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teamsuperoxide
12th September 2008, 17:44
Some piece of shit motherf**ker broke the clutch cable on my bike today while I was working!! I was parked under geek-quad.
Now I have to waste half a day this weekend getting a replacement! I'm so pissed off!!:angry2::angry2::angry2::angry2::angry2::angr y2::angry2:

Patar
12th September 2008, 20:11
how in the hell does a clutch cable break?

Highlander
12th September 2008, 20:23
They do, just from general usage.
Never heard of one just going without someone squeezing the lever, so suspect someone was having a wee play.

Squiggles
12th September 2008, 20:38
Some piece of shit motherf**ker broke the clutch cable on my bike today while I was working!! I was parked under geek-quad.

No shit, really? Did they break the lever or just the cable?

_STAIN_
12th September 2008, 21:23
Some piece of shit motherf**ker broke the clutch cable on my bike today while I was working!! I was parked under geek-quad.
Now I have to waste half a day this weekend getting a replacement! I'm so pissed off!!:angry2::angry2::angry2::angry2::angry2::angr y2::angry2:

story so far.....I remember for some time now when I pull the clutch in it sort of clicks and isn't smoothe. Due to lack of any maintenance and never thinking to look why or dare to think maybe I should try and put a little oil or grease on it. Well it is that little barrel end on the cable not pivoting as it should do in the lever. Slowly one by one the strands of the cable start to break right next to the barrel at end of cable. It will keep working with maybe only 2 or 3 strands intact. Maybe someone while getting off their bike in inadvertently bumped your clutch lever severing the last strands. Maybe the last strand broke when I pulled it in tonight. Maybe I'm a dumbarse and nobody deliberately broke anything. Let us all know where the cable broke.

chanceyy
12th September 2008, 21:35
story so far.....I remember for some time now when I pull the clutch in it sort of clicks and isn't smoothe. Due to lack of any maintenance and never thinking to look why or dare to think maybe I should try and put a little oil or grease on it. Well it is that little barrel end on the cable not pivoting as it should do in the lever. Slowly one by one the strands of the cable start to break right next to the barrel at end of cable. It will keep working with maybe only 2 or 3 strands intact. Maybe someone while getting off their bike in inadvertently bumped your clutch lever severing the last strands. Maybe the last strand broke when I pulled it in tonight. Maybe I'm a dumbarse and nobody deliberately broke anything. Let us all know where the cable broke.

:clap: thats wot happened to betsy (ole RZ350) went out for a huge ride .. came home pulled in clutch to negotiate driveway & snap .. thank gawd it was right at the end of the ride & not during it :laugh:

teamsuperoxide
13th September 2008, 17:12
Maybe I'm a dumbarse and nobody deliberately broke anything. Let us all know where the cable broke.

You are the dumbarse. It was a new cable, greased to hell, adjusted perfectly and pulling smooth. A weld failed due to extreme mechanical stress cause by someone pulling in the clutch beyond its normal travel.

Thankfully the culprit has owned up to me after I posted this thread and has offered to help cover the cost of repairs.

Unfortunately it's not as simple as welding the barrel back on. The inside of the housing has been damaged so that the cable no longer glides smoothly up and down inside it. The cable plus housing will need to be replaced. $$$ :argh:

Squiggles
13th September 2008, 18:26
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1679270&postcount=21
You could try them?
I once had a cable done for me by Aotea Industries out in manukau, my throttle cable was rooted, sticking majorly and they did me one for $70

mowgli
13th September 2008, 18:46
It was a new cable, greased to hell, adjusted perfectly and pulling smooth. A weld failed due to extreme mechanical stress cause by someone pulling in the clutch beyond its normal travel.
Am I missing something? How does a clutch cable "adjusted perfectly" go on to pull the clutch "beyond its normal travel"? Sounds to me more like the cable was damaged or faulty. If it was a "new cable" I'd be taking it back to the shop.

