Questions you're too embarrassed to ask

**Drum** · 10th October 2005, 13:04

My friend has a GN250 that failed to start this morning. It appears that the battery has gone flat. My question is, can I slap in onto my car charger to recharge, or will the battery blow up or something similar?

**XP@** · 10th October 2005, 13:07

Originally Posted by Drum

My friend has a GN250 that failed to start this morning. It appears that the battery has gone flat. My question is, can I slap in onto my car charger to recharge, or will the battery blow up or something similar?

Yup, you can, or riding for a while will charge it enough.

To start a bike with a flat battery you can bump start quite easily use 2nd or 3rd gear.

**FROSTY:Me** · 10th October 2005, 13:23

depending when the leak happens etc etc---but one thing 100% certain
NEVER snap the throttle off -you will end up on ya ass so fast ya wont know wot hit ya--same with slamming the brakes on
gently ease the throttle off and use the brake on the wheel that doesn't have the leak--This is the one exception to the use the front brakes mostly rule. if the bars start to shimmy ease the throttle back on a touch till the shimmy settles. the secret is to be gentle and expect a bit of bar wobble
Unfortunately I had the misfortune to have explosive decomression on a 900 ninja so im talking fact not theory here.
If you wanna definition of fear--try a full on uncontrollable tankslapper at 240km/h -oops--oll finger slipped 240

**Ixion** · 10th October 2005, 14:42

Originally Posted by FROSTY

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If you wanna definition of fear--try a full on uncontrollable tankslapper at 2540km/h -

Well, since the wheels would be well clear of ground by then, I imagine it would be fine until the time came to land

**Phenoix** · 10th October 2005, 16:11

Originally Posted by Drum

My first stupid question is (and this one comes from my missus'):

What do you do if you get a flat tyre?

p.s. Please feel free to chastise me for my newbie ignorance if it makes you feel big/ important

You may have asked the question, but there will be a dozen other people, and not always newbies reading all the answers posted.
Newbies dont normal get hounded here. Its the older riders that get it when they do something non life threatening

**sefer** · 14th October 2005, 22:10

When you go to change down (in my case anyway) and somehow miss the gear and end up in a clunky sounding netural, is this what people mean by "false netural"or should I be looking at my gearbox?

**Ixion** · 14th October 2005, 22:16

Originally Posted by sefer

When you go to change down (in my case anyway) and somehow miss the gear and end up in a clunky sounding netural, is this what people mean by "false netural"or should I be looking at my gearbox?

Yes, that's a "false neutral". You've disengaged one gear, and failed to engage the other. and sorting it out can be nosiy and nasty. It's not actually anything in the gearbox (though a worn gearbox may make changes harder and false neutrals more common)

**sefer** · 14th October 2005, 23:04

Woo Hoo, cool thanks I'd thought thats what people must have been talking about

Has happened before and I wasn't too concerned, but it happened three times today. Probably just because I was riding on the hills and changing on higher revs than what I usually would.

**Gremlin** · 14th October 2005, 23:15

I've hit false neutral a few times for sure, usually, engage clutch, change gear, but before I've finished, I've let the clutch out and it gets stuck halfway.

Clutchless shifting gets rid of it and gives you better acceleration...

**heavenly.talker** · 17th October 2005, 14:07

One of my mates and I were going out for a ride when he got a fast flat. Luckily for him there was a man who had been riding forever moving his kids into a flat. He dumped the furniture, offered to help us out. He put the bike on the trailer and he dropped us home about 15 mins away.

The next day when the bike shop was open we took a hand pump with us and stopped every 500 m to pump the tire back up and stopped at all petrol stations on the way there to refil the tyre.

We got to the last petrol station when the tyre decided it had enough, deflating just as fast as my mate was rescrewing the cap on. We went in the phone the bikeshop to see if they could pick up but they didn't do that anymore.

Lucky for my mate again there was a man who worked at the station who had a van just big enough to fit his marauder. He offered to help, loaded the bike into the van and then dropped the bike and my mate at the bike shop about 1.5 kms away.
Again just another random stranger who acted out of kindness!
The guys at the bike shop had it replaced in no time flat and we were off riding soon after that.

Yay for the wonderful strangers who helped out! Gives you hope that not all New Zealanders don't care huh!

**Phenoix** · 17th October 2005, 15:29

Yea, thats always good.
The other way is to keep a few number in your phone of people that are always on the forome and ask them to put a post up here asking for help.
Probably cost u a dozen or something sweet like that.
Flats are never any fun tho

**ManDownUnder** · 17th October 2005, 15:45

How do you stop the loo paper from 'sticking' sometimes...

y'know like after a really good/bad curry - or a large night out drinking lion red or summat...

1/2 way through a good wipe and WOOPS...paper's stuck and the hand didn't stop.

**SlowHand** · 17th October 2005, 16:00

MDU ya stingy punk! Invest in some good quality 4ply, and fold numerous times, then avoid the dreaded finger thru - unless your a scruncher, in which case you should just dip ur ass into a bucket full of water and wiggle while listening to some Nelly or whatever music you girate (sp) to.

Although, good curry/red makes my dumps runny. Take some magnesium or turbo lax. That's help the world fall out your bottom!

My question - what causes tank slappers?