Road two hours with my brother today. Nice day to ride, get a bite to eat, stop at the gas station and FORGET to put the kickstand down Doh! Who forgets to put the kickstand down? Me, thats who. @#%!
http://s1301.beta.photobucket.com/user/Aaron_DeYarmon/media/Drifter/IMG_1818_zpsac6864e2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
AHHHH man,that stinks!If memory serves me corectly theres a set of turn signals on ebay.If not check out the forum store....All I can think of while writing this post is being in school and everyone yelling D!@$ when something like this happened...LOL..remember those days?Dude that's definately a rookie mistake for the beginning of riding season...At least it's not to much damage and your ok... :o
I do remember those days. I'm fine, save the shit eating grin on my face from embarrassment. At least I'm laughing about, kinda. No damage at all except the turn indicator. I'm going to look for a set tonight.
Does anyone know the part number or have a link to the part?
I'm going out on a limb here, but I believe the signals for a classic are going to be the same...all you have to do is remove the black rubber stem and attach yours. The fixture, lens, etc. are all the same......The ones on my W650 are the same as on the Drifter, except for the hollow stem.
Does anyone know the part number or have a link to the part?
Petemoss I usually use Chaparral motorsports or bike bandit to order and or find the part #'s.All you have to do is put in your bike info and it will show you all types of diagrams for the parts your looking for.
Thanks guys
ok so your brother should not have knocked it back up when you were not looking......
good it could have pinned you under it and we know brothers he would have sat down laughing at your troubles then......
I think I'm just wore out. Been a long week. Funny thing is, my wife and I were at the grocery store check out line and the kid cashier dropped a can of veggies off the belt. Embarrassed, he said he had dropping stuff kinda day. I made sure he knew he wasn't the only one. After I told my story, the grin he was trying to hide was priceless. :) Ah, the hell with it. Lessons learned:
1) Don't ride Sunday after a 60 hour work week partnered with the flu.
2) Look down BEFORE I get off the bike.
Don't know about the 1500, but I do know that the 800 has a automatic shut down if you leave the bike in gear and it will turn off the bike. But you will catch on really fast or have to buy a new bike...lol....
Sorry to hear about the bad news, but at least there is a bright side:
damage was small and should be easily fixable
you had someone to help you pick it up
no body got hurt
Could have been a lot worse... You could have pulled up to a biker bar, and parked at the end of a row of HDs, and knocked them all over...... :o
Pretty near the same thing I did 2 years ago; rode my Harley,(I know, there is that dirty 6 letter word again) in beside the Drifter, flipped the kickstand down, my foot hit a piece of chain on the floor, so I kicked it forward, away from the bikes. Pulled my foot back to set the bike over, my pant cuff hooked the stob on the side stand and pulled the sidestand back as I laid it over on to the stand. Over went the Harley, put a dent and gouge in the right tank side on the Drifter. It's a wonder I didn't hurt my back kicking my own butt over that one. Oh well, at least we don't mind proving we are human....
I had a similar experience - stopped the drifter in front of garage door, got off and opened the door. Pushed the bike into the garage, not noticing that the kickstand folded up part way when it hit the hump going in the garage. When I set the bike over on the stand, it folded all the way up and fell over pinning me up against the wall, luckily, or it would have gone all the way over. For a "small" bike, those things are heavy laying up against you against the wall!!!
....and then ther is this.....
LegUp Instructional Video - YouTube
► 9:08► 9:08
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyE2KIgUOXc
you got one of them there old man?
I can see people now dropping their bike or running into the rear of someone because they are to focused on the use of the wheels.
A) watch the video.
B) while watching above mentioned video, listen to the commentary; it explains how it works
I did and still think people will be watching the lights and the wheels and not were they are going, same as some of the air heads on their cell phones and they can not see things in front of them.
Like saying the signal lights are confusing.....
stop tryin to chase the bunnies down them trails on Pete's thread buddy.....
hey were is Mr. PC lately?
Ratman,Dude!Like 49 said,"Watch the video."That's our pal PC....seems he left us and moved on to a Harley forum :'(.....Remember his bud had that Harley, PC was storing in the garage for him?Guess he talked our pal into buying one......I'm going to check ebay now to see if I can score his 1500..... ;D ;)
Quote from: Petemoss on March 10, 2013, 15:28:27 PM
Road two hours with my brother today. Nice day to ride, get a bite to eat, stop at the gas station and FORGET to put the kickstand down Doh! Who forgets to put the kickstand down? Me, thats who. @#%!
http://s1301.beta.photobucket.com/user/Aaron_DeYarmon/media/Drifter/IMG_1818_zpsac6864e2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
That's terrible, the 1500 Drifter has to be one of the coolest bikes in the world..
to drop it like that would make millions of hits on youtube and make enough to pay for the repairs if you sent it into worlds craziest fools or you've been framed..