Edit: Either way, stink that it happened. Hope the fix is easy and cheap. Good luck

FLYMO
13th September 2008, 20:55
either that or the lever was that flogged they were able to lift it past the bar and keep on pulling it

teamsuperoxide
14th September 2008, 15:51
To disengage the clutch you only need to pull the lever in a little way, if you squeeze it all the way to the handle its way way too far. I'm not familiar with other bikes but I've only had to squeeze the lever about half in to reach the limit of what the clutch can move so that squeezing the lever to the rubber of the handle repeditively will eventally break the cable. And if you say I've adjusted it wrong than every mechanic who has ever adjust the clutch for me is wrong too.

teamsuperoxide
14th September 2008, 15:55
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1679270&postcount=21
You could try them?
I once had a cable done for me by Aotea Industries out in manukau, my throttle cable was rooted, sticking majorly and they did me one for $70

Cheers, I'll give them a call tomorrow.

BANZAI
14th September 2008, 16:35
I had sat on my friend's brother's EN125(couldnt ride coz it won't start anymore lol) but clutch was soft as GN and can be gripped all way in, unlike wat your bike have. Shouldn't your bike be the same? Did you try the clutch of other GX125??

The idea of you cant grip the clutch all the way in is strange to me, but I don't know much so it's just my opinion....

Slyer
14th September 2008, 17:47
The gn125 I rode let the clutch all the way in.

PirateJafa
14th September 2008, 19:05
I had sat on my friend's brother's EN125(couldnt ride coz it won't start anymore lol) but clutch was soft as GN and can be gripped all way in, unlike wat your bike have. Shouldn't your bike be the same? Did you try the clutch of other GX125??

The idea of you cant grip the clutch all the way in is strange to me, but I don't know much so it's just my opinion....


The gn125 I rode let the clutch all the way in.

Not all bikes are adjusted the same. :slap:

Slyer
14th September 2008, 19:17
Thanks captain obvious.
I didn't say it had to be that way I was merely sharing the fact that some are like that.

Ragingrob
14th September 2008, 19:23
Hmmm a perfectly adjusted clutch cable... where you can't pull the clutch right in because it snaps...

That sounds perfectly imperfect to me ;)

And, how can one pull the clutch lever in sooo hard that it snaps a brand new cable?

Was it popeye who owned up?

motorbyclist
14th September 2008, 19:49
superoxide and any other apparent newbies, do read all of this.


To disengage the clutch you only need to pull the lever in a little way, if you squeeze it all the way to the handle its way way too far. I'm not familiar with other bikes but I've only had to squeeze the lever about half in to reach the limit of what the clutch can move so that squeezing the lever to the rubber of the handle repeditively will eventally break the cable. And if you say I've adjusted it wrong than every mechanic who has ever adjust the clutch for me is wrong too.

now i'm assuming that your bike isn't a particularly poorly designed machine here:

every mechanic who's ever adjusted it is either incompetent or thought you wanted it that way, or both (they should have asked).

the lever should come right back to the handle and have a few millimetres play in the cable which you won't have unless you've got the wrong cable fitted.

the clutch may disengage anywhere along that travel to the handle. on my dirtbikes a half pull is typically all that is required, but some road bikes tend to "drag" a bit at max travel due to wear or design or too much slack

by having the cable permanently tensioned it's a miracle that your clutch isn't slipping and the cable lasted as long as it has.

it would've broken with or without interference - either on it's own or as soon as you went to leave that day. if i was you i'd tell the "culprit" not to worry about it

it very likely the fitted cable is too short for the bike and the setting provided was the best they could get, again a typical bike shop fuck up that a newbie owner might not pick up on. this is something you should have been told about by the shop/mechanic and is why i typically dislike mechanics who are vague in explaining what they've "fixed", especially when the bike later breaks in an unreasonably short timeframe.

my "new" bike i got from red baron had the clutch adjusted so that putting her in 1st would stall the bike - mechanics are very capable of fucking up. i've got her to a usable state but will be taking her back to get it rectified at their cost as i cbf taking fairings off to adjust at the clutch end of things.

