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Title: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: mattress on August 10, 2007, 03:30:34 PM
LOL here I am laughing at all the people that never knew what the helmet lock was...

today I was messing around with the bike.  I turned the key to the "off" position.  I'm like the 3rd owner of my bike, it's a 99, and the previous owners must have used keychains with their keys, because it's scratched pretty bad up the triple around the ignition key. 

Anyway, if I push the key in slightly and try to turn it left, past the "off" position, there is actually a "lock" position, and then ANOTHER position after that that not only locks the forks, but keeps the tail lights on. (the "off" and other key positions are scratched off of mine, so I didn't know they were there LOL)

Neat stuff here guys..  I wonder what other secrets this thing has! LOL
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: Liquidsilver on August 10, 2007, 04:34:58 PM
First bike I take it......
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: CndnMax on August 10, 2007, 05:10:59 PM
 :cookoo: :laugh:, didn't you wonder why a few people were draining their batteries on park?
whats next? the o-ring in the toolkit is actually the strap  :dunno_white: (i actually just found that out a month ago  :laugh:)
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: Jarrett on August 10, 2007, 06:00:18 PM
 :laugh: Took me a while to get that one right too.  I killed a battery before I figured out my bike had parking lights.
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: ohgood on August 10, 2007, 06:22:02 PM
Just a few minutes ago (still sweating) I found the RIGHT GRIP makes it louder.
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: bucks1605 on August 10, 2007, 06:58:54 PM
Quote from: CndnMax on August 10, 2007, 05:10:59 PM
:cookoo: :laugh:, didn't you wonder why a few people were draining their batteries on park?
whats next? the o-ring in the toolkit is actually the strap  :dunno_white: (i actually just found that out a month ago  :laugh:)

wait, what is the o-ring in the toolkit for?  i guess i know very little about my bike.  :laugh:
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: CndnMax on August 10, 2007, 07:18:45 PM
 :laugh: i used to think it was like a gasket for a oil filter or something, nope just a strap to hold the tool kit in place haha
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: ben2go on August 10, 2007, 07:49:13 PM
:P  :cookoo:  :o  :kiss3:
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: bucks1605 on August 10, 2007, 09:37:37 PM
Quote from: CndnMax on August 10, 2007, 07:18:45 PM
:laugh: i used to think it was like a gasket for a oil filter or something, nope just a strap to hold the tool kit in place haha

i've never seen it, i'll have to go take a look.
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: GeeP on August 10, 2007, 09:57:25 PM
Quote from: ohgood on August 10, 2007, 06:22:02 PM
Just a few minutes ago (still sweating) I found the RIGHT GRIP makes it louder.

What does the left grip do?

The lever in front of the right grip is for "laying it down".  If you find yourself too hot or encounter a car in a turn, just squeeze hard!  All your problems will automatically be solved by physics and little gnomes.
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: bubba zanetti on August 11, 2007, 01:26:33 AM
Does any one know where the flux capacitor is stored  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: 510 on August 11, 2007, 01:32:35 AM
Quote from: bucks1605 on August 10, 2007, 06:58:54 PM
Quote from: CndnMax on August 10, 2007, 05:10:59 PM
:cookoo: :laugh:, didn't you wonder why a few people were draining their batteries on park?
whats next? the o-ring in the toolkit is actually the strap  :dunno_white: (i actually just found that out a month ago  :laugh:)

wait, what is the o-ring in the toolkit for?  i guess i know very little about my bike.  :laugh:

Wait, where is this 'toolkit' of which you speak?


Lol, seriously tho, I never bothered to look around in the toolkit until a few days ago. Maybe it was the previous owner that left it there, but there was a 17mm wrench for the oil drain plug. I can't believe I actually spent a good $5 on a 17mm socket a few months ago cuz I didn't have that size...
Title: Re: Holy crap, my GS has fork locks! (inspired by helmet lock thread)
Post by: average on August 11, 2007, 01:35:22 AM
 :laugh: Asshats; all of you  :laugh:

Diaz
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