SirByron
Junior Member
I'm hoping I'm the only one dumb enough to make this kind of mistake, but I figured I'd share my epic failure in hopes that it saves some other poor soul from making the same mistake.
So I was cleaning up my bike last Wednesday, and I had just started to clean off the chain with some kerosene, I had been cleaning it out with a tooth brush for a good ten minutes. I turned the bike on and revved the engine a couple times for any loose dirt to fling off the chain, then put it in 1st gear and let it idle (Which I've always done when spraying lube or wax on, mainly just to save time and effort). As the bike is idleing, chain moving very slowly, I put the towel I was holding up against the side of the chain to wipe off some of the dirt remnants before spraying the chain wax on. As I was doing this, I slipped a little bit, and before I realized what the hell was going on, I was looking down at the bloody jagged bone that had taken the place of my thumb. My thumb got caught in the towel, which had snagged on the chain, and it got sliced off in the sprocket. So lesson learned, NEVER EVER EVER do anything with the bike on, except for ride it, which hopefully I will still be able to do in a few months, Cheers. - matt
So I was cleaning up my bike last Wednesday, and I had just started to clean off the chain with some kerosene, I had been cleaning it out with a tooth brush for a good ten minutes. I turned the bike on and revved the engine a couple times for any loose dirt to fling off the chain, then put it in 1st gear and let it idle (Which I've always done when spraying lube or wax on, mainly just to save time and effort). As the bike is idleing, chain moving very slowly, I put the towel I was holding up against the side of the chain to wipe off some of the dirt remnants before spraying the chain wax on. As I was doing this, I slipped a little bit, and before I realized what the hell was going on, I was looking down at the bloody jagged bone that had taken the place of my thumb. My thumb got caught in the towel, which had snagged on the chain, and it got sliced off in the sprocket. So lesson learned, NEVER EVER EVER do anything with the bike on, except for ride it, which hopefully I will still be able to do in a few months, Cheers. - matt