Ya just can't fix stupid !

[Sonny]

I have been working on motorcyles & cars for years.  Always tried to pay close attention to what I was doing.  I tell both my boys when they doing something attention to detail is very important.
Last Friday night on my way home I noticed when turning corners she just did not want to pull out of it with out pushing the handle bars back striaght.  So get home look it all over and decide to pull the front end apart and check the fork bearings. Thought I looked every thing over prior to making this decision.  Once I had everything apart so I could inspect the bearings they looked like new. I'm thinking whats the deal.  I pick up the front wheel check the bearings all is well ?  I set the front wheel back on the ground, tire hits the floor, no bounce.  I checked the air pressure it had 5-lbs in it. Turns out the valve stem was bad and the tire was slowly goin flat.  Last year put a ring 7 pinion in it with out a hitch.  THATS NOT  THE BAD PART !!

When I wash my bike I take the saddle bags off and set them on a towel so I can wipe off the rear wheel and clean the swing arm.  Ya know keep'in as close to perfect as I can.   So in the process of taking the front end apart I made the very inteligent decsion to set the front fender on top of the dog pen.  About 2 minutes before I was ready to put the finder back on I hear this load bang. It was my perfect front fender hitting the ground fron about 4' in the air.   Like I said ya can't fix stupid! 

[Hoser]

You are just too honest,  I would have a hard time reporting on my frequent brain farts!     Hoser

[Sludge]

Ouch!

We have all been there man.  

[DarkMeister]

How about forcing off the rad cap? Now that's stoopid. Total basics; but noooo. Dumbo here forced it off. Been leaking coolant since. Replaced with a different cap - no fix. So, I screwed up the lip on the rad. Stooooopid. Good news is - winter's here almost. I can try to fix the lips on the rad opening before finally having to buy a new radiator. Talk about basics.
Hope this makes you feel better!

[bigguy]

Thanks for posting that Sonny. Makes me feel less,  uhhh less,  unique.

[..]

Try lying on the floor next to the Valkyrei which is up on a regular kind of ATV/Motorcycle jack. Yep it's strapped on as well.

I reach over to pump it up some more. Need a little extra height.

My fist hits the release pedal and she starts to come down with a WHOOSH. 

How I stopped it from tipping over I do not know. One leg up in the air hooked onto the sissy bar and my hand pressing against the engine. Good job I'm a big strong bloke. Hooray for weight lifting.

[donaldcc]

   Now that sounds scary Britman!!  

   I also recently had bike up on motorcycle lift with the permanent attachment under bike. Stable, but I usually add straps if up long because I am afraid of lying under that much weight.  Usually I lower it slowly with handlebars to left and it drops right down on kickstand.  This time no straps as I had it up quickly to check out tires and pressure before a ride, was anxious to get out in the wind sooo . . .  
I lower quickly, not holding handlebars and with them turned right.  Came down just like you would expect and wanted to go over and push me into my car.  Like you, I used my herculean strength and pushed it right over on kickstand. . whew.  

[FLAVALK]

I would not have told that  You're an honest man!

A buddy called me one evening because his outboard motor wouldn't crank. We did everything imaginable to get it to start. Must have spent over an hour on it....then I noticed the kill-switch clip laying in the floor of the boat  Yeah, we've all been there

[Black Dog]

Only takes one time to fix stoopid...  Years ago, before my basement was finished (living space) I used to bring the Valk in for the winter (exposed basement with wide patio doors).  It was nice working on her in the 65 degree comfort, rather than the freezing temps of the garage.

The year I got my Custom wheels, winter down time was the time for mounting them and a few other 'projects'.  Mounted the jack adapter to the under side, positioned the Valk just so, and jacked her up to the perfect hight to remove both wheels (was so perfectly balanced, I never bothered to strap her down) 

I take the new wheels and new tires to the dealer for mounting, and maybe a day or two after removing the original wheels, I head back down to the basement to do some other work on my baby...  What I saw, put a lump in my throat...  The bike had tipped/slid forward off the jack, and was resting on the bottom of the fork tubes, with about 1/2" of the jack adapter still keeping her 'level' on the jack    (Remember, no wheels on front or back).  Coulda been sooo much worse 

Called my brother to come over (big strong dude), and when he did, we managed to lift the Valk by the crash bars, as my son repositioned the jack under the bike...  Needless to say, strapping the bike down is now a priority  whenever she is on the jack

Like Bigguy said...  We're unique, in our own way.

Black Dog

[Sonny]

Thanks for the replies.  It's realy nice to know that I'm not the only one who has shall we say, "technical difficuties"  I'm thinking it's to make the change to the smaller VTX-C front fender anyway.