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Apr 15^th, 2011 at 3:46pm

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To carry your tools! I had a thrown chain this evening and I'd taken the spanners out of my bag.
Mrs. Ozzy had to load up the tools and the little people and drive to me.... 10 mins later the bike was fixed and home I went.
Please don't forget your tools or you could end up standing at the side of the road feeling like a tool! I know I did Embarrassed

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Reply #1 - Apr 18^th, 2011 at 5:20am

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Or in my case sat at the side of the road. €1500 and three days later I was moving again. I am now the owner of a nice new shiny diesel injector pump. The biggest p#sser being the €500 I spent on four new tyres two days before Cry

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Reply #2 - Apr 18^th, 2011 at 2:40pm

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I had the lift pump go just before New Year and that was pricy but not that pricy!
Bad luck Matt, glad to hear you're on the move again. My mighty Kwaka is getting some work done on it, new chain and sprockets, back brake pads and maybe if I've got time the front fork seals (starting to leak a tiny bit).
Nice relaxing time off work Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Apr 18^th, 2011 at 3:16pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Apr 18^th, 2011 at 2:40pm:

I had the lift pump go just before New Year and that was pricy but not that pricy!
Bad luck Matt, glad to hear you're on the move again. My mighty Kwaka is getting some work done on it, new chain and sprockets, back brake pads and maybe if I've got time the front fork seals (starting to leak a tiny bit).
Nice relaxing time off work Roll Eyes

Yes, the price of driving a big flash BMW (one of your favourite drivers no doubt Grin

). I am parking my car up for two weeks as of Sunday................And going to Australia for two weeks Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Apr 19^th, 2011 at 5:53am

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Audi drivers tend to be the bane of my life along with the Chelsea Tractor set.....

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Reply #5 - Apr 19^th, 2011 at 12:31pm

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Always remember what you're driving Grin

Was riding to work one fine AM with a friend...when BAM a U-joint went. Well he called his wife & I pulled the shaft out from under the pickup. 20 minutes later & 5 minutes before his beloved got there, I turned to him and reminded him that we were in a 4WD! Embarrassed

We took his wives car to work & she put the other in 4WD & drove it home Grin

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Reply #6 - Apr 28^th, 2011 at 8:41pm

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Keeping your tools handy is always a good thing, unless the problem is of a catastrophic kind. Not necessarily a crash (I don't wish that on no one... scratch that, I wish that on Berlusconi... on a weekly basis), but for example, when my previous car, a 1984 BMW 318i stopped suddenly in a narrow town street because the fuel pump changed its mind about pumping petrol to the injectors... hardly something that could be remedied on the spot with a spanner and a strip of duct tape. Undecided

Had to push the car alone away from the traffic... uphill... before calling the tow truck and not one of the idiots that followed me to give me a hand. Especially the <expletive deleted> in the God-awful Cayenne right behind me. All they did was sit there looking pretty and sounding their horns in the vague hope the noise would make the car move faster... hope they will receive all the help they gave one of these days... bastards... Angry

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Reply #7 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 6:53am

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I know that feeling Strategic, I got knocked off my Kawasaki just over a week ago by some half-wit who pulled onto the main road at speed without using his eyes or the Force. I ended up in the middle of the road with a bike on top of me.
Rather than helping people were pulling onto the pavement to get around me and yelling abuse at me for blocking the road Roll Eyes

Ironically it was the twit who took me out that got the bike upright and to safety Grin

Alas people are becoming more self centered but hey I'm healing and the bike isn't too badly damaged...

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Reply #8 - Apr 30^th, 2011 at 10:34pm

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I bought a mountain bike about two months ago, and it required assembly.... I was given a allen-key set (about 10 of them, ranging in size) and most of them didn't fit my bike Grin

Moral of the story: Just catch the bus Cool

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