:whawhat: ugh now i can't sleep with that image so fresh in my minduke: heal up well and lesson learned :thumbup:

 

'Tis only a flesh wound...

 

is this fucking real? Seriously who puts their bike in gear to lube the chain?

This needs to go on the GSXR forums.

 

is this fucking real? Seriously who puts their bike in gear to lube the chain?

This needs to go on the GSXR forums.

:biggrinjester: you always make me laugh.
Side note that sucks bro heal up well and I guess you learned your lesson now

 

Glad to see you didnt loose more than that......

But I am with TWW on this one.....CMON man......think smarter, not harder.....

 

HMmmmm, well after thinking about this for more than a second, how can you have the bike in 1st gear idling and still get your hand caught in the damn sprocket......? So you were riding the clutch with you left hand and reached all the way to the ass end of the bike with your right hand to then get it jacked by the sprocket? Im sorry man, gonna call either BULLSHIT or DUMBASSERY on this.....

 

that is....wow. Heard many stories of the same thing happening to other people. Heal up!

 

It's actually really easy to just have it in first and let the rear spin on a stand. No drag from pavement to kill the engine at low rpm's I have however seen people's bikes come off the stand doing this while Erving the engine and seen it go through the inside of the garage.

 

He wasn't riding the bike, the bike was on the paddock stand.

When he was cleaning it he had the bike in first gear with no clutch so the rear wheel is spinning at idle rpm.

He has gone into clean a bit of grease of the chain with his rag. The rag had gotten caught in the sprocket pulling his thumb through...

YUM!!!

no riding at all. Just a lazy man's way to clean the chain.

Heal up.

:thumbup: (I only did one because you can only do one)

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:thumbup: (I only did one because you can only do one)

That's rubbing it in at least your still a mostly whole man. Althoe it might be a little harder to play x-box now.

 

Yes because the amount of effort it takes to spin a wheel is just so tiresome that I could not imagine how tired his arm would have been from doing that hard hard task.

Look when stupidity shines, someone has to shit on it. That person is me, dude while I hope you heal and all that fancy shit, this is one of the dumbest things I have seen a human with a Triumph do.

Darwin comes to mind.

 

Ugh I guess, I will stick to using arm power.

 

Gotta agree with you on that one man.

Heal up quick OP.

 

This exact thing happened to my sisters ex boyfriend, and he is a dumb motherfucker.

 

are you making fun of my arms? If only I had an R my dick would be big enough to rotate the wheel. I envy you sir hahahaha

 

Although what you say is true, it was your statement in isolation that made me laugh. With you, not at you, I am also acquainted with the Palm Sisters.

 

Yeah I got you, I just wanted to make an R and dick joke to be honest haha

 

You always have the best shit to say keep them up :thumbup:

Btw heal up quick but damn i would much rather use arm power aw TWW said earlier. Im pretty sure their are big warnings about the chain and having the engine on. Next time be more careful
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Thank you everyone! I dont mind being the darwin kid for the moment, and believe me, no one knows how stupid this was more than me! Ive been cleaning my bikes under power forever but i have never stuck my hand near the chain before! I WILL ALWAYS leave the bike off now while cleaning it.

 

Why? You can't lose your thumb twice.

Heal soon hope it turns out ok for you

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Hope you heal soon. Its definetly a no brainer dont put your extremities near moving mechanical parts. We all think we can get away with stuff like this from time to time and usually we do. Every once in a while it bites us though.

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Just search this forum for "How not to lube your chain"

You will find you were not the first, and probably very lucky to only lose the tip of your thumb.

That poor sap "Nubs" as he is now known is on the Gixxah forums...
If you manage to get through several pages of his post, there are even more recounts of others who have done the same some with pictures as well. Even happened to a unfortunate girl on that forum... So, sad.

Maybe the mods should sticky "How not to clean your chain" at the top of the maint. and repair section.

Heal quickly.

Kindest Regards,
Erik

 

there is another thread on the kawi,gsxr,cbr forums, i forget which where the guy loses most of his fingers from doing the same thing. Obviously the OP is a dumb shit but we have all done dumb things especially while riding. At least he is man enough to post it. I sure wouldnt lol!

 

Well, what do you know it was on the kawi AND gixxer forums too, may be the same guy actually. now t675.net has joined the squid forums.

How NOT to clean your chain. **GRAPHIC PICS*** : Suzuki GSX-R Motorcycle Forums: Gixxer.com

http://www.kawiforums.com/two-wheel.../two-wheeled-discussion/177953-another-squid-how-not-clean-your-chain-nsfw.html

 

:thumbup::clapclap::headbang:
Get better soon. Least you have your other 9.

 

Is it bad i knew what this thread was before opening it.
Mind you i thought it would be a link to someone else who had done it, not one of our own.
Get well soon!

 

Oh it continues...

http://www.kawiforums.com/two-wheeled-discussion/78872-careful-when-cleaning-your-chain.html

 

A not particularly dumb, but very n00b friend of mine had the same thing happpen with his 125 XTX, which stalled and only cut the very tip of his finger.

He had a towel in hand, and it looks like the stupid survival reflex is to grab onto it when it gets yanked, giving such results, so don't ever believe you're above that.

The fact I have a beard and long hair totally prevents me from event attempting such sit, have fun if you do

 

get well soon man. A guy on the trackday group i am in did this, though he only smashed them and didnt lose any bits. Common sense goes a long way sometimes.

 

I still cringe when I recount the story. When you first told me I had shivers up my spine seeing as I had just cleaned and lubed my chain at the same time for the same race, although the bike was off

I showed all my buddies at work the pics you sent. You gonna make it out to HPR on the 25th?

 

I still cringe when I recount the story. When you first told me I had shivers up my spine seeing as I had just cleaned and lubed my chain at the same time for the same race, although the bike was off

I showed all my buddies at work the pics you sent. You gonna make it out to HPR on the 25th?

Yeah I'm trying to get there, it all depends on when i get these stitches out. I go to the surgen tomorrow and will know when that is after the appointment. I feel like it isn't going to happen though...:verysad:

I will definitely be at PPIR for round 8 on Sept. 15th!