| Author | Message | ||
     Old_man |
I have backed my bike out of my garage for 5 years. There is a steep 10 inch drop to the sidewalk. I was being too cautious backing out and too slow to carry the complete bike out, got stuck with the front wheel in the garage and the back against the curb. I hadn't started the bike and was where my feet are not even close to the ground. The bike fell over with me on it. I ended up with some bruises and a sore body. The only damage to the bike was a broken left foot peg, a bent clutch lever, and a bent screw that holds the mirror of my Napoleon bar end mirror. No other damage. I called my dealer for the parts and it was no surprise to me that they would have to order them. (I've never been able to get a part from them that they didn't have to order.) The blessing is that I was home when it happened and was not stranded on a ride. I cut the feeler of the other peg and will do the same to the new one when I get it. The pegs are spring loaded and should fold up, but this feeler must dig in and cause the peg to break. With the clutch lever off, I took the opportunity to tape a funnel on the cable, hang it up and oil the cable completely. The bolt on the mirror had thread its entire length, so that the mirror angle could not be turned without loosening the screw, even though a spring was installed on the bolt. I replaced the bolts on both mirrors with a longer bolt without threading near the head. This enables me to adjust the mirror to any of the detents easily and if the bike should fall again easily move out of harms way. And in tight quarters I can easily fold them in. I guess I'm a glass is half full kind of a guy. | ||
| Jumpinjewels |
I'll be taking the feelers off my pegs too. Was at the track last Fri and hit the Left feeler on the ground and almost uprighted the bike. It was all I could do to throttle on and lay it over to stay on the track. Messed with my head a bit the rest of the day. Glad you're OK | ||
| Birdy |
Sorry, I feel your pain "Been There, Done That". The feelers just bolt on so you can unscrew them like I did after having to buy a pair. Hope you're not to banged up. | ||
| Swordsman |
Some around here say the pegs are supposed to break. Guess the hinges are ornamental.  Yeah, been there done that as well. It may work fine in a slide, but for a simple drop: feelers = broken peg ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on April 23, 2008) | ||
| Old_man |
"The feelers just bolt on so you can unscrew them" Thanks for that info. - saves me from cutting the other one off. Jack (Old man) | ||
| No_rice |
With the clutch lever off, I took the opportunity to tape a funnel on the cable, hang it up and oil the cable completely. not sure how much oil you put in there if you needed a funnel to do it, but i would think maybe a primary fluid change is in order then since it would have all ran into there. | ||
| Old_man |
No_rice , Just a small amount of the lube 8, enough to fully coat the cable all the way. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
sorry to hear that jack. did it the first day i got the 01 ultra. took it home to pick up the wife and go for our first ride on it which went fine until i pulled back in the driveway and with the heel shifter on it, i got the boot caught and the bike went over in "the driveway" wasn't no good side to that outside of getting rid of the heel shifter. | ||
| Wile_ecoyote |
Glad to hear it wasnt more serious. Also good to hear that it may have taught you a few things. Lifes funny that way it'n it? Have things screw up and it shows you something new. Good on you, ride hard, be safe. | ||
| Smoke |
as a short guy, i learned a long time ago that for me i back the bike up with me off the bike and the bike resting against my right hip until i have it in a position to ride off and then climb on and go. that tippytoe backwards walk looks stupid to me any way. ymmv tim | ||
| Bob_thompson |
Tim(Smoke)...+1, I'm in the same boat and do the same thing. Better to be safe then look "cool" Learned it mostly on really tall dirt bikes. Bob | ||
| Old_man |
I wish I could back out of my garage in that manner, but because my house is on a hill and the drop is so steep from the garage to the sidewalk, which is also on a grade, the bike is too high for me to control along side of it. I have had no problem backing out for 5 years until this time. I don't have to push it back with my feet, gravity propels it such that I must use the brake. In the future I will start the engine so that I can go back up if the bike hangs up. I am also going to see if I am allowed to ramp the garage out to the street instead of to the sidewalk. I had a problem this time because I braked too much so the bike didn't fully clear the garage. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"I hadn't started the bike and was where my feet are not even close to the ground. The bike fell over with me on it." That happened to me at the end of the driveway. My neighbors were driving by and I stopped at the worst spot and 'high centered' myself. I fell over in front of them with my hand still clamped over the clutch lever. No damage, but if people see you do that, your glass goes from half full to half empty real quick. | ||
| Old_man |
I guess I was lucky - no one saw me do it. Or maybe not, if I had really got hurt and needed help. | ||
| Old_man |
Installed the new parts today - Pegs minus the feelers. It was nice to have the added positions available for the Napoleon bar end mirrors. Took a little ride, first hot day here. Felt great! | ||
| Nillaice |
you guys with all those extra peg feelers: if you got a shifter with a broken nub (or just wanna clean up the looks), you can drill and tap it to 1/4-20 threads. then thread in the feeler, with some loctite.  OR JUST SEND THE PEG FEELERS TO ME! | ||
| Thumper74 |
What my buddies and I have been doing it threading the shifter/brake lever assy and using brass bolts/studs with a rubber hose. It creates a 'breakaway' lever that will break rather than taking the whole lever with it |
