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Discussion in 'General 1000RR Discussion' started by BoroRich, Jun 11, 2012.

  1. BoroRich

    BoroRich Elite Member

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    Just went to pop my bike up onto its rear paddock stand and wondered why I couldn't locate the right hand cotton reel only to find out that it wasn't there. Apparently one's fallen off while I've been riding :mad:
     
    #1 BoroRich, Jun 11, 2012
  2. Remal

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    Always worth checking your nuts are tight before you go out. I lock tighted mine on when I fitted them.
     
    #2 Remal, Jun 12, 2012
  3. barry107

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    I had something similar happen to me with my crash bung; always apply some thread lock now.

    The missus has never walked the same since :D
     
    #3 barry107, Jun 12, 2012
  4. BoroRich

    BoroRich Elite Member

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    That was my first thought. Whhhyyyy didn't I loctite them??? :D
     
    #4 BoroRich, Jun 12, 2012
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    I was upset about losing one of the blobs off mine, until Fez pointed out it wasn't there in a photo I'd taken in May. So it probably wasn't there when I bought it.
     
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  6. BoroRich

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    I know it was there a couple of weeks ago. God knows where I've lost it. I just hope it didn't hit some poor bugger :eek:

    £25.00 for two new ones :mad:
     
    #6 BoroRich, Jun 12, 2012
  7. Moily

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    I lost a bar end without realising until the dealer pointed it out. :-/

    Thankfully cheap(ish) to replace, but of course you can only buy them in pairs!
     
    #7 Moily, Jun 12, 2012
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    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    When you get a new pair you'll have a spare one....lol
     
    #8 arthurbikemad, Jun 12, 2012
  9. Hobey600

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    dave lost his tax disc holder when we went out, luckily we retraced our steps and found it, but that was because i had a blonde moment and didnt lock tite it on!! hope you manage to find a replacement. just had a vision of some old man walking down the road and being hit by your reel and his little face in surprise thinking he'd been shot!!
    xx
     
    #9 Hobey600, Jun 12, 2012
  10. kpone

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    See, thats the trouble with girls, not enough of them understand the importance of a decent thread locking compound.

    And they're rubbish up ladders too.
     
    #10 kpone, Jun 12, 2012
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    Unless you’re at the bottom of the ladder footing it, said with a grin like a wnaking china man for the second time today
     
    #11 Freedom of choice, Jun 12, 2012
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    All well and good from the view standpoint, but it don't get the gutters cleared does it.
     
    #12 kpone, Jun 12, 2012
  13. Hobey600

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    Seek Ken, i never made the same mistake again and i'd always locktighted stuff on before, see i even know its the dark blue one!! (yes i can see you shaking your head in complete shock!!) lol

    As for ladders, forget it mate, dave had me on the garden shed putting new roofing felt on, i was ok getting up there, but i'l be buggered if i could get back down again, it took me a good ten minutes of i cant get off! my leg doesnt reach there, and what if i fall and Dave almost having a heart attack he was laughing so much before i finally fell off the bloody thing!
    xx
     
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  14. kpone

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    Hang on.

    Dave gets you to fit stuff on his bike, fix the shed roof.

    This geezer's seriously cracked it guys.
     
    #14 kpone, Jun 12, 2012
  15. Hobey600

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    errr, now you put it like that ken............ lol

    xx
     
    #15 Hobey600, Jun 12, 2012
  16. BoroRich

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    Well I've got me knew bobbins which will be liberally smothered in loctite this time :D
     
    #16 BoroRich, Jun 14, 2012

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