DO NOT DO THIS at home, work or anywhere.

[Da Bird]

This incident happened last year but is probably a good lesson for newbies and experienced riders alike.

A person I know who shall remain nameless decided to clean his wife's motorbike and eventually set about cleaning the rear wheel.

He was getting a bit impatient for some reason and anyway, instead of manually turning the rear wheel by hand, he thought he would speed up the process by starting the bike up and chucking it into 1st gear while on the centrestand.

Wheel starts moving... chain rips into cloth being used for cleaning... hand inside cloth... cloth goes through sprocket teeth followed closely by finger.

Top of finger crushed.

Moral of story - Don't be impatient when cleaning your bike.

WARNING - Do not look at the photos if you are squeemish at the sight of blood. I took these the day after the incident.

[Korea]

I'm sure that didn't tickle... :crazy:

Speaking of which, when you do any bike cleaning, spannering etx. save yourself from gaks and scratches by wearing some of those cheap gardening gloves, eh? It has saved me plenty of skin... might not be very effective against severing fingers tho'

[Gremlin]

owweeee... and I bet it happened real quick. I have to admit, when oiling the chain, I let it run in first, but my fingers aren't close because the can has a long pipe... shouldn't do it I know, but I did the same with bicycles as well... :mellow: I'm well aware of the danger, and take my time.

When I was at school, a guy I knew had to clean the woodworking lathe. Obvious rule was to not have it running when cleaning. He figured otherwise... see where this is going?? Wrapped the cloth round his fingers and started cleaning....

Well, the cloth caught on the lathe, because it was wrapped around his finger the lathe pulled his finger clean off as well. Turned out it also yanked his tendons or whatnot and there was no point in re-attaching a motionless finger :no: Left with a stump...

It really does happen... yet there are people like me who reckon they are safe doing what injures others... :brick: Other than being an idiot, is there a solution??

[avgas]

moral of story:
"Clean your own bike B###H!!!!!!!

[Mattyc]

GAH!!! paddock/race stand ? it lifts the back wheel up and then you turn the wheel by hand.

[Deano]

I was waiting to hear that the rear wheel bit in and the bike lurched forward off the the centre stand, smashing one side of the fairings etc. That would have added insult to injury.

[Monsterbishi]

I've lost track of how many times I've heard of this happening :-(

[DEATH_INC.]

I met a guy a few years back that crashed a TT500 and stuck his whole hand through the chain/sprocket.Had some real impressive scars....

[wil]

did the hospital really need to put an arrow on his hand indicating which finger it was??? that worries me!!

i met a guy on holiday last year who had done a trackday the previous weekend. his arm was in plaster and fingers all pinned, a guy had high sided in front of him which in turn caused him to come off but when he went down he put his arm through the still spinning rear wheel of the highsiders bike. very very nasty.

[inlinefour]

thats not inpatient, thats just friggin stupid

[Magua]

OUCH, wow. I couldn't do that anyway, no centre stand. Does seem rather silly.

[ManDownUnder]

ow ow farken ow...

ooo - see there's a question over the need for the arrow but... I'm working too hard to keep my eyes open and lunch down..

oooo - whomsoever it may be
1) get well soon
2) DON'T do it again.

ow ow farken ow...

[bugjuice]

did the hospital really need to put an arrow on his hand indicating which finger it was??? that worries me!!
Postie's leg was mashed up nicely after his crash. A bloody mess. They drew arrows all over it, most had no sence (I reckon they were bored), and it was bloody obvious which leg needed the op on. What scares me, is the surgeons need an arrow to say where the injury is, and yet they're meant to be qualified to do the op!!!!!


tis only a scratch tho, it'll grow back..

[Zed]

Wheel starts moving... chain rips into cloth being used for cleaning... hand inside cloth... cloth goes through sprocket teeth followed closely by finger.

Top of finger crushed.Ouch!! :doh:

To be honest, in the past I too have put my bike on it's centre stand and put it in 1st when lubing the chain, but I have *sprayed* the lube from a safe distance...the thought of wiping the chain with a cloth while the wheel is in motion has never entered my mind! :wacko:

[pyrocam]

ok well thats an ouchie. but im still going to clean my chain and wheel that way :dodge:

Im young and invincible remember, Its like Winja talking in lowercase before I hurt myself.

[snuffles]

A person I know who shall remain nameless decided to clean his wife's motorbike and eventually set about cleaning the rear wheel.
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What in hells name was he doing cleaning his wifes bike??????

[HenryDorsetCase]

I have never done this because a mate of mine did this when we were wet behind the ears newbs with our first bikes (schoolboys....) seeing the carnage put me off!

owwwww and owwww.

with modern O ring chains, good thing you NEVER need to lube them, right?

[Deano]

did the hospital really need to put an arrow on his hand indicating which finger it was??? that worries me!!


Even more worrying is when the surgeon says "its this leg isn't it?" (pointing to the wrong one) just as the anesthetic is kicking in and you're nodding off.

Funny sense of humour some people.