stmdvr
2nd September 2006, 22:24
Hi All,
Will that was interesting……..LOL :shit:
Today I picked up my bike and rode it home, sounds very easy does it not it? NO! it wasn’t!
First thing first:
1) I haven’t ridden a bike in over 10 years
2) I buy a 2 stoke 250 with only a kick start (something I’ve never been good at!)
3) It has a new front tire that’s only done about 20km’s so hasn’t scubed in yet
4) It’s going to be dark about the time I get home
5) The ride is about 25km’s of open road
6) It’s raining off and on
7) The seller says it’s a bit low on petrol, but it will be OK
8) He tells me were reserve is on the fuel tap
Ok, so I make it about 10 km when the bike starts to die….. I reach down and turn the fuel tap to where I’d told reserve was……. Bike then dies completely!!!!!!! Ok, no problem I can see and hear it still has fuel, lots of kicks later, still no life…..
About now I figure that there is something wrong with the fuel tap, so I push the bike about 200 meters to a street light ( did I say it was dark by now & still raining off and on?) No good, I still can’t make out the making on the tap…..
Ok, out with the cell phone and it worked! (I’m in the middle of nowhere) I phoned the seller, it went to the answer phone! BUGGER! Ok, bit more kicking, another 2 or 3 phone calls, still no joy
Ok, so what am I to do? About than I remember one important thing! The new cell phone has a light on it !! what a dumb ass I was! Ok so on with the light and find out the the seller had off and reserve back to front on the fuel tap, turn tap, a bit of throttle and a few kicks and I’ve got it going again and it had stopped raining!
Ok so the rest of the trip was GREAT! I got the bike running on the first kick after getting fuel at Dobson. I had also started to relax on the bike and was feeling more confident too! The round trip should have taken about one hour. Car out to Nelson creek and bike back in……. 2 hours it took me in the end. The new riding gear worked great! A new FFM M-7 helmet and Cordura jacket, pants and gloves from Rick at lifestyle imports. I was warm and dry all the way.
Over all, it was one hell of a way to get back into riding! BUT I had a grin from ear to ear when I pulled into home!:done: :yes:
Jeffrey
Will that was interesting……..LOL :shit:
Today I picked up my bike and rode it home, sounds very easy does it not it? NO! it wasn’t!
First thing first:
1) I haven’t ridden a bike in over 10 years
2) I buy a 2 stoke 250 with only a kick start (something I’ve never been good at!)
3) It has a new front tire that’s only done about 20km’s so hasn’t scubed in yet
4) It’s going to be dark about the time I get home
5) The ride is about 25km’s of open road
6) It’s raining off and on
7) The seller says it’s a bit low on petrol, but it will be OK
8) He tells me were reserve is on the fuel tap
Ok, so I make it about 10 km when the bike starts to die….. I reach down and turn the fuel tap to where I’d told reserve was……. Bike then dies completely!!!!!!! Ok, no problem I can see and hear it still has fuel, lots of kicks later, still no life…..
About now I figure that there is something wrong with the fuel tap, so I push the bike about 200 meters to a street light ( did I say it was dark by now & still raining off and on?) No good, I still can’t make out the making on the tap…..
Ok, out with the cell phone and it worked! (I’m in the middle of nowhere) I phoned the seller, it went to the answer phone! BUGGER! Ok, bit more kicking, another 2 or 3 phone calls, still no joy
Ok, so what am I to do? About than I remember one important thing! The new cell phone has a light on it !! what a dumb ass I was! Ok so on with the light and find out the the seller had off and reserve back to front on the fuel tap, turn tap, a bit of throttle and a few kicks and I’ve got it going again and it had stopped raining!
Ok so the rest of the trip was GREAT! I got the bike running on the first kick after getting fuel at Dobson. I had also started to relax on the bike and was feeling more confident too! The round trip should have taken about one hour. Car out to Nelson creek and bike back in……. 2 hours it took me in the end. The new riding gear worked great! A new FFM M-7 helmet and Cordura jacket, pants and gloves from Rick at lifestyle imports. I was warm and dry all the way.
Over all, it was one hell of a way to get back into riding! BUT I had a grin from ear to ear when I pulled into home!:done: :yes:
Jeffrey