I am a numpty

[Kawksam]

Well the other day I was fiddling with the bike check idle and giving it the once over with the WD 40 and check it fired up which it did 1st kick,

needed to go out on it an hour later all stuff on and key in choke on and kick no go second third and forth kick still no go

plug out and slightly wet dryed and swaped and then put it on engine to check spark no spark, checked carb settings all fine, literally takes a min to remove carb on kh100.

really confused and walked away before I kicked it and then noticed the kill switch turned to off first proper motorbike and never had a kill switch, 1st kick load of smoke from unburnt petrol and off I go feeling a numpty,

[_matt]

think we've all been there mate
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1990 Yamaha XV 535 (Alive Again!) / 2007 Jinlun Texan 125-11 (formerly 2k3, wrong details, now going rusty in the back garden )

[Kawksam]

to be fair its the second time it has happened, still not use to having one but love that lil kawk, just needs abit of work to make it run perfect.

[soforene]

[keggyhander]

Wait till you accidentally knock it whilst riding. That will cause a head-scratching session, believe me.

[Tomzo47]

the killswitch game is brilliant if you're with a mate, just wait until they're not looking, and gently knock their killswitch. Watch them struggle to understand why their bike wont start
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Ybr 125 > Bandit 650SA > GSXR 600 > Triumph Sprint St1050 > CB1300 > Z1000SX + FJ1200 (written off) > VFR750 >FJ1200

[panrider_uk]

[nowhere.elysium]

Could be worse. I can think of a member on here whose sparkplug somehow magically re-gapped itself to zero. I personally am not sure how it happened, but it was insanely amusing watching him trying to bump start a bike that couldn't fire.
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'10 SV650SF, '83 GS650GT (it lives!), Questionable DIY dash project, 3D Printer project, Lasercutter project

[Rogerborg]

I got a call from the chap I swapped my 125 to: bloody bike won't start, you only rode it in yesterday, how's it gone wrong overnight...?

30 seconds of "Is there any chance you've..." questioning later, the sound of a mighty Chinese pushrod roaring into life could be heard.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[WannaBeDude]

Thank fuck it ain't broke feeling overrides silly one.
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[Rogerborg]

[Knightsy]

Haha that happened to me with an immobiliser.
Never had one before so I got confused with this new piece of magnificent technology and actually went through the trouble
of getting the bike to garage only to find out that I didn't push that little bloody button on the key to turn it off...
I honestly thought that fuel injection was fucked
-they didn't charge me for keeping the bike overnight by the way-

The feeling of shame (and stupidity) was immense...
I bet these guys are laughing inside every time they see me
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09' Versys 650 | 07' FJR1300A

[WannaBeDude]

[Kawksam]

I've learnt my lesson, bloody little kits, my mate switched his kill switch on and off on his zzr600 my god the back fire sounded like a shot gun went off, one women fell over.

[Nai]

Never had a kill switch moment, but did get pissed with my bike and stomp around it for half an hour groling and grumbling wondering why it would not start one cold morning. No life in it at all. Wasnt untill I spent 2 hours commuting by train and bus instead of a 30 minute ride I rememberd I had put the battery on charge the night before.... Doh...

[anthony_r6]

I once managed to hit my kill switch in the middle of a junction I was crossing. Wasn't going very fast at the time so it managed to stop dead centre, and all the traffic around me had to stop too. I tried starting it as you do, without success. Then I had to put the stand down, dismount and wheel it across the junction and pull up at the side of the road while trying to work it out.

Didn't take long to realise but them embarrassment was sky high.
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Ted : "Maybe he's agoraphobic."
Dougal : "Jack scared of fighting? I don't think so, Ted."

[fozzym]

WD40 makes your bike stink and then makes you stink whenever you go near it so I don't use that shite!

[U_W v2.0]

ah just wait until you forget to turn your fuel tap on.

i did that, got to the junction at top of my road which joins a main road, went to pull out and it died. couldnt work out why then noticed the tap.
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[Frost]

I've fallen for this many times, but only on kick start bikes!

[Clanger]

[Benson_JV]

[keggyhander]