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Monster in Denmark. Just one idiot this time.

Started by CETME, June 03, 2009, 05:35:33 PM

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duclvr

#45
June 09, 2009, 05:00:07 PM
Quote from: CETME on June 09, 2009, 03:36:48 PM
Well, I was waiting for the local "Motorcycle Chain Truck" to drive by so I could flag him down for help, but I never saw it.



And now you owe me for a computer keyboard, because Dogfish Brown ale just spewed out my nostrils.  ;D

brentnclemson

#46
June 10, 2009, 06:40:47 AM
Subscribing to this one!

Alex

#47
June 10, 2009, 01:37:34 PM
Hard to imagine so many chains breaking as just a coincidence...

How confident are you that the chain was properly tightened? Sprockets properly aligned? Properly cleaned and lubed? Installed correctly in the first place with regards to fitting the master link?
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Popeye the Sailor

#48
June 10, 2009, 02:18:01 PM
You timed it better last time with the chain break. I try to make sure a girl is with me if I'm going to be stuck somewhere.
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somegirl

#49
June 10, 2009, 02:26:11 PM
Quote from: CETME on June 09, 2009, 03:36:48 PMClose your eyes and imagine yourself in a foreign country, on a country road, no houses, no sidewalks, just fields. A broken bike and no phone. It's not traumatic, but you'll rack your brain thinking of what you're going to do.

I know what you mean.  After I picked up my rental bike in Munich, I then tried to ride to my hotel, only to get a little confused by bad signage and got slightly lost.  I ended up pulling into a narrow parking lot with not enough room to make a U-turn, I was too short to back up the bike on it, and for a while I wasn't able to find the sidestand to put it down.  I was trapped on my bike and I couldn't speak the language enough to ask for help. :-\ 

Eventually I found the sidestand (it swung out to the side, not down) and was able to get off and roll my bike around. [roll]
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CETME

#50
June 10, 2009, 03:37:38 PM
Quote from: Alex on June 10, 2009, 01:37:34 PM
Hard to imagine so many chains breaking as just a coincidence...

How confident are you that the chain was properly tightened? Sprockets properly aligned? Properly cleaned and lubed? Installed correctly in the first place with regards to fitting the master link?


A Ducati dealership installed the chain and sprockets. Less than 500km ago. I'm currently in the Atlanta airport, and I'll explain it all.

BTW, my flight is delayed.
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Popeye the Sailor

#51
June 10, 2009, 03:40:32 PM
Quote from: CETME on June 10, 2009, 03:37:38 PM

BTW, my flight is delayed.

I didn't know planes had chains  [laugh]
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

yotogi

#52
June 10, 2009, 03:53:49 PM
 [popcorn]

Like I needed more stuff to follow.  :)

dbran1949

#53
June 10, 2009, 04:52:06 PM
Quote from: CETME on June 10, 2009, 03:37:38 PM
I'm currently in the Atlanta airport, and I'll explain it all.
BTW, my flight is delayed.

Delayed in Atlanta??? How bizarre

ducatiz

#54
June 10, 2009, 04:57:03 PM
Quote from: CETME on June 10, 2009, 03:37:38 PM

A Ducati dealership installed the chain and sprockets. Less than 500km ago. I'm currently in the Atlanta airport, and I'll explain it all.

BTW, my flight is delayed.


might be time to visit those folks with a pipe wrench

although -- how long did the bike sit between putting the chain on and you picking it up from Dane land?
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ArguZ

#55
June 11, 2009, 06:41:06 AM
If you stop over in Frederiksberg, there is plenty of beer in the fridge here  [drink]
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