Have you lost things while riding?

**spookytooth** · 3rd February 2008, 14:36

The wife.Used to do alot of trail riding"alot in every weekend"

Came home after a Minganui and she had gone.Was a win really looking back

**Fireyphil** · 3rd February 2008, 14:36

Friday night on way to Vincient County Rally I lost a chrome side cover with virago written on it, between Millers Flat and Galloway.
If anyone happened to pick it up, would love to get it back.
Also from rally site a blue cooler bag for keeping the cans cool, note my details are on inside top cover.
REWARD- You can keep the beer you took in the bag, just return the bag please.

**Mental Trousers** · 3rd February 2008, 15:14

A $650 pair of prescription glasses

**Nagash** · 3rd February 2008, 15:20

Lost my pack rack on the way through a village once (bolts must of rattled off) went back through later that day and I stopped at a light, some kid runs up to me holding it saying he picked it up when it came off.

Good on him

**Subike** · 3rd February 2008, 15:29

Rode off to nelson , sunny day not a worry
topped up the tank at Blenhiem. Sweet run into Nelson.
Pull up and look down, no Keys!
Had to break the lock on the fuel cap to tank up and use the kill switch to start her, then pull out the main fuse when parked up.
After the weekend, when I got home, as we all do, I cleaned the bike.
the Keys had lodged themselves under the tank and sat there for nearly 1000k's
Sweet as , except where do you get a lock to fit an 30 year old bike!!!

**Beemer** · 3rd February 2008, 15:30

Not so much lost as reduced by a significant percentage ... I rode into town one day to buy some salt lick blocks for the sheep. I only wanted two, so they put them in a plastic bag and I put them in the top box of the Beemer. It was a lovely day so I decided to go for a wee ride ... and ended up in Palmerston North. I got home and opened the top box to find the constant sliding back and forth of the salt blocks had worn through the plastic bag and there was a pile of dust in the bottom of the top box and a pile of scratches on the plastic as well!

The moral of the story is (like the Harley rider in another post), drop off the groceries first BEFORE going for a ride!

**Ixion** · 3rd February 2008, 15:33

Originally Posted by Subike

Rode off to nelson , sunny day not a worry
topped up the tank at Blenhiem. Sweet run into Nelson.
Pull up and look down, no Keys!
Had to break the lock on the fuel cap to tank up and use the kill switch to start her, then pull out the main fuse when parked up.
After the weekend, when I got home, as we all do, I cleaned the bike.
the Keys had lodged themselves under the tank and sat there for nearly 1000k's
Sweet as , except where do you get a lock to fit an 30 year old bike!!!

I have had keys disappear en route several times. So now I have a loosely looped cable tie round the handle bars (one on each bike) , and a carabiner clip on the key ring. Carabiner clips through the cable tie loop, can't go anywhere. It's caught a couple of sets now.

**crashe** · 3rd February 2008, 15:39

Originally Posted by Ixion

I have had keys disappear en route several times. So now I have a loosely looped cable tie round the handle bars (one on each bike) , and a carabiner clip on the key ring. Carabiner clips through the cable tie loop, can't go anywhere. It's caught a couple of sets now.

A very handy tip there........ unless of course your ignition is on the side of the engine... like the XV250 has.

**SpeedyGirl** · 3rd February 2008, 16:50

Well 2 weekends ago, i managed to lose my right rear indicator!!???

Got to the racing in Timaru to find the entire indicator gone, including the mount and the wiring!!!?? WTF???

Off to the shop for a new one, decided to buy a pair instead.... and really must get that on the bike soon

**lb99** · 3rd February 2008, 17:04

, no shit! that was fuckin freaky, it was a big old caravan one that I needed to heat the caravan I was living in at the time. It was hell cold, and I was miserable so I tried to fit the bottle to the back of the trusty xj750 but no way I could tie it on, so it made the trip into town on its side on my lap held by my elbows most of the way, and good luck for the rest.
of course when I got it filled it was fill with 9kg of liquid which made it a bit unwieldy. I got onto the highway alright, and then I was struggling to balance it and the bike, after a while it slipped just a bit far for me to catch, there were no cars coming so I let her go and gassed it.... the bottle went dongadong chongchong end over end into the hedge and I stopped about 500m away shitting myself, then approached very carefully, the bottle had some hell scars in it and the handle thing was bent badly, but it saved the valve and no leaks, so I took it home and used it, it never got filled again though.

oh, and a mate had the packrack, pack and subframe holding the numberplate, lights and stuff come off his gsxr1100, right into a $500+ radial tyre, while travelling at a high speed, lots of smoke and a long black line on the road....

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 3rd February 2008, 20:37

1) I lost my mind when riding the 10 for the first time, then....
2) Lost my wallet on a ride south. Got to the Autobahn, filled up, reached for my wallet which was in my strangely open backpack. Didn't do the ride, but after a thorough search of the motorway from Penrose - South, I found it with the contents scattered over a 50 metre area just past the Papatoetoe offramp. Nothing missing. Phew!
3) My seat cowling 'fell' off the bike on a recent ride to Waingaro. Didn't find it

**Ixion** · 3rd February 2008, 20:59

Originally Posted by crashe

A very handy tip there........ unless of course your ignition is on the side of the engine... like the XV250 has.

Just put a loose loop of cable tie round the adjacent frame tube, instead of the handlebar.

You could use one of those plastic dog collar snaps instead of a carabiner. Come in all sorts of colours, plastic is soft won't scratch paint.

**Swoop** · 3rd February 2008, 21:14

Originally Posted by Subike

Sweet as , except where do you get a lock to fit an 30 year old bike!!!

A locksmith?
Serious. Contact a locksmith that specialises in automotive stuff. It is quite surprising what those folks can do. Had an older bike,with a worn key, re-keyed from the tumbler pins in the filler cap. The locksmith "read" the pins... Don't ask how, since he did this in the back room to keep the process secret!