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sabrewalt
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Today, I had to run down to the corner drug store. Real short run. Lot of it sidewalks. For the first time, I did not inspect ANYTHING. Just pushed the primer, choked it, pulled it twice and off I went.
As I pulled up to the side of the store and started to get off the engine started racing. (my kill switch wire broke a last week and I had not gotten around to fixing it. I usually pull up to buildings with the motor off but without the kill switch I did not bother. This was only a block right??? I quickly picked up the back of the bike and reached back and choked it off. This old guy was laughing his *** off. It was not graceful. That little black threaded bolt that GEBE sends you sheared off clean and the engine had slipped backwards and the throttle cable got real tight. See pictures borrowed from BAMA. Against the advice on this board, I did not put a safety tiwrap on the front strap, did not inspect my bike and ran it without everything working properly. I figured that as little stress is on that bolt, it would last a million years.. I was wrong.
GEBE guys learn from my mistake.
As I pulled up to the side of the store and started to get off the engine started racing. (my kill switch wire broke a last week and I had not gotten around to fixing it. I usually pull up to buildings with the motor off but without the kill switch I did not bother. This was only a block right??? I quickly picked up the back of the bike and reached back and choked it off. This old guy was laughing his *** off. It was not graceful. That little black threaded bolt that GEBE sends you sheared off clean and the engine had slipped backwards and the throttle cable got real tight. See pictures borrowed from BAMA. Against the advice on this board, I did not put a safety tiwrap on the front strap, did not inspect my bike and ran it without everything working properly. I figured that as little stress is on that bolt, it would last a million years.. I was wrong.
GEBE guys learn from my mistake.