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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #75 on: April 22, 2016, 04:28:04 AM »
That moment when you clean your helmet only to hit a huge bug 5 minutes later.
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #76 on: April 22, 2016, 05:46:24 AM »
That moment when you can't find the side stand that you just had powdercoated...
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #77 on: April 22, 2016, 09:25:59 AM »
Goddammit....that moment you get your new stainless braided brake lines installed and system bled, only to notice the dust boot for the master cylinder sitting on your work bench...
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #78 on: April 22, 2016, 10:08:07 AM »
...that moment when you realize the rear brake pedal return spring, which you just had in your hand, will never be found, and the only ones available are $20 on feebay  ::)
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #79 on: April 22, 2016, 11:11:49 AM »
That moment when you are sick to your stomach and are running to the closest toilet and you have to violently crap and vomit at the same time.  :o
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #80 on: April 23, 2016, 06:05:51 PM »
That moment when you are sick to your stomach and are running to the closest toilet and you have to violently crap and vomit at the same time.  :o
I guess I'm lucky, my bathtub is right across from the toilet.

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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #81 on: April 23, 2016, 08:04:18 PM »
That moment when you can't find the side stand that you just had powdercoated...


The moment you find the part you've been lookin for!
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #82 on: April 24, 2016, 11:13:05 AM »
that moment you pulls aut...gets up to the side of the car....kick dovn..gives it fulll trottel...and hit the mystireus falce neutral at 10,000 rpm....and fallls back from the car..only thing to do is to pull in and vait for the traffic to get 1000 miles avay before slov limping avay...make my day...-better NeXT time :P :P :P
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #83 on: May 06, 2016, 05:17:31 AM »
That moment when you flip off the cager behind you who is flashing his high beams and honking.....only to realize that he is trying to tell you your turn signal is still on.

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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #84 on: May 15, 2016, 10:28:19 AM »
THAT MOMENT...when you're about to put your 75 piece tap and die set away, when instead you flip it over and dump it on the shop floor.

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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #85 on: May 15, 2016, 11:18:57 PM »
 The moment when you realize you've been wrenching on your plugged up K0 carbs from the floor and there's a cb400F sitting on the nearly new bike lift. And you haven't touched it in a month and most likely won't be finished this year.
 Yes, I took it off the lift.
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #86 on: May 15, 2016, 11:22:17 PM »
 Or that moment when you post a stupid question, you should have already known how to deal with, then you figure it out, realize you wasted everyone else's time. But now it's too late because everyone already took time to try to help.
 Oh, and thanks.
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #87 on: May 16, 2016, 03:46:16 AM »
i have a cbx stand at the lift tabel for over a year...made the 400 four lying at the floor,, and fix the oil sump...and the other stuff..
but you got the idea to flip the bikes...i did not...do it make "that moment"...for mee..
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #88 on: May 16, 2016, 11:51:43 AM »
...when you see your 3year old son playìng a round with your phone...and you dont care. Yep. All data, pictures, songs and names deleted.

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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #89 on: May 18, 2016, 05:18:27 AM »
You're tired,
your hands are covered in grease,
you are bleeding in a few places,
the frame has fallen over twice,
you are cold as the temperature has fallen to -1C, (last night/this morning),
your gloves are off because you sure as heck can't pick up all them ball bearings that scattered when the frame fell over wearing gloves,
the wife has called o ut to you and asked if you want a beer (after you told her you have given up beer),
you have the forks, fork trees, nuts, washers and spring tensoner on the 1971 Kawasaki S1 (unique design) all together,

AND THEN,

you notice you forgot to put the fork ears on!
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #90 on: May 19, 2016, 09:51:05 AM »
THAT MOMENT...

...as I was sailing along on the freeway yesterday on my CBX on my way back to my shop to meet a customer, when I felt the bike start to lose power, and remembered that I had siphoned nearly all of the gas out of it so it wouldn't get stale. But neglected to reset the tripmeter or make note of the fact such that I might remember this fact followed by...

THAT OTHER MOMENT...

...as I was making my way to the shoulder and nearby exit ramp, reaching for the petcock to switch it to reserve when I realized that although the 400F I was riding in the morning had it's petcock oriented one way for on and reserve, the CBX was the exact opposite. And I was indeed, already on reserve, and all the way out of gas.

I got lucky, there was a gas station a short 1/10 mile away, and it was only 85 or so degrees. A short push for a good reminder :-).
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #91 on: May 19, 2016, 01:27:17 PM »
lol...done that so many times...it seems like every bike ever made has different locations for run-stop-reserve...How many combinations can there be?...just another of god's punishments for having one (or more!) too many bikes.
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #92 on: May 20, 2016, 03:50:20 AM »
Dorothy is boxed away since last fall and I still reach under the left side of the tank looking for ignition  ;D  while Red has it up on top.
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #93 on: May 20, 2016, 03:55:53 AM »
THAT MOMENT...when you're about to put your 75 piece tap and die set away, when instead you flip it over and dump it on the shop floor.


I have NEVER done this,
I don't have these tools. ha ha
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #94 on: May 20, 2016, 04:00:02 AM »
That moment when
you yell Ar$ehole at the guy who cut you off,
then he stops, blocking the road, and pulls out his Detective badge and asks if you need help finding the police station.  :o
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #95 on: May 20, 2016, 01:27:00 PM »
The car has been packed for ages, I've had the car warmed up in anticipation of early departure , reversed out, locked the main gate, cold day, 4 hours drive to the Alps, waiting on the (ahemm) partner to finally get ready, then she saunters to the motor and says "I've slammed the house door closed, but you surely have the keys, don't you ? !!!"

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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #96 on: May 21, 2016, 10:01:10 PM »
Or that moment when you post a stupid question, you should have already known how to deal with, then you figure it out, realize you wasted everyone else's time. But now it's too late because everyone already took time to try to help.
 Oh, and thanks.
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #97 on: May 22, 2016, 05:52:58 AM »
That moment when, after hours party in out of town friends motel room, the woman you layed down with is not the same one you woke up with :o
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #98 on: May 22, 2016, 09:21:12 AM »
That moment when, after hours party in out of town friends motel room, the woman you layed down with is not the same one you woke up with :o

Well look on the bright side, at least it was a woman you woke up with.  ;)
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Re: THAT MOMENT, when...
« Reply #99 on: May 25, 2016, 04:10:09 PM »
When you have a GL1200 Aspy on your bike lift table and wondering why the 1k capacity table will hardly budge it only to realize I placed a couple of ratchet straps to the very bottom of the base rather than to the table itself.
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