What NOT to do .....

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Blatantly stolen this idea from another forum I frequent. Basically, we have all done stuff, that was well .. rather daft, expensive to fix, but damn funny when you look back!

For me, with the Fireblade, when it was misbehaving..... in desperation I jury rigged a tester. The idea behind it, to test the HISS. Nothing in the Haynes about which way round the two wires go, basically though, 12volts though two pins in the ECU plug ..... I got it wrong. WHHOOOMPF went a ground wire. And I stood there in a cloud of smoke.

Sent it to Honda the next day. Cost me £470. .....

And of course you've all heard of people filling their bike with oil..... only to discover they've left the sump plug out ....

Share your experiences here!!

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Taking the fairings off my bike with out remembering how some of the screws/ bolts went back together. now there are two places connecting the fairings which vibrate under acceleration, and i cant figure out how they go together, or what with

I have loads more, not todo with bikes though (that and i cant remember them)

Oh yeah one more, putting the YBR back together after spending all day stripping and cleaning it, only to realise i didnt put the chain back on

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Did an oil and filter change last year mate came round mythering about something or other and I forgot to fit the new filter,well you can imagine what happened next

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My what not to do was nearly dangerous rather than expensive.

I had just picked up my first bike from about 20 miles away from where I live. It had very little fuel but I thought if it stops I can put it into reserve and have enough to get home.

anyway, about half way home I was just cruising in traffic and thought to myself I would attemp to reach down and put it on reserve as I was moving as this may save having to stop. I quickly found what I thought I was looking for (while keeping full attention to the road) and carried on, on my way.

A short while later I closed the throttle, the engine died, locked up the back, sending me into a very big frightening skid which with my inexperience could of turned out very badly. The rear eventually gripped and the bike bump started itself.

This happened once more before I thought stuff this and pulled over.

After a few minutes of investigation I realised that from not being used to turning the fuel tap and also wearing really thick gloves which were also very new and stiff, what I had actually done is adjusted the engine idle to a point where without any rider input on the throttle the bike would stall straight away.

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did an oil change and didn't check that the o-ring had come away with the filter, fitted the new filter (against the old o-ring) started the bike and had a puddle of oil..

luckily it was Jade Mongooses bike and not mine....

decided to swap wheels on the beemer, front to rear, put the car in gear, and jacked up the car on the supplied jack..

and in a spilt second the car moved forward, my hand was between the arch and tyre, and i was pinned by the wrist.. Called like a fool for help and got some neighbours to jack up the car, so i could get free, they bolted the wheel and i called my sister who insisted on A&E, i had crushed a nerve, had pins and needles for days and a splinted wrist, with possible Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,

rear wheel drive cars don't take kindly to the back wheel being off the ground. they move until the gear cogs line up on the diff.

now i haved a hydraulic jack, chocks and blocks, or take it into work and use the lifts..

was lucky that my big watch took the weight of the car, and not my wrist,