger peg, taken off your front wheel and held the wheel in your right hand and manualed a wheelie all the way home standing up.

Man why didn't I think of that ?