I'd suggest you do the same.

motorbyclist
14th September 2008, 19:55
and from teh other thread:


Hey guys,
The clutch cable on my 2003 Suzuki GX125 was broken yesterday by someone playing on my bike while I was working. I know its not a big deal to get a new one made but when I went to get a new one made I was told that the cable housing (if thats the right term) had been damage so that the cable sticks inside and a new cable can't be treaded through. Does that sound possible? I thought I kept it well oiled. The mechanic suggested I get a replacement but since my bike is a dodgy Chinese made Suzuki its likely to be 6 weeks to get the parts shipped over.
Is there a place in Auckland that could make me a new cable + cable housing? And for how much?

outer was shagged?


It was a new cable, greased to hell, adjusted perfectly and pulling smooth. A weld failed due to extreme mechanical stress cause by someone pulling in the clutch beyond its normal travel.


?????


If the outer is shagged, put another outer on it. Get a new mechanic though... if they can't manage that, they're not much of a mechanic.

+1

i know a good pace in the CBD too if you're interested - Robinson instruments on sale street.

teamsuperoxide
15th September 2008, 09:21
by having the cable permanently tensioned it's a miracle that your clutch isn't slipping and the cable lasted as long as it has.

it would've broken with or without interference - either on it's own or as soon as you went to leave that day. if i was you i'd tell the "culprit" not to worry about it

So you have ridden my bike? Inspected the clutch cable? Or should you be on Sensing Murder?

It wasn't under permanent tension. It wouldn't have broken if some hadn't decided to play with it on Friday. The cable was the correct length. The outer wasn't shagged until it was damage on Friday at the same time the cable broke.

And for you people who have literacy problems, what broke was the weld on the little nipple thing at the end of the cable. I posted that earlier. The cable had been made for me by the guy at Atomic, hence it wasn't as strong as a proper cable to begin with. When I went back there on Saturday to get him to weld it back on he couldn't so decide to make a new one and that is when we found that something was wrong with the outer, the old cable was extremely difficult to get out and a new one couldn't be threaded through. Did I not make that clear when I first posted it?

Thankfully rather than speculating if or what I had done something wrong some of you had actually tried to help and I thank those few whole heartedly.

teamsuperoxide
15th September 2008, 09:22
now i'm assuming that your bike isn't a particularly poorly designed machine here:


Its a Suzuki GX125......... it's beyond poorly designed.

xwhatsit
15th September 2008, 11:28
I don't think that the little solder joint that holds the nipple on should ever just fail, especially only from the force that somebody can put on it with their fingers. I don't know anything about the quality of cables that the guy at Atomic Wreckers makes, but if that's what pulled out then it can't have been a very well-made cable.

Ixion
15th September 2008, 11:38
To disengage the clutch you only need to pull the lever in a little way, if you squeeze it all the way to the handle its way way too far. I'm not familiar with other bikes but I've only had to squeeze the lever about half in to reach the limit of what the clutch can move so that squeezing the lever to the rubber of the handle repeditively will eventally break the cable. And if you say I've adjusted it wrong than every mechanic who has ever adjust the clutch for me is wrong too.

Every mechanic who has ever adjust the clutch for you is wrong too

2wheeljunkie
15th September 2008, 14:27
the quote thing is not worrking..darrnit..

2wheeljunkie
15th September 2008, 15:10
So you have ridden my bike? Inspected the clutch cable? Or should you be on Sensing Murder?



what i was going to say was tat andrew is very knowledgeable when it comes to bikes. and he does make sense abt the clutch cable. btw im not taking sides or anything, just merely stating tat i always listen to andrew's advice..

