girlies with spanners?

**surfchick** · 7th April 2005, 20:05

alright-
do you girls do your own tinkering and tweeking on your bikes or do you have da boyz do it for you? I've only had my bike a short time & already the chain is loose and bugger if I know how to tighten it...

**jrandom** · 7th April 2005, 20:08

Prepare to be deluged with offers of assistance from would-be knights in shining armour.

**tl_tub** · 7th April 2005, 20:10

Ive pulled every screw out of my katana, the head is off the engine and im about to open up the carbs. I have a ice cream container of screws/bolts and have no idea where they go, but it sure is fun! Go for it, have a great time with those spanners!

**tl_tub** · 7th April 2005, 20:11

Woops, I didn't realise I was posing into the Biker Angels forum. Sorry!

**Waylander** · 7th April 2005, 20:15

Originally Posted by jrandom

Prepare to be deluged with offers of assistance from would-be knights in shining armour.

'Specialy from Motoracer lol.

**jrandom** · 7th April 2005, 20:22

Actually, adjusting chain slack is a nice easy job, even for a spannering moron like me. I ignored the dangling chain on the Zeal until vifferman tut-tutted me into remorse a couple of months back and then adjusted it for me, after which I went home, stared at it grimly and threatened it with a crescent until its mechanical secrets were laid bare.

I was going to try and explain how to do it, but then I googled and found this:

http://www.obairlann.net/~reaper/mot...ain-slack.html

which is a good general summary.

**FROSTY:Me** · 7th April 2005, 20:30

or ya could come along to the next spanner evening and show these blokes how its done.
-if you really get stuck Kerry at motorhause is a sucker for batted eyelids.
Otherwise give me a PM and ill sort it

**Slim** · 8th April 2005, 12:17

I do as much as I can, which includes all ongoing maintenance, but I tend to take my bike to a proper mechanic for internal engine work.

I'm hoping to take the head off it in the near future to check the valve clearances with the able assistance of The Man. But I'm the type of person who prefers to do it herself under instruction ... not let the instructor take control of the tools & do it for me! You can't learn anything that way.

**scumdog** · 8th April 2005, 12:23

If you value your hands appearance I would recommend thin leather work gloves for when the spanner/ratchet slip - and rest assured they do.
Scarred knuckles never look as cool on a chick....

Or so Chrissy-Bimbo told me as I typed this for her.

NC · 8th April 2005, 15:37

Mrmelon has taught me a hell of a lot to do with bikes, and even brought me the manual for my bike for xmas.

and for all this, he gets to try and calm me down while I yell at teh bike..

**DEATH_INC.** · 8th April 2005, 15:48

Draco (my partner)does most of her own stuff,and a good amount of it on her own.It's only the more serious stuff I get involved in .....

**jrandom** · 8th April 2005, 15:59

I think one thing that's coming out loud and clear in this thread is that due to our Western society's inherent preconditioning of girls as mechanical numpties, the best and fastest route to fixing your own bike is to find a husband or boyfriend who knows what he's doing.

I'm glad *my* wife wasn't choosing on that basis, though...

**Motoracer** · 8th April 2005, 16:03

Originally Posted by alucard_draken

'Specialy from Motoracer lol.

Eh what? I may be a knight in stylie blue/white/black armour but I wouldn't have done that. If she had some sort of an emergancy like if her motor was blown and she REALLY had to go to here parent's place the next day and her 4X4 was stuffed as well, then yes I would have offered to get her sorted. Not cause she's a chick but I would do the same for pretty much anyone.

Something as minor as a chain can be sorted by going to the local bikes shop and asking them how to do it. They'll advise you of what size spaners to buy and how to do it. It's pretty simple but to do a proper job, there are a few tricks to it.