Learning from our mistakes OR shit not ta do
- Thread starter Rich Ard
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farmerdl said:
Don't feel bad. I betcha most of them fish you farm wouldn't be able to handle land too good.
AlphaDogChoppers
Science is true whether you believe in it or not.
Jeez, I had no ideas you guys were so fucking stupid! 
I managed to dredge up memory of two stupid moments.
I was 17. Out for an evening ride on my dad's Honda CL70. Picked up this gal I knew that I had the hots for. Buzzing down the road, this little bike struggled to maintain 50 mph. I wasn't wearing boots, and it was a cool evening. I needed to pull up my socks. I didn't want to lose speed, so I had my fetching passenger hold the throttle open while I reached down to pull up my socks. When I came back up, I kinda bumped my shoulders back against her boobs. That, of course, made her pull back on the right handlebar, veering us into an oncoming car.
She was OK, just a little road rash, but I spent 6 1/2 weeks on crutches.
More recent foolishness...
I met up with some Harley buds for riding in Ohio and West Virginia. We pulled over to the side of the road to decide on our next turn. I pulled my little GS450 into the grass beside them. As we were ready to pull out, I decide to show off a little. Gunned the engine and started to do a donut in the grass. It has rained the night before, and the soil under the grass was really wet. The bike started slipping too fast, so I pulled the clutch. The tire caught traction, and the next thing you know, I am flying up in the air, doing a highside into the ditch. The ditch was a good 4' deep. I land sprawled on my back on the embankment, with my right hand still gripping the throttle to keep me from rolling any further down the ditch. My bike is upside down.
My one friend said, "Help him! Help him!" Then he saw that I was OK, and he said, "Get the camera! Get the camera."
I gave them no chance to document the mishap. I popped up and had my bike back on its wheels in two seconds flat.
I managed to dredge up memory of two stupid moments.
I was 17. Out for an evening ride on my dad's Honda CL70. Picked up this gal I knew that I had the hots for. Buzzing down the road, this little bike struggled to maintain 50 mph. I wasn't wearing boots, and it was a cool evening. I needed to pull up my socks. I didn't want to lose speed, so I had my fetching passenger hold the throttle open while I reached down to pull up my socks. When I came back up, I kinda bumped my shoulders back against her boobs. That, of course, made her pull back on the right handlebar, veering us into an oncoming car.
She was OK, just a little road rash, but I spent 6 1/2 weeks on crutches.
More recent foolishness...
I met up with some Harley buds for riding in Ohio and West Virginia. We pulled over to the side of the road to decide on our next turn. I pulled my little GS450 into the grass beside them. As we were ready to pull out, I decide to show off a little. Gunned the engine and started to do a donut in the grass. It has rained the night before, and the soil under the grass was really wet. The bike started slipping too fast, so I pulled the clutch. The tire caught traction, and the next thing you know, I am flying up in the air, doing a highside into the ditch. The ditch was a good 4' deep. I land sprawled on my back on the embankment, with my right hand still gripping the throttle to keep me from rolling any further down the ditch. My bike is upside down.
My one friend said, "Help him! Help him!" Then he saw that I was OK, and he said, "Get the camera! Get the camera."
I gave them no chance to document the mishap. I popped up and had my bike back on its wheels in two seconds flat.
Floegstad
between 8.30 and half past eight works well for me
Thats fun Alpha.D!
I Had a donut experience a while back my selves.
I found an old suzuki ts 50 in a friends garage that had been there for ages,got it fired up pretty easily,draged it out in the yard, max throttle as i stood on the pegs leaning forwards this bugger had a huuuuge misfire in ignition as when i let go of the clutch all the gears was backwards.....
I caugt my nuts in the gascap as i did a handstand and ate gravel....LOL
Luckily there where no cameras around........(It hurt my pride)
I Had a donut experience a while back my selves.
I found an old suzuki ts 50 in a friends garage that had been there for ages,got it fired up pretty easily,draged it out in the yard, max throttle as i stood on the pegs leaning forwards this bugger had a huuuuge misfire in ignition as when i let go of the clutch all the gears was backwards.....
I caugt my nuts in the gascap as i did a handstand and ate gravel....LOL
Luckily there where no cameras around........(It hurt my pride)
AlphaDogChoppers
Science is true whether you believe in it or not.
Funny.
I had a Yamaha 360 motocross bike back in the 70's that would occasionally kick back and fire up running in reverse. Never did anything stupid, though. The stupid thing there was buying that bike to begin with. :-\
I had a Yamaha 360 motocross bike back in the 70's that would occasionally kick back and fire up running in reverse. Never did anything stupid, though. The stupid thing there was buying that bike to begin with. :-\
fresh_c
Been Around the Block
When I was in high school and knew everything, I was chipping weld slag in shop class without safety glasses. A red hot piece flew up and scored a direct hit on my left eyelid during the exact second I closed my eyes. I can still feel the bump on my eyelid. Ever since then I've been good about wearing safety glasses in the shop. 8)
SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
fresh_c said:
Yeah its amazing what one mishap will do.
I am religious about safety glasses these days, since recently (while wearing shitty safety glasses mind you) I got a piece of steel lodged in my eye while grinding. 4 days later its not getting better so I go to the doctor and she reaches in and pull it out no big deal.
Then she says come back next week to get the rust out
So I show up next week and she straps me down, puts some numbing agent in my eye and pulls out a fucking DRILL. She then proceeds to DRILL out the rust stain in my eye. The first time she touched my eye I thought someone had shoved a red hot poker in there, I jerked away, slapped her hand and said "what the fuck! More numbing stuff". "Sorry that part of the eye doesn't numb"
GREAT, thanks for telling me earlier.
So I sat with both hands holding my eye open while this demon DRILLED a RUST stain out of my eye. One of my least pleasant experiences of late. And then I had to drive home, it hurt so bad I had to pull over and try to nap in the kroger parking lot for an hour as I couldnt drive.
AlphaDogChoppers
Science is true whether you believe in it or not.
SONIC. said:
The ignition timing would be way off, but 2-stroke engines will run in either direction. I have seen antique 2-stroke outboard boat motors that were reversed by dramatically advancing the ignition timing, and strategically turning the ignition back on just as the engine spins down. It would kick backwards, and restart rotating in the opposite direction.
I had a Bultaco trial bike that would occasionally fire up backwards. I started to try an get it to fire up backwards and learned to ride it backwards. If you want to mess with someone's head (especially after they have had a few too many beers) fire a bike up backwards and ride off in reverse!