Squiggles
15th September 2008, 19:04
Phoar, this threads going off like andrews mum when he got teh riffer



:laugh:

aewilliam
15th September 2008, 19:34
Somewhere i have read 'Who USES the clutch?!?!'

I think everyone - in order to have an alternative to their clutch should it break when perfectly installed and adjusted and brand new - should learn how to do a 3minute balanced stoppy at lights/around corners while parking, or work on their inner thigh muscles/gluteals and calf raises to squeeze the bike and lift the rear wheel with their calves. These would mean the back wheel will be allowed to keep rotating at engine idle speed and so not have to flick into Neutral...chicks dig that stuff. it worked-ish for Nacho Libre yar?

That said...
If it snapped with a couple 'tuff' tugs, im a guessing that it was on its way to busting after a few 'normal' tugs i.e. on the way home? (seriously...correct me if im wrong)
I would have thought the broken clutch bike owner may have been happy that their clutch was busted in a parked position, rather than while ridin on their way home.

Unless 'culprit' did some exceedingly stressful maneouver with their wrist and clutch... AND owned up? Whoah... faith in humanity restored...ish. Oh who am i kidding hell no.

Without getting into the technicalities of mechanical functios of a bike clutch... i would suggest listening to the postings of a person who has pretty decent rep. (as you can see from mine, no i am not talking about meself...)

Dont think its Andrew's mum who will be giving someone a damn good hurting tonight, but rather complainants momma fending for her offspring. Oooh... maybe we can get both mommas fending for their darlins?

Ahhhh...are the aforementioned mommas milfs? we could even get them to meet (maybe in a jelly pool) and have the ensuing fracas all on video and...oooh...mmmm...ahhhh.. bugger, i think i gotta go clean myself up. Shouldn't be doin this at work...

Ragingrob
15th September 2008, 20:18
So you have ridden my bike? Inspected the clutch cable? Or should you be on Sensing Murder?

It wasn't under permanent tension. It wouldn't have broken if some hadn't decided to play with it on Friday. The cable was the correct length. The outer wasn't shagged until it was damage on Friday at the same time the cable broke.

And for you people who have literacy problems, what broke was the weld on the little nipple thing at the end of the cable. I posted that earlier. The cable had been made for me by the guy at Atomic, hence it wasn't as strong as a proper cable to begin with. When I went back there on Saturday to get him to weld it back on he couldn't so decide to make a new one and that is when we found that something was wrong with the outer, the old cable was extremely difficult to get out and a new one couldn't be threaded through. Did I not make that clear when I first posted it?

Thankfully rather than speculating if or what I had done something wrong some of you had actually tried to help and I thank those few whole heartedly.

Dude, don't you understand that the clutch was fucked up and whoever owned up to "playing" with it should not owe you anything if all he did was pull the clutch right in.

We may have literacy problems but mate I think you need a tampon.

Tried to help with what? All you've done is bitch on the net cause you think someone broke your bike.

We don't need to have inspected your bike as you have told us that your clutch doesn't pull back to the bar, which means it's obviously fucked up in the first place.

_STAIN_
15th September 2008, 22:01
You are the dumbarse. It was a new cable, greased to hell, adjusted perfectly and pulling smooth. A weld failed due to extreme mechanical stress cause by someone pulling in the clutch beyond its normal travel.
The cable plus housing will need to be replaced. $$$ :argh:

so the clutch pull rack and pinion is not timed correctly

bomma
15th September 2008, 23:11
Dude, don't you understand that the clutch was fucked up and whoever owned up to "playing" with it should not owe you anything if all he did was pull the clutch right in.

We may have literacy problems but mate I think you need a tampon.

Tried to help with what? All you've done is bitch on the net cause you think someone broke your bike.

