Feeling Deflated

[Richie]

was doing some work on the bike today...

rubbed down the lower fairing to get all the sctraches out (after my little Off),
and noticed the chain was a little slack, well VERY slack,
Luckily I bought a new chain and sprocket set on Saturday... ( I knew it need chaining soon.)
So started to change them over,
when I removed the clutch linkage at the gear box, I slackened off the cable..
thats when I Found out what dislocated my thumb in my recent off , the Clutch adjuster at the clutch lever was snapped but the black rubber kept it together..
anyway continuting with stripping.
Slackened off the engine sprocket using a chock of wood ,between the wheel and
swinging arm to lock the sprockets and keep the chain from moving, every thing going fine and dandy..
All stripped down, starts cleaning things up, replace rear sprocket, chain (endless one, so had to remove a link and put a temp split link in... as I was not going to take swinging arm off.
Still every thing going good.
When I was torquing up the Front engine Sprocket, I think to myself, "Just do the oppsite and stick said wood under the swinging arm through the wheel and locking the rear wheel and sprockets..."
every thing going good, got it torqued up and removed the wood chock...


thats when I hear a quite faint noise....

sissssssssssssssssssssssss, What's That I hear.



Sisssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..... No not a snake but... the


Bloody chock of wood had cought on the tyre inflation Shraider vavle and tore into it a little.......

So now have an unrideable bike....



This goes to show that even a mechanic working on his own vehicle mucks up with a big F.

Taking the car tomorrow, as taking the rear wheel off, to get fixed to put back on the bike to take the bike to get the Split link off and the new link Riveted over.


to say Im a little anoyed with myself is an understatment.

You're a grand chap, and one of your most endearing features is your honesty.

For that, I for one won't laugh at you.





















Sorry...just couldn't hold it back.

[Richie]

Just got back from a duty....

Got called out at 22:30 to go to Southhampton......yes the one near France to pick up a guy who went AWOL 5 months ago.

Just got back.... knackered, so going to tell them I'm not coming in to work today.



Bloody army, and today i've been in 15 years....


are well only 7 years to go... then civi strasse 4 this call sign.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Richie1743

Just got back from a duty....

Got called out at 22:30 to go to Southhampton......yes the one near France to pick up a guy who went AWOL 5 months ago.

Just got back.... knackered, so going to tell them I'm not coming in to work today.



Bloody army, and today i've been in 15 years....


are well only 7 years to go... then civi strasse 4 this call sign.

Oi numbers, the British tax payer pays your wages. A soldier who who can't work because he is tired. What next ?. Get off you fat lazy backside and get some soldiering done.

You are just using your late night bender as an excuse to get the day off to get your bike fixed.

Good use of initiative my friend, deserves an extra stripe

Originally Posted by Richie1743

Got called out at 22:30 to go to Southhampton......yes the one near France to pick up a guy who went AWOL 5 months ago.

Bloody hell, glad to see someone else had to do this

Many a happy trip to collect wayward chaps

<NOTE TO SELF> When chocking rear wheel, make sure the piece of wood goes into a different section of the wheel than the one with the tyre valve in it

Originally Posted by Cloggsy

<NOTE TO SELF> When chocking rear wheel, make sure the piece of wood goes into a different section of the wheel than the one with the tyre valve in it

A southerner would never have done that.

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Scoobs

A southerner would never have done that.

Thats becouse a southerner would have took it to a garage who would charge and arm and a leg...



only joking......

Originally Posted by Richie1743

Thats becouse a southerner would have took it to a garage who would charge and arm and a leg...

Touché

Did it myself actually.

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Scoobs

Touché

Did it myself actually.

so did I...nar nar nee nar nar...

Hey Rich, I've got the sprockets & chain to change on this divvy 600 I'm doing up, if you fancy giving me a hand