Topic: Man, sometimes I wonder...

[Johnny5]

It's beautiful here in Michigan today, 65 and sunny, so I went out for lunch today on the bike. As Im cruising along at 35 mph, I thought I'd whack the throttle a little, but the bike just bogged and didnt want to go. Confused, I give it more gas, and the same result happened...



"Hey Dork!"

"Yes?"

"You're in fifth gear."

"Oh."



So I drop it down a couple gears and the bike takes off like a rocket.


....yeah, and that was me talking to myself. Dont ya love when you do dumb stuff?

[Ostiosis]

I started up the bike the other day and it had a really rough idle.

"Man, I just started this yesterday and it worked fine...?"

Closed Petcock: "Maybe you need some fuel?"
 

[manjisann]

I stalled out in an intersection twice and couldn't figure out why she wouldn't go. Wasn't until the next light I realized I was in second gear the entire time    Also started to lean left to go around a turn and heard a horrible metal hitting concrete noise and bounced right back up to center (luckily wasn't going very fast). Scared me half to death, before I realized I had forgotten to put my kickstand up 

I started up the bike the other day and it had a really rough idle.

"Man, I just started this yesterday and it worked fine...?"

Closed Petcock: "Maybe you need some fuel?"
 

Done this one too.

I'll be glad when I'm not such a noob 

Brandon.

[speedy gonzalais]

we all have our moments, Id prefer to keep my list private.

[heffay]

after 18+ years of riding i've realized that those moments continue to happen.   

the 18+ years have helped in the reactions that those moments produce.   

[CBJoe]

For the first time ever, I forgot that I switched to reserve on the way to work this morning 

The nice thing is that i ran out of gas in front of a cycle repair shop i've never been to and a scholarly gentleman (ie. mechanic) came out to say hello with some fuel that got me to a gas station. 

stupid me...Joe

[shoemanII]

my latest doh! moment was last weekend.  long story, but the highlight: 

putting my husky te610e to bed for the winter, i turned the petcock to "reserve" instead of "off", then took off the fuel line. 

access is not great so by the time i got the flowing line back on, had about a quart of fuel soaking into the finished basement floor.

my very patient wife, calls down:  "uh, hey bob!  the house smells like gas!"

me:  "sorry, husky seems to have split a gas line"

bobp     

[754]

Swung by a buddys workplace one day..

.and people were in the yard watching...

Snicked the kickstand out with my foot as I dismounted........

All in one fluid motion......................



APPARENTLY..maybe ..not FLUID.. enough..




It works much better.....

 if the stand goes overcenter and locks forward... ... ....

[Ecosse]

Geez you guys... I don't think I ever did anything dumb on my CB! Bet y'all feel really stupid confessing to the world that bikes are just too much for you to handle; the Koreans make nifty scooters, think about it.





OK, here's mine; fired her up, pulled up the kick stand, put her in gear and rode off. As I leaned into a left bend I heard a faint scrape sound but it was barely noticeable and fleeting... but then it was followed in due course by a constant and louder scraaaaape!

You guessed it, I didn't pull the kick stand all the way as it had apparently stuck half way up. And yes God made sure there were witnesses. Maybe Jehovah Witnesses? Not only embarrassing but dangerous too.

[Hush]

I've got the classic and we've all done it eh, come on fess up.
Showing bike off to visitors, explained how I had so cleverly tuned it to a fine point, starts first time everytime right?
Na na na...........no start, scratch head, visitors leave and I remember bike has a kill switch which I had decided to flick on as an added security measure.....duh!

[MJL]

When I first started riding I had a KZ440. One day it wouldn't run, even thought I knew there was gas in the tank. I could hear it sloshing.  I pushed my bike a couple miles across town to a guy that I knew who also had one, so I figured he knew more than I.  After explaining the problem he looked the bike over and switched the petcock to reserve.  Yes it started.

Haven't had any dumbass moments on the CB other than forgetting the kickstand once or twice.

[bryanj]

Mate told me his Yam XT500 wouldnt wheelie so i proved it would then was surprished cos the front brake didnt work with the wheel in the air

[dustyc]

OK, here's mine; fired her up, pulled up the kick stand, put her in gear and rode off. As I leaned into a left bend I heard a faint scrape sound but it was barely noticeable and fleeting... but then it was followed in due course by a constant and louder scraaaaape!

You guessed it, I didn't pull the kick stand all the way as it had apparently stuck half way up. And yes God made sure there were witnesses. Maybe Jehovah Witnesses? Not only embarrassing but dangerous too.

Since Barber is coming up, and you just reminded me.  Last year while I was there, my buddy and I decided to take a spin around the place.  First left hand curve I hear the scraaape.  I stop and flip it up, my buddy stops and flips his up too.  Dual dunces.

[kach_me]

You've all forgotten to put your stands up.  I forgot to put mine down.  That was when I learned that I could indeed pick up the bike once it had fallen almost all the way down.  Funny thing is, this took place in my gargage with only the door open to the road.  What's the first thing that I do after getting it back into place?  Look around to see if anyone was watching! 

That one rates up there with running out of gas, putting it in reserve and trying to start it up without the clutch pulled in.  Of course the bike lurches foward (this time in the middle of the road WITH lots of people around).  Again I demonstrate my lightening quick ability to lift the bike, start it, and ride off into the sunset with only a couple of scrapes on the blinkers and severe bruising to my ego. 

[754]

Cop sees us leaving a Stop, sign & quicly pulls us over..

 COP: What do you do at a Stop sign?

 US: Stop...

 COP: Well start...doing it...