Shuffle selection gearbox

[Dr Bob]

Well.... if the traffic wasn't bad enough yesterday, my gearbox decided to start playing up.

When I came home the day before yesterday I had a little trouble getting it into neutral, when I went to work it started off in first, then second as usual, then neutral (it decided that on it's own), from then on things went bad. On the motorway I was, and the bike was, changing gears on a random basis.

When I managed to get the bike home I found that the selector return spring had broken, unfortuneately the bit that had broken off was nowhere in sight, so I had to remove the oil pump to find it.

Now I have to find when I can get a replacement part .......... "Hello.. is that Japan.... "

I'm just glad it was something under the side cover.

[riffer]

Bugger. Not good.

Good luck getting it fixed.

[Dr Bob]

The bit of the spring I found in the oil pump intake basket doesn't belong to the spring that broke! So now I find I have a nice little bit of high tensile steel floating somewhere in my engine... but that's okay, because I have a week to take it apart because they have to post the replacement spring from stralia and it's Easter didn't you know, and hey, we 'think' it will be here by next Wednesday.

At least when I am out with the family over the long weekend I won't have any regrets about not being able to ride my bike around like I normally do.

[bugjuice]

almost comical how something so small and simple can bugger things up so much and bring you to a stop..

good luck getting it fixed

[Dr Bob]

bloody buses are on strike today, I had to use the ute and it'll cost me $17 for 3 1/2 hours of parking cause I didn't come in before 9.

[Lias]

Ouch.

Dorkland parking is painfully expensive.

[Dr Bob]

yipee.. I found the other bit of spring, now I just have to wait for me new spring to arrive. - or maybe I should buy another bike before then?....

sitting at home.
bike not working.

at least spongebob is on at 5:30

[vifferman]

bloody buses are on strike today, I had to use the ute and it'll cost me $17 for 3 1/2 hours of parking cause I didn't come in before 9.

You shoulda parked in Ponsonby, and taken the shuttle to wherever.
Or not.

maybe I should buy another bike before then?....

Definitely.
One can never have too many bikes.

Apparently.


But then what would I know - I've never had more than 2 bikes at once, and never more than 3 in my gargre, and only 1 of those was mine....