Topic: THAT MOMENT, when...

[BobbyR]

That moment, knowing that eyes are upon you, when you coolly throw your leg over the saddle McQueen style, tip a wink to your admirers as you nonchalantly press the starter and give a blip on the throttle as it roars into life, snick it into first, release the clutch while still playing to the assembled crowd, and falling sideways with the bike between your legs, realising you forgot to remove your disc lock.

Not one of my best moments

Priceless 

[BobbyR]

That moment when you cut the chain too short and have to be creative:



I can do brain farts with the best of you 

That wire is scary.

[NobleHops]

That moment, knowing that eyes are upon you, when you coolly throw your leg over the saddle McQueen style, tip a wink to your admirers as you nonchalantly press the starter and give a blip on the throttle as it roars into life, snick it into first, release the clutch while still playing to the assembled crowd, and falling sideways with the bike between your legs, realising you forgot to remove your disc lock.

Not one of my best moments

That moment, when you're riding behind the school bus full of your high school peers, pulling wee little wheelies for their entertainment, when the bus driver stops to let somebody cross the street...

...and you run into the back of the school bus. Lightly at least, I did manage to keep it upright, just, but only after doing a 45-degree stoppie and almost going over. The kids in the back two rows about died laughing.

[martin99]

That moment, knowing that eyes are upon you, when you coolly throw your leg over the saddle McQueen style, tip a wink to your admirers as you nonchalantly press the starter and give a blip on the throttle as it roars into life, snick it into first, release the clutch while still playing to the assembled crowd, and falling sideways with the bike between your legs, realising you forgot to remove your disc lock.

Not one of my best moments

That moment, when you're riding behind the school bus full of your high school peers, pulling wee little wheelies for their entertainment, when the bus driver stops to let somebody cross the street...

...and you run into the back of the school bus. Lightly at least, I did manage to keep it upright, just, but only after doing a 45-degree stoppie and almost going over. The kids in the back two rows about died laughing.

 
Glad I ain't the only one!

[Bailgang]

Going to the drag strip for the very first time in my 4 speed 78 Trans Am, get the car staged at the tree, wind the motor up just a bit, Christmas tree goes green so I side step the clutch, mash the throttle only to find out I had it in reverse not 1st gear.

[NobleHops]

Going to the drag strip for the very first time in my 4 speed 78 Trans Am, get the car staged at the tree, wind the motor up just a bit, Christmas tree goes green so I side step the clutch, mash the throttle only to find out I had it in reverse not 1st gear.

Oh boy. You can't just end that story there. That HAD to have "left a mark" on something or someone. Good one!

[faux fiddy]

That moment while straddling the bike you reach for the 2x with your foot  to put under the kickstand so the bike doesn't sink in the rain soaked yard and you hear the hiss of flesh burning on a pipe.

[Bailgang]

Going to the drag strip for the very first time in my 4 speed 78 Trans Am, get the car staged at the tree, wind the motor up just a bit, Christmas tree goes green so I side step the clutch, mash the throttle only to find out I had it in reverse not 1st gear.

Oh boy. You can't just end that story there. That HAD to have "left a mark" on something or someone. Good one!

Previous runs that day the car would creep ever so slightly after staging and I'd redlight, I didn't have a line lock on the brakes so to avoid redlighting I'd pop it into neutral after staging then put it in gear the moment the lights on the tree would come down. 1st gear of course was left and up but reverse was WAY left and up on it's super t-10 trans so in my haste to get it in gear I went just a wee bit too far to the left with the shifter. I was on street tires so the car mostly sat there and spun the tires but I'm sure anyone behind me freaked out a bit when they saw my reverse lights come on. Yeah it was embarrassing.

[b5rider]

Not bike related,  but a buddy and I put a lift kit on my old jeep and the roof rack wouldn't clear the garage. The Jeep was inside

[NobleHops]

<wipes tears from eyes>

This thread is starting to exceed all expectations for laughter and entertainment, and I for one am relieved through my confession of my follies. Carry on!

