So I had an embarrassing moment yesterday and was wondering what other stupid stuff people have done.

My moment - Did my first over 60km/hr run yesterday  I was very chuffed with myself. Basically went 35kms to a nearby large town where there are 100km zones and 80km zones. Miah was fantastic, very smooth through the crap road surfaces and we got to the destination in one piece. Anyway, pulled up outside my partners work to wait for him and saw a mate, hit the engine kill switch then talked for 20mins. Partner came out, mate was around but we were heading off, tried to start the bike... Nothing... WTF? Partner then looks and says "You forgot to turn the ignition off dumbar$e, you've got a flat battery" "Oh sh!t"  Proceeded to have a crash course in push starting my bike with two epic failures whilst my partner and mate were laughing their heads off. Ended up getting my partner to do it after the 3 fail.

I haven't done that but I have accidentally bumped the kill switch to the off position while moving the bike or taking off the cover and then wondered why the bike wouldn't start.

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havnt done the kill switch off and ignition on, yet went to tafe the other day, turned the bike off, then without noticing when passed lock and onto park, walked away with headlights on all day long, had to clutch start in carpark at tafe

Took me 5 mins once at work to work out that bike was in gear, stand down, kill switch on, and clutch switch connections had come off the clutch lever.

This is why I use the Key to turn off the bike - NOT - the kill switch. Kill switch = Emergency Stop only.

Michael

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Yea I hate the kill switch for that exact reason.
That kill switch could just have been designed to turn off everything ... stupid.

BTW another thing I would warn newb's ... do not ever leave your bike parked with the handlebar pointing anywhere but full left.

Why ?

That is literally like a big flag out to every one who has ever thought about stealing a bike - ... hey I am unlocked ... push me onto anything or even a corner and splice the wires and ride away ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Embarrassing moments get less and less. I used to stall out sometimes coming up the driveway into the garage. Wife never admitted she witnessed it. This spring she remarked how good I'm getting, "I see you can make in without stalling 50 times"  I just  , but was thinking, 

i never use the key to kill it. ( less wear. BUT, my bike keys had my house keys on it too. so if i wanted to get in, i HAD to have my bike keys with me

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Quote from: Ourea on September 22, 2011, 06:16:04 AM
Dropped my f*#King bike again the other day, this time the indicator was pushed into the fairing and cracked it in two places... Damnit!!!! Yaaarrrggghhh its around $100 for the fairing, then I gotta spray that too, what a pain in the bum.

I had the exact same crack last year. I took the fairing off and etched some space into the backside with a soldering iron. Filled the crack in with plumbing cement. Taped over the crack with some drywall tape. Covered the tape with more plumbing cement.



 

Y'know there is plactic that wont break for such small impact, they make rubbermaid trash cans with that ... I doubt it will cost any more than the crap they use now. They want to shaft us, that is why they use this brittle crap.
Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: Ourea on September 22, 2011, 06:16:04 AM
Dropped my f*#King bike again the other day, this time the indicator was pushed into the fairing and cracked it in two places... Damnit!!!! Yaaarrrggghhh its around $100 for the fairing, then I gotta spray that too, what a pain in the bum.

Been there. Found I could pop the indicator back into place and hold the pieces in place. Later did a plastic weld on the inside by a guy at the dealer.

A fall over will almost always punch the indicators through the fairing unless you install the R&G frame sliders. then they take the weight and the turn signals never touch the ground (been there - had it happen AFTER they were installed and noticed they took the weight and no damage).

Quote from: The Buddha on September 22, 2011, 10:43:17 AM
Y'know there is plactic that wont break for such small impact, they make rubbermaid trash cans with that ... I doubt it will cost any more than the crap they use now. They want to shaft us, that is why they use this brittle crap.
Cool.
Buddha.

but the rubbermaid stiff isnt rigid. if its a small enough piece yes. ive got a few of thsoe cans behind my business, that are no longer usable. i use them for making plastic parts.

Quote from: Ourea on September 22, 2011, 06:16:04 AM
Dropped my f*#King bike again the other day, this time the indicator was pushed into the fairing and cracked it in two places... Damnit!!!! Yaaarrrggghhh its around $100 for the fairing, then I gotta spray that too, what a pain in the bum.

The correct answer is go naked!

soldering iron, ziptie filler, melt them together and plasticweld the peices. sand it down, bondo if needed for perfect smooth ness and paint... screw paying for ABS parts... i have 5 welds on my fairings and they look between meh and perfect...

The day after I got my license I went out for a short ride with one of my friends.  After we stopped and got something to eat we headed back to my house.  He rode off, and I got on the bike, started it, put it in gear, and then it cut off.  Did that repeatedly for 5 minutes until I realized I didn't put the side stand up.  By that time my friend had come back just in time to laugh at me.

Gut at work sold his Speedmaster to a block we used to do some work for. Come the next day guy calls him and tells him the bike won't start, blah blah blah. Since he'd got it home and well into the next day he'd been trying to start it with the sidestand still down. Your five minutes pales in comparison.

Michael