We don't need to have inspected your bike as you have told us that your clutch doesn't pull back to the bar, which means it's obviously fucked up in the first place.

i can see him rearing up in preparation of a roundhouse!!! ruuuuuuuun NOOOOB, RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!! :lol::2thumbsup

EDIT: oh and i agree with andrew and all those that agree with agreeing with andrew :scratch: think someone may have accidentally saved your life....or at least from harm....pm me the person's name/number and ill go buy that person a well-deserved beer :niceone:

2wheeljunkie
15th September 2008, 23:13
i can see him rearing up in preparation of a roundhouse!!! ruuuuuuuun NOOOOB, RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!! :lol::2thumbsup

i think i feel the ground shaking..someone show rob norris some viffer porn..!!

bomma
15th September 2008, 23:40
i think i feel the ground shaking..someone show rob norris some viffer porn..!!

sheez you were quick to reply there, didnt even manage to finish editing that post before you'd replied!!!

2wheeljunkie
15th September 2008, 23:51
sheez you were quick to reply there, didnt even manage to finish editing that post before you'd replied!!!

im finding ways to get away from studying..can ya blame me??:msn-wink:

Zim_Invader
16th September 2008, 00:24
buddy, by now, u've gotta understand that if 1, no 2, still no... pretty much every person on this thread having said that some shit wasn't right if your clutch lever didn't even get half way before it was at full tension. go through a few motorcycle stores (i know i will tomorrow) and find out exactly how correct your understanding of the amount your bike's clutch lever should be pulled back, and compare that with how far back any other NORMAL, MASS PRODUCED bike's one. i'm gonna assume the world is full of slow ass-like turds that hate change and so if it doesn't go to the end, it's really wacked! (but that's jusst my thoughts (& about 9 other guys'))... after all, i am the dude that took 34 pages of posting just to buy a bike, so what in the world would i know?

and in andrew's defence, there's little left with bike mechanics that he is yet to know. and between him and squiggles, u've got a full encyclopedia on the intricate, inner workings of our beloved 2 wheel transportation devices. u don't have to like his thoughts and opinions, but don't brush it off so quickly, give it some merit. he knows what he's talking about.

and also, who's to say that if "mr unknown but sadly honest" hadn't touched your lever, it would've lasted u fine for the next few years (as all cables should hopefully do so). i' just saying bud, it's sounding really suspect from our end. but hopefully it's fixed soon, and u're back on the road. at least let us know how much u pull back on the new one, so we can all add it to our bike database... for future reference purposes.

FROSTY
17th September 2008, 15:01
So you have ridden my bike? Inspected the clutch cable? Or should you be on Sensing Murder?
And for you people who have literacy problems, what broke was the weld on the little nipple thing at the end of the cable.

Mate take this from a bloke with er a "couple " of years experience.
PULL YA HEAD IN.
What happened was going to happen anyway-Just you have some poor shmuck to blame it on.
You are just lucky it happened when and where it did.
Actually I feel you rather than blaming this poor sod you should be thanking him. -Imagine if you were in the middle of rush hour traffic.
Do use a GN125 or DR125 cable as they both use the same engine as your beast.
Ohh and YES I have owned GX125 and quite probably YES I do know your bike

AND before ya go thinking/saying -what an asshole giving me shit--
Im more than n happy to fit the cable for ya and check the bike over for ya.
I've more than a suspicion as to whats happpened.

Zim_Invader
17th September 2008, 17:25
and there u have it buddy. the most experienced motorcyclists have all pretty much put it down for u in black and white... stop blaming, move on.

ps. good to see u patroling this segment of kb once more frosty. it's been some time since i saw your name [haha, that was in the thread i opened up, looking for a bike - and in the end, i did get a naked... love it to bits too. cheers bud]

ehab2weelr
17th September 2008, 17:27
and there u have it buddy. the most experienced motorcyclists have all pretty much put it down for u in black and white... stop blaming, move on.

ps. good to see u patroling this segment of kb once more frosty. it's been some time since i saw your name [haha, that was in the thread i opened up, looking for a bike - and in the end, i dod get a naked... love it to bits too. cheers bud]

bo wats dod??

