Went and did something silly...

[Owl]

Ha ha ha, it must be amusing watching people who don't know what they're doing if you've got pretty good mechanical knowledge.

Not amusing for some

When I took mine for its 20,000km service, I got a whole pile of photos of everywhere I'd been Even incorrectly torquing the rear wheel nut and I used a torque wrench

[HenryDorsetCase]

Thanks to all, panic over. There was a kink in the fuel line. Hmmmm noob mistakes like that knock my confidence in doing things like this. I might leave it to the professionals. Does anyone know any basic motorcycle mechanic maintenance courses in welly, or any kind KBers feel like teaching me ;-)

Fuck no! Erv Kanemoto (I'm showing my age: you need to google that name, stat) said, when asked why he was the best crew chief/mechanic of his era: "Well, you know, I'm standing on the biggest pile of broken parts"

or words to that effect.

there's nothing so fulfilling as that moment when you go "Foh, so THATS what they meant/I broke/I need to fix cos I broke" seriously: stick with it

[cbfb]

Thanks to all, panic over. There was a kink in the fuel line. Hmmmm noob mistakes like that knock my confidence in doing things like this. I might leave it to the professionals. Does anyone know any basic motorcycle mechanic maintenance courses in welly, or any kind KBers feel like teaching me ;-)

Nah get a service manual, take your time and use KB. First bike I rebuilt (~1980 GS550) was lucky enough to be done alongside a guy who knew what he was doing, since then have been going solo. I am still at the bottom of the mountain looking up in terms of my abilities but once you have a bit of confidence you will start to get stuff done. I never take my bike to the shop apart from a warrant. The only other thing is the tools can be a bit pricey but they should last.

[FROSTY:Me]

don't sweat making mistakes dude. I've been working on bikes for years and have made a few in my time. I bet there isn't a mechanic around that hasn't made a mistake.