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Another one was a flywheel key had sheared and I didn't know it. I was kicking it trying to start it and it kicked back and started. What I didn't know is that is was running backwards and when I put it in gear and let out on the clutch, backwards it went and I fell over the bars. Fun times lol.
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All the bolts rattled out of the stater on my 300sx and It was still running, just ran a little dirty like a carb issue.
Anyway I was busting some laps out at a local practice track when all off a sudden the bike lost drive & it was making this horrible grinding noise that was coming from the back end. I thought it’d thrown a chain. Looked down & the hub had snapped on the drive side. We put it down to the fact that the hubs wasn’t man enough for the bigger size wheel.
Sheared one on a 1982 cr 250.
As near as I can tell, one of the chain adjuster bolts fell out, allowing the wheel to go sideways in the swingarm. The axle was broken in two, bent and wedged in the hub, sprocket twisted, etc.
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When I went to tear it down I found the rag I had left stuffed in the intake boot. What a dummy.
The rear suspension brackets cracked and broke of the chassis of my 2002 250 tm 2 stroke after landing a huge jump. Injured my both ankles.
With the same bike my dad tightened the rear axle and he could not get it tightened. Problem was that the axle was not one piece on the other side. He torned the axle out of square block. Many other problems with this bike i only rode for 2.5 months.
Losing my carburator twice. First time landing a big jump with my 1994 KX80 because of flex in the chassis. Was riding with 125cc wheels in that bike with longer swingarm and a fork that was made longer with bushes. (That one time came loose and i was all coveres with oil)
The other time was in time practice of a big race with my 2006 CR250. My dad forgot to tighten it after change the jetting.
Snapped frame of a Italjet 50cc when i was 7.
Dropped needle jet of a 1990 KX80.
Taking a holeshot in a local race and in the first turn the sparkplug somehow suddenly broke. My bike an extreme hopped up 2000 Honda cr 125 ran like shit. It sounded like a 4 stroke but i kept leading the race. After half a lap i stopped to look at the choke but is was oke. I kept going in third place and was coming closer to the 2 leaders of the race. After a couple of laps my dad had me stop the race. We quickly changed the sparkplug and i tried my bike when i re entered the race and it was ok.
My dad said bullshit. spun off the gas cap and said your out of gas!! My dad was always wanting to put too much gas in my bike. More than needed to be in it. I had told him there was plenty of gas in it, when he tried to put gas in it. He told me, :your grandpa ran out of gas racing boats one time.....He only did it once. Moral of the story, when your dad is gassing up your bike, just let him put the gas in it.
I still have the bike and the Magura unit on it. I haven't ridden the bike for probably ten years now but that throttle unit was still working fine last time it was used. Its held up well for being a plastic unit.
I think of this race these days as my "Brandon" moment
photos on next page because I have big thumbs
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Tech-Help-Race-Shop,42/2017-YZ450F-bog-a…
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