Help! every time i ride my bike i break her!!!

[White Noise]

This is going to be a bit of a rant so beware!!
right, i have had my bike for a few weeks and a few things have gone wrong, mostly my fault anyway last weekend i fixed the exhaust with the help of Davo (nice one ) anyway that got sorted and so i rode to work on monday morning only for me to crash her! only a little damage, but pretty unridable, got the new bits and started to fit them but as i have no garage i am stuck to the ligt and good weather. well tonight i finished the job and went for a little ride, feeling good filled the lady with fuel and rode some more, i get to a set of lights on a hill and on the hill start, i rev it quite hard and then try to find the bitting point and nothing! shite! so get the bike to the side of the road and try again! still nothing. bolloxs!!! so i ended up walking the bike home a couple of miles with a full tank!!! (no dreakdown cover!) get home and adjust the clutch cable and hurrah i get biting, with this fixed i get riding again and ead up to devils dyke, i get nearlly there and think this is stupid as the road was pretty icey so i turned back riding home at about 10 mph! get home safely and then try to put the bike on the centre side with that the bike goes straight over breaking off the righthand mirror!!
WTF is going on! will i ever ride my bike and not break it?
is this me being a Tw%t or newbie normality?

Rant over
Cheers
WN
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Buy my wife: 96' Yam XJ600s (Diversion)
Wing Commander White Noise - SE Clique
Riding Tip #86: See God, then back off a bit: Problem is i haven't seen god yet, just a close up of tarmac on revett straight

[Scotsman37]

You're jinxed !

What mirror did you break

[stinkwheel]

I have been riding for eleven years. I bought a new bike in late 2002 so far:

Snapped chain.
Busted chain guard.
Front mudguard fell off.
Burred carb drain screw.
Broken speedo cable.
Spat out rear brake pads.
Dropped off stand twice.
Blown over twice.
Mirror fell off on motorway.
Broke other mirror when it blew over.
Immobaliser chip fell out of key.
Stolen and hotwired.
Snapped lever off fuel tap.
Blown engine (snapped conrod).
Broken wire on immobaliser.
Broken wire on CDI.
Heavy corrosion on alloy rims.
Gear lever fell off.
Two flasher relays dead.

I consider this to be one of the most reliable bikes I have ever owned
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[White Noise]

[mchaggis]

Ponder... A bike a year old, with about 8 months riding.

Blown spotlight bulbs, both of them.
Blown speedo bulb.
Knackered tacho.
Knackered speedo.
Pitted forks.
Lost toolkit. (Thieving barstewards...)
Rapid rust chrome.
Rear electrics fallen to pieces.
Lost bolt from the sprocket cover.
Lost bolts from pillion floorboards.

And that's excluding the damage I've caused by binning it and accidentally dropping it. (Bent levers, bent mirrors, dented tank etc etc..)
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Discovering the delights of Hammerite and a 3/4" brush.

[mattsmith95]

So far this year I've had a new rear tyre, chain/sprocket kit and rear brakes. That was fitted recently and set me back £200.
Sadly the fork seals blew a few days ago and the exhaust is on stage one of failure, a hole in the balance pipe which is rusted
very badly.

Apart from that, all is just peachy.


Almost forgot, I blew a headlight bulb two weeks ago, first one this winter.

[Gazdaman]

It's a heavy bike you've got there matey, I'm guessing you're suffering from big-heavy-bike-itis.

The clutch thing is a bit odd, surely you noticed something was up before this happened? Maybe it's new plates time, check ebay there were some on there last week.

and putting the thing on the centre stand is a mission. The only thing I've ever found that's more difficult is the 900 diversion!

Gaz

[White Noise]

yeah i think that plates would be a good think, think i will endevour for next month as i am very skint this month!
after today i am worried that i am going to screw the bike up, i really want to buy a very shite bike and rag the tits of it till destruction!! that way i can learn what is good/bad for a bike!
WN
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Buy my wife: 96' Yam XJ600s (Diversion)
Wing Commander White Noise - SE Clique
Riding Tip #86: See God, then back off a bit: Problem is i haven't seen god yet, just a close up of tarmac on revett straight

[Gazdaman]

[White Noise]

apart from my divvy, it seems the more careful i am with it the more i kill it!
just a question but if i am going to replace the plates anyway would it be a good time to learn to do burn outs? as after the tyres isn't the clutch the next thing that is likely to get buggered up?
Cheers
WN
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Buy my wife: 96' Yam XJ600s (Diversion)
Wing Commander White Noise - SE Clique
Riding Tip #86: See God, then back off a bit: Problem is i haven't seen god yet, just a close up of tarmac on revett straight

[Gazdaman]

May aswell, it doesn't do a whole lot to the clutch, considering you have plenty of power to break traction.

I take it it's nearly new rear tyre time?

Gaz

[White Noise]

not yet, but i am guessing it will be soon! if i start trying to do them!! think i will wait a bit before i try!!

ideally i need 3 bikes
divvy - workhorse
RVF-400 - mess about on, learn tricks on (be able to drop)
ZX-7R - serious fun!!!

or am i just being greedy!!

WN
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Buy my wife: 96' Yam XJ600s (Diversion)
Wing Commander White Noise - SE Clique
Riding Tip #86: See God, then back off a bit: Problem is i haven't seen god yet, just a close up of tarmac on revett straight

[Gazdaman]

Let's ask Going2Fast if he sees his RVF400 as 'droppable'.

Gaz

[tatters]

brought my 1992 KR1-S in july since then.



top-end seized

KIPS (power valve) stem snaped

steering damper lug snaped

big end bearing thrush washer broke up

fragments of the above destroyed a piston and cyclinder head

cracked blancer shaft cover
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[dansuresh]

In the 10 months i have had my bike, I have either broker or replaced:

left Fairing broken/replaced
Both indicator caseings replaced
left mirror replaced
left rear footrest still broken
gear lever broken/replaced
speedo cable broken just abt 2days ago!
both front and rear tyres and rims!
regulator replaced
about 3 batteries cos i didnt know the regulator was broken!

Think thts about it!