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  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    Make sure you can remove your foot from the footrest BEFORE you stop, fasteners on the bottom of your pants can get caught on the footrest..
    And shoe/boot laces can get looped around the gear-lever...
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    this one is from about 13 years ago when I started out on my mudbug.

    I learned that while you put oil in with the petrolin the petrol tank on a 2 stroke, a 2 stroke also has a gearbox that needs oil too. seized it three times before ifigured that one out

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    Quote Originally Posted by Road kill View Post
    Nothing,not a thing.
    Ask my Mrs,she often tells me "You never fucking learn do you?"
    I just say "yes dear" an go back to doing what ever it was I was doing wrong.
    So I guess I did learn something,,,I'm never right,,so I don't argue.
    Snap! I've got one of those too.

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    When using throw over panniers do not rely on the bride's wobble bottom to keep them in situ.

    If a bike, with panniers fitted, will not fit through your gate on the outward journey there is an excellent chance that it will still not fit through your gate on the return journey.

    Kicking a recalcitrant XS500 off it's stand will in fact not make the Engine start nor make the bike think about it's behaviour.

    These things I have learnt...along with quite literally hundreds more
    Oh bugger

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    When you check tyre pressures before a ride and find they're down a bit. Spend 5 minutes with the trusty old foot pump, recheck and the pressure's down even further.
    Chances are the pump is f**ked. Has now been donated to the local land reclamation fund.
    "Statistics are used as a drunk uses lampposts - for support, not illumination."

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    Quote Originally Posted by tigertim20 View Post
    this one is from about 13 years ago when I started out on my mudbug.

    I learned that while you put oil in with the petrolin the petrol tank on a 2 stroke, a 2 stroke also has a gearbox that needs oil too. seized it three times before ifigured that one out
    THREE times ...


    a slow learner huh ...
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    when you take your front wheel off to change a tyre, make careful note of which side gets the short spacer and which the long. Otherwise when you (somehow) manage to get the thing together (thinking "fuck, that didnt go together as easily as it came apart") a) your brakes won't work, and b) you will think your frame is bent because the wheels dont line up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daffyd View Post
    When you check tyre pressures before a ride and find they're down a bit. Spend 5 minutes with the trusty old foot pump, recheck and the pressure's down even further.
    Chances are the pump is f**ked. Has now been donated to the local land reclamation fund.
    You've done yourself a favour and bought a pushbike trackpump, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    You've done yourself a favour and bought a pushbike trackpump, right?
    Nah, I'm only 500m from a petrol staion with a compressor.
    "Statistics are used as a drunk uses lampposts - for support, not illumination."

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    Don't stop on a corner with a drain at the edge thereby accentuating the camber. Unless you have longer legs than mine. Never mind, the wife always helps to pick it up, I knew she's there for a reason.
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    If your bike is fitted with a cut-out switch on your kick-stand ... REMEMBER this, at Rallys (ie:Brass Monkey Rallys) ... when you park on a hill ... and leave it IN GEAR to stop it moving ...
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    You must have a very flexible back...
    I have a Blackbird
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    What, in the middle of the rest area? i hope you at least went behind a bush?! There could have been kids around FFS!!
    Tahora Saddle rest area looking towards Mt Ruapehu absolutely nobody about trust me what a view
    I Used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass

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    Quote Originally Posted by insomnia01 View Post
    I have a Blackbird

    Tahora Saddle rest area looking towards Mt Ruapehu absolutely nobody about trust me what a view
    Haha scenic masturbation, that's original at least
    Rest in peace Tony - you will be missed.

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    When you've planned your ride and you know you have a certain distance to travel and a certain amount of time to do it in and it's all programmed into the GPS to do it and arrive at your destination in time to have a shower relax and have a couple of beers, don't get so wrapped up in the ride that you ignore the GPS to the extent that you find yourself in the boondocks adding 4 hours to your planned ride. and that extra ride is in very rural roads with sheep and shit and fatigue...

    Mind you that was one of the best rides I've ever had so who gives a shit eh!
    Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

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    Do NOT let your doris who is riding pillion 'adjust' your goggle when approaching a tight bend on the Glenorchy Road..

    Unless your favourite riding tactic is using Braille....
    Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
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