What's your stupid mistake!?

[feef]

Fettling the bike this afternoon, I thought I had an issue with the fuel-pump or maybe a wiring problem. Turned the ignition on and didn't hear the tell-tale buzz of the fuel pump priming itself.

I'd just washed the bike so took the connector off and gave it a liberal spray with water dispersant, still nothing.
Checked all the fuses, no problem there.
Took the tank off the spare bike and tried that on the bike too (to save me removing the pump itself)
Still nothing.

Okay, so it's not the pump. Must be somewhere in the wiring...

Um, no.. it helps if you check the kill-switch first!

What's your most kick-self mistake??

 

[jtemple]

Getting off my ZX-10R without putting down the kickstand.

 

[Mike-AK]

Marrying my first wife, but I thought this was a motorcycle site?

 

[huskybear]

Buying assorted other bikes before my husky!

 

[EricV]

Sure, why not. Mine is in this thread, post #3, starts with "huge thanks Dave"... What a day that was.

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/stranded-again-please-advise.28288/

 

[LandofMotards]

Getting off my ZX-10R without putting down the kickstand.

My dad was giving me the spiel about how everyone drops their bikes and I should get frame sliders. I had just bought a brand new 03 cbr600rr. We went to top off our bikes at the gas station and he dropped his new gsxr1000 lol

 

[Philthy]

Dad always said, I'll never buy you a motor bike so you can go kill yourself....silly me took another 25 years to realise that I could just go buy my own. ! sheesh,

 

[Borgschulze]

Paid $180 for a shop to fix my DRZ, when all I had to do was cut out a connector that melted and splice 2 wires together.

Next time a bike dies on me, I'll be a LOT more thorough in my checking things over.

 

[oregonsage]

Marrying my first wife, but I thought this was a motorcycle site?

What, only 1.....I can top that x 3
But the current one has been a keeper for 20 years.

Fall down, get back up, again...eventually you get it right.

 

[jtemple]

My dad was giving me the spiel about how everyone drops their bikes and I should get frame sliders. I had just bought a brand new 03 cbr600rr. We went to top off our bikes at the gas station and he dropped his new gsxr1000 lol

I had sliders. Damage was so minimal that I didn't bother replacing parts. Small scuff on the mirror and belly pan. They were both matte black, so it was barely visible. But boy I was mad when it happened.

 

[268fords]

When I bought my little crf100 play bike at the now defunct Fairfield cycle, the sales guy threw me the bait to put 2 tanks of gas through the bike and bring it back and they will go over it to make sure everything was ok. Payed my bill of $330 like a dumb *ss. Guy tells me everything is perfect. Get home and look over everything. All the bolts where perfect, not a mark on them from any kind of wrench, socket, what nots. The only thing I could tell they did was change my oil and oil my chain with motor oil and man did they oil it( was dripping everywhere ). I called them up demanding to know why I was charged $330 for a oil change and oiling my chain. The guy told me that was for labor also. Mind you, this was a brand new Honda crf100, just a crf100. Last time I ever gave that place my business. Then, a couple months later, they dropped the price of the bikes by $1000. I was so pissed!

 

[Chillybean]

I once owned a Yamaha WR250F, most unreliable piece of crap ever built. Non stop valve and carby issues.

 

[WickedWill]

Leaving the 630 running when it fell off the sidestand.
Oil pumped straight into the airbox.

 

[K5PL5]

Started a hare scramble with my fuel turned off...

Had an Aprilia Mille with GP shift on it. Took a friend's Buel XB9 out and was doing a wheelie and tried to shift from 2nd to 3rd..yeah..It went down to 1st and I nearly high sided the bike...

Tried to drift on the throttle into a gravel parking lot and forgot my now ex-wife was on the back. I saw feet pass my head, slammed the brakes, on, got a helmet bonk, and then a swift punch in the kidney...