Zim_Invader
17th September 2008, 17:30
it's a modification on the word "prey", often used by the common ehab, when informing the trolley lady that patrols level 3 commons that he's gone to do his namahs... [she would've joined u, thinikin u were out for a feed buddy]... :p

Mully
17th September 2008, 21:02
Mate take this from a bloke with er a "couple " of years experience.

And the award for biggest understatement of the year goes to.........

bomma
17th September 2008, 21:09
And the award for biggest understatement of the year goes to.........

why are you keeping us in such tremedous suspense?!?! goes to??? :jerry:

2wheeljunkie
17th September 2008, 21:11
why are you keeping us in such tremedous suspense?!?! goes to??? :jerry:

this is not one of those rhetorical questions is it nish..??:bash:

Ragingrob
17th September 2008, 21:16
This thread has gone off topic tsk tsk...

... Let's get back to abusing this guy who calls people cunts and dumbarses cause someone saved him the hassle of snapping the clutch cable while riding.

bomma
17th September 2008, 21:31
This thread has gone off topic tsk tsk...

... Let's get back to abusing this guy who calls people cunts and dumbarses cause someone saved him the hassle of snapping the clutch cable while riding.

but i wanna know who got the award!!! :angry2:

Mully
17th September 2008, 21:34
Shit, I've lost the envelope.......

I know it's here somewhere.....

Zim_Invader
17th September 2008, 21:34
haha.. yea rob. can't u just hurry up, roundhouse some sence into the dude:niceone:, and let us get back to this far more interesting question right here.

bomma
17th September 2008, 21:38
haha.. yea rob. can't u just hurry up, roundhouse some sence into the dude:niceone:, and let us get back to this far more interesting question right here.

+1 on both counts except it's spelt "sense"....bloody uni students :oi-grr: *mutter**steal my bloody helmet**mutter**gun and shoot those**mutter*

2wheeljunkie
18th September 2008, 15:08
+1 on both counts except it's spelt "sense"....bloody uni students :oi-grr: *mutter**steal my bloody helmet**mutter**gun and shoot those**mutter*

im pretty sure u started the war..;)..but yer lucky u have a hornet or else i wud have kicked it down already...:whistle:

Zim_Invader
18th September 2008, 21:59
+1 on both counts except it's spelt "sense"....bloody uni students :oi-grr: *mutter**steal my bloody helmet**mutter**gun and shoot those**mutter*

shoosh, i'm not getting any percentage added to my course work for this, so out with the editing tool! :p, besides, real men don't need perfect spelling. haha.a (actually wait. i take that back. "prEy"... on hahah! (inside joke - ish, eh ehab))

:devil2:muhuhuhuhhahahaha! but now... i can't get any sleep, for worry of nichey attacking my luci! (not my manhood - that he'd prob be after too, u drty buggers) . :confused: "CANT SLEEP, MUST STAY AWAKE IN CASE NICHEY VISITS!!!! AAAAH!:eek:

either way, it made for some sad, yet mildly entertaining moments in the commons. how often do u see 2 ppl just walking about with helmet's on their heads. i swear, we've all gottA line up at the comps one morning with the helmets and just stare at our screens!

2wheeljunkie
18th September 2008, 22:08
ahahaha he called u NICHEY....ahahaha NICHEY..classic..:lol:

Zim_Invader
18th September 2008, 22:15
ahahaha he called u NICHEY....ahahaha NICHEY..classic..:lol:

oh god damnit!!! stupid keys again... there they go, making it worse. keep your dodgy, gay fantasies to yourself boy! i don't wanna be the one on the receiving end, i repeat; i DONT wanna be there! :buggerd::baby: (nb, that's not you tandard pacifier!)

haha... u little :tugger: hahaha...

hey, by the way, u missed another murder of a lect, but he gae a shit load of notes today - 203. if u in tomorrow, grab my book. get your notes up to date. they're simple enought to get when reading, so that's n biggie. all just fact, but fact that needs hearing of once at least. i'd say i'll text u, but my phones now gone to the crappers, so i guess i'll make my daily patrol of the lvl3 commons and find u there somwhere.

