Sod's Law and Motorcycling

[Bob]

Sod’s Law, otherwise known as Murphy’s Law, clearly states that “If something can go wrong, it will”. Nothing proves this like motorcycling. The possibilities are endless for something to go wrong, usually just when you need it least.

You know you’ve been hit by Sod’s Law when:

* You are stuck in a traffic jam for ages and it looks like going nowhere. So you turn off the engine to save petrol… just as it starts moving.

* You are stuck in another traffic jam, so you decide to paddle into the bus lane for all of two seconds just to get round the only car blocking you riding along ‘your’ lane… just at the moment when a bus armed with a camera snaps you.

* You pull away and find your mirrors have been moved. So you decide to sort them out at the next set of lights… only to rack up your personal record of 27 green lights in a row.

* Visiting a town you’ve never been to before, you reach a junction and don’t know which way to turn. So you flip a mental coin… only to find you’ve made the wrong choice, spend the next 10 miles going round the worst one-way system you’ve ever experienced to get back to where you were to begin with… and find the Guesthouse you are staying at is just 20 yards in the other direction.

* You decide to clear out your old kit. So you throw away all your old, smelly (but still serviceable) gloves… and promptly lose one of your lovely new pair.

* You decide to throw out your old, smelly (but still perfectly serviceable) jacket… and the day after the zip goes on your new one.

* You never ride down the inside of traffic. But this day you’re in a hurry and against your better judgement decide to do so… and a nail goes right through your tyre.

* You sell your old bike to a dealer, so you decide to take it for one last ride before handing it over… and blow the engine.

* You get an amazing deal on your insurance, hand over the money and only after it starts do you find out they’ve put you down to ride 2,000 miles a year or less… and you are a Despatch Rider.

* You ride to a bike show and park your bike somewhere really easy to find it… only to come back later in the day and find 263 identical ones have parked in the same area.

* You ride to a bike show and park your bike right under the ‘Parking Zone’ sign… only to come back later in the day and find the sign has fallen down and you have no idea where you parked.

* Being security conscious, despite going back out in a few minutes, you park you bike in the garage, close the door… and hear a ‘ping’ as the cable to the garage door snaps and your bike is trapped inside… and then find your front door key is in there as well.

As someone who has been affected by Sod’s Law (not all of the above happened to me, but enough of them did), I recommend not thinking too much about it, otherwise another law, ‘Zymurgy’s First Law of Evolving System Dynamics’ comes into play:

“Once you open a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is to use a larger can.”

[Jackrat]

You do all your own work,tell all your mates how good you are then the brake tourqe arm comes off, wraping it's self around the rear axle mid corner scaring the shit out of you an doing enough damage that you may as well had taken it to a shop in the first place.
Your then stupid enough to post about it on an MC forum,then it's used against you during a discussion several months later while your being a smart arse.
:spudwhat:

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Sod’s Law, otherwise known as Murphy’s Law, clearly states that “If something can go wrong, it will”. Nothing proves this like motorcycling. The possibilities are endless for something to go wrong, usually just when you need it least.

You know you’ve been hit by Sod’s Law when:.”

You do all your own tyres and your mates for years. Then your Daughters new boy friend asks you to do his. You purchase a tyre at a good price but when you go and fit it you can not get it to bead up. Try as you might, you have to send it to town for fitting only to find out they had to put a tube in the bloody thing to get it to bead up.

[Yokai]

You talk to your gf about going to Whitianga on Saturday, and she reminds you that you have to do something else. You let everyone know that you can't make it on the lovely coromandel loop run, even though you will be going the next day.
You wake up on the Saturday and phone the people that you are doing the conflicting thing with, and they decide that they aren't going to do it. Of course - this is about 15 minutes after the ride has left from a place 15 minutes away - your SRV 250 and slow skills won't get you to catch up.
You beat your head against your keyboard, and find that that alt key is now broken.

[Wonko]

You come home one day, and put your keys in an strange place, where you never put them, but you'll remeber it because it's different to where you always put them.
Later that day when your going for a ride and all suited up in leathers, you spend 30 mins running around the house. Did I mention that it's summer as well? You end up saying F*** it, I'll use the spare key when I get home. Lock up hose hop on bike put on helmet and slam the keys into the top of your head as you pull on the helmet.

[inlinefour]

Sod’s Law, otherwise known as Murphy’s Law, clearly states that “If something can go wrong, it will”. Nothing proves this like motorcycling. The possibilities are endless for something to go wrong, usually just when you need it least.

You know you’ve been hit by Sod’s Law when:

* You are stuck in a traffic jam for ages and it looks like going nowhere. So you turn off the engine to save petrol… just as it starts moving.

* You are stuck in another traffic jam, so you decide to paddle into the bus lane for all of two seconds just to get round the only car blocking you riding along ‘your’ lane… just at the moment when a bus armed with a camera snaps you.

* You pull away and find your mirrors have been moved. So you decide to sort them out at the next set of lights… only to rack up your personal record of 27 green lights in a row.

* Visiting a town you’ve never been to before, you reach a junction and don’t know which way to turn. So you flip a mental coin… only to find you’ve made the wrong choice, spend the next 10 miles going round the worst one-way system you’ve ever experienced to get back to where you were to begin with… and find the Guesthouse you are staying at is just 20 yards in the other direction.

* You decide to clear out your old kit. So you throw away all your old, smelly (but still serviceable) gloves… and promptly lose one of your lovely new pair.

* You decide to throw out your old, smelly (but still perfectly serviceable) jacket… and the day after the zip goes on your new one.

* You never ride down the inside of traffic. But this day you’re in a hurry and against your better judgement decide to do so… and a nail goes right through your tyre.

* You sell your old bike to a dealer, so you decide to take it for one last ride before handing it over… and blow the engine.

* You get an amazing deal on your insurance, hand over the money and only after it starts do you find out they’ve put you down to ride 2,000 miles a year or less… and you are a Despatch Rider.

* You ride to a bike show and park your bike somewhere really easy to find it… only to come back later in the day and find 263 identical ones have parked in the same area.

* You ride to a bike show and park your bike right under the ‘Parking Zone’ sign… only to come back later in the day and find the sign has fallen down and you have no idea where you parked.

* Being security conscious, despite going back out in a few minutes, you park you bike in the garage, close the door… and hear a ‘ping’ as the cable to the garage door snaps and your bike is trapped inside… and then find your front door key is in there as well.

As someone who has been affected by Sod’s Law (not all of the above happened to me, but enough of them did), I recommend not thinking too much about it, otherwise another law, ‘Zymurgy’s First Law of Evolving System Dynamics’ comes into play:

“Once you open a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is to use a larger can.”

but we all knew that

[hXc]

You do all your own tyres and your mates for years. Then your Daughters new boy friend asks you to do his. You purchase a tyre at a good price but when you go and fit it you can not get it to bead up. Try as you might, you have to send it to town for fitting only to find out they had to put a tube in the bloody thing to get it to bead up.

Hahaha Steve! It sometimes helps if you put a tube in the tyre for Khalif. I always thought you were a blonde.