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Post by dusty350 on May 31, 2021 21:52:20 GMT 1
Getting towed by my mate on his 350lc, down the hard shoulder of the M25 on a very busy Sunday afternoon ! My 400e had seized at 95mph in the fast lane, and I managed to coast across to the hard shoulder - a miracle in itself ! My mates stopped - one went off to get his girlfriends van (works transit), and fearing I would be late for a night shift, decided my mate Mark's idea of towing me, my girlfriend and the 400 up to the next junction with some curtain sider webbing strap he found on the verge, would be a good idea. WRONG !! Most dangerous thing I've ever done on a bike  Wasn't late for work though !! Dusty  |
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Post by pedheadfred on May 31, 2021 23:22:05 GMT 1
Getting towed by my mate on his 350lc, down the hard shoulder of the M25 on a very busy Sunday afternoon ! My 400e had seized at 95mph in the fast lane, and I managed to coast across to the hard shoulder - a miracle in itself ! My mates stopped - one went off to get his girlfriends van (works transit), and fearing I would be late for a night shift, decided my mate Mark's idea of towing me, my girlfriend and the 400 up to the next junction with some curtain sider webbing strap he found on the verge, would be a good idea. WRONG !! Most dangerous thing I've ever done on a bike Wasn't late for work though !! Dusty My mates next door neighbour Mark (bit simple) was offered an engineless bike free of charge 🙄 in the mid 1980s. Well a mate of his said you sit on it I can tow you home if you want Dumbo did aswell 😳 Not quite got home his mate jumped a junction pulling Mark on the bike in front of a CF van which ended up him being wrapped around a telegraph pole. 🤕 Broken leggs ribs collar bone cracked skull, poor lad was a bit simple but was a decent enough lad, never deserved that. |
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Post by steve63 on Jun 18, 2021 16:26:18 GMT 1
A mate of mine bought an X7 in bits. Someone stuck the engine in the boot of their car while the mate had the bright idea of towing the rolling chassis behind his Suzuki TS250 with me riding the engineless bike. Fortunately a disused railway line ran through the Village and passed within less than half a mile of the mates house. So with a pretty short rope we set off. BTW this was early 80's and my mates nick name was Captain Sensible because he wasn't ever. Has anyone moved an X7 without the engine in? They weigh about the same as a mountain bike. As we approached about 50mph on a bumpy cinder track I couldn't let him know he needed to slow down and I couldn't control it and ended up on my ear and the bike got dragged quite a few yards before he realised. I wasn't hurt but had no choice but to get back on and finish the trip.
Once was given a hand job whilst riding my bike. That was a bit of a highlight in comparison.
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Post by abar121 on Jun 21, 2021 9:35:17 GMT 1
A mate of mine bought an X7 in bits. Someone stuck the engine in the boot of their car while the mate had the bright idea of towing the rolling chassis behind his Suzuki TS250 with me riding the engineless bike. Fortunately a disused railway line ran through the Village and passed within less than half a mile of the mates house. So with a pretty short rope we set off. BTW this was early 80's and my mates nick name was Captain Sensible because he wasn't ever. Has anyone moved an X7 without the engine in? They weigh about the same as a mountain bike. As we approached about 50mph on a bumpy cinder track I couldn't let him know he needed to slow down and I couldn't control it and ended up on my ear and the bike got dragged quite a few yards before he realised. I wasn't hurt but had no choice but to get back on and finish the trip. Once was given a hand job whilst riding my bike. That was a bit of a highlight in comparison. That's one way to thank you, I guess |
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Post by geoffers997 on Jun 22, 2021 5:28:56 GMT 1
I did a bit of courier work back in the 80s. There was one place I went fairly often with I dead fit girl on reception. I tried all the chat to impress her and she was wasn’t having any of it. I decided to try a cool move I saw on CHiPs - roll up, kick the side stand down and step off the bike as it stops. Complete fail. Bike on its side, me scrabbling out from under it. I still had to go in and make the drop, she was laughing so hard as I limped in I’m sure she wet herself. Never got that date.
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Post by steve h on Jun 22, 2021 11:39:43 GMT 1
A mate of mine bought an X7 in bits. Someone stuck the engine in the boot of their car while the mate had the bright idea of towing the rolling chassis behind his Suzuki TS250 with me riding the engineless bike. Fortunately a disused railway line ran through the Village and passed within less than half a mile of the mates house. So with a pretty short rope we set off. BTW this was early 80's and my mates nick name was Captain Sensible because he wasn't ever. Has anyone moved an X7 without the engine in? They weigh about the same as a mountain bike. As we approached about 50mph on a bumpy cinder track I couldn't let him know he needed to slow down and I couldn't control it and ended up on my ear and the bike got dragged quite a few yards before he realised. I wasn't hurt but had no choice but to get back on and finish the trip. Once was given a hand job whilst riding my bike. That was a bit of a highlight in comparison. The last two sentences are simply oustanding!! A fantastic bit of tomfoolery.  |
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Post by stevesmith on Jun 22, 2021 15:20:02 GMT 1
Proposing to my "now ex wife" , whilst outside the chippy....
