Doh, expensive lesson (disc lok left on)

[timwilky]

Left my disc lock on. Whoops. dropping the gsxr off the rear paddock stand I hear a crunching noise. Scratch head & backside and walk to front of bike.

Doh!.

Managed to plastic weld the leg of the front mudguard back together. Every bit found and stuck back in and it don't look too bad. Found an undamaged one on fleabay and now fitted. 36 hours between damage and replacement, not bad methinks and the financial controller hasn't a clue.

Now for the original damaged one. As I say, it don't look too bad. So I reckon a bit of stopper and a quick flat down and a coat of gloss black and nobody would ever know. Just maybe next time I will use the silly yellow stringy thing to remind me.

Argh bad luck, disc locks have been responsible for 3 of my 4 drops!

1/1 for me, but quite nearly more quite a few times! il b puttin it on the back one when i have a disc brake on the back..not a drum on me 125 hehe

yeah happed to me too, you do feel at bit silly afterward dont you!

if your in a hurry or just being staired at in a pub carpark (because your bikes loud)them disk locks can cause problems, ive got one but i dont use it.

[Luckypants]

Saw a guy knock over a row of about 10 bikes at Helmsley cos he tried to ride off with the disc lock on. He wasn't popular!

At least you only dented your pride.

It always happens when you're trying to look cool - Then you crash and burn.

Mind you I don't think you can look cool on a Yamaha SZR660 which was what I was riding when it last happened to me

I use one of these and never forget. It's obvious enough to deter basic thieves and stops me forgetting about the disc lock. Free with Oxford locks.

Originally Posted by jayjay

yeah happed to me too, you do feel at bit silly afterward dont you!

deffo specially when u only got the bike about a week earlier, then end up flat on ure back with ure bike on its side nxt to ya! haha well it was an experience...sadly i didnt learn from it

Originally Posted by Heed

I use one of these and never forget. It's obvious enough to deter basic thieves and stops me forgetting about the disc lock. Free with Oxford locks.

I got me one of those... best thing ever