Goblin bell ain't werkin....

[AApple]

:rant:
So...there I wuz...cruizin down the road, mindin my own dadgum bidness, and I see something float/fly past me on my left. I looks in my left mirror to see whut it were, and..... :sensored: ...it was apparently the glass out of my left mirror, becuz I no longer had one in there to look into....SON-of-a- :sensored:
Ok...so here's "the rest of da story"....
I have posted here before of my dufus mess-up of laying the bike over a couple of times while riding into the garage. There is an indentation on the ground right where the cement starts, and that's right where I have to turn, to get around one of the cars in the driveway...which is inclined quite a beet, I might add. So, it's a test of my meager skills to get the bike in the garage without hitting either one of the Cadillacs in the driveway, or the Corvette in the garage. What happens is I get right to the front of the Cad, then have to turn left a bit, then back right to go into the garage. Well. the rear tire of the bike has a habit of getting hung up right where that indention is in the ground, and if I don't do the throttle, and brakes just right, I get "stuck" there, and have to goose the throttle a little to get over it. Well....sometimes, that just don't work, and I wind up fallin over into the Cad. This is what I did yesterday.....again. It dint go all the way tho...I was still "in control"(yeah..right). I hit the kill switch quickly, so it wouldn't be runnin leanin over that far. Anyway...the bike was fine, and I had caught it before it hit anything, and was pulling it back upright, when it starts rolling back downhill...and me with only one foot on the ground, and that foot was stuck between the bike and the Cad. I had to let it go. Fortunately, it only leaned over a little more, and the left mirror was holding it up off of the fender of the Cad. Pretty dang stout JCW mirror, I thunk to meself. I stuck a brick under the rear tire to keep it from rollin any farther down the driveway, then righted the bike, fired it up, and go the rest of the way into the geerage, with what was left of my dignity semi-intact.
Apparently, the mirror was deformed enough to let the glass fly out of the base, even tho I looked at it fairly close, and all seemed to be fine. So....now I gotta buy another dadblamed mirror...and hopefully I can find one that has the right glass in it, and not the flat crap that's out there now....

Dadgum goblin bell ain't werkin fer crap....

oh...and I dint even mention the speedo fallin apart on me the other day..... :whistling:

 

[scdmarx]

Wow! About a month or more ago (last time I rode) I had the right mirror do the same thing. I was taking my son somewhere and we went back to look for it because that glass is hard to find anymore. We found it, kid jumped off to get it, and the only damage was a small chip in one corner. Like yours, mind was damaged when I stupidly fell over. I saw a whale spouting and thought I'd pull over and watch a bit. Where the pavement ends and the dirt shoulder begins, there was a steep drop where the dirt starts. I went to put my foot down and there was nothing there until I was leaning past the point of no return. Landed right smack on the mirror, but didn't break the glass. I'm not physically able to lift the bike anymore (I feel guilty for even riding it anymore) and the bike was laying about 20 degrees upside down. Fortunately, a lone car happened by and offered help. I was able to hammer the mirror back out so it's hardly noticeable without looking for it. But I guess the wind blew just right and sucked the glass out.

 

[toytender01]

Maybe your problem a is you have a GOBLIN bell and not a GREMLIN bell. :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy:

 

[AApple]

I just go to a glass shop and ask then to cut me a new mirror and glue it back on...

Thought aboot that too, but, the glass is held on with a rubber/plastic "gasket", for lack of a better term. The gasket went bye-bye, too....
I do have two other mirrors...the original ones from the bike. But I do not have the convex glass. When I bought these mirrors from JCW, I changed the glass because they came with flat glass, not the convex glass. I bought a set off ebay earlier today, so we'll see what they look like when I get them. In the meantime, I may have to find some way to stick the flat glass I have(from the JCW mirrors) in the housing....can you say "duct tape"? Sure...I knew you could.... :smilie_happy:
I'm pretty sure I cut the original gaskets off of the original mirrors when I swapped them, so I won't have those as spares anymore..... :rant:

Goblin bell ain't the same as Gremlin bell? :shock: I figured it would be mo powerful ju-ju...
:crying: :mrgreen:

 

[AApple]

:yahoo: My "new" mirrors came today! :clapping:
Got them off of fleabay..for $14. The listing was "'off of a77 Goldwing", but the pics said different. They do not appear to be Honda mirrors, but they are dang close to perfect, and they have the convex glass! YaHOO!
Now, of course, ya'll know what's next....I need the left side mirror....guess which one of the two had a stripped center post for the screw/spring? Guess...I bet ya cain't guess....Go on..guess....
:Awe:
No problem..it wasn't that bad, and I found another screw that fit, and tightened down nicely. I'll see tomorrow if the adjustment will stay put. If it starts floppin, I'll just swap the glass out.
I been riding with the dam flat glass mirror for a few days, and it's driving me nutz...I can't stand that thing. :mischief: I'm glad I at least got the convex glass with these...whew!
I think I'm get some lettering made to stick on the glass...you know, like the "Caution: Objects in mirrors are closer than they appear"...except mine will say "Objects in Mirror are trying to KILL YOU".... :moped: :wave:

 

[Omega Man]

:rant:
So...there I wuz...cruizin down the road, mindin my own dadgum bidness, and I see something float/fly past me on my left. I looks in my left mirror to see whut it were, and..... :sensored: ...it was apparently the glass out of my left mirror, becuz I no longer had one in there to look into....SON-of-a- :sensored:
Ok...so here's "the rest of da story"....
I have posted here before of my dufus mess-up of laying the bike over a couple of times while riding into the garage. There is an indentation on the ground right where the cement starts, and that's right where I have to turn, to get around one of the cars in the driveway...which is inclined quite a beet, I might add. So, it's a test of my meager skills to get the bike in the garage without hitting either one of the Cadillacs in the driveway, or the Corvette in the garage. What happens is I get right to the front of the Cad, then have to turn left a bit, then back right to go into the garage. Well. the rear tire of the bike has a habit of getting hung up right where that indention is in the ground, and if I don't do the throttle, and brakes just right, I get "stuck" there, and have to goose the throttle a little to get over it. Well....sometimes, that just don't work, and I wind up fallin over into the Cad. This is what I did yesterday.....again. It dint go all the way tho...I was still "in control"(yeah..right). I hit the kill switch quickly, so it wouldn't be runnin leanin over that far. Anyway...the bike was fine, and I had caught it before it hit anything, and was pulling it back upright, when it starts rolling back downhill...and me with only one foot on the ground, and that foot was stuck between the bike and the Cad. I had to let it go. Fortunately, it only leaned over a little more, and the left mirror was holding it up off of the fender of the Cad. Pretty dang stout JCW mirror, I thunk to meself. I stuck a brick under the rear tire to keep it from rollin any farther down the driveway, then righted the bike, fired it up, and go the rest of the way into the geerage, with what was left of my dignity semi-intact.
Apparently, the mirror was deformed enough to let the glass fly out of the base, even tho I looked at it fairly close, and all seemed to be fine. So....now I gotta buy another dadblamed mirror...and hopefully I can find one that has the right glass in it, and not the flat crap that's out there now....

Dadgum goblin bell ain't werkin fer crap....

oh...and I dint even mention the speedo fallin apart on me the other day..... :whistling:

~O~

 

[Anonymous]

Like I said before Bells are for cows.

 

[Wildwing]

Like I said before Bells are for cows.

That's why i ride with a Gumby...everyone knows gremlins are afraid of Gumby Gumba.