It all started when I went to leave work and it was raining sideways (just about) and no rain suit. Hasn't been the first time to ride without one but, I decided to wait for it to slack off some. Probably about eight miles from work the rain had stopped. While riding on the highway my left foot went down some. I looked down and my foot peg had fallen off. It wasn't loose at all. The bolt had snapped. Couldn't stop to look for it since it was rush hour traffic and no need in possibly getting killed over a foot peg. So I get home using my highway bar pegs. No problem, I fixed that. Foot peg didn't quite sit on the frame solid, it sat on the forward control putting stress on the bolt. I think that was the cause for the bolt breaking.
Next day on the way to work I hear a squeal thinking it was the car next to me. I looked down at my speedo and it isn't working. Has happened before the cable came loose from the speedo. I would fix it when I got to work since I was only a mile or two from there. Took console apart and the cable was still screwed on to the speedo. I thought maybe it jsut wasn't on all the way since it was only on a couple of turns. Left work for home still didn't work. Must be the speedo drive unit. Easy fix again. After going to pick up the parts for that, I was on my way home and started hearing a clicking noise. I have a cover over my rear wheel which comes loose every now and then that needs to be tightened but, this time it sounded different. I thought maybe one of the bolts that holds it together was hitting the frame. I was almost home so as soon as I got home I lifted the rear tire and spun it looking for the bolts to be hitting the frame. Nope had a broken link on my chain. I got lucky making it home I guess.
So while I'm waiting on my chain to come in I started working on my Suzuki Intruder I have that had been sitting since I was deployed to Cuba for a year. Put a new battary in it and it started up no problem. ALRIGHT, my luck with the bikes has gotten better. Was out riding it to burn out the old gas and was going to go and meet my wife for lunch. A chrome blurr went by I looked back at my handle bars and my left mirror was gone. Bolt broke on it too. Hopefully, I don't have three things go worng with this bike too.
Needless to say it has been an expensive week or so. I picked up my chain for the Harley and went to install it. Was about to put on the the masterlink. Dang, it was a rivet type master link. Went back to the store I bought the chain to get a clip master link since I don't have the tool to push the rivet in place. I didn't even think to look at the type of master link when I left the store the first time. So I get to the store the tool kit was $90 which I didn't want to spend at the time since I had just bought all my other things for the bike. And of course they did not have the right size master link for my chain. All 520's I needed a 530 go figure. Needless to say after venting a little frustation. The shop hooked me up on the kit for only $30 since it had been on sale recently. So I'm back in business and riding the Harley to work again.
I know this is a little long but I thought I would share it since all you can do is laugh about it. :laugh
Next day on the way to work I hear a squeal thinking it was the car next to me. I looked down at my speedo and it isn't working. Has happened before the cable came loose from the speedo. I would fix it when I got to work since I was only a mile or two from there. Took console apart and the cable was still screwed on to the speedo. I thought maybe it jsut wasn't on all the way since it was only on a couple of turns. Left work for home still didn't work. Must be the speedo drive unit. Easy fix again. After going to pick up the parts for that, I was on my way home and started hearing a clicking noise. I have a cover over my rear wheel which comes loose every now and then that needs to be tightened but, this time it sounded different. I thought maybe one of the bolts that holds it together was hitting the frame. I was almost home so as soon as I got home I lifted the rear tire and spun it looking for the bolts to be hitting the frame. Nope had a broken link on my chain. I got lucky making it home I guess.
So while I'm waiting on my chain to come in I started working on my Suzuki Intruder I have that had been sitting since I was deployed to Cuba for a year. Put a new battary in it and it started up no problem. ALRIGHT, my luck with the bikes has gotten better. Was out riding it to burn out the old gas and was going to go and meet my wife for lunch. A chrome blurr went by I looked back at my handle bars and my left mirror was gone. Bolt broke on it too. Hopefully, I don't have three things go worng with this bike too.
Needless to say it has been an expensive week or so. I picked up my chain for the Harley and went to install it. Was about to put on the the masterlink. Dang, it was a rivet type master link. Went back to the store I bought the chain to get a clip master link since I don't have the tool to push the rivet in place. I didn't even think to look at the type of master link when I left the store the first time. So I get to the store the tool kit was $90 which I didn't want to spend at the time since I had just bought all my other things for the bike. And of course they did not have the right size master link for my chain. All 520's I needed a 530 go figure. Needless to say after venting a little frustation. The shop hooked me up on the kit for only $30 since it had been on sale recently. So I'm back in business and riding the Harley to work again.
I know this is a little long but I thought I would share it since all you can do is laugh about it. :laugh
