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ducpainter

#75
August 20, 2009, 02:39:53 PM
Quote from: DesmoLu on August 16, 2009, 05:58:30 PM
I once lost my rear end....because I was in the process of losing my rear axle:


Turns out the guys at the shop where I'd had a new tire mounted didn't "quite" torque the axle nut  [bang]



...and ScottieDucati once lost a girlfriend when he popped an excellent wheelie forgetting the crucial fact that the bike did not yet have passenger pegs, or maybe he forgot I was back there, either way, it hurt  [laugh]

You went out with Scottie?
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


the_Journeyman

#76
August 20, 2009, 03:40:03 PM
I lost a cell phone out of my pocket.  It went bouncing.  Didn't know I dropped it until three miles later.  Found it open, face down in the double line.  Working fine.

JM
Got Torque?
Quote from: r_ciao on January 28, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
ADULT TRUTHS

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

r_ciao

#77
August 20, 2009, 10:28:55 PM
lost my wife to her high school boyfriend.

OOPS, this is supposed to be things I lost while on my Duc.
Uh, nothing then.
'09 Monster 696+ Red, of course.
EvoTech Tail Tidy, SpeedyMoto frame sliders, 14T front sprocket

Bizzarrini

#78
August 20, 2009, 11:31:08 PM
I lost my left "bar end weight thingy" three times last week  :-\ First time I felt it hit my leg, and turned around to pick it up. Second time I noticed it missing, and I had a general idea where it could've fallen off. I pulled over to look for it, and presto, there is was! Swearing this was never going to happen again, I degreased it and really tightened the nut on the end. Next day I went out for a ride. When I pulled over for a cup of coffee, I noticed it was gone for the third time! And never to be found again!  :(

I guess after reading your stories, it's not that bad! Thanks a bunch :)
"As a final touch, God created the Dutch"

Langanobob

#79
August 21, 2009, 07:02:52 AM
Not me, but about the most heartbreaking loss I've heard about was the guy who was the first to cross the Darien Gap on a bike.  He was somewhere South of the gap and I think actually on pavement again when he discovered one of the saddlebags on BMW R800GS had broken off and gone missing, along with all his camera film of the trip (this was well before digital cameras).  He backtracked but never found his luggage or his film.

Bill in OKC

#80
August 21, 2009, 07:14:16 AM
I lost my handwritten directions to a party.  I rode an hour to the town, then was going to get my directions out and they were gone.  I had them in a breast pocket, I guess the wind snagged them out.  No cell phone, the number was written with the directions...  I missed the party :(  but it was a good ride :)
'07 S4Rs  '02 RSVR  '75 GT550  '13 FXSB  '74 H1E  '71 CB750

Grampa

#81
August 21, 2009, 07:22:47 AM
I lost about a quarter of an inch in heigth.

8)
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project. 

So I went solo.  -Me

Some people call 911..... some people are 911
-Marcus Luttrell

DesmoLu

#82
August 21, 2009, 10:30:59 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on August 20, 2009, 02:39:53 PM
You went out with Scottie?

shhhhh!!! I was only in it for the 851  [laugh]

El Matador

#83
August 21, 2009, 10:42:44 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on August 20, 2009, 02:39:53 PM
You went out with Scottie?

Yup, I owe for doing all the work of getting her into Ducs. I would have never met her if it wasn't for him  ;D

ducpainter

#84
August 22, 2009, 04:10:04 AM
Quote from: DesmoLu on August 21, 2009, 10:30:59 PM
shhhhh!!! I was only in it for the 851  [laugh]
many things are temporary...

or...

we're here for a good time...

not necessarily a long time. ;)
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


swampduc

#85
August 22, 2009, 04:57:59 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on August 22, 2009, 04:10:04 AM
many things are temporary...

or...

we're here for a good time...

not necessarily a long time. ;)
^Though some get both  ;D
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ducpainter

#86
August 22, 2009, 05:01:35 AM
Quote from: swampduc on August 22, 2009, 04:57:59 AM
^Though some get both  ;D
Quote from: ducpainter on August 22, 2009, 04:10:04 AM
many things are temporary...

or...

we're here for a good time...

not necessarily a long time. ;)
;)
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


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