2) I are a smart man so while doing an oil change I happily put in the 3 quarts, put the dipstick back and start the engine. I swear there's a 2ft high column of oil that arcs up gracefully and covers the middle part of the bike and my garage floor. It helps to tighten the dipstck too:}:}

 

ahhaha!! I did it.

 

Of course I also know better than Yamaha (right:}) and happily ignore the 30 seconds idle before checking oil level and wonder why my faithful Warrior is blowing oil all over our friends' bike riding out to California from Colorado last year......

 

My dumb move on the warrior. One day while deciding I need to raise up on the mini floor boards to let my slacks slide down from a bunched up in the crotch position I placed my foot of the rear break pedal by accident. Now try to imaginge how hard it is to stay on a bike when you are on your feet and the back brake locks and you are not expecting it. I almost went over the handle bar.

 

always remember to put your kickstand down before you get off the bike

 

I've forgot to do that more than a couple of times...my left ankle is still healing..!

 

+1
And the embarrassment if you do it in front of a crowded shopping centre

Dutch

 

I pulled the front wheel to get it changed. When I put it back together, I knew that you should rock the front end forward a couple of times before you do the final tightening on the axle to ensure everything is seated properly. My only problem is I hadn't reattached the calipers, so when I went to push deeply into the front end, the bike just started rolling forward as I frantically pulled the brake lever to no avail. Luckily I basically just pushed it into my workbench, nothing was hurt but my pride

 

It is because you have LED lights and the extra energy is diverted to the decompression solenoid. Using a key and the bike in neutral bypasses that system.

But to be honest Terry, you might bypass it your way too, I haven't actually tried it.

 

terryk ... LeaderDuece

• No harm done if in NEUTRAL regardless of lighting configuration with or w/o kill switch/key or kick stand

My real world explanation here fwiiw: The Click of Death (COD) aka Solenoid Syndrome

ADDED: I always park in gear and remove the slack to prevent rolling ​

 

terryk ... LeaderDuece

• No harm done if in NEUTRAL regardless of lighting configuration with or w/o kill switch/key or kick stand

My real world explanation here fwiiw: The Click of Death (COD) aka Solenoid Syndrome

ADDED: I always park in gear and remove the slack to prevent rolling ​

Aaand that's why I ALWAYS defer to AlanH.

But...does this mean it's possible to get the COD if you kill the bike by putting down the kickstand with the bike in gear -it's NOT in neutral.

 

Down shifted instead of upshifting wihilst accelerating hard out of 2nd into 1st. Almost over the bars! Rear end sliding left and right. Had factory bars and risers at the time. With my current setup I prolly would have lost it.

 

Did that 2nd to 3rd to 2nd almost sh!t my pants!

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I was installing Baron's adjustable lowering links, and like a noob put the motorcycle jack so that it blocked the frame opening to remove the spring & shock. So I lower the jack to move it sideways, and of course without a spring the bike goes just as low as the jack, still can't move the jack. Except that now the shock moved so that it got caught between the jack pad and the frame... There is no way to remove it, no matter what I do. I ended up lifting the back of the bike off the jack using my 2 ton engine hoist and ratchet straps... Lol...

 

That's the best one so far


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Long story short, don't assume that the yellow light will last 'till you make it through the intersection!

 

+however many on the making sure your kickstand is down, ripped the bolts for the controls right out of the frame, luckily was at my shop, retapped the hole all the way thru and installed longer bolts.

Buddy just spent $250 after a spark plug change, come to fine out after the plug change there was a small screw laying somewhere around the inside spark plug while changing them it fell into the cyl and when he started the bike and it was knocking BAD, ended up tearing the front cyl down and removing the screw, just some small marks, some new gaskets and she's back on the road.

Moral of the story make sure you check with a flash light or magnet there's nothing laying around the plugs, he used a air compressor to blow the dirt/small rocks off but so fare so well on the screw......

Luckily he has a buddy who works for beer and his bike was only down for a week and only paid for some new gaskets

 

I was at a busy stop light in 2007. It was a warm day in Monterey CA and there were a few cute girls next to me in a car. I had the clutch pulled in and I thought I was in neutral. I let the clutch "flick" out and off I went. Most bikes will lurch forward and die. NOT THE WARRIOR! I started pulling on the break and clutch levers hard. I screwed up and did the three finger pull on the clutch leaving my index finger trapped between the grip and clutch lever. So I kept going till I smacked the back of a 747i BMW. The bike threw me forward till I was doing a handstand and then the **** shocks recoiled and shot me in the air. I landed head first on the rear fender and then as the bike fell left I went right. I burned my arm real bad on my Pro Pipe right at the 2 in 1 section. The girls didn't even care that I just got in a wreck but the rich lady in the BMW did. Capitol F for failure and man I felt like a douche bag.

