*Do you we HAVE to come clean??? * On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:16 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> *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. > > -- * Paul LeBoutillier <http://www.facebook.com/paul.lebout> <http://paul-on-life.blogspot.com/> * * * -- 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.