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

You stall your bike at a stop light in front of a hot woman, and the truck behind you blows his horn.

[Stev-o]

<wipes tears from eyes>

This thread is starting to exceed all expectations for laughter and entertainment, and I for one am relieved through my confession of my follies. Carry on!

Yes, it is!   Could be renamed  "Can you believe the Stoopid thing I did?!"

[70CB750]

That moment when you realized you took sidecar off and forgot about it.

Not me, guy next to me at red light, slowly folded to the left with the motorcycle.  I put it on kick stand, went to help him and he is just laughing his ass off - and eventually told me the sidecar story, he just stopped without putting foot down.

[scrapvalue]

That moment I said................................... I do!

[arogers88]

When you pull out of a parking spot after forgetting to put your side stand up...

[754]

The pavement came up swiftly. Towards my face..

Had sat on the rear rack of my moped and pulled a wheelie at 20 mph..
Contacted the ground, in sitting position, my heels caught, flipping me over quickly to hit face first..so hard my feet came 18 inches or more of the ground..

Yeah it fu€&ing hurt..

Some days you should have worn a helmet..
..no lesson sticks as good as a hard lesson..

[Pecantree]

The moment you pack up your campsite and load / lash everything down to your bike.
Reach for your keys and realize you left them inside the tent. Rolled up and stashed inside the dry sack.

[NobleHops]

THAT MOMENT... when you're carefully prying out the last of 4 circlips, to extract the last piston, on an engine disassembly that has gone very smoothly up until that moment, when the circlip SUDDENLY RELEASES, and gathers up ALL THAT ENERGY and shoots ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SHOP, tinkling softly as it settles into what will likely be its final, unseen resting place.

[flybox1]

THAT MOMENT... when you're carefully prying out the last of 4 circlips, to extract the last piston, on an engine disassembly that has gone very smoothly up until that moment, when the circlip SUDDENLY RELEASES, and gathers up ALL THAT ENERGY and shoots ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SHOP, tinkling softly as it settles into what will likely be its final, unseen resting place.

dont worry, it will happen again with a valve keeper    at which time you'll find the missing circlip 

[NobleHops]

HA!



Ya can't quite read my annotations, but the big one at the right says "Where I was working" and the little one to the left says "Where the circlip ended up". That's about 20 feet.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

THAT MOMENT... when you're carefully prying out the last of 4 circlips, to extract the last piston, on an engine disassembly that has gone very smoothly up until that moment, when the circlip SUDDENLY RELEASES, and gathers up ALL THAT ENERGY and shoots ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SHOP, tinkling softly as it settles into what will likely be its final, unseen resting place.

dont worry, it will happen again with a valve keeper    at which time you'll find the missing circlip 

Hahaha!!!

[Retro Rocket]

HA!



Ya can't quite read my annotations, but the big one at the right says "Where I was working" and the little one to the left says "Where the circlip ended up". That's about 20 feet.

Wow, thats a circlip home run.....

[Bailgang]

THAT MOMENT when I'm getting ready to vac sync my carbs and happen to notice all 4 vac gauges are showing a different reading ..... and I haven't even hooked them up yet!! I had to get all 4 gauges to read zero again then hook all 4 up at the same time to a common vac source to make sure they were all reading the same.

[RAFster122s]

Sometimes it pays to have a large clear heavy plastic bag you can slip over a workpiece so when that spring or clip lets go the heavy plastic bag to contain the spring or clip.
It works,  just not as convenient as working outside the bag.

David

[bj]

Oh, the humanity. That moment when you watch a teflon wrist pin button bounce around and finally fall into the crankcase or how about struggling for 45 minutes to get a tire mounted and then realizing you put it on in the wrong direction or getting new wheel bearings installed then seeing the inner spacer sitting on your workbench or dicing for the lead and running out of gas on the last lap or getting the exhaust all safety wired then seeing an exhaust gasket laying on the floor or......i have to stop. This is too painful