None Of Us Are Perfect

From a red faced correspondent. Couple of months ago, opened up garage got the saddle out and went to lock the garage. Looked around to see my (relatively) new machine tumbling to the ground, scraping down the garage door. Clutch lever sacrificed, scrapes to paint on crash bars but no other damage. Went for a ride and got over it. Ordered, collected and fitted new clutch lever. Yesterday, exactly the same again with the same results. Have now resorted to fixing the old clutch levers by making a copper brace on the reverse side which is secured by 3mm countersunk screws. Got that far but trying to aluminium solder the crack fest is another matter. Any road up......(and I am not trying to take the blame from me).......there is a small slope outside my garage (very small)......the bike rolled off the side stand on both occasions in a way I would not expect it to. Off to arrange a draw down on the mortgage now for clutch levers, spray paint and foam rubber for outside garages.

 

Thanks DD...... will do. 'Tis a service road at back........have a choice of short route or long route down unmade Congolese dirt track with sundry dismembered TV's, cars and humans not to mention the national roofing nail dump (explains why I go the way I do but doesn't excuse it). The narrow passage and small turning circle exacerbate the issue but I have no other choice other than to do as you suggest which, really, I should have done at the start. Having originally had a side car ain't used to all this tipping bimblage.

 

Thanks Wessa.....another sound suggestion. Thinking about it, the complicating factor is the need I feel I have to get launched before the whereabouts is spotted.... Need to work on that aspect as well. What a pitiful state to get into.

 

Of course! Great ideas Don and Matt. Thank you.

 

Hi Mr B. Tiger 800 xrt

 

First to admit I am an award winning knob DD.

 

Especially when you consider I had to ask my wife to help lift the first time and sons the second.......what a plonker!

 

That is really kind Mr B .....and of course some compensatory Lucca would be offered, if appropriate. I cannot see from here whether these would fit and so will look them up. Thanks again.

 

Thanks Mr B and thanks Matt. Mr B.....have ordered a carp replacement JMP for £16 or so. That is all I deserve. Will message anyway for recon. to simply buy a jar for you having offered.