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THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

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Replied by Makotosun on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"


Ingenious way to carry an extra tool that doesn't fit in the bag . . .
IF it isn't one thing, it's another.
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Replied by MarkT on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

I'm going to "plead the 5th" and hope some of the mickey-mouse repairs I did on bikes as a kid don't show up here! :Ugh :haha

Anyway... this is my favorite: touron2wheels.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/p...-a-hole-in-a-piston/
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Replied by Rverbeck on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

Great thread...keep it going...
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Replied by Bob9 on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

that honda 750 case in front of the sprocket was a real trouble spot. after changing a rear tire on my new 1970 750 i got a link of chain sticking up on the countershaft sprocket. bike was up on blocks and turning the rear wheel by hand punched a hole in the case. case still weeped after i had it welded and still weeped after the shop rewelded the weld.

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Replied by Mothersbaugh on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"


Maybe it's the duct tape that is holding the weld together!
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Replied by Mothersbaugh on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"


Reminds me of that old jazz standard from the 1940's: "String of Pearls!"
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Replied by Soonerbillz on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

Break off your clutch lever??
Break off your foot brake ??
Sorry.. sometime 2 wrongs do make a right!

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Replied by Mothersbaugh on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

Gas cap seal installed on the wrong metal ring by PO. Maybe a shop? IDK.
 
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Replied by Mothersbaugh on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

Leaky petcock bowl? No new petcock bowl seal? No problem! Just any old rubber ring will do, even if it doesn't fit at all!
 
File this under the "ran when parked" file, or rather the "ran until it suddenly stopped running, and then I parked it" file.
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Replied by Gr8uncleal on topic THINGS PO'S HAVE DONE TO BIKES....OR..."YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"

Along the same lines, a lot of the US imports over here come with "engine seized due to standing" sales blurb. No mate, the engine seized and was then left to stand for 30 years until some saps from the UK came along! 

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