What a way to start the day. Had a spare, so it added a few minutes to my morning. Carefully cleaned the dust from around the plug, swapped, started and rode.
NBD, but what the fuck?
Lucky you had a spare. There’s assholes everywhere, unfortunately
The weird part is, the rest of the plug is missing from the connector… Maybe a homeless dude wanted it for breaking windows?
Bike’s got a stock exhaust, hopefully it’s not a pissed neighbor from having to warm her up for a couple of minutes in the morning.
Not that it in any way justifies vandalism, but a guy who lived around the corner from my gf decided to park his bike right across the street from her place for a year or so and him starting up and idling like that, just outside the window, at around 6am every day…
…well…like I said, it doesn’t justify vandalism at all, but I can at least see why someone may feel that way.
It’s a 2 cylinder that idles pretty quiet… who’d be brave enough to get in a fist fight over a little noise at 7am or so?
E: guys, it’s a quiet put-put-put, I’m not revving or anything while cold as that does exactly the damage I’m trying to protect the engine from.
There’s no way around idling the bike in the morning for a couple of minutes? Seems weird to me. Pulling the choke and going easy the first couple of miles/km is the way to go, or am I wrong here?
Yeah, it’s a thing. I’m not a motorcycle person and don’t know exactly why but my dad always had to do it before driving to work when I was a kid
Bike’s got a stock exhaust, hopefully it’s not a pissed neighbor from having to warm her up for a couple of minutes in the morning.
Stock exhaust on a two-banger being a problem? Unlikely, if it was built this century. Thanks for not being one of those attention-seeking bikers that give the rest of us a bad name.
ETA: I see it’s an 80s GS. Shouldn’t be very loud.
The rumor I’ve heard is that if they break just right you can smoke certain substances out of them. No idea if it’s actually true.
