Stupid ain't cheap

I pulled my pipes off and gave them a VHT ceramic treatment and put them back on to cure them. Since I was only going to have them on for a short while I half-assed the install and didn't put the passenger floorboard back on. (No biggy I'm taking them off tomorrow anyway) I put the bolt in to hold the rear exhaust support and **** it is long. I tightened the nut and went for a ride. Long story short I'm replacing my stainless bolt with a steel one, I've already touched up the paint on my swingarm and now I'm looking for a replacement rear brake line because I crushed mine while I was busy bending my bolt into an irregular shape. I am the **** OWL on this side of the pond. :cry:

I was thinking, "****, that sounds like what happens to me", then I read your last comment :lol:

I am the **** OWL on this side of the pond

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Commiserations. It's not easy.

You guys both got a ways to go..
How about building a sissy bar, it being too tall,
Then building another one that was more expensive than the first one.
Both costing more than the original triumph sells..
Being determined to mount the stebel horn in the exact location of the original one,
because everybody said it couldn't be done.
Then having the original bracket brake going down the hiway,
dropping the bracket and horn AND cover into the road,
scratching your fender and totaling your horn and cover.
Having not 1, not 2, but 3 gas tanks because you KNOW your next mod is gonna screw something up somewhere.
Having not 1, not 2, but 3 front fenders for the same reason.
We ain't even gonna go into rear fenders for that mod..
Speaking of which,
Does anybody have a old headlight bucket they ain't using.
I'd buy a headlight, also a chrome tach or speedometer if anybodys replaced theirs..
Kudos to those guys who can look at something, see what they want to change, then do it with no problems.
Me? it takes time, effort and money to get it like I want it..

hmmm..

nope got me beat...

C'mon Reg, I know you got somethin to share..
Spill it :lol:

when I had my sprint ST for sale..

was all shined up, was beautiful...

I parked it on my sidewalk for sale, walked out with a clean Blue microfiber rag to wipe the dust off the tank that afternoon..one good wipe...

felt something drag, turns out one of my metal working projects had cast a shard into my rag bin..nice toenail clipping size shard of tin metal left a 9 inch half moon white scratch in my tank, right around the gas cap where any buyer would see it..


sigh

even better...

went to ride a bike up on a flat bed trailer hooked to my pickup...

apparently the tongue wasn't tight enough and it flipped straight up, gashing the tailgate and denting the bumper...

same trailer, now tightened, no bike on it...rounding a curve, truck turns left, trailer goes straight.... crosses a parking lot ( avoiding all the parked cars) travels about 150-200 yards comes to a stop on the curb next to the building... only damaged the S hook that bent and popped when the tongue let go..