if it aint broke...

[dpotter58]

Leave it alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did the tranny repair and it worked well so I figured I'd borrow a carb synchronizer and give that a try. I had them just about dialed in and stopped for the night. When I went back the next day, it started running rough so I was adjsting and adjusting but it kept getting worse no matter which way I turned the screw...
After much thought and reflection, I realized I had set the petcocks to OFF and not prime.... I ran out of gas, no wonder it was running rough...
I had it so effed up it wouldn't run so I have them off to do the pre synch and give it another shot.

[Wildkat]

One day... you'll look back on this and laugh...

but I think today... you'll probably have to settle for a few snickers from your audience...

(in the BTDT, kind of way)

I'll bet you check the petcock first next time, eh?

Bummer deal... but at least it was an easy fix...

[prometheus578]

"No Snickers... how 'bout a Baby Ruth?"

I've done that so many times it's not funny.

[TADracer]

Snicker Snicker. But not to worry, we are laughing with ya not at ya.

I've done many a bone head thing. But when I do, I always remember the old saying, "if you don't make mistakes then you're not doing anything".

[egsols]

I was once told that there are three levels of wisdom,

The first and lowest are the people that do not learn from their mistakes,

The second are the group that learn from their mistakes and

the wisest are supposedly the ones that learn from the mistakes of others.

I always seem to be bouncing from the first to the third and then back to the second. At any rate it allows me to use the phrase "been there, done that"

[Radiation]

It happens

That's right up there with me putting my seat back on after syncing my carbs and going on a one hour ride. Went to dismount in my driveway afterwards and the seat came off. Not a good feeling!

[randy]

Not as bad as standing up on the pegs, almost going airborne over a huge berm, then seeing something big in your mirror only to realize it's your seat ejecting behind you at 50 mph!

Yes, bolt down that seat!

[greg maz]

I have one I have one

mounting the carbs backward or almost...

yeah it don't fit

[Rundle]

Ooh! Ooh! Me next!

How about:

Leaving the fuel tank over-flow hose off the bike (naah, don't need that, do I?) as well as forgetting to reconnect the cylinder head breather tube (which coincidentally ejects REALLY HOT air aimed nicely at the aforementioned naked over-flow spout), while knowing fully well that the gas cap leaks quite a bit when the tank is full...
Out for a midnight ride, fill the tank on the way home; then, while stopped at a red light, look over to admire my oh-so-stylish reflection in a shop window, and wonder: "Hey! What's that funny orange glow I see under my gas tank?"

I managed to douse the flames, and I did learn from that one. To date, I have not set fire to another motorcycle.

[ross]

too funny.....

rundle...would of luved 2 get a foto of that look...both of you on the bike looking cool and also the look on your face when u realized what was going on.....sorry, but ya just painted a picture in my mind...thanx for the laugh...ross

[Rundle]

It's the little details that count

Just to clarify and enhance the picture a little bit, the flaming motorcycle incident happened on my '78 CB750 cafe bike, all matte black with chrome mudguards, and me dressed head to toe in black vintage race leather. Up to that point, I'd been feeling like the coolest thing on two wheels. I thank my lucky stars there was nobody around to witness my jackassery. I've got no problem behaving like an idiot, but I really don't like LOOKING like an idiot.

Cheers,
-chris

[ross]

rundle....yea, but it's those moments of sheer stupidity, that years later, we realize that so much was learned in the moment that the brain fart occurred.....sorry buddy, but d*mn good humor...almost make me forget the fact that the deep freeze failed yesterday and the ol' lady just filled it with food....almost, but not quite...ross

[egsols]

When I was 16 (long, long time ago) I was setting up the idle on my '73 Pontiac. I guess the engine was still at tad cold so choke was on slightly. As per the service the instructions, I had the engine running, trans in drive and the parking brake on. Leaning over the fender with tack attached to check idle speed. Decided to rev engine rapidly to turn of choke. Kinda forget about it being in drive. Car lurches forward, pinning my right arm in hood hinge while front left tire runs over right foot and car continues to drag me across parking lot for about 30 feet.

My biggest concern at the time was no whether I had sustained and injuries but whether or not the entire incident had been witnessed!

[Dragon Tamer]

BTDT, both the flat black "joe cool" thing and the flaming bike trick. Two different incidents fortunately. Once saw a buddy of mine pull up to a stop sign at a busy intersection, just as he was at the last critical moment he discovered that his pants cuff had become entangled with a bolt on his shifter and he could not put his foot down! As he told me later, that would never happen to him at a deserted intersection, you must have witnesses. He will also tell anyone that want's to listen, that it does not top taking your wifes brand new car uptown to pick up supplies and then leaving an entire case of beer in the back seat on a night that hit
28 below zero. I won't mention who that might have been in fear of incriminating myself. The one good point of that incident is that it had made her forget a LOT of other dumb maneuvers.