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saddlesore
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« on: September 04, 2016, 05:34:26 PM »
  During a ride today I stopped for gas for the final leg home.  I got back on the highway but some didn't seem right with the windshield.  Was it my imagination?  Should I wait till I got home to check things out?
After many years and a lot of miles of looking through that shield  I knew something was wrong. 
  I started envisioning the shield coming completely off and decapitating me so  I took the next off ramp and found one of the bolts was loose enough that the wind at 80 mph was enough to move the shield.
  Moral of the story....check your nuts,screws,bolts and rivets.     Smiley   
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CajunRider
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2016, 06:38:37 PM »
Eh... no need... I already know I'm nuts.   uglystupid2 

Seriously though... glad you noticed it before it turned bad.   cooldude 
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2016, 07:50:21 PM »
I don't really check mine. But I do adjust them on a regular basis.  coolsmiley
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SpidyJ
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2016, 07:48:54 AM »
....gotta find 'em first!   Cheesy
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johnnywebb
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2016, 07:58:49 AM »
Just checked, all's good cooldude

Now I'll go down to the garage. Grin
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Hook#3287
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2016, 07:59:46 AM »
Quote from: SpidyJ on September 05, 2016, 07:48:54 AM
....gotta find 'em first!   Cheesy

Are you married?   Ask the wife.  Smiley
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Firefighter
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2016, 10:05:53 AM »
That is one good thing about cleaning your bike. You will find loose bolts and nuts and or problems before they get too bad, except for the windscreen bolts of coarse.
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SpidyJ
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2016, 01:34:14 PM »
Quote from: Hook#3287 on September 05, 2016, 07:59:46 AM
Quote from: SpidyJ on September 05, 2016, 07:48:54 AM
....gotta find 'em first!   Cheesy

Are you married?   Ask the wife.  Smiley

She keeps 'em in her purse...but I sneak 'em out some times just so's I can remember what they feel like!  crazy2
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2016, 04:34:24 PM »
And here I was sure that this was a post I could ignore...  Embarrassed
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Mr Whiskey
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2016, 04:57:20 PM »
On a ride up around Oneida last year with The Wild Bunch
& caught my clutch lever as it tried to fly away cooldude
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saddlesore
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2016, 06:38:19 PM »
  I should follow my advice more often. I remembered earlier this year I checked my manifold nuts. The left side was missing two nuts and three were loose.  Right side had three loose nuts.
  I saw someone lost one of their side bags along the hiway last week too.  Now that hurts. crazy2 
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