Really stupid things...

NSR125-Kid-UK · Attention Whore Joined: 03 May 2003 Karma :

What silly or stupid things have you done on/to/with your bike? I'm not talking about crashing or anything, just those little daft things.

I'll start:

Today I was so excited about applying for a very decent job, that I filled my bike up with 2stroke, using the key to lever the top of the bottle off, put the key in my underseat storage space along with the bottle lid, filled my oil tank up, put the lid on the tank and the bottle, and put the seat back on the bike Shocked

. *oops*

I had to wait 10 minutes for my dad to come down in his car with my spare keys Laughing

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mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

Forgetting to put your side stand down/up can have interesting results.

roozor · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Karma :

forgetting to turn my petrol on, especially when coming out of college being looked at by hot chicks Wink

only done it once tho

mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

I was once trying to race someone off the lights, I had the clutch in ready to go, but I forgot to put it in gear. Doh.

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Bambit the cunt ran out in front of me, I tried to avoid the bastard and went into the hedge and a tree instead. Evil or Very Mad

TheShaggyDA · Repost Police Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Pulled up diagonally to the kerb on a road with a heavy camber, went to kick the sidestand down only to realise that my shoelace from my trainer had wrapped around the gear lever. Trying to hold up an XJ900F on your ankle isn't nice.

Last time I wore anything with laces on a bike Smile

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Quite a common one, leaving the disc lock on when doing a quick getaway...and then quickly falling onto the floor. Embarassed

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Sacarius · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Karma :

This is by far the stupidest thing I have done so far.
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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

Hmm... I guess my moment would have to be, pulling a fat wheelie comming out of St Doms (my college) on my old NRG, which just happens to be at an incline and then having some 18 year old run out for a laugh, causing me to drop my bike on its side and sustaining a few bruises on my left flank. Unfortunately it was on a friday at 4 o'clock in view of all the ladies and also in view of the people i invited to my birthday party the following day Rolling Eyes

. I can swear my bike was in pristine condition beforehand! Razz

Today, because of the rain, the bike wouldn't start (my XR), either it was a flooded carb ( i turned the fuel off) or the electrics got wet... In view of the 1st year girls and very embarrassing as i couldn't rev/warm up my engine.
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Mister James · I want to believe! Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Karma :

awww bless Wink

Ahhh St Doms first yr girls, one of the only good things about harrow!

Reevo8 · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Karma :

Went to put my key down on my fuel Cap(on scooter) and dropped it into the fareing, waited for my dad, who got it out straight away( was only 15mins from home!)

Another time, again with scooter i thought i had found a place to hide my key(coz it was such a huge weight to bear! Rolling Eyes

) This then got lost inside the fareing!

On my first geared bike, My dad revved his R1 up, taking the mickey out of my measly 125, i then revved my engine and dumped the clutch!(i then managed to catch the bike mid flight, and stop it from hitting a car!) Oh and this was 2miles outside of where i had bought my bike 15minutes previous!

Forgot to put the sidestand down at a petrol Station, and so managed to save the bike!

iCraig · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Karma :

Mine was trying to impress my friends in a car park when I was 17 on my ER-5, I was leaning the bike so much the front tyre slid on some wet cardboard and I lost the bike and it slid away from me, bending the handlebars and snapping the indicator and brake lever. Embarassed

malb · Spanner Monkey Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Karma :

I managed to brake my finger getting the bike out of the garage this morning.. well I don't really think its broken, it just hurts like hell. I slipped and the weight of the bike ended up squarely on my index finger.

I managed not to drop the bike which is the important thing!
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jayluvmito · Crazy Courier Joined: 15 May 2004 Karma :

doing the whole shoelace on the gearlever thing, and the worst one was leaving the bike in gera, coming back out the shop, kicking the bike over and shooting forward and hitting the shop window, dropping the bike in the process as i had a drink in my hand, or leaving the bike in nuetral and trying to pull away
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Ade067 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

The stupidest thing I've done is relying on the neutral light,It wasn't on my bike but on a Kymco Stryker traily type thing that was lent to me when I was having probs with my 1st bike,I took the bloody thing off the stand and flicked the starter button to let my mate hear it running when the frigging thing lurched forward with me holding onto the handlebars desperately trying to stop the bastard...It did stop after it fell on me,which was quite painful...I don't think I'll try being a bike stand again...it hurts Laughing

And the moral of this story is...NEVER trust the bloody neutral light!

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Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

Stupidest thing I have ever done is wait this long to book my fucking test.
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Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

lol

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dodsi · Dirty Carny Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Karma :

most dumb thing i have done was fail my test today!!!

i thought it was a 40 zone, i did 37mph, it was a 30 zone

test failed £50 down the pan...

not my fault of course... Wink

ah well

ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

... and people wonder how we lost the largest empire the planet has ever seen.... Rolling Eyes

dibbster · Nearly there... Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Karma :

Stupidest thing would be not turning on petrol! Ooops. Rolling Eyes

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Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

Yeah but the funniest was going to a pub about 5 miles from where I live with me on the NSR and my mate on his RS125. Adament his bike was faster we had a race home, he was right, he was quicker, until he pulled up at the side of the road not realising I had turned his petrol off. £10, cheers easy Very Happy

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