John.
Training wheels!!!
Just what the elderly Harley rider needs..
Their new line of accessories will be leather gear with snap out depends under garments, for those that just can't hold it ny longer...
Not to be a hater, but is it just me or does his orange dashboard look like a robot?
The tach and speedo are the eyes, the radio is the mouth..
Watch it again, you ill see it...
45 Bravo
Easy on the drugs there, pal!! :D
Do you see it know?
An Art Deco robot..
It even has a nose..
With big round ears..
(https://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi50.tinypic.com%2Fo5vz7l.jpg&hash=9c538dfe4d12857e2970b1ede6644663da8309bd)
Cybermen V2.0
45, thought we were buddies? Here my knees and left leg are giving me hell for the past week and you are not sharing your wonderful drugs with me.......but now that you show me the face I too can see it......WOW
You know it's been a long winter when......
your biker buddies are seeing robot faces on fairings..... ;D
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 13, 2013, 07:19:46 AM
45, thought we were buddies? Here my knees and left leg are giving me hell for the past week and you are not sharing your wonderful drugs with me.......but now that you show me the face I too can see it......WOW
.....'shrooms must be in season back east..... ;D
:P only in BC can you get the special magic mushrooms......
...unless some wore out old hippie that works for the government took some home and transplanted some..... ???
you can show me your grow area....lol.......we can also hit Barkerville and do some panning......
Panhandling likely pays better.....
All is well. Turn signal replaced, pride is replaced. Laughter can still be heard from friends. All is well.
Quote from: 49Reo on March 11, 2013, 15:20:05 PM
....and then ther is this.....
LegUp Instructional Video - YouTube
► 9:08► 9:08
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyE2KIgUOXc
I wonder how much the training wheels are. That would save me either having to get a new/lowered seat, OR having the leg extension surgery. I think it's about 12-20k for the surgery in the U.S. and about 5k in Russia.
Petemoss be happy that it was you, because dude had it been me you would have it bannered across the front of the forum for a long time, because certain people could not let it go, with you being the person, they will forget in a few days and let you slid on it. Not to mention any names or anything but some people just can not let things go eh! 49, D1, oppss did I say their names.....oh shucks......PC, he would never stoop do that low a level he is a prince of the people. the rest will let you forget it for a long time before it comes up again.
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 15, 2013, 07:19:25 AM
Petemoss be happy that it was you, because dude had it been me you would have it bannered across the front of the forum for a long time, because certain people could not let it go, with you being the person, they will forget in a few days and let you slid on it. Not to mention any names or anything but some people just can not let things go eh! 49, D1, oppss did I say their names.....oh shucks......PC, he would never stoop do that low a level he is a prince of the people. the rest will let you forget it for a long time before it comes up again.
You do realise that some people can change that Charter member line to read anything they want it to read..don't you..
John.
And?
Quote from: Petemoss on March 14, 2013, 23:44:03 PM
All is well. Turn signal replaced, pride is replaced. Laughter can still be heard from friends. All is well.
cool Petemoss,were did you end up finding the light,eBay?You better hope that you have something good on your brother,cause he'll never let you live this down.Glad your pride is back in order...bow remember kickstand down then exit the bike. ;)
Ratman....C'Mon man I've been nice lately....our pal Greenbarn has been doing a fine job all on his lonesome...
Not ebay. Bought it from bike bandit. And he's my brother. If I don't have any dirt on him after 38 years, I'm not a very good brother.
Quote from: Drift1 on March 15, 2013, 11:52:43 AM
Ratman....C'Mon man I've been nice lately....our pal Greenbarn has been doing a fine job all on his lonesome...
... had to get in on
SOME of the fun.... ;D
Petemoss - I'm glad you're all fixed up now. I'm happy to see it was a quick/easy/cheap fix. Something like that could have been a WHOLE lot worse.
lol Petemoss be happy that greenbarn did not fall on you..........
be like when you are trying to get the cows in the barn and they know it and lean over on you and pin you to the wall because they are bored.......and you get stuck to the walls till they move......
Quote from: Petemoss on March 15, 2013, 12:07:36 PM
Not ebay. Bought it from bike bandit. And he's my brother. If I don't have any dirt on him after 38 years, I'm not a very good brother.
LOL.....this is true ;) ....