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    #16
    i'm gonna nominate myself here for getting so excited about the diy job i did(yes i am extreamly proud of myself, so) that i might have smoke checked my r/r because of not having the ground where it's supposed to go

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      #17
      D'oh!...D'oh! and D'oh!
      sigpicMrBill Been a GSR member on and off since April 2002
      1980 GS 750E Bought new in Feb of 1980
      2015 CAN AM RTS


      Stuff I've done to my bike:dancing: 1100E front end with new Sonic springs, 1100E swing arm conversion with new Progressive shocks installed, 530 sprockets/chain conversion, new SS brake lines, new brake pads. New SS fasteners through out. Rebuilt carbs, new EBC clutch springs and horn installed. New paint. Motor runs strong.

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        #18
        Originally posted by mrbill5491 View Post
        D'oh!...D'oh! and D'oh!
        yeah, and now i'm paying for it, both litterally and metaphorically. OOOOPPPPSS!!!

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          #19
          No, nothing beats a guy I used to work with. He was "rebuilding" his Toyota Celica and came to work one day with this shattered clutch. He was all up in arms about what a defective part it was and he was going to take it back and get his money back. I asked him how he installed it, as I thought it looked suspicious. Sure enough, he had put it in backwards. Oh yeah, he left or dropped a socket into a cylinder as well.....
          Kevin
          E-Bay: gsmcyclenut
          "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." Frank Zappa

          1978 GS750(x2 "projects"), 1983 GS1100ED (slowly becoming a parts bike), 1982 GS1100EZ,
          Now joined the 21st century, 2013 Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Tenere.

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            #20
            Wouldn't have been the first time a clutch plate had been put in backwards - often it works fine, for a couple of thousand miles.
            ---- Dave

            Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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              #21
              I was at work a few weeks ago and my truck wouldn't start after work. One of the electricians coming in to work pulled his car up next to me and offered a jump. He handed me my end of the jumper cables and I looked to see which post was negative and just as I clamped it on sparks flew and the electrician about freaks out. My bad, right terminal wrong clamp! So my truck still won't start after charging awhile and he wiggles the jumper cables and one of the wires pops out of the clamp. He fixes that, then I connect my end back up and as he connects his sparks fly! He made a bad connection that time. I didn't feel as much of an idiot after that.

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                #22
                Originally posted by brownford View Post
                I was at work a few weeks ago and my truck wouldn't start after work. One of the electricians coming in to work pulled his car up next to me and offered a jump. He handed me my end of the jumper cables and I looked to see which post was negative and just as I clamped it on sparks flew and the electrician about freaks out. My bad, right terminal wrong clamp! So my truck still won't start after charging awhile and he wiggles the jumper cables and one of the wires pops out of the clamp. He fixes that, then I connect my end back up and as he connects his sparks fly! He made a bad connection that time. I didn't feel as much of an idiot after that.
                Good story brownford...
                Erik

                1982 GS550M

                Dyna S, Dyna greens, coil relay mod w/LED, Sonic Springs (.90)

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