Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#16 Post by katie1 » Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:01 pm

fatboy wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:54 pm
It's all a learning curve !
Long nosed pliers are an essential when playing with fiddly springs like that, injuring digits is not fun.
I'm pretty sure a blood sacrifice is demanded by the god of bikes on every occasion where tools are required. Even when cleaning (which is why I try not to do that too often, I can't handle the blood-loss :smt003 )
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#17 Post by fatboy » Thu Jun 18, 2020 4:13 pm

katie1 wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:01 pm
fatboy wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:54 pm
It's all a learning curve !
Long nosed pliers are an essential when playing with fiddly springs like that, injuring digits is not fun.
I'm pretty sure a blood sacrifice is demanded by the god of bikes on every occasion where tools are required. Even when cleaning (which is why I try not to do that too often, I can't handle the blood-loss :smt003 )
If you make a blood sacrifice too often then the god expects even more, more trapped fingers, more skinned knuckles, more screwdriver stabbed thumbs.
Let the god know you've wised up trying to do it properly......
Then smash yourself in the eye with that bloody hex key you just hit with a hammer, hoping to undo that stubborn screw
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#18 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:35 pm

Fatboy - do you think we should tell him about the ping-fukit?
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#19 Post by Wildebeest » Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:34 am

What's a ping-fukit?

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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#20 Post by katie1 » Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:05 am

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Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:34 am
What's a ping-fukit?
Sounds like the reason I just bought a box of replacement circlips :smt003
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#21 Post by fatboy » Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:05 pm

Until you've seen it, you would never believe that you send a tiny but essential little clip into orbit with a screwdriver .
Now don't get me started on the ' chaos pixies '
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#22 Post by Firestarter » Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:47 pm

I've actually taken to wearing eye protection when doing my bearings, because the circlips were inclined to fly across the garage and then take refuge in the darkest, most cluttered corner in an attempt to not be returned from the poking recess from whence they came
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#23 Post by mangocrazy » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:44 am

There's some kind of axiom which states that the part that is hardest to get and cannot be bought separately is the one which will ping off into a black hole reserved for such parts.

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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#24 Post by fatboy » Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:47 pm

mangocrazy wrote:
Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:44 am
There's some kind of axiom which states that the part that is hardest to get and cannot be bought separately is the one which will ping off into a black hole reserved for such parts.
This is the what the ' chaos pixies ' feed on , they possess immensely sophisticated telematics that will alter the trajectory of pinged off clips, dropped needle rollers ect.,so they end up in a parallel universe
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Re: Suzuki GN 250 - indicators going insane

#25 Post by BikerGran » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:12 am

katie1 wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:05 am
Wildebeest wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:34 am
What's a ping-fukit?
Sounds like the reason I just bought a box of replacement circlips :smt003
That's the one! :smt045
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