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Offline tinyrobot

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How NOT to clean your chain.
« on: September 24, 2009, 01:29:14 PM »
I am just hot linking this to another forum thread.  Read/View at your own risk!!!

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242261
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 01:48:12 PM »
I cringed at the point where he said he "started the bike" and didn't bother to go any further.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2009, 01:50:27 PM »
Holy eff ess!  :o :o :o
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2009, 01:58:56 PM »
Yowza.  The Gixxer forum seems to be a never-ending supply of info on what never to do to your motorcycle.

Or, you know, your hand.

Edit: Seriously, be warned: that's not something you want to look at.
« Last Edit: September 24, 2009, 02:01:43 PM by MacM2010 »
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2009, 02:02:39 PM »
stupid should hurt
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2009, 02:12:16 PM »
Well - dumb bastard award of the year..but feel very sorry for his accident as well.... totally avoidable if you had 1/2 ounce of brains..

Glad I couldn't see the photo.....
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2009, 02:28:07 PM »
It's very easy to get too comfortable around machines.  I know a few machinists that have lost digits.  Luckily, I was never one of them.


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I gotta hand it to the guy... instead of rushing to the hospital, he grabs his camera and starts snapping pictures.  Then when he gets back from the hospital (the same day), he hops on the internet.  He's got guts.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2009, 02:30:45 PM »
WHats the big deal?  I do this all the time, However I should stop using my wang.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2009, 02:52:43 PM »
Quote from: soichiro on September 24, 2009, 02:28:07 PM

I gotta hand it to the guy... instead of rushing to the hospital, he grabs his camera and starts snapping pictures.  Then when he gets back from the hospital (the same day), he hops on the internet.  He's got guts.
Thats exactly what I was thinking!
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2009, 02:56:42 PM »
Thanks for that post. I can laugh because I have done plenty of stupid crap like that, it is good to get a reminder of unsafe consequences.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2009, 04:04:50 PM »
I saw a friend of mine start to clean his chain like that.

I stopped him before anything bad happened though. I'm glad i was there. Some people just don't have much common sense.

Does anyone else not clean their chain? I don't. I just keep it lubed up. It gets greasy and nasty but i would think that would keep moisture out. I know from working on old cars that the greasier and dirtier a bolt is, the easier it is to get out. I always put some thick grease on new brake line fittings and such.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2009, 04:23:05 PM »
They last longer if you clean them regularly as it reduces the grit acting on the bushings.

The idea of holding a rag up to a moving, chain-driving ANYTHING though....  ??? ??? ???

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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2009, 05:25:00 PM »
All I can say is..................
HOLY#$%*IN#$%*THATLOOKSLIKEITHURTS!
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2009, 05:31:15 PM »
hope he wasnt a guitarist before that happened.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2009, 05:36:27 PM »
Those Gixxer dudes are a wonderful source of entertainment.  Wasn't that the forum that gave us the guy who put NOS energy drink in his tank?
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2009, 05:40:29 PM »
why would you put the bike in gear and grab the chain
did he go for his ride afterward
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2009, 05:56:41 PM »
If you read the whole post, he is trying to become a police officer.  :o
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2009, 06:17:01 PM »
Quote from: 72 yellow on September 24, 2009, 05:56:41 PM
If you read the whole post, he is trying to become a police officer.  :o


which means he'll be able to carry a gun someday................scary.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2009, 06:35:38 PM »
Not anymore
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2009, 07:30:25 PM »
Well bad mouth him but at least he owned up to his mistake and posted it as an example for others to learn from. That counts for something.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2009, 07:43:47 PM »
no lie i had a friend that lost half his thumb due to this a year ago. guess theres a lot of stupid ppl out there.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2009, 07:47:33 PM »
but then, i also know not to wear gloves when using a drill press...............
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2009, 08:05:49 PM »
I know not to grab the blades of an idling gas powered hedge trimmer... :-[
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2009, 08:41:33 PM »
There is good reason for posts of that kind.  It's not bad to have constant reminders that  machinery is dangerous.  And there are some who need to be informed, as they don't have the slightest idea of what could happen.
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Re: How NOT to clean your chain.
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2009, 08:47:29 PM »
Quote from: 333 on September 24, 2009, 05:36:27 PM
Those Gixxer dudes are a wonderful source of entertainment.  Wasn't that the forum that gave us the guy who put NOS energy drink in his tank?

yes Stan i believe it was  ;D ;D ;D they're some winners .. ::)
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