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From: J. Clarke on 15 Jul 2010 21:35
On 7/15/2010 9:21 PM, sean_q_ wrote:
> Datesfat Chicks wrote:
>
>> ...a man like me has to replace the rear axle at least once a year!
>
> Now I wonder what manly endeavor would stress a rear axle
> so much as to require annual replacement.
>
> SQ [concerned about adequate manhood since I can't recall
> when I've ever had to replace a rear axle]

Perhaps it's the fat chicks putting excessive strain on it.

From: tomorrow on 15 Jul 2010 22:08
On Jul 15, 6:52 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> "tomor...(a)erols.com" <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f21f8981-b78f-4542-851c-567209a11474(a)v6g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 15, 10:17 am, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> >> "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
>
> >>news:7kqs369o5a52s2mvqmj6fe8rleradb2hj8(a)4ax.com...
>
> >> > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:44:40 -0400, "Datesfat Chicks"
> >> > <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >>Questions:
>
> >> >>a)Do they have shop manuals available?  (i.e. all the repair
> >> >>procedures?)
>
> >> > I have one for my Road King and it is probably the best shop manual I
> >> > have ever owned.
>
> >> I've got one for the Z1000, but I've never opened it. Never had to see?
> >> :-)
>
> > Luckily, you've got the local shop to do all the scheduled
> > maintenance?
>
> But do I trust them to do a good job? Not a chance.
>
>
>
> > Luckily, you can get all the information you need out of your manual
> > through osmosis?
>
> Reverse osmosis. I think and it appears in the pages like maic :-)
>
>
>
> > Luckily, you use the on-line version of your manual?
>
> Nah, no need for a manual for something that refuses to break down.
>
>
>
> > Luckily, you have a teen-age son who can read the manual to you?
>
> He's in his 30's but he's learning.
>
>
>
> > Luckily, the Z1000 never needs scheduled maintenance?
>
> Scheduled maintenance doesn't need no steenkin' Manuel.
>
>
>
> > Luckily, your bike purchase included free scheduled maintenance &
> > repairs for the first 36,000 miles?
>
> > Just guessing....
>
> You missed the real reason. It's a Kwak, so it doesn't need maintaining.

And you apparently missedf the call for the line to get a sense of
humor....

From: S'mee on 15 Jul 2010 23:44
On Jul 15, 4:52 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:

> You missed the real reason. It's a Kwak, so it doesn't need maintaining.

Yeah if you don't replace them after they blow up you replace them
after you run them through the cheese grater. 8^) Either way they
rarely get enough miles on them to change the tyres.
From: Datesfat Chicks on 16 Jul 2010 10:34
"sean_q_" <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote in message
news:6uO%n.16330$xZ2.13101(a)newsfe07.iad...
> Datesfat Chicks wrote:
>
>> ...a man like me has to replace the rear axle at least once a year!
>
> Now I wonder what manly endeavor would stress a rear axle
> so much as to require annual replacement.
>
> SQ [concerned about adequate manhood since I can't recall
> when I've ever had to replace a rear axle]

That was a joke about my first motorcycle maintenance experience. I turned
the axle (by putting torque on the nut and not holding the other side of the
axle) while adjusting the chain, and I didn't know what was in there, so I
ordered a new rear axle and had the dealership swap it in at my next oil
change. The young man who did the service handed me the old rear axle and
said something like "It is my impression that the rear axle didn't need to
be replaced".

I looked at the old axle, beat it around a bit, asked some questions on this
newsgroup, etc. I was pretty satisfied that there is nothing in there you
can break by turning the axle.

But I wasn't REALLY satisfied until I removed the rear wheel myself and got
a look at everything. Somehow I believed that there was a complicated
system involving gears, levers, and fragile parts in there. I would not
have imagined that the system was as simple as bearings riding on an axle
that goes straight through. Simpler than I expected.

I'm now satisfied that if I allow the axle to turn a bit while adjusting the
chain, there is NOTHING in there I can break.

It was an inside joke.

Datesfat

From: S'mee on 16 Jul 2010 11:08
On Jul 16, 8:34 am, "Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm now satisfied that if I allow the axle to turn a bit while adjusting the
> chain, there is NOTHING in there I can break.

I dunno, you coulda broke some of those covalent bonds...or fractured
a proton or two and that could be a bad thingk. 8^)

> It was an inside joke.

Yeah but maybe it ought to be saved for the next person to have
something similar...you know. They've never ever done something
before, they do it and see a result or action that makes them think
something bad has happened. Which is why I rarely mention electrical
issues or try to fix them without asking FIRST.
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