Damhik

[Blue Velvet]

A battery will not "zap you", even if handled with oven mitts.

LOL... Oven mitts?

[Sully60]

Yay!!!! My 400th post!
Trying to get to 400 by posting in Rant & Rave
DAMHIK


Forgetting to cut out ALL the holes when making gaskets...
Well, DAMHIK!

[007XX]

LOL... Oven mitts?

Don't ask...true story though, which I'll tell you someday...

Forgetting NOT to put Armourall on the seat to make it all nice and shiny

DAMHIK

[Ocean1]

Some motorcycle side stands can become entangled in flared or cargo pants, trapping your leg to the bike and making you fall over.

DAMHIK.

Likewise kickstart levers, up the trou, can make you falled down. In the middle of high street. Outside the pub at closing time.

DT360s can start perfectly well running in reverse. With subsequent consequences very amusing for the collected masses.

[tri boy]

"Motion Sensor" m/cycle alarms will not sound, until bike is dropped at the fuel bowser, notifying all and sundry to your incompetence.
DAMHIK

[Blue Velvet]

Calling out a motorcycle mechanic because your new GSX-R750 is displaying the evil FI error only to find it's your motorcycle alarm immobilising the bike...

DAMHIK

[car]

Likewise kickstart levers, up the trou, can make you falled down. In the middle of high street. Outside the pub at closing time.

Also, shoelace loops will inevitably find their way over the end of the gear lever, resulting in an "unrequested surplus gear-shift" when you try to put your foot down. If luck is with you it won't be from neutral into first, sans clutch, on the petrol station forecourt.

On the subject of kickstart levers, that bolt right there is *not* the gearbox oil drain plug. It is, instead, holding the other end of the kickstart lever return spring.

DAMHIK.

[Oscar]

No - history - it's just the start of a collective 'stuff I know' thread that will be amusing.

DAMHIK.

But you're Australian.
By four or five posts you'll have reached your limit...

[Ocean1]

But you're Australian.
By four or five posts you'll have reached your limit...

How wude. Aussies are people too y'know.

I'm prepared to believe he's got a wealth of hidden talent wrt this particular subject.

[Oscar]

Getting back to the topic:

Attempting to stop a DT250 with a stuck throttle by grabbing the spark plug lead and ripping it off is a bad idea for three reasons:

1. Using your body to ground that much voltage will shorten your life.
2. Your arm will remain numb for several hours.
3. It will introduce you to the concept of pressure (diesel) ignition.

[MSTRS:Me]

Getting back to the topic:

Attempting to stop a DT250 with a stuck throttle by grabbing the spark plug lead and ripping it off is a bad idea for three reasons:

1. Using your body to ground that much voltage will shorten your life.
2. Your arm will remain numb for several hours.
3. It will introduce you to the concept of pressure (diesel) ignition.

As it is not a good idea on a 650 Triumph twin. Lead in each hand, 33000 volts per coil.......
DAMHIK

[Dazza]

All DAMN funny though& some ouch !

[skelstar]

If you get a false neutral, DONT change down in the confusion... change UP a gear.

Not a revelation, not DAMHIK worthy, but worth remembering if yer new.

[Ocean1]

Filling steel fuel tanks with water before welding only sometimes prevents them from exploding.

Using a wad of plasticine on top of the piston to check valve clearance is a great idea ONLY if you remember to remove it before attempting to start the bike.

There's a very good reason manufacturers don't use spring-clip joining links on cam chains.

When checking for vacuum leaks using CRC easy-start it's recommended to not get it too close to the HT lead.

The key for the impellor of an orbital oil pump is possibly the easiest thing to lose that you’re engine can’t survive more than 60 seconds without.

[Oscar]

CRC Engine Start will cause explosions in places other than your combustion chamber (the intake manifold for example), if you use too much.