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24-10-06, 08:27 PM
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I am an idiot
After recounting this story to a friend this evening, he insisted I post it on the internet so my stupity and humiliation can be global. So here goes.
A few months ago I decided that I would change the oil in my SV's forks for some higher viscsity stuff in order to firm up the front end a little. So I purchased some heavier fork oil and duly changed it. The bike certainly felt different, but I wasn't sure it felt any better. So I decided to put a little more oil in each fork leg as they still felt a little soft. I knew I had some fork oil knocking around in the garage and soon located it and set about measuring out how much I was going to put into each leg. It was at this point my brain disengaged. The new fork oil I was measuring out was a normal brown "oil" colour yet the fluid in the forks from the change a few weeks earlier was very definately blue. I had just opened a new bottle of fork oil (hadn't I ?) and it was brown ????? So what had I put in the forks last time ? antifreeze ? washing up liquid ? screenwash ? blue curacao ? So out comes the wheel, off with the mudgaurd etc and I change the oil again to the "proper" brown stuff. I'm just checking the level on the second fork leg and I haven't quite got enough oil. A quick rummage around and I find a second (sealed and definately unopenend) bottle of fork oil identical to the one that contained the brown oil. I open it and start to poor it into the fork leg, anyone want to guess what colour it is ? Its fecking blue isn't it.  When I changed the oil last time I put the old oil back in the bottle the new stuff came in and put it back on the shelf and then I thought it was.........  I hope you're happy now Marky 
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24-10-06, 08:29 PM
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Dipstick!!!
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24-10-06, 08:32 PM
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24-10-06, 09:45 PM
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Yes you are.
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24-10-06, 09:48 PM
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24-10-06, 10:07 PM
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24-10-06, 10:38 PM
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Well, at least it wasn't Blue Bols
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25-10-06, 05:34 AM
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25-10-06, 07:17 AM
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Priceless......
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25-10-06, 07:47 AM
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LOL
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