Don't you hate it when you put something in a safe place and years later you can't find it. Somewhere in my garage is a spare rotor and rotor removal bolt (they are together in the space place, but noooooooooo--I can't find them to save my life. And, the worse part of all of this....
It's all user error. I have no one else to point the finger at other than myself. Arrgh.
Perhaps, it's time to look for something non motorcycle related. Then, I may come across it.
OK, I feel a little better ranting about this. Well, at least until I go looking for it again. It's there someplace.
Don't you hate it when......
- Jeff in W.C.
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Don't you hate it when......
Jeff in W.C.
1988 R100 RT
2018 R1200 GS
"I've got my motorcycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time." Joe Strummer/Clash
1988 R100 RT
2018 R1200 GS
"I've got my motorcycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time." Joe Strummer/Clash
Re: Don't you hate it when......
I always find long lost items immediately after the charges for new ones go through on my credit card .
Mechanic from Hell
"I remember every raging second of it...
My bike was on fire, the road was on fire, and I was on fire.
It was the best ride ever!"
"I remember every raging second of it...
My bike was on fire, the road was on fire, and I was on fire.
It was the best ride ever!"
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Re: Don't you hate it when......
I lost a matching set of Colt derringers, given to me by my mom before she died, to be given to my cousin. I'm sure I hid it somewhere real good, sigh. In fact it should be in this library room. My mom had given them to my uncle for his high school graduation present, hence why it was supposed to go to my cousin.
Ed Miller
'81 R65
'70 Bonneville
Falls City, OR
"Gasoline makes people stupid." -- Chuey
"I'll believe corporations are people when the State of Texas executes one." Bumper sticker
'81 R65
'70 Bonneville
Falls City, OR
"Gasoline makes people stupid." -- Chuey
"I'll believe corporations are people when the State of Texas executes one." Bumper sticker
Re: Don't you hate it when......
yep, I have done the same thing only to find it a few years later by accident. Now I have started indicating what is in a box, like BMW parts, Jaguar parts and so on, helps narrowing search when I am looking for something.
1974 R90/6 built 9/73
1987 BMW K75S
1994 BMW R1100RS
1964 T100SR Triumph
1986 Honda XL600R
1987 BMW K75S
1994 BMW R1100RS
1964 T100SR Triumph
1986 Honda XL600R
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Re: Don't you hate it when......
Taking a pic (wide shot) where you stored it, can save a lot of time
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Re: Don't you hate it when......
Buy new ones and you will trip over them the next day.
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Re: Don't you hate it when......
I have a box marked BMW special tools... so I know where not to look when I need them...
Rob
Rob
Re: Don't you hate it when......
I have a box labeled 'lost masonry tools' and another box marked 'masonry tools'. The second box contains the same tools as the first box that I could not find when I needed them.
1971 R50/5, 1980 R100T,
CRF 300 Rally, CRF 250F,
1947 James ML
CRF 300 Rally, CRF 250F,
1947 James ML
Re: Don't you hate it when......
bahahaha, omg. I can't tell you how many SD Card Readers I have right now because of this same issue.
- Jeff in W.C.
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Well, persistence paid off. I found the rotor, spare diode board and a new unused voltage regulator. They were in a small plastic bucket that looked like rags, but only the top portion was rags.
Note to self......do better next time when I put things up.
Note to self......do better next time when I put things up.
Jeff in W.C.
1988 R100 RT
2018 R1200 GS
"I've got my motorcycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time." Joe Strummer/Clash
1988 R100 RT
2018 R1200 GS
"I've got my motorcycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time." Joe Strummer/Clash