Crazyjeeper
NickGyver
No such charge exists in NH, unfortunately.
Do you happen to know what the charge will likely be?
No such charge exists in NH, unfortunately.
Do you happen to know what the charge will likely be?
It isn't just older bikes but bikes in general - see that Squid Channel vid where the guy saves his bike from a drop but then plows off the road and drops it on the dirt and gravel shoulder. He cracked his cases pretty bad and that was a relatively soft fall. Older bikes usually have thicker and sturdier cases and covers since saving weight wasn't the obsession then that it is today, and longevity was a more prized quality.
Welding that cover is a bad idea, too. You do not weld die cast aluminum unless you have no other alternative. He owes you a new (used) clutch cover and gasket.
Any word on if there were any arrests or tickets issued? It would not surprise me at all of the cops cited the riders but not the driver of the truck.
Nothing has happend so far. This? just happend Sunday. Messed up huh?!
Well, the part that broke on the cover was the guide for the clutch cable. The mechanic was thinking about fabricating something up and attaching it to the frame. I'm pretty sure whatever little Mcgyver solution he has is just going to end up looking like ass, and probably won't hold up for long anyway. So replacing the cover is unfortunately gonna have to happen.
In other motorbike news, remember that kid in NH who tried to run the motorcyclist off the road? Well stupidity must be spreading because now some idiot in the south (Kentucky?) tried to do the same thing, and it got caught on video!
Posted by the video's uploader in the comment box:
I take it that it might take a while as the rider had no way to display the video of the incident to the responding officers, if any were called. I'm pretty sure once the AG sees this video (which includes audio of one of the riders reading the trucks license plate out loud, along with a description of the truck), that charges will be filed.
I was wondering about that since I lurk in this thread and not seen any complaints of spiders.Six things no one told you about owning a motorcycle, the fact that the author is a complete wuss is strangely absent:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19217_6-things-nobody-tells-you-about-owning-motorcycle.html
Six things no one told you about owning a motorcycle, the fact that the author is a complete wuss is strangely absent:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19217_6-things-nobody-tells-you-about-owning-motorcycle.html
I was wondering about that since I lurk in this thread and not seen any complaints of spiders.
My car spiders have woken up for the spring it seems though.
Six things no one told you about owning a motorcycle, the fact that the author is a complete wuss is strangely absent:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19217_6-things-nobody-tells-you-about-owning-motorcycle.html
Well, a group in Texas is trying to make carrying a passenger on a sportbike illegal. Kinda ridiculous if you ask me. In fact, so ridiculous I don't know where to begin.
http://firstladiesoftheroundtable.org/MaloriesLaw.aspx
That's not really an accurate summary of what they're trying to do. A more accurate summary is that they're trying to enforce special provisions for carrying a passenger on sportbikes, separating sportbikes from other motorcycles.Well, a group in Texas is trying to make carrying a passenger on a sportbike illegal. Kinda ridiculous if you ask me. In fact, so ridiculous I don't know where to begin.
Rossco, what shop was it? How well do you know the mechanic?was he having a bad day, or is he usually unreliable?
Surprisingly, I've seen some pretty good things in Massachusetts (state motto: "turn signals are for Redcoats!") about people looking out for me and generally not cutting me off or killing me. Let's hope I don't jinx myself.
That's not really an accurate summary of what they're trying to do. A more accurate summary is that they're trying to enforce special provisions for carrying a passenger on sportbikes, separating sportbikes from other motorcycles.
As far as I can tell, from reading the bit on their page, a basic summary of the restrictions are that both operator and passenger must be 18, and the operator must have had an M license for at least 2 years OR the passenger must ALSO have an M license.
That said, I think it's ridiculous to separate out sportbikes from other motorcycles in this. If riding on the bike of a bike is dangerous, riding on the back of a bike is dangerous. If it isn't, it isn't.
I also distrust any law named after a person. These laws tend to be motivated by emotion and irrationality, rather than a reasonable approach to what should and should not be law.
The shop is a small, local run place that specialized in older Japanese bikes, and general small engine repair. It is my first time dealing with them, in fact it's my first time taking my bike to a mechanic ever. the shop was reccomended to me by a member of my local bike forum.
The best way to describe how he was about explaining the situation to me, was kinda like Gary Cole's character from office space.
"Yeaaah, ummm.... do you by any chance have an extra clutch coverrrr, cause the one we put back on broke."
"Really?"
"Yeaah I might be able to fab something up for ya. I'll let ya know....."