2wheeljunkie
18th September 2008, 22:41
oh god damnit!!! stupid keys again... there they go, making it worse. keep your dodgy, gay fantasies to yourself boy! i don't wanna be the one on the receiving end, i repeat; i DONT wanna be there! :buggerd::baby: (nb, that's not you tandard pacifier!)

haha... u little :tugger: hahaha...

hey, by the way, u missed another murder of a lect, but he gae a shit load of notes today - 203. if u in tomorrow, grab my book. get your notes up to date. they're simple enought to get when reading, so that's n biggie. all just fact, but fact that needs hearing of once at least. i'd say i'll text u, but my phones now gone to the crappers, so i guess i'll make my daily patrol of the lvl3 commons and find u there somwhere.

ahahaha im not saying anything..ahaha..bt whats "you tandard"?? i think u meant "your standard"..ahahaha..once again the keys is it?? dont blame the machine for a man's mistake.. :whistle:

on another note cheers for that cuz, i appreciate it..il txt ya when i get it..ohh wait il see ya in 202 anywayzz bt thanks anyhow..

motorbyclist
19th September 2008, 21:23
cheers guys for the support while i've been offline the past few weeks:)



It wouldn't have broken if some hadn't decided to play with it on Friday.

bullshit until you can explain otherwise

bomma
19th September 2008, 21:27
somehow i dont expect teamsuperoxide to EVER frequent these areas of the interpron.....something about openly being called a dumass :whistle:

motorbyclist
19th September 2008, 21:31
yeah well if he does come back i would honestly like to hear an explanation of how you can ruin a clutch cable like that so that i can avoid doing so myself, and maybe help out the next guy in a similar (but less arrogant) position

bomma
19th September 2008, 21:35
all i want to know is the name of the person who possibly saved his life so i can buy him a beer

Zim_Invader
19th September 2008, 23:54
all i want to know is the name of the person who possibly saved his life so i can buy him a beer

haha, and here's where every1 in the crew pulls that stunt from the first zoro movie.... "i'm the clutch breaker!!!" - becoz u knw dam well, that every1 wants that beer... (make it a box, and i'll find out who it was for u!!!)

Squiggles
20th September 2008, 09:12
Phoar, this thread is still going off. Come to think of it so is andrews mum since his dad got a viffer :clap:

PirateJafa
20th September 2008, 09:14
Phoar, this thread is still going off. Come to think of it so is andrews mum since his dad got a viffer :clap:

The Viffer-gang grows! :headbang:

2wheeljunkie
21st September 2008, 12:39
The Viffer-gang grows! :headbang:

and the viffer is a honda which means now yer fully converted jafa...GO HOOOONNNDAAAAA...soon the world will be rule by us..!:niceone:

Crasherfromwayback
21st September 2008, 13:14
So you have ridden my bike? Inspected the clutch cable? Or should you be on Sensing Murder?

It wasn't under permanent tension. It wouldn't have broken if some hadn't decided to play with it on Friday. The cable was the correct length. The outer wasn't shagged until it was damage on Friday at the same time the cable broke.

And for you people who have literacy problems, what broke was the weld on the little nipple thing at the end of the cable. I posted that earlier. The cable had been made for me by the guy at Atomic, hence it wasn't as strong as a proper cable to begin with. When I went back there on Saturday to get him to weld it back on he couldn't so decide to make a new one and that is when we found that something was wrong with the outer, the old cable was extremely difficult to get out and a new one couldn't be threaded through. Did I not make that clear when I first posted it?

Thankfully rather than speculating if or what I had done something wrong some of you had actually tried to help and I thank those few whole heartedly.