 

I was at a busy stop light in 2007. It was a warm day in Monterey CA and there were a few cute girls next to me in a car. I had the clutch pulled in and I thought I was in neutral. I let the clutch "flick" out and off I went. Most bikes will lurch forward and die. NOT THE WARRIOR! I started pulling on the break and clutch levers hard. I screwed up and did the three finger pull on the clutch leaving my index finger trapped between the grip and clutch lever. So I kept going till I smacked the back of a 747i BMW. The bike threw me forward till I was doing a handstand and then the **** shocks recoiled and shot me in the air. I landed head first on the rear fender and then as the bike fell left I went right. I burned my arm real bad on my Pro Pipe right at the 2 in 1 section. The girls didn't even care that I just got in a wreck but the rich lady in the BMW did. Capitol F for failure and man I felt like a douche bag.

you want some epic with that fail? the only thing better would be having video. sounds like some **** i would do.

 

I pulled the left side plugs, put a table spoon or 2 of oil in each cylinder, then hit the starter to crank the engine over a couple times. My first experience with 4 plugs in a V twin

 

Lesson learned the hard way....

Wife left out the blow dryer one morning. After completing the manscaping I got out of the shower and seen it laying on the counter. So I figured, oh **** why not. My luck she walks in to see me drying my manhood and asks, "What are you doing?!"

So naturally I responded, "warming up your breakfast" I learned a valuable lesson that day.

 

i shared this with people at work and we all died with this one/

 

Wear a jacket no matter how hot it is...

 

Here is my Dick head play of the day.......Trying to fit a pc3 above the fuel pump..it was close but not quite fitting..so I pushed it a little harder,and hear the snap...unaware of what I had just destroyed....I finished the install then turned the key and fuel freakin gushed out like car wash sprayer.
Luckily the bike didn't catch fire.
Lesson is If the dam thing isn't fitting? There is a reason why! For the love of freedom ...DONT FORCE IT!
-CS

 

I have only had my warrior a few days, so I haven't had time to learn much about it the hard way. I should avoid a lot by reading here. It has 4 spark plugs? How many actually felt the cringe of pain looking at that road rash?

The flywheel came loose from the hub on my KX250, so I drilled out the rivets and bolted it back together. I did not mark the position of the hub to the center before I took it apart. I figured I had six possibilities, so I bolted it together for attempt #1. I kicked it, and it started right off. Revved up, and sounded great. Lucky me, I got it on the first try! I revved it up a little more, and popped the clutch.......... It took off BACKWARDS! There's no reverse on my dirtbike. That day I learned that a two stroke will run backwards. Since then, I've learned that some golf carts do this routinely to back up.


Scott

 

-DO NOT put a 3 foot breaker bar on a bolt that is stuck in the frame. One will break and neither are fun to fix.
-Antiseize not locktite goes on any steel that bolts into any aluminum (see #1)
-Do not over torque button head hex bolts unless you want them to never be able to be removed.
-You dont need no steeenkin AIS.
-Grip glue is made for a reason.
-Simply disconnected the horn can have nefarious affects on your motorcycle.

 

This made me laugh at myself last night....It was time to change oil in bike, and bike was shifting a little clunky. Did some research and got numerous recommendations to try the Rotella T oil....Spent couple of hrs changing oil, filter, installing led lights. Lowered bike down from lift, get on bike in garage and start up. **** thing stalls EVERY time I put in gear!!! Second gear doesn't engage, just grinds. After a few minutes, I get off, grab a beer to think. Sit back on bike and realize........Kick stand down :-O

 

Hmmm... Rotella T oil (T-6 right?) only comes in 5-40 I believe. I may be wrong of course, I don't know their whole line of oils. However, that's not a good choice with the Warrior. Where did you do said research? (Where did you see that Rotella was the way to go?)

I'm not messing with you, just don't want you to have a catastrophic failure -as Mike would say...

 

Don't want to highjack this thread, or turn it into another "oil debate". But researched here, and one of the 3 ppl that recommended it is a Yamaha mechanic. He has ran it in his R6 for a few yrs. I also had it in my other bike (Suzuki Intruder) with no problems. But I will watch bike carefully and post any problems, if any.

 

Hopefully it will not become another "Lessons learned the hard way" post

 

Rotella T is a "straight" 30 weight non-detergent oil I believe, used in diesels a lot and actually used to break in racing motors too. I've heard of people using it without clutch issues

 

Went for a 3 hr bike ride today...Between car shows and the regular beach bar stops along the way, I only got 2 out of the regular 4 comments from girls wanting rides on the bike today.... So I guess the oil is only 50% effective as what was in it before ;-) BTW-no clutch slip what so ever...

 

so, my warrior is my daily commuter to college. On my way back from school got into a turn lane that comes derectly off the freeway. About 300 ft of white painted turn arrows is contained in this lane, of which I slid across all of it while trying to break from 65mph. no fun!! luckily i managed to steer it to the left to grab some tractions.