Note to self: Starting bike related

Randy: Dont start motorcycle with the Clutch cover not bolted on the engine.
It will blow out the clutch pressure rod out of the motor and blow oil all over the place while you are looking in a different direction.

When the wife sees my mess i am going to get castrated by a Bobbit special.

Oh that's funny. I could see a series of these "note to self" items. In fact I could write some.... like this:

Note to self:

Jeremy: don't put two tablespoons of oil in the cylinders (for winterization), then crank the motor (with kick starter) without plugs in.

You should have seen the oil rainbows flying out to both sides of me (it's a twin). There's still an oil stripe on the wall (the other side went out the garage door).

My wife still doesn't know what caused it...

:blush:

Long time ago To a friend of mine:

Use proper tools to remove Fork springs and have plenty of paper towels for bloody nose.:whistle:

Note to self: an electric starter will propel marvel mystery oil so high up the side of your house you will need a tall ladder to clean it off.

Note the brown stain above the two windows in the pic.

Note to self... (Kinda like KZ250LTD) John, don't start bike with oil cap off and start riding down the street and wonder real quick why right foot is sliding on peg! What a mess, oil all over right side of bike and behind my right leg! And I JUST added oil, now have to add more!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

Post edited by: Bluemeanie, at: 2008/01/26 20:13

Bluemeanie wrote:

Note to self... (Kinda like KZ250LTD) John, don't start bike with oil cap off and start riding down the street and wonder real quick why right foot is sliding on peg! What a mess, oil all over right side of bike and behind my right leg! And I JUST added oil, now have to add more!! :woohoo: :woohoo:<br><br>Post edited by: Bluemeanie, at: 2008/01/26 20:13

Yessir, been there, done that!:laugh: :laugh:

OKC_Kent wrote:

Bluemeanie wrote:

Note to self... (Kinda like KZ250LTD) John, don't start bike with oil cap off and start riding down the street and wonder real quick why right foot is sliding on peg! What a mess, oil all over right side of bike and behind my right leg! And I JUST added oil, now have to add more!! :woohoo: :woohoo:<br><br>Post edited by: Bluemeanie, at: 2008/01/26 20:13

Yessir, been there, done that!:laugh: :laugh:

+1!
Or is that +2? :huh:

Either way, I need a "Note to self" pasted to the ignition switch, because I've done it more than once. :whistle:

Note to self:
Kane, when using the pressure washer at car wash, bring plastic bag to cover up pod filters so I don't get carried away and accidently spray the pod filters. Then I will be able to get home before the wife calls all friends.

Sat in the damn parking lot for 15 minutes using full choke and rpms, then 2 minutes at every stop sign.
water/fuel/air mixture?? what's yours???:blush:

Note to Self,
Jim, when replacing spark pluks, make sure to put the plug wires back on the plugs. I spent 10 minutes and killed my battery, just to realize i hadent put the spark plug wires back on the plugs:pinch: :pinch: :whistle: :whistle: . Oh yea ive forgot to put my oil cap back on. I had this bright idea, to have a "friend" use the electic start to spin the motor over a few times and it shot oil every wich way:pinch: :pinch:

It will blow out the clutch pressure rod out of the motor and blow oil all over the place while you are looking in a different direction.

+1 here. Except it was a 750 twin and we had the rotor off the end of the crank with the bolt out.

Almost ALL the oil shot out all over my buddy's Hond@!
It was like it was marking it's territory! :laugh:

note to self don't remove the fork drain plugs without releasing the air first :blink: :blink: :blink: