I don't think I have reached my true potential yet lol. But since you asked, rebuilding the top end on my buddies EVO. I put the rings on upside down.
I overfilled the oil tank on my 1960 Panhead, oil blew out under the seat and down the frame onto the exhaust
After that I always left an air space in the horseshoe oil tank
Nuff Said," Were Burnin Daylight, Lets Ride"(Sober 37 years)
Current ride : 2021 FREEWHEELER M8, oldest ride 1960 FL
I don't think I have reached my true potential yet lol. But since you asked, rebuilding the top end on my buddies EVO. I put the rings on upside down.
Forgetting to put the drain plug back in before filling the crankcase… but I bet I’m not alone on that one… Plus the occasional strip nuts and bolts….And then there was the left handed lug nuts on my 68 Charger…..
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
I "fat fingered" a tiny little nut when installing a GPS bracket. Didn't take any precautions for when I dropped it..... and I did. It was a "one of a kind" size. Spent over an hour on my hands and knees with flashlight, magnet, and a grumpy attitude. Finally went to the hardware store and bought a new set of 4 nuts and bolts to change out the mounting to a more common size. A couple of months later, that #%&@ nut appeared, plain as day, in a shallow seam in the cement. It was just sitting there looking at me as shinny as could be.
That nut now resides in a small bowl on my desk to remind me that a drop-cloth can be my friend..... Jim
2005 Premium Mustang Convertible
2008 Honda GL1800/California Sidecar Trike SOLD
2014 CanAm Spyder RTL SOLD
Semper Fi
Pulling fuel line on my sporty and it wasn't coming off pulled a little harder gas went every where in my eyes. And I was hundred yards from my house. couldn't see and of course no one heard me yell for help. Thanks to my neighbor saw me trying to walk across my yard like a blind man in a forest helped me get to some water to rinse my eyes out.
Forgot to put the reusable oil filter back on with a relocation kit on before starting it up, made a hell of a mess on the concrete floor.
The filter was still sitting where I put it to dry out after cleaning.
Got is shut down quick and only lost a quart.
Bob
Grabbing a T25 instead of a T27.
2016 Tri Glide, More DK than HD. Just shut up and ride.
While being a helpful child (I thought), I filled the crank case of my father’s work truck, instead of the radiator, with water from the garden hose. Took a while to get up to the proper level in the valve cover. 🤪
I'll bite, Dog: Just how upset was dear old Dad?
Beware of liberals posing as Americans.
Well your story brought back memories of something that happened at a gas station I worked at many moons ago…
We sold diesel fuel and being a full service station, we regularly would be asked to check the oil and fluid levels. A coworker, “Rich”, was servicing a semi that pulled in and the driver asked him to check the radiator.
Brought out the garden hose and started filling… ooopsie, he stuck the hose in the crankcase and proceeded to “fill er’ up” with H2O! Semi was idling at the time… man, not a cool scene!
That semi sat at the island for weeks as insurance adjusters came out figure out what to do.
As I recall, many many oil flushes were done.
My wrenching challenges? One of the better ones was failing to use a flare wrench on a fuel line fitting… lesson learned!
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2021 Billiard Red Tri-Glide • 1999 Ultra Classic - Stage 2, 6 Speed (Gone) • 1995 Softail Nostalgia (Gone) • 1977 Superglide - Chopped (Gone)
• 1976 Liberty Edition Sportster (Gone) • 1949 Hydraglide Panhead - Fully Restored (Gone)
2019 TriGlide, Twisted Cherry. Khrome Werks 2+2 bars, Eagle Lights front and rear
DK foot board extensions, rear bearing retainer plates, tourpack relocation kit and oil filter relocation kit
with cooler, powder coate tod wheels, Progressive 444 shocks,. More
A lot of people when changing their oil on the early Cam-Am Spyder's grabbed a Torx instead of Allen and stripped the crankcase drain plug head …And then complained that either the factory or dealer Over Tightened it and that’s why it stripped.…
When The Can-Am Spyders first came out it attracted a lot of tool handicap do it yourselfers…..…
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......