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List of "Bad Mistakes"
07/03/16 at 18:32:27
Sauvage posted a question about a newb mistake changing oil.
Let's list mistakes that will or won't hurt the 650. No long technical crap. Maybe something we may have personally done. Some mistakes may only shorten engine life to 40,000 miles instead of 60,000. Some may be undesireable, but not serious, like gutting the muffler and losing low end power.
Starting with oil change since it is a good starter for wrenching your bike:
1. Putting STP, etc in any ATV, MC with a clutch that shares the same oil as the engine (Most do) will cause the clutch to slip. I consider this a major mistake because of the need to pull the clutch for cleaning or replacement.
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07/03/16 at 19:05:03
Letting a bike roll off a side stand.
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07/03/16 at 20:34:00
Buying a wet sump bike with a sight glass... 😤
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07/03/16 at 20:47:45
I'm just trying to remember what a good mistake looks like.
Don't they call that serendipity?
I don't think I remember a serendipitous moment.
All of the mistakes that I ever made came with negative consequences. Some more than others, of course.
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07/03/16 at 23:10:06
Leaving my bike parked outside overnight when I had a perfectly good garage.
Anyone got a spare ignition switch?
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07/04/16 at 06:27:54
Parking a Honda too close to the gas pumps when purchasing a tank of gasoline. When I backed up to hang the nozzle back on the pump I was too close to the island and fell backwards and landed on one of the concrete pyramids that the roof posts are attached too.
2 broken ribs and 6 weeks of pain.
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07/04/16 at 15:46:11
Warm up idling on the kick stand kills the cam.
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07/04/16 at 21:34:56
Running the engine with low oil level. Letting it idle to long on side stand. To low of a idle speed. Over revving the engine. Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Not wearing your helmet.
Pretty much common sense things that are true for any vehicle with a engine.
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07/05/16 at 03:56:28
Turn the ignition switch "on" one click too far -- goes into accessory mode and engine won't start.
(may be year specific, I dunno .....)
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07/05/16 at 05:56:17
Forgetting that you're wearing a carabineer FULL OF KEYS on your front belt loop and leaning across the gas tank occasionally while riding. Talk about some ugly scratches!! UGGGH.
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07/05/16 at 07:36:25
This mistake goes back to 1977. Had a Suzuki TC125 that had oil injection. Added Golden Spectro synthetic 2 stoke oil to the oil tank and it didn't mix well with what was already in there, and it coagulated. This starved the oil injection system resulting in a seized crank, piston & rings. As a 14 year old this was a big enough failure to render the bike too expensive to repair and the bike was left at the shop as "payment" for the diagnosis. If my memory is correct, it was $400 in repairs for a bike that cost $550.
Expensive lesson learned...last "bad mistake". I don't think I've brought a bike in to a dealer for service ever since.
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07/05/16 at 08:59:10
Not a BAD one, but a silly one. New to motorcycles with my S40 purchase in 2012 being my first. First few times I tool off the tank I failed ot realize that you could unhook the speedo cable at the case, so I reached under the tank (once loose) and unscrewed it at the speedo. Finally realized that unhooking it at the case was MUCH easier
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07/05/16 at 09:07:08
Selling my pristine 1976 Suzuki RE5 that only had 1,100 miles on it....for $ 1,300 (in 1980).
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07/05/16 at 10:04:14
Dave wrote
on 07/05/16 at 09:07:08:
Selling my pristine 1976 Suzuki RE5 that only had 1,100 miles on it....for $ 1,300 (in 1980).
We all long for the one that got away. There have been a few instances over the years that I bought a car or bike from my past hoping to re-live the magic...only to find that my memories were much fonder then the reality.
With that said, you did make a mistake...and I'm still looking for an '86 MR2 and a mid 70's TS-400.
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07/05/16 at 13:41:20
Nobody remembers a couple old threads? where it looked like 2-3 people put the oil filter in backwards and blew out the case!!!
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