*starting a new thread for this one* Kurt's little mishap reminds me of two genius things that I've done working on stuff - I'll share them to *hopefully* make the rest of you feel smarter for having not done the same.
I had the back tire off the bike and needed to skooch it up a little in the garage for some reason or another. It was resting on the center stand and front tire, and had the rear half of the bike down to the frame. I grabbed the frame stubs, lifted up so the bike was on the front tire, and started walking it up. The first thing that I noticed was that the bike was really heavy. The second thing I noticed was that where I grabbed the bike was really uncomfortable on my hands. The third thing I noticed was the center stand snapping closed... ... Luckly, someone was nearby (my wife I think) to come over and put the center stand back down so I didn't have to set the bike down on the exhaust (and dropping it in the process). Another time... I was doing an oil change on a friend's car. The floor jack that I was using only had one section of the handle in it at the time, so it was only about 18 inches instead of 36. When I went to lower it back down, the handle had stood straight up, right under the front bumper of the car. I decided that it would be the best option to twist the handle and push it down out of the way in one swift motion... It didn't work that way. I opened the valve and the car made a hand sandwich between the plastic bumper and the end of the jack handle. It happened really fast, but the plastic bumper gave way a little, and the jack rolled back and let my hand go free. No hospital needed! yay! Anyone else have a good story? On Mar 24, 2011, at 8:23 PM, Kurt Nolte wrote: > It was on the 750; I finally figured it out, I had put the cables on in the > wrong order so my A cable was too tightly adjusted for the B cable to go on. > Took the A cable off, put the B cable on and snugged it down, then installed > the A cable and adjusted it again. Problem solved. > > I have now, however, increased the number of times I've been to urgent care > for automotive-related reasons to 6. While working on the bike, I let it rock > forward on the center stand... and promptly dropped the swingaxle on my hand. > By the way, that hurts like a illegitimate son of a frigging strumpet dame! > > I didn't think about it at the time, it tingled a bit but I still had > mobility, but over the course of an hour I lost a lot of that mobility and it > started hurting more and more, so I called it a day, packed up, and drove > myself to urgent care to get it X-rayed. $50 lighter, my hand is not broken, > or fractured, just severely abused. I have a light muscle relaxant and a > painkiller for tonight. > > I managed to get the airbox on and everything else assembled before I left; I > started it when I got back. It won't stay running without the choke engaged > at least 1/4 of the way. Following my own advice, and having disturbed the > intake tract today. I grabbed the can of starting fluid, spritzing it around > all the joints. No change in the idle, so I'm fairly confident I have no > glaring vacuum leaks. I can also get it to keep idling if I crack the > throttle a little bit (whoo for fresh, taut cables, no massive slop before it > finally opens). > > I'm guessing at this point that it's a matter of without the air filter the > idle was way high, so someone cranked it down lower (thus, if I crack the > throttles, it idles perfectly smoothly). So I think tomorrow AM, assuming my > hand feels better, I will go about trying to adjust the idle back up (without > choke it bobbles down there around 500 RPM for 10s or so before dying) and > see if that fixes it. > > -Kurt > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
