02-09-15, 11:17 AM
in 36 years of riding bikes i've never done anything stupid........apart from the time when i was rebuilding my z1000 and had to go to a moped mayhem meeting, so lashed up a front brake and promised myself to 'take it steady'. put a nice chamfer on a brand new genny casing around a corner that suddenly appeared when i was chasing a mate through some unfamiliar lanes. lots of back brake and 'foc..foc..foc...foc...foc'.
or the time on a ratty old dt175 twin shock with the ex on the back, giving it billy big balls at the lights when the clutch cable snapped, front went up, ex went down and i went running off down the street with a bike on full throttle.
or the time we were rebuilding my mates x7 and it refused to start, so we bumped it down our back lane. later found out he had put the slides in the wrong way so it was on full throttle............when it fired up with me sidesaddle at the helm.
or the time on a ratty old dt175 twin shock with the ex on the back, giving it billy big balls at the lights when the clutch cable snapped, front went up, ex went down and i went running off down the street with a bike on full throttle.
or the time we were rebuilding my mates x7 and it refused to start, so we bumped it down our back lane. later found out he had put the slides in the wrong way so it was on full throttle............when it fired up with me sidesaddle at the helm.
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