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Post by geoffers997 on Jun 22, 2021 18:19:37 GMT 1
At risk of sounding like a complete ‘me too’:
I sold my beautiful 31k for about £1200 to get wed back in 1986.
Fast forward 20 years and the divorce cost me the shirt off my back and 9 years post divorce the psycho is still chasing me for a handout.
Buying another 31k in 2020 cost a bit more than £1200 but the sight,sound and smell still puts a stupid big grin on my face.
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Post by JonW on Jun 24, 2021 8:19:43 GMT 1
Ive got a towing story as well. My mate was some kind of youth champion on a trials bike. He wanted for the pair of us to go riding together. I was up for it but we only had his comp bike but he knew a mate with a TY250. He figured i'd be ok on that. Er, ok, sure...
We go pick it up in his van. It looks muted and very old to me, but he says its cool. more 'er, ok...'
We get it back to his place and it wont run. we solution the problem like good teens. It still wont run. 'Lets tow it behind the van and bump start it' he says. Er...
We tie his longest short rope to the bars and the bumper and we set off. Im on the bike and he rants the van round the local streets. Its all i can do to keep the thing upright and keep dumping the clutch. All I can see is the back doors of the van. He drives like a proper van driver, ie a total knob. He brakes hard, accelerates harder and pulls out with minimal gaps in traffic. By the time we arrive back at his place im a gibbering wreck.
The bike never started.
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Post by geoffers997 on Jun 24, 2021 14:17:22 GMT 1
A mate towed me and my dead Fizzie home from the pub with a bungee cord. It was like something out of a Looney Tunes cartoon.
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Post by steve63 on Jun 25, 2021 11:36:02 GMT 1
It's very simply really; unless you welcome death, never allow yourself to be towed whilst on a motorcycle.
A mate of mine once pushed a Triumph 500 Speed twin from near Market Weighton back to Hull. He did it in two stints with an overnight stop in between. back in those days no one had a van. If you broke down it was tuff sh@t pretty much.
I rode an RD200 home with a completely flat front tyre and a passenger. It was ridable just on acceleration, a bit less on a steady throttle and very interesting on de-celeration. Having a passenger probably helped by keeping some of the weight off the front.
I had previously pushed the same bike about 4 miles after crashing it and I didn't fancy pushing it for 8/10 miles.
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Post by fubars on Jun 25, 2021 15:08:24 GMT 1
Going round a blind corner on my mates winter ride a C90 (he had a new PV) my other mate was behind me on his fizzy. Half way around the bend we met our other mate in his mini pick-up coming to meet us, just missed me I ended up in the hedge bottom having hit a tree stump and stopping dead over the handle bars and laying there winded.
Having heard a sickening bang I was convinced he was dead but heard him screaming but he was "lucky" he had just broken his leg, the mini was a right off looked like someone had sliced it like a cake.
Morale of the story is don't go round a blind bend on the wrong side of the road 🥴.
Ps
Same mate who broke his leg re broke it a few weeks later in a mates car who was driving like a 🤬 and ran off the road.
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Post by oldbritguy on Jun 25, 2021 16:32:56 GMT 1
Not me but a good buddy decided that it would be easier to grease his bike chain with the bike on the centre stand, in gear and running.
He wrapped a rag around his finger and dipped it into the tin of grease before running it onto the chain just before it met the rear sprocket.
I won’t go into the finite details however he is now known as Johnny Nine.
The guy in A&E just shook his head when presented with the content of the greasy rag and being asked if he could fix it 🤔
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Post by steve63 on Jun 25, 2021 16:55:42 GMT 1
Not me but a good buddy decided that it would be easier to grease his bike chain with the bike on the centre stand, in gear and running. He wrapped a rag around his finger and dipped it into the tin of grease before running it onto the chain just before it met the rear sprocket. I won’t go into the finite details however he is now known as Johnny Nine. The guy in A&E just shook his head when presented with the content of the greasy rag and being asked if he could fix it 🤔 I only had to read the first few words to see where this was going  It's so common with push bikes as well as motorbikes. I was reading recently about a guy with a Morbidelli or MBA greasing his chain at Carnaby in a similar way. That ended in the same way. A slight variation on the same theme is aligning pulleys and belts on belt driven fans. Align them nicely with your straight edge then give them one last spin by grabbing the belts and giving it a good yank. Similar result but cleaner maybe and only puts a nice joggle on your finger ends if youre lucky. The Workshop Manager did it at a place a worked at. There were a few very entertained witnesses watching at the time who fell about laughing as you do. |
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Post by oldbritguy on Jun 25, 2021 16:59:29 GMT 1
Getting towed by my mate on his 350lc, down the hard shoulder of the M25 on a very busy Sunday afternoon ! My 400e had seized at 95mph in the fast lane, and I managed to coast across to the hard shoulder - a miracle in itself ! My mates stopped - one went off to get his girlfriends van (works transit), and fearing I would be late for a night shift, decided my mate Mark's idea of towing me, my girlfriend and the 400 up to the next junction with some curtain sider webbing strap he found on the verge, would be a good idea. WRONG !! Most dangerous thing I've ever done on a bike Wasn't late for work though !! Dusty |
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