can somone help an IDIOT?
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
ORIGINAL: gsparesa
If I had the guts to tell you people what I did this weekend, you all would agree with me. Damn it was sick!
If I had the guts to tell you people what I did this weekend, you all would agree with me. Damn it was sick!
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
You people have no idea how happy I am to have so much company in having this kind of thing happening. I thought I was the only loser. Whew, that's a relief.
I subscribe to both the tipping of the bike and the mirror tricks. You'd be surprised what gravity or a view from a different angle can do for you.
Now for further such endeavors I have these recommendations:
#1 - Always but a blanket or sheet under the bike with enough folds or wrinkles in it to prevent any loose items from rolling away.
#2 - With masking tape and an old towel drape off the area directly under where you are working to act as a funnel so that anything that drops, ends up rolling/sliding straight down to the sheet covered floor and not into any nooks and crannys on the bike.
#3 - Say to yourself: "It has to be here someplace and I will find it". Repeat as necessary.
My $.02. Bill to follow.
Primo
I subscribe to both the tipping of the bike and the mirror tricks. You'd be surprised what gravity or a view from a different angle can do for you.
Now for further such endeavors I have these recommendations:
#1 - Always but a blanket or sheet under the bike with enough folds or wrinkles in it to prevent any loose items from rolling away.
#2 - With masking tape and an old towel drape off the area directly under where you are working to act as a funnel so that anything that drops, ends up rolling/sliding straight down to the sheet covered floor and not into any nooks and crannys on the bike.
#3 - Say to yourself: "It has to be here someplace and I will find it". Repeat as necessary.
My $.02. Bill to follow.
Primo
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
ORIGINAL: streetbobjim
ask your wife to look for you. women are great at finding lost items. how many times have i lost my keys, my wallet, my phone, etc etc etc. only to get them found by the wife. its a well known fact that men just cant find things. i think that we give up just too easily and let defeat wash over usd
ask your wife to look for you. women are great at finding lost items. how many times have i lost my keys, my wallet, my phone, etc etc etc. only to get them found by the wife. its a well known fact that men just cant find things. i think that we give up just too easily and let defeat wash over usd
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
ORIGINAL: wildwill
[sm=itsok.gif] You can tell us. We won't judge you too harshly. [sm=trust_me.gif]
ORIGINAL: gsparesa
If I had the guts to tell you people what I did this weekend, you all would agree with me. Damn it was sick!
If I had the guts to tell you people what I did this weekend, you all would agree with me. Damn it was sick!
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
ORIGINAL: TCSTD
Above all, don't ride the bike , there's a good possibility it's resting on the belt and will get cranked around the pully and damage the belt.That's where they do end up at times. Start the bike up without rolling it andthey sometimes fall out from the vibration. You can also used compressed air sometimes to blow it out of hiding. This has worked for me a few times. Do try to find it and don't overlook on top of the cross brace for the frame.
Above all, don't ride the bike , there's a good possibility it's resting on the belt and will get cranked around the pully and damage the belt.That's where they do end up at times. Start the bike up without rolling it andthey sometimes fall out from the vibration. You can also used compressed air sometimes to blow it out of hiding. This has worked for me a few times. Do try to find it and don't overlook on top of the cross brace for the frame.
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
well after a total of almost 4 hours, i never found it! i even took off some of the covers, put it up on the lift ect. i rolled the bike around, and even started it and let it run for a while, it never showed up! i made sure it was not anywhere near the belt, and siad the hell with it! i'll probably find it under the workbench or something next week who knows, but it sure was frustrating as hell!
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RE: can somone help an IDIOT?
ORIGINAL: jd_underdog
well after a total of almost 4 hours, i never found it! i even took off some of the covers, put it up on the lift ect. i rolled the bike around, and even started it and let it run for a while, it never showed up! i made sure it was not anywhere near the belt, and siad the hell with it! i'll probably find it under the workbench or something next week who knows, but it sure was frustrating as hell!
well after a total of almost 4 hours, i never found it! i even took off some of the covers, put it up on the lift ect. i rolled the bike around, and even started it and let it run for a while, it never showed up! i made sure it was not anywhere near the belt, and siad the hell with it! i'll probably find it under the workbench or something next week who knows, but it sure was frustrating as hell!