OK, so here's how my Saturday went.
I'm in Calgary visiting my friends and family. My best friend has a brand new motorcycle and he says, "I don't get to ride it much, why don't you take it for a spin?"
So I say great , I hop on and take it for a spin.
I go to visit my brother, and my 2 year old nephew sees the bike and wants to sit on it. He's already familiar with it since my best friend had let him sit on it the day before and play with the horn. So I bring him out and let him sit on the bike and play with everything. He starts pushing buttons and wants to hear the horn. I don't turn it on so he won't drive the neighbors crazy.
A few hours later I'm ready to leave and go visit some other friends for a couple drinks. I hop on, but the bike won't start. The check oil warning is on, which it has never done before.
So I start to panic. Is this a new safety feature in the new bikes? Have I driven all the oil out of my best friends brand new bike?
I check the oil gauge and it's completely empty. Now I just pray the bike is not damaged. There's no oil on the ground and the bottom of the bike is dry, so I know there is no leak. I email my friend to find out what kind of oil it takes. Eventually I find it on the internet. So I go to the local gas station and pick up 3 litres of oil. I add one litre and then there's a reading on the gauge, so I'm thinking ok no problem, it was just a little low.
Now I'm not too familiar with this bike so I check the internet again, and it says the bike has to be in the upright position to read the oil gauge.
So I go back out where the bike is on its kick stand and I'm thinking I'm an idiot. So I stand the bike upright and check the gauge. Now it's overfull. There was nothing wrong with the oil. So I take another look at the bike and realize the kill switch is off, and think back to my nephew flicking all the switches.
So I turn the kill switch back on and start the bike. NO PROBLEM. Now I feel like the worlds biggest retard. But now I have to drain some oil out.
Now when my back is turned, my little nephew, you know the one with the kill switch? Well he sticks his little plastic sippy straw in the oil tank. His dad's off helping me and getting me some tools, so he doesn't notice. I try to grab the straw with some pliers, but it only knocks it deeper. Now there's no way to get it out.
So I drain the oil, but the straw is still stuck. So now 3 hours later I call it a night, go in and have a whiskey before I call my friend and tell him I have just ruined his new bike.
In the morning I call AMA and have the bike towed to the dealer. I give him the spiel and soon the whole shop is laughing. They have to take off the muffler to get at the oil pan. Here's where I get lucky. They have a gasket in stock, and the mechanic is just finishing another bike and they can get to me right away.
I go have lunch at a casino down the road,and when I get back they have the straw out, it's got a complete oil change and it's good to go. I happily pay the $200 bill, so I can take it back and tell my friend, it's all OK.
All cause I didn't check the goddamn kill switch. I am the world's biggest retard.
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- 15 years, 7 months, 19 days ago