This much is clear. Both yourself and the person that made your cable are cabbages. More than likely both the outer AND inner cable were made to the wrong length.

Zim_Invader
23rd September 2008, 00:07
based on the fact that the creator of this thread hasn't said a thing since the secon page, i'm gonna say it's safe toassume he hasn't :
A: apologised to the guy that "broke" his clutch cable, for being such an arse about it. &
B: is no longer gonna post on kb, out of shame... shame for being such a rats person, who'd look to pin the blame on others rather than thank the save of a potentially dangerous situation.

on a side note, i haven't seen the little lad's bike around the compsci carpark in a long time... actually wait, i haven't seen andrew there in yonks either.... what's going on!!!:blank:

motorbyclist
23rd September 2008, 00:10
i was there today!

Zim_Invader
23rd September 2008, 00:47
haha.. today don't count. i had an exam worth 1/2d of course mark. my tday was one of depressione, pain and suffering, all with a mther load of hate for the teachers that set the exam! i got to uni, and saw nothing but notes and past papers till 9 pm.

2wheeljunkie
23rd September 2008, 12:30
i was there today!

bt on the other days?? do u feel its safer at the engineering parking or u juz have taken a disliking to us?

motorbyclist
23rd September 2008, 17:51
due to robot project i hadnt ridden my bike since buying it up until this weekend

and today i just didn't go into uni

xwhatsit
24th September 2008, 00:19
due to robot project i hadnt ridden my bike since buying it up until this weekend
BADASS!!

You're excused.

BANZAI
24th September 2008, 00:34
BADASS!!

You're excused.

Hey you changed your KB name! I liked the other one better

Xereeessererexeseesadlskajwhahwaedhowiajdaphat :D

2wheeljunkie
24th September 2008, 11:56
due to robot project i hadnt ridden my bike since buying it up until this weekend

and today i just didn't go into uni

i knew u were goin to turn your riffer into a transformer..:niceone:

bomma
24th September 2008, 16:38
sorry to be the one to do this but this thread is clearly become more pointless than our usual limit.....the creator isnt coming back and the drivel can be shifted to another thread that is semi-relevant....mods please close said thread before more smc-ers start to roost and mutiny fills the air :shit:

2wheeljunkie
24th September 2008, 22:26
sorry to be the one to do this but this thread is clearly become more pointless than our usual limit.....the creator isnt coming back and the drivel can be shifted to another thread that is semi-relevant....mods please close said thread before more smc-ers start to roost and mutiny fills the air :shit:

go have a masto.

Real_Wolf
24th September 2008, 23:06
Yeah, how come there was never a transformer bike, there was everything, but no bike (at least not that I remember, but then I watched it when I was like 7, 8 max. Not including the random gay new series).

And theres no way a mod will EVER close a thread. If they did that, how would we get the necromancy of one named dushi

motorbyclist
25th September 2008, 02:13
lol i was thinking about a transformer bike but the 2 wheels and their locations buggers up the 4 limbs

unless it has piddly little forks and swingarm sticks for limbs with wheels elsewhere...

Real_Wolf
25th September 2008, 10:19
Yah, would be a small transformer.

The wheels would either be the legs or the hands, could have the seat split into two to form legs, with the wheels somehow coming to make arms.

Its all in proportion, the cars are much bigger so they can be taller, make this one shorter and it would still look fine

motorbyclist
25th September 2008, 11:36
nut the wheels are huge in proportion to the rest!

though i suppose a transformer could split them in two or something now couldn't it?

2wheeljunkie
25th September 2008, 15:29
apparently there's a bike in transformer 2 the movie..heard it was goin to be a buell..yum..:drool:..and apparently a jumbo 747 will also be a transformer..sick!!!! :headbang:

motorbyclist
26th September 2008, 03:14
heheh, checking his profile page, while he hasn't posted anything since this thread, he has been onto kb in a last few days