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about 20 mins after i put the bike up, it started sleeting/snowing. GOOD THING

It had a regular dowco cover on it. one i had since 04 with the sv650. last weekend i went for about a 3 hour ride and now...nada. weather is just to poor.
like i said, about the 5th time to uncover/recover this year/winter. :(
 

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Hey, I almost always use the kickstand to shut my bike off and I haven't had any issues doing it that way. Plus, its a nice safety in case you should ever have one of those moments where you might forget to put the kickstand down whist parking the bike...
 

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+ 1 on using the kickstand to turn the bike off. I've been doing it from day one and not had a problem.

There are 2 safety reasons i do it.

1. As kuhlka said - " its a nice safety in case you should ever have one of those moments where you might forget to put the kickstand down whist parking the bike..."

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2. I always leave my bike in gear to prevent it rolling off the side stand - accidentally or by someone pushing it.

BTW ssregal39 have you considered getting one of these, it could save you a lot of time and give you better protection.
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I had no idea we had some of hollywood's finest right here on Trat!!! :hammer: :-D

One question fer ya though ssregal, how do I git a vid on the interntet? I have sumt'n on dvd that I wanna show you fellers, but I have no idea how to do it. Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. :hammer:
 

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Your triple suffers from the same "Will you start fine this time? IgniIgni! Ah! Come on Speedy! IgniIgni! Start [email protected] it, start!! IgniIgniIgniIgni! Start you crazy bike! IgniIgniIgniIgni! Won't you start already? IgniIgniIgniIgni! Come on! IgniIgniIgniIgniIgniIgni! Come on! IgniIgni! Come on! IgniIgniIgni! ROUUUMMMMMM Ah! Yes! Ok! finally" syndrome as mine.
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<BR>To my knowledge, mine is the most traveled of 05s3 in the wild (42000Kms =~ 26250 miles). I must warn you: if you don't do something about it you will damage your starter engine. Your battery will die on you time and time again. You will ruin the bendix.
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<BR>How do I know that? Don't ask. :mad:

[ This message was edited by: drainbamage on 2007-01-22 10:41 ]
 

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i was really bored and had nothing better to do
i could put it in the dining room but if the landlords found out they might get pi$$ed i have seriously considered it but decided to just use a giant tarp and bungees
 
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