Topic: What's the worst/dumbest thing a PO did to your bike?

[Bailgang]

PO obviously had no clue how to install hand grips on the bars so he used hose clamps to keep the grips on. Also PO must have lost the keys because factory ignition switch had been butchered to remove its tumblers in the hopes that it would work with any key, that didn't work so a toggle switch that was just hanging off the harness was used instead.

[LesterPiglet]

I had a CD175 the PO had attached rear crash bars to. Of course the mounting points were top and bottom shock mounts. 

[cb650]

Cool a hard tail!!     

[grcamna2]

Someone in another thread has a 750F with the tach cable JB Welded into/onto the cam cover. Undoubtedly to fix a leak.

You know what they say,.."JB Weld will fix Anything" !.....

[Grey]

The PO had flipped the bike endo 3 times at the end of the first year he bought it. Only had 4250 miles on it. Seeing I was able to get all parts at cost. (Honda shop sponsor for racing) I rebuilt the bike and did my own paint scheme and had only $1800 in it when they were still worth $3000+. It now has a tad over 60k on it. It's been a great bike! 83 Interceptor.

[thrutheframe]

  When I got my 750 K4 the PO told me he couldn't get the front brake to bleed down.  I opened the master cylinder and he had the fluid IN the diaphragm.  That wouldn't seem so bad to me if the guy didn't own a successful auto repair shop specializing in Hondas and Toyotas!

[Tugboat]

  When I got my 750 K4 the PO told me he couldn't get the front brake to bleed down.  I opened the master cylinder and he had the fluid IN the diaphragm.  That wouldn't seem so bad to me if the guy didn't own a successful auto repair shop specializing in Hondas and Toyotas!

Brilliant!!!

[thrutheframe]

  When I got my 750 K4 the PO told me he couldn't get the front brake to bleed down.  I opened the master cylinder and he had the fluid IN the diaphragm.  That wouldn't seem so bad to me if the guy didn't own a successful auto repair shop specializing in Hondas and Toyotas!

Brilliant!!!

I'd call him a glaring example of a PO.

[CBNJ74]

Chopped the bottoms off a set of perfectly good fork ears and extended the front forks 4"

I have the tubes if anyone is interested. They're in pretty good shape and were in perfect working order when I bought the bike.

[dhall57]

This is not my bike but in fits perfectly into this thread. Can you believe this : Poor and neglected 750K6. I ask the owner why in the @#&$ did he mount the battery on the luggage rack and tie it down with bungee cords. Don't you know how unsafe that is. As serious as a heart attack he said the motorcycle battery was to expensive so he found this used lawn and garden battery for free and cut the factory harness and spliced other cables to it so they would reach back to the rack. This as to be the dumbest and the most lame brain thing I've ever seen.

 

[cb650]

Why not a gas tank there too?   

[LesterPiglet]

The luggage rack isn't even attached properly, it's on a hinge. I'd be interested to see the results of some heavy braking.

[CycleRanger]

This is not my bike but in fits perfectly into this thread. Can you believe this : Poor and neglected 750K6. I ask the owner why in the @#&$ did he mount the battery on the luggage rack and tie it down with bungee cords. Don't you know how unsafe that is. As serious as a heart attack he said the motorcycle battery was to expensive so he found this used lawn and garden battery for free and cut the factory harness and spliced other cables to it so they would reach back to the rack. This as to be the dumbest and the most lame brain thing I've ever seen.

Wow, indeed that's in a class all its own! 
I'm not sure I'd believe it without the pictures!

[WarwickE36]

This is not my bike but in fits perfectly into this thread. Can you believe this : Poor and neglected 750K6. I ask the owner why in the @#&$ did he mount the battery on the luggage rack and tie it down with bungee cords. Don't you know how unsafe that is. As serious as a heart attack he said the motorcycle battery was to expensive so he found this used lawn and garden battery for free and cut the factory harness and spliced other cables to it so they would reach back to the rack. This as to be the dumbest and the most lame brain thing I've ever seen.

Wow, indeed that's in a class all its own! 
I'm not sure I'd believe it without the pictures!

he was clearly just trying to make the bike easier to wheelie 

[grcamna2]

This is not my bike but in fits perfectly into this thread. Can you believe this : Poor and neglected 750K6. I ask the owner why in the @#&$ did he mount the battery on the luggage rack and tie it down with bungee cords. Don't you know how unsafe that is. As serious as a heart attack he said the motorcycle battery was to expensive so he found this used lawn and garden battery for free and cut the factory harness and spliced other cables to it so they would reach back to the rack. This as to be the dumbest and the most lame brain thing I've ever seen.

Wow, indeed that's in a class all its own! 
I'm not sure I'd believe it without the pictures!

he was clearly just trying to make the bike easier to wheelie 

That would do it  ...kind of unbelievable Stuff here...

[KC_Northstar]

My PMO (previous moron owner) Must have read Hondamans book about the mod to the stock air box.
You know, drilling holes in the baffle on K1 and later bikes. Only this twit drilled holes in the bottom
center of the air box allowing air to bypass the filter. I am currently rebuilding the worn out engine that
ran for thousands of miles on unfiltered air.   He also ported the carbs!  He actually ground out the throats
of the carbs to help them pass more air --  destroying the venturi of the carbs and turning them in to
aluminum recycleables.


KC
 

[rangerboy2788]

I dont know how to copy other peoples pics in this thread but that "orange" 750 with the battery on the rack looks just like my 550 when i brought it home! battery on the back and all!!!

[grcamna2]

It would seem that they're's a twin to that "other" one w/ the battery on the back ?? awh man...I wonder if they thought it would be easier to charge while the bike had a non-functioning charging system...? or maybe they were using the battery up there to jump start other cycles w/ bad charging systems      

[70CB750]

This is not my bike but in fits perfectly into this thread. Can you believe this : Poor and neglected 750K6. I ask the owner why in the @#&$ did he mount the battery on the luggage rack and tie it down with bungee cords. Don't you know how unsafe that is. As serious as a heart attack he said the motorcycle battery was to expensive so he found this used lawn and garden battery for free and cut the factory harness and spliced other cables to it so they would reach back to the rack. This as to be the dumbest and the most lame brain thing I've ever seen.

But why he limited himself to such small battery with all the space on the rack?  How about 1000 cranking amps.

[Godffery]

This is an excellent example of how NOT to run your wiring threw your handle bar!
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[Tugboat]

Why would you do the work to push the wires through there and then ruin it like that?!? LOL!!!

[CB500_k2]

The PO gave me a cb500 for nothing.  It was a parts basket bike without a title.  It has been the love of my life and I have brought it back to road worthy and learned a lot about how to work with CBs. Now my major ride.

[Godffery]

Why would you do the work to push the wires through there and then ruin it like that?!? LOL!!!

Notice anything else Wack about that thing..?

[grcamna2]

This is an excellent example of how NOT to run your wiring threw your handle bar!
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Godffery,
    Is this you're Honda ? I imagine you've had to do lot's of fixing on it.

[Godffery]

No, I just happend to run across it.
Check out that fine job mounting the handle bars.