My bike is not a trampoline!!!!!

[kern0079]

I went out to my bike this morning to go for a ride to find it sitting in a different position. I knew something was up from 20 feet away. Upon investigation I found the fairings cracked, levers bent, mirrors cracked, shut off switch missing, and a puddle of oil under my bike.

This is where it gets good. The bike obviously fell on the left side due to all the scratches I found. I started wondering why the right side was messed up untill I realized that it was covered in FOOTPRINTS. Someone was jumping on my bike!!! (They were nice enough to pick it back up when they were done and place it on its sidestand)

I understand that bikes fall over and I wouldn't be flaming mad if that happened. But this was intentional. Needless to say there were a few four letter words being screamed and various items being flung into the distance.

Anyways, if anyone has any parts that I need in my area or know of any for sale please let me know. I will be on e-bay shortly.

[kern0079]

The good news is that the oil was coming out of the carbs and not the case. The engine wont turn over (hydraulic lock hopefully). When the bike was on the side the oil must have seeped up into the cylinder and out the intake valves.

Does this sound correct???

[Scoobs]

Can't help you on the mechanicals, but what I will say is make sure there is enough oil in the thing before you start it.

Can't belive it though. Your heart must've sunk seeing that.

[Stig]

That is a real p155 off factor and I am sorry to hear that. I have experienced exactly the same thing myself. Only they didn't bother to pick mine back up. You probably wont find out who did it but I truely hope you do.

[moistvonlipwig]

also unfortunately had the same occurence twice in the same day!!!!! bleedin' nightmare :x :x :x

[northwind]

What a bunch of scumbags. I can understand why people steal bikes, but why just mess them up for no benefit?

And especially why pick it back up after, that's just weird...

[OF.uk]

Sorry m8, you must have been gutted, I know I would have been. I just hope you find who did it :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Cloggsy]

Hope you reported it to the Police :?: :evil:

[Chris V]

Brainless morons, probably making up for incurable impotence. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

It might have been a public spirited passer-by that picked the bike up some time later. This would explain why the oil had a chance to seep out.

[Spiderman]

what kind of freak would need to go and do something like that then?
:evil:

unless you've pi55ed someone off recently?

Or maybe they got the wrong bike and realised so picked it up?

who knows...its a ****ty thing to have happen and i hope whoever it was happens to walk in front of a train by mistake

[Richie]

:twisted: Im on the ranges next week , If you find the Ba5tar ds bring them up here as I think we have quite a few spare round's for em...

[Mervin]

Defo report it as criminal damage to m/v to your local police.

They may have the scum bags footprints on file....

[H22A1Accrd]

I had the same thing happen to me outside my apartment last spring. My neighbor woke me up and said that my bike was laying over. There is scratches on my tank from where some jealous low life ******* kicked it. It was laying over for at least 5 hours, but there was not any oil under the bike or anywhere else. Started right up, i was pretty ****ed, I had frame sliders installed so the only thing that got messed up was the radiator cap, and the brake lever that i just installed a week earlier was broke. Anyone know why oil would of leaked on his and not mine?? Mine was even on a hill so it was laying on its side and then some.

I am sorry to hear that so many other fellow bike owners have to deal with what it felt like to go out and see the bike in that condition. May all the culprits get whats coming to them.

[wheelnut]

Hope you reported it to the Police :?: :evil:

It probably was the police. Its America

Do you mean it wont turn over, or it wont start?

Its the american and english language thing again :?

[kern0079]

It wouldnt turn over.

UPDATE: I spent Sunday tearing out the carbs and coolant system (cracked outlet in the holding tank). Everything was full of oil (cyls, intakes, carbs, airbox). I did a lot of cleaning and turned over the engine to get the oil out of the intakes and cyls. It took me a good 4 hours to get it all apart and repaired again. I straightened the clutch lever and shorted the shutoff switch. The fairings were temporarily repaired with zip-ties. It took 35 loose spaced stiches. The first start only one cyl ran and gas was pouring everywhere because I forgot to connect a fuel line :oops: . Second start was very smokey. No, extreemly smokey. Not only was there a lot of oil residue in everything but a bunch had collected in the exhaust that I never thought about. It ran rough without much throttle responce (carbs still a little clogged up) for about half an hour and then returned to normal. The smoke cleared off in about an hour.

At the same time I installed a 14 tooth front and 46 rear. WOW, these are a great addition to this bike. I rode a friends with this setup before but I had forgotten how wonderful it is. 0 to wheelie in not time flat. Because of the smaller front sprocket the chain rubs a lot more on the gaurd going over the swingarm. Will this cause any problems?

Anyways, I am happy to have my baby back in action.

[Itching 2 go]

It wouldnt turn over.

UPDATE: I spent Sunday tearing out the carbs and coolant system (cracked outlet in the holding tank). Everything was full of oil (cyls, intakes, carbs, airbox). I did a lot of cleaning and turned over the engine to get the oil out of the intakes and cyls. It took me a good 4 hours to get it all apart and repaired again. I straightened the clutch lever and shorted the shutoff switch. The fairings were temporarily repaired with zip-ties. It took 35 loose spaced stiches. The first start only one cyl ran and gas was pouring everywhere because I forgot to connect a fuel line :oops: . Second start was very smokey. No, extreemly smokey. Not only was there a lot of oil residue in everything but a bunch had collected in the exhaust that I never thought about. It ran rough without much throttle responce (carbs still a little clogged up) for about half an hour and then returned to normal. The smoke cleared off in about an hour.

At the same time I installed a 14 tooth front and 46 rear. WOW, these are a great addition to this bike. I rode a friends with this setup before but I had forgotten how wonderful it is. 0 to wheelie in not time flat. Because of the smaller front sprocket the chain rubs a lot more on the gaurd going over the swingarm. Will this cause any problems?

Anyways, I am happy to have my baby back in action.Only increased wear of the chain + guide, you would be better off upping the rear by 3 instead of dropping the front by 1. be careful and keep an eye on the guide. if that wears out your gonna start eating into your swingarm!

[kern0079]

Thats what I figured. I did go up 2 in the rear but I wanted a larger change than that so I went down 1 in the front. This enabled me to keep my chain which would not be possible by just going up 5 in the rear. Thanks for the info.

[Cloggsy]

Only increased wear of the chain + guide, you would be better off upping the rear by 3 instead of dropping the front by 1. be careful and keep an eye on the guide. if that wears out your gonna start eating into your swingarm!

My boss & I were only talking about this pearl of wisdom today...

He used to race at the IOM TT & his mechanic used to increase the size of his front sprocket (on his CBR600) to reduce the amount of wear on the chain... It's something to do with the degrees of rotation the chain has to go through whilst winding itself around the sprockets... The larger the front sprocket, the lesser the degree of rotation is required to travel around the front sprocket, therefore decreasing the wear on the chain... Does that sound about right :?: :?

Someone far wiser than me could probably explain this far better :roll: :oops: But that's how I understood it :lol: :lol: :lol:

[northwind]

'zactly. If you think about it, the more teeth, the bigger the sprocket has to be to fit them on, and the bigger the sprocket, the wider the radius... So the chain has to bend less to turn. It also means that the drive's being put on by more teeth at a time, which strains the teeth and the links less.