October 4th, 2012, 10:35 AM | #1 |
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Terrible way to start a day
On the way to work today I decided while coming to a stop that the choke needs to be reduced a little. So as I come to a stop I shifted to neutral, let go the clutch lever, and went to work the choke lever. Shifter went right through neutral, and left the bike in second gear. Bike lurched forward and dumps on the left side. Aww dammit.
Whoops, forgot the Kawasaki positive neutral finder prefers to work when you are at a complete stop. The damage was slight- clutch lever ball broken off, gear shift lever bent, ego only partially dented. But, the clean sparkly muffler I picked up a few months ago now isn't clean and sparkly anymore. What can you do. |
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October 4th, 2012, 10:44 AM | #2 |
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Reason enough to get a new-gen; this way when the bike tips over on the left there isn't an exhaust to scrape up.
Glad you're OK.
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October 4th, 2012, 10:47 AM | #3 |
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Think that the worst is behind you and have a great day ahead Glad it wasn't worse...
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October 4th, 2012, 11:02 AM | #4 | |
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I was thinking this too, except my reasoning is that the efi system on the supergen doesn't require the operation of the choke lever... Thanks man. |
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October 4th, 2012, 03:22 PM | #5 |
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Crashed the 250, but you already have a gixxer... Hmm, turbo busa it is then.
If you want to sell your pregen for below market value I know a guy looking for a super cheap one.
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October 4th, 2012, 05:57 PM | #6 | |
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Was I educated wrong on that one? And sorry about your mishap, sucks to see the bike going down... |
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October 5th, 2012, 12:11 PM | #8 |
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Weird my pregen can start fine without choke and it doesn't die either.
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October 5th, 2012, 12:14 PM | #9 |
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Those are the rules though, crash the 250 and you have to get a bigger bike
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October 5th, 2012, 02:02 PM | #10 | |
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