Argghhh it had to happen... disc lock fall
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I know it's a little "after the horse has bolted" but this could be the best £2 you'll spend.
https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...
https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...
Edited by black-k1 on Saturday 17th September 15:12
Weirdly I found out by kneeling I can pick up the bike better than the back-to-method or pull on the bars/side.
Good to see people came running over yet I wish there was no one around at all to witness my fail
Discs are ok - no warping.
I need to lightly sand off the burring on the plastics edges though then try and smooth them out.
Bikes a KTM 1090 Adventure.
Good to see people came running over yet I wish there was no one around at all to witness my fail
Discs are ok - no warping.
I need to lightly sand off the burring on the plastics edges though then try and smooth them out.
Bikes a KTM 1090 Adventure.
D'oh! I've been lucky enough to avoid it so far, but it happened to an old mate twice in fairly quick succession. Once on his first day commuting after passing his test, with half the office watching him ride off; and then again just a couple of weeks later in similar circumstances.
First time he just fell over sideways with pride damaged more than the bike, the second time he broke the speedo drive which was a bit of a pain to sort out.
Gave me a minute or two's worth of material when I did the best man's speech though.
First time he just fell over sideways with pride damaged more than the bike, the second time he broke the speedo drive which was a bit of a pain to sort out.
Gave me a minute or two's worth of material when I did the best man's speech though.
carinaman said:
Ed. said:
That's when I got an alarmed disk lock.
I've a disc lock with an alarm function that I used once or twice when new, but it never crossed my mind the alarm function may be useful to stop me riding off with it still on.I was sat outside the chip shop in Parliament Square in Ramsey and saw a guy get in his Benelli with the disc lock still on, despite a load of people shouting at him.
The inevitable happened and the bike took a dive to the right hand side.
He and a few other picked up the bike and the guy put it back on the side stand only for it to roll forward and take a drop to the left hand side.
To this day I feel bad for the bloke but a £2 piece of plastic chord can save £1000s in repairs and infinite amounts of regret.
The inevitable happened and the bike took a dive to the right hand side.
He and a few other picked up the bike and the guy put it back on the side stand only for it to roll forward and take a drop to the left hand side.
To this day I feel bad for the bloke but a £2 piece of plastic chord can save £1000s in repairs and infinite amounts of regret.
Edited by Jazzy Jag on Monday 19th September 12:51
black-k1 said:
I'd not want to depend on a disk lock alarm to warn me in time before lettinv the clutch out. A simple reminder cable to the throttle/brake is something cheap, easy and difficult to miss.
Thanks, I use the reminder cable.I've stalled the bike twice in the same incident trying to pull away in the garage. Slammed my bits in the tank, though I did a bit of a running up a slight incline mount on my push bike over the weekend and managed the land on a testicle. I didn't throw up but was still smarting a bit 200 yards up the road.
Edited by carinaman on Monday 19th September 12:32
black-k1 said:
carinaman said:
Ed. said:
That's when I got an alarmed disk lock.
I've a disc lock with an alarm function that I used once or twice when new, but it never crossed my mind the alarm function may be useful to stop me riding off with it still on.I do have one of those yellow lanyards somewhere and did use it most of the time with my original disk lock but evidently not all the time. I used the lanyard with the alarmed lock for a bit but found I didn't need to so stopped.
black-k1 said:
I know it's a little "after the horse has bolted" but this could be the best £2 you'll spend.
https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...
Bought https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...
Edited by black-k1 on Saturday 17th September 15:12
A nice simple method I use to avoid such embarrassment - a bit of tubing (windscreen washer pipe or similar) pushed over my disc lock key - when I use the lock I take the tube off that key and put it on my ignition key so when I go to use my bike again the tube is there to remind me and the ignition key wont go in the ignition switch anyway. Admittedly not a lot of use if you have keyless ignition though.
black-k1 said:
I know it's a little "after the horse has bolted" but this could be the best £2 you'll spend.
https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...
Thishttps://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/...
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