Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

I not only have 2 keys for each bike I own, I carry the spare with me when I travel in an accessible yet secure place.

One of the first long distance rallies I took part in there was a bonus location that required "a short walk" and involved crossing a small bridge over a stream. One of the riders in the event visited that location and while walking back to his bike as he crossed that bridge he went into his pants pocket for something and without realizing it somehow snagged his key chain and pulled it out of his pocket and it fell through the open grate of the bridge into the stream below. It was also almost dark and he had no way to find or retrieve it. Phone calls were made and his wife had to bring him his spare costing him hours of sitting in the middle of nowhere until she arrived.

Shit happens, have spare keys!

 

lol i got them used and they dont always have a spare key. the 98 civic has one key as well lol the tacoma at first only had the one then the dealer i got it from sent me something in the mail which was the other key haha. even the gf's car only has one key haha

 

Welp- killed the camera on my phone from vibes of the bike ride this weekend. Tried to take a picture today and the camera would not focus. Got a buzzing sound form the image stabilizer. Guess im phone shopping now. haha.

 

nooooo did you have a vibration dampener? or what mount were you using?

 

That’s wild

 

No dampner- Ram mag mount. I’ve used it for a long time and never had issues but it’s always been short rides. Guess the extended time on the road is what finally did it.

 

I'll check the local hardware store.

 

Bikes are like women. Cheap and easy will get the job done, but you don't want to be seen going that route.

 

Same thing happened to me with my last phone. Then with my newer replacement I put it on the same mount to do some tuning on the monkey and same thing happened. That’s when I knew it was the mount that did it.

 

Lmao hey I'm trying to help you for your trip!

 

It honestly looks like that ring is just a beauty ring, as long as the main body of the cap is tight and the actual flip up lid is solid and seals on the tank you are fine.

oh lord i absolutely like menionted below have spares and contingency plans (extra spares) when traveling for sure.

Yup, I too am paranoid with stuff like that and always keep extra spares.

 

Yeah, it’s the vibrations. We’ve talked about it before but I’ve never had an issue with it till now. Again- pretty sure the quick putts around town are fine, but those 2.5 hour trips are what did me in. Guess that’s why I get for saying “not me”.

 

Pretty sure that's the case. I'm gonna ride it anyway. Worst case I catch fire and look like Ghost Rider, and that'd be pretty badass.

 

see ive always been good with my keys and have never had more then one for anything until i got my 13 tacoma lol so im just use to sometimes only having one key.

 

So I got a weird sound from the front brake this morning after using them. It was only present for just a second. It wasn't like a true metal on metal....but since being at 8K miles.....I ordered new pads front/rear

 

i need some new pads for the klx front they are starting to get pretty thin lol. the bolt thou stops good but makes a odd sound when stopping? no idea whats causing it since the pads are good and the rotors are good.

 

I'm assuming it's my brakes. I cut the engine off once I hit the parking lot....and still was able to reproduce the sound. It only happens after using the front brake, rear is fine.

 

could be worn i mean how many miles you got on that bike now? you do ride it a lot so its a good possibility that its just time for new ones.

 

A bit below 8K

 

could just be time to swap em out. tbh unsure how long they last on dirtbikes since i never really needed to swap them out for years on my dirt toys