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Sometimes I have laugh to keep from crying. We all do stupid things, but this one takes the cake for me. I was changing oil in my XS650 and I dumped 2 quarts of 20w-50w oil into my bike only to discover I forgot to put the drain plugs back in. So come on, fes up guys, I bet you did something stupid too that would get a chuckle. XS

last oil change i grabbed the wrong torx head bit (one smaller) when removing my derby cover from the primary....stripped a torx screw pretty badly...

it is only laughable because io managed to get it out without resorting to removing the entire primary and drilling. needless to say i boght new screws.

Took the swingarm off my bike for maintenance a couple weeks ago, and took the chain off as well so I could give it a good cleaning and inspection.

Got everything done, slapped the swingarm back in, slid the bolts home, put the nuts on, and started adjusting the torque wrench.......

then I realized I had forgotten to do one very important thing.

looked over at my cleaning tray to see my chain still soaking in cleaner.

so, off comes the swingarm again so that I can get the now clean chain back on.

Doh!!

I managed to adjust my chain and forgot to reinstall the cotter pin on the axle's castle nut. About 100 miles later, the axle fell out while I was riding down a deserted highway. Doh!

I did an oil change last week and asked my family to save an empty milk jug to put the oil in so i could take it somewhere. So my brother puts the jug aside and a few days later i go to use it come to find out there is still a 1/2 cup of milk in there. I almost died from the smell.

flynrider wrote:I managed to adjust my chain and forgot to reinstall the cotter pin on the axle's castle nut. About 100 miles later, the axle fell out while I was riding down a deserted highway. Doh!

ummm..did that hurt much? damage to the bike?

NorthernPete wrote:

flynrider wrote:I managed to adjust my chain and forgot to reinstall the cotter pin on the axle's castle nut. About 100 miles later, the axle fell out while I was riding down a deserted highway. Doh!

ummm..did that hurt much? damage to the bike?

No hurt and no damage. The chain started jumping teeth on the sprocket at about 60 mph. I looked back and saw 6 inches of axle sticking out the left side of the wheel. I got slowed down to about 35 mph when the axle fell out and the chain kinked, locking the rear wheel. I skidded to a stop, retrieved and reinstalled the axle, then secured it with a bungee hook for the last 250 miles home. I was amazed that I made it.

xsyamahadg wrote:Sometimes I have laugh to keep from crying. We all do stupid things, but this one takes the cake for me. I was changing oil in my XS650 and I dumped 2 quarts of 20w-50w oil into my bike only to discover I forgot to put the drain plugs back in. So come on, fes up guys, I bet you did something stupid too that would get a chuckle. XS

did the same thing on a car i did my first oil change in auto mech I. it was funny to roll the car out and see all that oil all over the ground. shop teacher wasnt happy. took the drain pan all the way down to the dumping tank and found the bolt at the bottom of the pan. NICE!!!!

better their car then mine!!!

Got on my bike last week and found my handlebars missing. I freaked out at first, but then I just turned myself around and there they were.

jfeaz wrote:Got on my bike last week and found my handlebars missing. I freaked out at first, but then I just turned myself around and there they were.

Boooooooooo!!!!!