One good thing about this site is the sharing of experiences, both good and bad. Here's a bad one you can learn from: Keep a length of mechanics wire somewhere on your bike in case of emergency. I was riding home from work on the highway when I heard a loud scraping noise. My first thought was "man, that car next to me has a bad exhaust rattle." As I passed the car and the noise kept up I realized the noise was coming from my bike. I made a B-line for the nearest exit and pulled off. Turns out the center stand spring on my old CB250 had snapped and the stand was just dragging down the highway. Unfortunately I didn't have any safety wire on me so I improvised with the lace from my boot to get home. I will have some mechanics wire with me in the future ;) Later
-Jessie
A couple zipties don't hurt either
Center stand...we don't need no stinking center stand. ;)
Actually good advice. Thanks.
I guess if anyone asks you how it happenned, you could tell them that it must have broke when you scraped it on a turn.
-Porkchop
Kay told me this story yesterday at the gym. That must have been embarassing. :)
More scary than embarrassing. I'm just lucky it didn't catch on anything, I was on 83 South coming through that bridge construction onto 695 East. And as has been my past experience, nobody stops to see if you are ok...
-Jessie
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Good quick thinking!!!
I read this article and thought about this thread.
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=1093084&topart=passenger (http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=1093084&topart=passenger)
-Porkchop