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Title: If it can, it will Post by 360k+ on 06/07/12 at 13:13:41 I was riding around the hills yesterday, when suddenly going down a mild decline I began to smell something burning. At first I thought it was just brake or clutch smell from a previous vehicle, but the smell carried with me for another 5 miles or so. I finally pulled over at fork in the road, got off the bike and looked. On the down tube of the frame and the exhaust pipe a few inches from the head I found 2 big wads of grease; I'd say at least several spoonfuls. It was black axle type grease and at first I thought it must have come from my steering head, but I was puzzled as to what could possibly make the grease squirt out? I was sure it was new because I had just washed the bike before the ride. Anyway, I picked up a stick and scraped most of it off, and wiped the rest with a rag I carry in my bags. I got back on the bike, turned forks lock to lock, applied the front brake and rocked it hard several times to exercise the fork tubes. I got back off and examined the area and there was nothing! I felt all up under and around the steering head and it was clean. Puzzling, to say the least??? Since I couldn't find any source for the grease I decided to retrace my ride back to where I first smelled it, so I could see if anything had fallen off or out (rubber seals, washers, etc.). Once there, I got off the bike and looked around on the road. To my surprise, I found a big mound of grease in the road with, of course, my tire track thru the middle, and a nearly empty plastic tub at the side of the road. It was a tub of grease that you find at AutoZone that had apparently fallen off a vehicle. Normally I avoid any obstructions or unusual stuff I see, but this road already had many tar patches in it, and at a short distance the grease looked just like one of those. A very weird thing to happen, but I am relieved that nothing is wrong with the bike. |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by Savage_Rob on 06/07/12 at 13:23:45 Good thing you didn't hit that at a decent lean! |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by Serowbot on 06/07/12 at 14:32:36 Darn!... if you'd only been going a little faster, you might have pressure greased your steering bearings.... :-?... |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by CaptialThumper on 06/07/12 at 18:54:13 Wow man. Glad to hear that you're ok! Check the grooves in your tires and make sure that you're not carrying any more grease around... Don't want that stuff spreading the next time you're in a deep lean. |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by 360k+ on 06/07/12 at 20:03:31 3523342931242932460 wrote:
Dang right! I was thinking about driving my truck over there - lol. |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by SuperSavage on 06/07/12 at 20:39:15 Hey, it all worked out OK. Every Savage rider is given 9 mulligans, eight to go... |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by thumperclone on 06/07/12 at 22:37:37 when life deals you grease lube |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by teabowl13 on 06/08/12 at 07:06:15 That was my first thought as I read your post; must have splattered up from the road. It's a darn good thing that pile of grease didn't send you straight to the pavement! You're a very lucky man. |
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Title: Re: If it can, it will Post by Routy on 06/08/12 at 07:30:31 Watch it,....more grease mite be coming, stuff like that tends to happen in succession ?......like me having 2 rocks go thru the belt in 2 days. And having 2 Deer run out in front of me in 2 days ! :o |
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