The "don't you just hate it when" thread

Crazy L · Post by **Crazy L** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:24 pm

...The sump plug drops in to the drain tray, only to block the hole, and oil pisses out all over the sides of said tray.

...you have to put a new rocker cover gasket on a Thunderace, then find on warm up that the half moon bit of the gasket you can't see/feel/get to is on the piss and is squirting fresh oil out the side

...you have to go food shopping.

Anymore for anymore?

Post by **Stig** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:44 pm

When you take the cover off an exup valve and the item behind looks like it's been sat on the fore deck of the titanic since it sank....

When the threads on that new unobtainium part strip way before the specified torque level...

When you're on a flow and grab a big handful of brake only to see later that's a tesco food van

Post by **Stig** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:20 pm

The pizza delivers faster than the page on your free wifi connection $:\$

Realitybites · Post by **Realitybites** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:52 pm

You remove the valve cover on a pristine 1984 Z1000 for bead blasting and in refitting two of the bolts snap off in the head below surface. You send it to a machine shop, they get them out and helicoil the holes, You refit the head and when you fit the head cover two different bolts strip out the threads in the head 2 ft/pounds below torque. Pissed off you roll it back into the garage, the handlebar hits a snow shovel and the bloody thing comes down square on the beautiful all original tank. Disillusioned beyond words you part the bike out because at that point it is obviously jinxed and no way are you riding it.

yzfpaul · Post by **yzfpaul** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:56 am

When you spend all day searching for a special tool you know you have somewhere
and end up using a hammer and screwdriver

only to find said tool weeks later sitting in plain sight.......

yzfpaul · Post by **yzfpaul** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:01 am

when you get to a bike meeting on a weeknight
and see your old bike sitting in the car park
you rush over and give it a good inspection
only to be confronted by a complete moron who starts telling you
how he built it from scratch

oldskoolexup · Post by **oldskoolexup** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:06 am

yzfpaul wrote:when you get to a bike meeting on a weeknight
and see your old bike sitting in the car park
you rush over and give it a good inspection
only to be confronted by a complete moron who starts telling you
how he built it from scratch

Recent experience??

Fatdog · Post by **Fatdog** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:01 pm

When the wife's right and your wrong!!!!!

Realitybites · Post by **Realitybites** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:42 pm

yzfpaul wrote:when you get to a bike meeting on a weeknight
and see your old bike sitting in the car park
you rush over and give it a good inspection
only to be confronted by a complete moron who starts telling you
how he built it from scratch

Oh man, did you get the details on how he rebuilt it?

oldskoolexup · Post by **oldskoolexup** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:58 pm

Realitybites wrote:
yzfpaul wrote:when you get to a bike meeting on a weeknight
and see your old bike sitting in the car park
you rush over and give it a good inspection
only to be confronted by a complete moron who starts telling you
how he built it from scratch
Oh man, did you get the details on how he rebuilt it?

...and did u let on that the truth might be being a little streccchhhhhed

Teego · Post by **Teego** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:09 am

Stig wrote: When the threads on that new unobtainium part strip way before the specified torque level...

It's common knowledge that you find optimum torque by tightening the bolt until it strips then back off a quarter turn.

Post by **nuggitt** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:32 am

Teego wrote:
Stig wrote: When the threads on that new unobtainium part strip way before the specified torque level...
It's common knowledge that you find optimum torque by tightening the bolt until it strips then back off a quarter turn.

Then you still try to see if the bolt will tighten up but it never does.

Yoda · Post by **Yoda** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:11 am

The toilet papers too thin and your finger pokes through