Dirty Frank
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On the only do once list.
Putting armor all on the front tire tread.
Putting armor all on the front tire tread.
Motorcycle mistakes you only make once... and ones you make all the time...
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Relax
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Yep, went through that when I rode my bike to school in the snow. Funny thing, it wasn't because of the snow that I dropped it, it was because I forgot I parked it in gear.
As I sat on it wondering how I was going to get home without a clutch, it occurred to me that I could just start it in gear again!
i-WERKS
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Hopefully this mistake will only happen once - On my first bike with traction control. I was parked on some loose gravel, hopped on the bike and twisted the throttle expecting to move. Traction control kicked in and cut off the power unexpectedly causing me to drop the bike.
Ones that happens all the time - Forgetting to do up the helmet straps and forgetting to tuck in my hoody draw strings into my jacket.
Ones that happens all the time - Forgetting to do up the helmet straps and forgetting to tuck in my hoody draw strings into my jacket.
Mistakes I only made once:
Standing on the right side while moving the bike in the garage. The side stand must have dragged and it folded up. Once the bike was where I wanted it I let it shift to the left to land on the side stand........ and it just kept on going down past the point of no return. GIVI crash bars saved the tank, but the LH saddlebag got scratched up.
Standing on the right side while moving the bike in the garage. The side stand must have dragged and it folded up. Once the bike was where I wanted it I let it shift to the left to land on the side stand........ and it just kept on going down past the point of no return. GIVI crash bars saved the tank, but the LH saddlebag got scratched up.
If you're lucky! My car jumper cables don't fit in the tight little spaces half of my bike batteries are in though.
Even on my jumper pack, I paid extra for a really thin/narrow pointy set of pliers/grippy things for the terminals so I could work in tight spaces of some motorcycles because the little ones that came with the booster pack are still too big for some bikes.
Replaced these:
With these:
The original it came with was 1/3rd or 1/4th the size of my car jumper cables but was still too big for some bikes.
Remembered another mistake I made once...
On a scooter, with underseat storage, it's possible to lock your key under your seat.
Nowadays I could just ask someone to throw my spare key in an uber for me and I'd have my key in 15 minutes, and be home 15 minutes after that... But back then I was a broke student so I had to TTC home, just to get my key, to turn around and TTC back to my bike.
Instead of a 15 minute bike ride it took almost 2 hours. Being broke is a different kind of costly.
On a scooter, with underseat storage, it's possible to lock your key under your seat.
Nowadays I could just ask someone to throw my spare key in an uber for me and I'd have my key in 15 minutes, and be home 15 minutes after that... But back then I was a broke student so I had to TTC home, just to get my key, to turn around and TTC back to my bike.
Instead of a 15 minute bike ride it took almost 2 hours. Being broke is a different kind of costly.
Why is it my hoodie strings only come out at the start of a multi hour ride and the tappy tap on my helmet has absolutely no rhythm of enjoyment whatsoever!
