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Why to carry all the stuff you need when you ride.
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<blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 42401" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>Tool carrying data point Spangler 3/5/11.</p><p></p><p>Rider on a DRZ with the stock Trail Wings (aka death wings) goes down in the sand hills and twists forks in triple clamps pretty good. I whip out the RM 1/4 drive T handle with 12mm socket and it's fixed in short order. A while later in the rocks behind Charlie's Place my engine quits. I smell gas. Look down and gas is coming out the card overflow. First it's a screwdriver to drain the carb. No luck draining and tapping to clear whatever happened. Used a little ratchet and get carb bowl off. Let some gas flow and check the action of the float valve. Found a loose bolt on the countershaft sprocket. OK, all is working as expected. Reassemble and continue.</p><p></p><p>End result. A great time and no unscheduled bike rescues.</p><p></p><p>Sun, none of us were born knowing how work on a bike. It's a learning process. I try to learn something every day. I have found that a common reason for not learning to work on mechanical things is fear of making mistakes. I've well past that because I know that I'll make mistakes. I just do my best to be thorough, not have any left over parts, and to properly torque everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleonard, post: 42401, member: 21"] Tool carrying data point Spangler 3/5/11. Rider on a DRZ with the stock Trail Wings (aka death wings) goes down in the sand hills and twists forks in triple clamps pretty good. I whip out the RM 1/4 drive T handle with 12mm socket and it's fixed in short order. A while later in the rocks behind Charlie's Place my engine quits. I smell gas. Look down and gas is coming out the card overflow. First it's a screwdriver to drain the carb. No luck draining and tapping to clear whatever happened. Used a little ratchet and get carb bowl off. Let some gas flow and check the action of the float valve. Found a loose bolt on the countershaft sprocket. OK, all is working as expected. Reassemble and continue. End result. A great time and no unscheduled bike rescues. Sun, none of us were born knowing how work on a bike. It's a learning process. I try to learn something every day. I have found that a common reason for not learning to work on mechanical things is fear of making mistakes. I've well past that because I know that I'll make mistakes. I just do my best to be thorough, not have any left over parts, and to properly torque everything. [/QUOTE]
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