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How I shot my bike...
09/03/12 at 12:39:29

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Long story...
I have a slow leak in the front tire,.. so, I roll into the shop to air it up...
... but my old Monkey Wards compressor has a leaky hose... (just bought that sucky hose a year ago, Harbor Freight)...
so,.. I take the old one off, and in the process of tightening the new one on,.. the pot metal connection box cracked...
Buhh!... air leaking eberywhere...
I hunted around and found a quick-connect with a longer thread, so I tried that..
It solved 3/4 of the leak...
... but still leaking...
So,... I tried getting the connection box off... No way...
So,.. I got this tube of epoxy putty,...(the kind you mush about to activate)... and I mold it all around the box,.. and then, just to be sure, I tighten a hose clamp into the putty...
.. and then,... I mush a little extra putty in the threaded hole before I attach the quick-connect...
Great!...
.. but it occurs to me that I might have blocked the air hole now with the putty...
...and sure enough,.. barely any air is passing...
And with a stroke of genius, I decide to shut off the output and let some pressure build in the tank to blow out the blocked epoxy before it dries...
Now, it's a race... can I build up the pressure before the epoxy hardens?...
It's one of those old chugalug compressors that sounds like toy tractor...
chugga, chugga, chugga...
I get it up past 100psi and without thinking open the valve...
It takes about 2 seconds,.. and Whoomph!...
I forgot to aim... and shot my bike...

I been looking for while,.. and can't find where the epoxy slug hit...
Maybe it ricocheted off somewhere...
Anywho.. it's too dang hot to look anymore...

I'll search again tomorrow,.. by then the epoxy will be dried and I can test the compressor too...
Huh

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PS.. update... just found the epoxy slug.. it ricocheted and hit me about an inch from the bottom of my pants...
...looks to be about 222 calibre... Grin

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #1 - 09/03/12 at 13:06:36 Thats a good story! Thanks,, Teflon tape is your friend.
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #2 - 09/03/12 at 13:22:04 Too funny
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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #3 - 09/03/12 at 14:53:39 See why I didn't want you working on my bike in this weather?
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #4 - 09/03/12 at 16:50:37 You work at a dealership, don't you?
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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #5 - 09/03/12 at 19:05:23 Boofer, I don't think that you should insult the Bot like that. He is a great wrench, and probably knows as much about our beloved bikes as anyone on this site.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28999 L.A. California Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #6 - 09/03/12 at 20:20:58 He also knows how to clear an air line
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justin_o_guy2

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Re: How I shot my bike...
Reply #7 - 09/03/12 at 22:51:33

Boofer wrote on 09/03/12 at 16:50:37:

You work at a dealership, don't you? Grin

Well,, Ill be danged,, I never even considered that!

What do you do, Rowboat?

I doubt seriously there is a single Suzuki dealership wrench who rides one of these. If there are any, I would be proud of them for appreciating the bike in the face of what I would expect to be a good deal of peer pressure,.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29303 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #8 - 09/03/12 at 22:59:18 Boofer wrote on 09/03/12 at 16:50:37: You work at a dealership, don't you? Naa,.. I'm not that stupid... ...if I worked at a dealership, I'd have shot someone else's bike... ...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #9 - 09/03/12 at 23:28:45 & if he was a REpublican, he woulda shot himself in the foot..
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10804 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #10 - 09/04/12 at 08:01:56 gerald.hughes wrote on 09/03/12 at 14:53:39: See why I didn't want you working on my bike in this weather?
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10804 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #11 - 09/04/12 at 08:03:45 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/03/12 at 23:28:45: & if he was a REpublican, he woulda shot himself in the foot.. You're bad ... yep ...
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elitemunkeycrew Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 137 Sierra Vista, Az Gender:	Re: How I shot my bike... Reply #12 - 09/05/12 at 09:02:20 What's the emoticon for D'oh!?
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