What a shitty day!

[Buloong]

A dead battery and a punctured rear tire. On two different bikes :wtf


So I went down the office garage to get the bike out for a quick ride to fill the lunch hour. Didn't start. Okay no big deal, I just walked home, grabbed the charger and hopped on bike #2, and rode back to the office.

Done wasting the afternoon actually working, I went back down to the garage and started charging the battery on bike #1. The I took bike #2 out for the overdue ride.

Fast forward 45 minutes later, said overdue ride was over, I was on the way home thinking about whether I should buy a new battery... Brap brap brap... What the fuck was that? I asked myself. So I pulled over and sure enough, a huge shinny bolt sticking half way out of the rear tire. Pulled the sucker out, a goddamn 3.5" long 3/8" diameter bolt, with a nut intact. How the hell did it find its way into my tire?

It was only 1/2 mile from home but sort of uphill so I decided I was too cool to push it. So I stood on the pegs, leaned forward as much as I could, rode it slowly and away from any bumps . Turning with a flat rear was a bitch, though.

On the bright side, I certainly am going to have new rubbers, and possibly, a new battery arty :ride

 

[Eye Heart Pasta]

I'm not surprised your bike didn't start, unless you're riding a toy bike, that battery's way too small. You need one with a much higher amp-hour rating.

 

[VicTim]

I used to think 2 bikes was enough. I guess I was wrong.:nchantr

 

[ob1ventura]

Tuesday; Got home from my commute and found a screw in the rear tire of the Kawk.

Wednesday; Got home from my commute and found a nail in the rear tire of the '07 Dyna

:mad

 

[Beauregard]

Dude, I feel your pain.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

I had "no-start" issues with the GS late in the afternoon yesterday... already running late (needed to get it to Patrick Ho at Performance Concepts)... bike doesn't want to start... battery runs down... I'm short, the Dodge is tall... I'm looking at the ramp, and my "stairs" of step stool to aluminum patio chair (which is fantastic for clutching a bike up the ramp from my driveway, but probably isn't going to work so well if I'm actually trying to push a dead bike up it).
Crap. :|

Took a limping start towards it, got about half way up, realized I would need more speed... increased the speed of the limp (jacked up left hip, and I twisted my right ankle the day before- yes, getting old sucks)... get the front wheel on the tailgate, but when I try and push it forward, the chair I'm standing on tips backwards. Crap.
*sigh*
Stood there a moment, thinking about it. Didn't feel like waiting an hour for my neighbor to get home.
Reached across, grabbed the brake with my left hand... stepped up CAREFULLY onto the tailgate... stepped across the front wheel til I was facing the bike... and then dragged the damn thing up into the truck.

Sadly, that was the hilight of my day... but at least I got the bike up to Patrick, and soon it will be fully race ready.

 

[Buloong]

Got a tire repair kit to inflate it enough to go to a shop and realized the fender is broken into two pieces. I guessed the bolt sticking out hit hard enough to destroy it. Now more money to be spent. Fuck this shit.:mad