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  1. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Goblin View Post
    Mate of mine was having problems starting his bike at a poker run. Tried the killswitch and it started. Next stop same thing. Had to flick it back and forth and it would start again. Got home, pulled it to bits and there was a dead spider between the contact bits. :slap:
    Wasn't Doc on his Hardley was it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-Soul View Post
    when I first got my bike, newly delivered by teh last owner, he drove off, and I was feeling very cool, while teh wife admired from a distance. I then spent the next 1 minutes fioddling until she approached me and asked why I was not going for a ride. After I admitted I could not start it, she eventually spotted the klill switch. Eish!
    Even worse when the bloody girl who doesn't ride finds the problem eh!
    Yep....it's never happened to me!
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    An ID-ten-T error
    Zen wisdom: No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. - obviously had KB in mind when he came up with that gem

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mental Trousers View Post
    An ID-ten-T error
    PEBKAC. Or PEBSAG, I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Shrek View Post
    Wasn't Doc on his Hardley was it?
    Nah the infamous Honda Davidson. Was a popular avatar for a while.
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    I had a "brain fade" at the "Brass Monkey" ... on the Sunday, trying to leave ... forgot about the cut-out switch on the side-stand .....
    When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grubber View Post
    Even worse when the bloody girl who doesn't ride finds the problem eh!
    Yep....it's never happened to me!
    In mitigation - I had never ridden a bike with a kill switch before. And she is a very observant woman...
    The one thing man learns from history is that man does not learn from history
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