Ho Abby, see? Da kine trouble. Leva anno story, this one already stay around like your blue bird down by ishi's (but with more bit spanky mix up in, yah?) Already clear axe the one time, no like more. Anyway, just ring up haole sukebes you saw (or ......saw you?) up Poli. You no wait there right? What that price was? No lie. So, yeah, go out be a bubbles and ride something. Stay out of the toolbox....but take your cell phone.
OMG your a brat and i am NOT a bubbles!! And i was practically naked anyway, so wtf difference does it make!!
That's good stuff. For your situation, he's probably got a point, I assume most of your travels...at the moment of course...are around the islands, it probably doesn't take too much time for assistance to arrive if needed. So, you could do your self a favor and pack light the bike is already a tank, no need adding more to it if you don't need to. For a superlight kit: 2 Torx bits/keys (sized for the clutch perch and body panel bolts), a 6-in-1 screwdriver, a pair of pliers, and a tire gauge. My superlight kit is nothing...I live dangerously day to day. But it's a 20 mile commute and risk of stranded is null. Some of the more tool extensive jobs, like a flat tire change, are a pain to do out on the side of the road/trail without a lot of practice. So, if you have the option to call and have them help, it's not a bad way to go. The main thing to do though, if you do call for assistance, is to not squabble with whoever you've got helping. Instead really pay attention to what they're doing, ask questions, help. Doing that you'll have an idea on what tools you should have if you take a long trip, or just to be more self sufficient in the future. I know when I get asked for help by my dad/brothers, it's usually a stand clear while I do everything, and that's not a good way to go about it for my younger brothers to learn the tricks and be able to do it on their own if I'm not around.
hmmm... I come from a large family, and have raised my own kids. Depending on the situation all siblings can be mean regardless of gender. With regards to the tools to take, go back to first principles and ask your self not only what tools you could use to fix your bike, but also what a good samaritan would need. To that end I would at least recommend a 6 way screwdriver, a set of Torx, a lightweight adjustable wrench. I think the Torx are important because those are really not needed on that many vehicles so other bike riders that may come along and help you may not have those, so if you did not have Torx, your bike may not be able to be fixed.
Hey Bubbles, go ride your mail bike, it's more your size! Give up that Terra! Also, just like blue bird. Eriding come jump up looking dirty my way, yah? (Abby's got a little XR100 (that used to be mine) from like 30 years ago. She's faster on that bike than any other we've got. She's used it for years to go get the mail and newspaper, which is the only thing she's ever had to do around the house. Other than surf, but that doesn't count.....) (and a "bubbles" is a ditzy beach blonde. Accurate.......)
That's spot on, and always the way I plan. If you have the tools, but not the know-how, you're a lot better off than if you've got the know-how but not the tools.
does she do any womans work instead of pottering around on a tiddley lil island, sorry tool kit , yes now where was I, yes , cell phone!
We seriously do not need any negative references or stereotypes based on gender, or anything else. It's bad enough Abby's brother is giving her a hard time publicly.
Abby another suggestion is once you make up your tool kit, try and do the maintenance on your bike (at home) only with the tools you have in your kit. You will quickly find out if you're missing anything. Although I have an extensive tool/first aid kit I wear around my waist while bush riding (GG 300). I have failed to take it with me yet on my TR. (but I do take my cel)
oh dear. i don't really care--i know he was joking, and i'm pretty sure everybody else did too. i'm ok with being kidded about things. most women, even princesses like me, aren't made of crystal and glass. i've been chewed up and spit out by 30 foot heavys, punched sharks in the face, and have been teaching surfing to grommets for 15 years. if my brothers giving me a hard time about my very much true lack of mechanical skills? yeah, i'm ok with that. i've (....crap, what's the word? i want to say cross dressed, but that's not right...it's when you put a bolt in crooked) anyway, I've put more bolts in crooked and broken them than ones i put in stright, so it's probably better than i don't try to fix anything cause i'd just make it worse. I get that youre trying to keep the peace or whatever, but i don't think anybody be upset or fighting. if anbody is offended for me, then, well, i'm not, so you shouldn't be either. abs! (brother: very spanky brodad.)
I can sense you are ok with the teasing, but things like that are contagious. Other members may not be ok with it. I believe the word you were searching for is 'cross-threaded'.
that's it! cross threading. makes sense. it's oil change time tomorow. the not-mean-but-really-still-a-brat brother is going to help me/do it for me. i'll likely have questions later if he makes me do it myself. I've already got stick-n-seal and a funnel, and have read through some of the messages, but still might need help! (.....seriously, though, no need to stand up to stop people from making fun of me.....and especially if it's my own brother.)
