Things missing from your bike , you never noticed.

[kawakid]

Recently got a tax disk reminder, so I went and purchased a new tax disk.

So I go to fit it and hmm, where is it, where did I put it, is it at the back, hmm...

What are those 2 bolts with nothing in them?

My rear peg and hanger , 2 bolts has only fallen off along with my tax disk and holder.

And i've never noticed, I've only given one pillion ride this year on that bike. I can't believe it, I wash the bike after every ride and check it over (or so I thought), I honestly can't believe I've never noticed.

Good job I didn't get stopped, "Where's your tax disk, hmmmmmmmm".

It must have fallen off, because I never leave the Z anywhere.

I've had a hanger bolt on the other side work its way off and I even have thread lock (that i've put on shock threads). , but obviously i've never put it on my rear peg bolts.

I feel stupid.

Can anyone better this stupidity and crap maintenance.
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I've a twin and a 4.

[Polo]

My only one was wondering why my left grip was coming off and realising a bar-end had made a bid for freedom.

Oh, and doing 150 miles before realising my chain had fallen off. There must have been a strong tailwind that day.
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My mum smells your fingers

[yen_powell]

[MarJay]

When the guy came to look at my LC which I'm selling, he pointed out that the horn button was missing. I certainly hadn't noticed!!
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[kitty kat]

Going to work the other day with top box attached to bike, arrived at work, looked at the bike and thought something was missing, it was the top box Quick bit of backtracking and it was located on a grassy verge 2 miles back.
On close inspection, 2 brackets had come off and the remaining 2 had worked loose. The 2 must have come off earlier in my ride as a camper van was flashing me when I overtook and I spent a while wondering what had upset him as I had overtaken safely and not at any great speed. Wonder if they hit him
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Enjoy everyday, tell those you love everyday you love them
Life is too short to fall out with people

[mr rip]

I've owned that many old nails over the years that there's been times when things have fallen off & I have noticed but I've been that fed up with retreiving said bits that I've just carried on & left them

the tool box lid off my old TS 125 alpine springs to mind, it was still lying in the gutter six months later when the rest of the bike was long gone (I used to see it on my way to work)

then one day it wasn't

I set off for work one chilly morning, I'd got about a mile away & I couldn't figure out why my ears were so f***ing cold when it dawned on me what I'd forgotten so I turned round & went back & there was my lid sat on the curb where I'd put it while I was unlocking the bike

I was bloody glad I lived out in the sticks that day, if that happened where I live now I doubt I'd get 200 yards before I got tugged
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never criticise a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes, then when the muck hits the fan you'll be a mile away & you'll have his shoes

[Whosthedaddy]

Tax disc.
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[The Original Muzza]

I went about 6 months without the cable leading from my rear brake lever to my brake light switch. Even done my test on it without the examiner noticing. By the time I remembered it was off, I'd forgetten where it was.
Replaced it with a bodge job. Garden wire is far cheaper than the official part, and essentially the same thing, boJ well done.
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Current Bikes: Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 (2020)
Former Bikes: Honda MSX125 (2014), BMW Funduro (1996), Honda VT500 (1983), Yamaha FZR250 (1989), Suzuki GZ125 Marauder(2005),:Triumph TT600 (2002) (stolen)
From then on, I and the bicycle feelings deeper.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Best thing i bought for my bike was a torque wrench. How the oil stayed in the engine with loose bolts i'll never know.

Pat
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Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[spike_Alike]

My right footpeg dissapeared. As in, it must have fallen off when I was riding since it wasn't in my garage, but somehow I didn't notice untill next time I took it out.

A freaking footpeg
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Bandit 600

[Ariel Badger]

Chain side rear wheel nut went walkies on the Shakespeare Raceway this year. I thought the back end was getting twitchy.
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Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.

[mr rip]

just been out to the shed & the tax disc is missing off one of my bikes, DOH
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never criticise a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes, then when the muck hits the fan you'll be a mile away & you'll have his shoes

[dextersaurus]

Tax disk, and also forgot my front brake light switch for a month.

Only noticed when i was checking it all over for the MOT, was going to check my chain when i opened my toolbox, and there was my tax disk and switch sitting on the top.

Lesson learned: Use the bike's toolkit less, use my proper one more.

I keep everything i take off the bike in that toolbox

Dunc

[Mystery]

i have my tax disk bolted to my exhaust bolts on the right side of the bike and got pulled by police but they weren't bothered about it
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Carbon knuckles assure you maximum protect against debris and unfortunate accidents or if someone cuts you off, their side mirror.Mopeds are like chubby chicks.. they are really fun to ride until you're friends catch you on one

[kawakid]

[The Original Muzza]

[Visitor Q]

[That-Kid-O]

not sure if this counts but the bike i put down a deposit for has no pillion footpegs..... until i saw in the pics dealer is adding them back on

[Gazdaman]

[Visitor Q]

[Carl Howell]

Lost my sidestand once but that didn't take long to notice lol.
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Owned: 2002 Gilera DNA 50, Yamaha DT125R

Own: Yamaha FZX250 Zeal (FZR250 engine as a similar shape to a Hornet)

[tshort2007]

Lost the bolts that hold my carb on. Was tryin to sort afuelin issue out, and was on rebuild number 10-ish. Ingertightened the bolts and started it. got too excited an jumped on an rode it. 5 miles own the road, it cut out! carb was hanging on by the throttle cable!

Also lost a foopeg off the pillion, but its only a 125 so i wont need it

[Powdermonkey]

Was riding along today on the main road at about 50ish (yeh my bikes fooked, taking it in tommorow!!) Anway, heard something fall on the road, looked behind to see something bumping along the carriageway behind me and into the central reservation. I thought it was my numberplate or something so pulled over in the hard shoulder to have a look. Numberplate still there, L plates both still there, rucksack still done up with everything in it. So I thought that obviously I hadn't 'dropped' it and it had come out of a car and carried on on my way. When I got home I got off the bike and accidentally touched the exhaust, 'Ouch!!' thinks I, 'thats bloody hot!' Looked down and that was when I realised it was the heat shield that had come off and bumped down the road!! Should have loctited it on as I was advised when I bought it lol!!
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CBT passed 20th June 2009
First Bike, A White Yamaha XT125X

[Alexio]

Today I got home to find the entire bottom sole from my left shoe missing

And I swear, I haven't been stopping like fred flintstone. It is an old shoe but still....
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will never give up his CG. I look at my fuel gauge more as a progress bar than a fuel gauge.
G: With my GSXR I do often effectively use it as a scooter with a clutch in town.
ms51ves3: why does it need 500 miles? Are you teaching it how to be a piston?

[Martay]

Ive lost both the side pannels of my bike, one covering the airbox, and the other covering the battery. I only noticed when a friend pointed it out to me
Same bike, i HAD a topbox on, loud scraping noise, turns out the plate had snapped, and the whole box come off
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Eat well, poo hard
Drives: Cavalier 2.0 16v
Rides: Slightly ratted Honda City Express