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Message started by Scottwerty on 09/01/22 at 03:41:38

Title: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Scottwerty on 09/01/22 at 03:41:38

Have you ever been riding and had a o crap moment when something breaks , falls off or loosens up? Riding into work earlier this week and lost my shifter lever! :o I did retrieve it on the road undamaged, luckily.
But it did get me to buy a 2 pack of c clips at Ace. So now I have a spare! I'm thinking I will have to maybe drill and tap the end and put a plate washer there so this doesn't happen again. [ch129300]

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Needles on 09/01/22 at 07:50:50

I had a '72 Triumph 650 TR6R once. The 7 piece exhaust never made it more than 20 miles without some of it falling off. The OEM fender mount tail light/turn signal assembly bolts would chew through the fender and fall off, too. I got an aftermarkrt assembly that mounted to the back of the frame loop and a 1 piece 2 into 1 header and exhaust assembly. Parts stayed on, but it still shook like a wet dog...

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/01/22 at 13:17:25

I'm Thinking Verslagen was getting on down the road when his counterweight went through the bottom front of the case. Whoever that was definitely had a MeauxMentt.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by verslagen1 on 09/01/22 at 13:32:24

66797F7865625363536B79753E0C0 wrote:

I'm Thinking Verslagen was getting on down the road when his counterweight went through the bottom front of the case. Whoever that was definitely had a MeauxMentt.

I didn't drop it on the ground but did loose a bearing.
I did drop a muffler heat shield and a tool box cover once.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Scottwerty on 09/01/22 at 14:16:50

I fixed the tool box cover with a knob bolt through the top into the a I think there called thread clip. Works like a charm .

My Jardine exhaust baffle on the other hand had the rivet break off and shoot it out the back . Ironically that happened later on that same day as the shifter. Rivets no more now its 2 bolts

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by verslagen1 on 09/01/22 at 17:30:57

6D5D514A4A495B4C4A473E0 wrote:

I fixed the tool box cover with a knob bolt through the top into the a I think there called thread clip.

GOOD IDEA!

the lousy tabs fit into the plastic top and are not secure at all.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Hiko on 09/01/22 at 18:28:08

I was riding over the volcanic plateau in the central north island of New Zealand on an old BSA Gold Flash in my youth when I came to a bridge over a creek .Went to change down and no shifter! Much slipping of the clutch and many retraced miles and really got lucky There it was laying on the side of the gravel Very remote area It scares me to think how long ago that was.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by TheSneeze on 09/01/22 at 21:34:06

Good story, Hiko!

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Scottwerty on 09/02/22 at 16:41:28

Glad to hear I'm not the only one to lose a shifter, Hiko ! Definitely not fun going back the way you came scanning the road.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by buster6315 on 09/02/22 at 19:03:56

Years ago while riding my Dad's Jawa 350, I hit a large bump, and the side cover popped open. The battery fell out and broke open on the pavement. I had to push it home, and there were some inclines. I hate when that happens!

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by twhitus on 09/03/22 at 11:42:08

ive had a 55 lb bag of dog food fall off at 75mph, that was one hell of a mess. not sure how it happened, i even tapped it a few times and said "that aint goin anywhere"

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Scottwerty on 09/03/22 at 12:29:17

56554A4B565751220 wrote:

ive had a 55 lb bag of dog food fall off at 75mph, that was one hell of a mess. not sure how it happened, i even tapped it a few times and said "that aint goin anywhere"

Thanks twhitus,
My imagination is having a field day with this one ;D [ch128518] [ch129315] [ch128514]

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by SoC on 09/04/22 at 20:41:14

So on my older LS I replaced the headlight with a Cobra sort of tear drop thing. On a ride with a couple of my friends to the Jersey Shore we do a 50 mile route in a loop that brings us back to the town I live in where we meet my wife for a late lunch in a restaurant on the shore. While eating my friend Glenn say's "oh by the way when we were getting off the Parkway I noticed a part flew off your bike, looked like a headlight ring when we were on the exit ramp". I walk out to check and guess what the ring is gone, but it was just a trim ring. We had a stop before about 5 miles from the spot, where we checked out the beach in Belmar and took some pictures, did he mention it there, no. Only when we were 20 plus miles away from it.

Went back later and found it laying along the road. But not end of story, so now I'm like let's keep this from happening again, so I re-install it with some Locktite on threads and guess what it was now not removable to replace the headlight bulb. Had to cut housing apart and replace the entire thing. Let a lesson be learned, all it really needed was a small piece of duct tape indiscriminately placed on underside to hold it in place.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by TheSneeze on 09/05/22 at 13:08:45

There is more than one type of Loctite... they even have removable stuff.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by Smerft85 on 09/13/22 at 06:58:44

It wasn't on my Savage, but one night I rode down to the grocery store to help my wife out a bit and followed her most of the way home. The last long straight road before my house also marks where city limits ends, once we were headed down that particular road I got on the throttle to pass my wife and one other car so I could park my bike and be ready to help carry groceries inside the house. When I decided to pass them I went from 25mph to well over 80mph in a very short distance, noticed a deer smack dab in the middle of the road, as I leaned to the right to avoid him a second deer behind the first started to cross as well, leaned right, missed the first one, leaned left immediately after and missed the second with the bike, but gave him an 80 mph "pregnant dog slap" with the side of my right calf right upside his face. Didn't go down, and the deer was a bit dazed but OK. That one was on my victory so a rather large bike that I was throwing around like a sport bike. There was a somewhat similar experience when I first started road riding on my vs800 at 2:30 in the morning doing 65mph when a short caused my headlight to turn off and on at will, my wife was asleep on the back for that one! Light cut out with nothing in front of me, hit a bump and the light came back on for there to be a deer ten feet in front of me. To answer the question, I live in a rural area for sure.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by bobert_FSO on 09/13/22 at 07:32:38

This story is not what fell off, but what DIDN'T fall off.

I couldn't find the keys to one of the cars. I looked all over. I need to go to Walmart, so I took the motorcycle. 5 miles to Walmart. When I came out to put my purchase in a saddlebag, there were the keys setting on top of the saddlebag. I had been working in the garage and set the keys on the saddlebag then forgot them. How they survived 5 miles without falling off is beyond me.

Title: Re: A whoa moment on the road
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/13/22 at 20:11:31

You should have gone to buy lottery tickets, while your luck was running Hot..