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Old 11-22-2014, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Racqueteer9
Mine always seems to be forgetting to wrap a towel around the tank or fender and nicking the paint with a wrench handle. Crap, not again!
**** im not the only one then especially after a few beers,,,, locking my metric spanners away when needed on a the harley
 
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Old 11-22-2014, 11:57 PM
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Default Hate when I forget to turn the gas on

Just kidding but my battery was dead a few weeks ago and I tried to roll it down the driveway to bump it. Didn't work. Wouldnt have had that problem if extension to the battery tnder was plugged in. Thank u Sweetheart
 
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Old 11-23-2014, 09:46 AM
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Dropping a small bolt or nut and it never hits the floor, so you spend hours looking for what you dropped.

Anything spring loaded that you have to take apart, it either puts your eye out or it shoots like a rocket across the shop.
 
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Old 11-23-2014, 10:41 AM
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How about turning the switch the wrong way and trying to start it (I still feel like a dumbass for doing that).
 
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Old 11-23-2014, 11:33 AM
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Duh!! I reversed the push rods on my sporty after doing some head work and nearly went deaf when I started her up. What a horrible pots and pans banging together sound. Thankfully I only bent one push rod and had no damage to the valves or head. They color code them for a reason. Duh!!
 
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Old 11-23-2014, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by oubronco
My wifes uncle couldn't get his bike to start, said he tried everything. He trailered it and took it to the dealer the Service tech looked at him and said "Turn the run switch on and try it". He catches so much **** over that to this day and that was 4 yrs ago!!
I was going down the road and accidentally hit the kill switch and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start
 
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Old 11-23-2014, 05:33 PM
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After doing a couple of jobs on my Road King a few years back I went for a test ride and got in a real panic over the horrible burning smell. It took me a couple of weeks to track down the melted screwdriver handle that had welded itself to the exhaust.
 
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Old 11-23-2014, 05:51 PM
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more than once i have drained tranny fluid when i meant to drain engine oil

I mean come on they are like 2 inches apart
 
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