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FastDoc · 01-31-2012, 01:52 PM

Stuff falls off. Maybe more on CB's but stuff falls off all bikes :? .

Many years ago I lost a shift lever off my first bike, a 1980 GS1100E while crossing the Delaware River on a steel grate bridge by New Hope, PA. I had a pretty nurse on the back :wink: .

The lever went through the road surface into the river, lost forever with George Washington's silver dollar :( . I rode in second gear, I believe, to the closest town in NJ. Lawrenceville, IIRC. I bought a small vise grip and clamped it onto the shifter shaft. This helped me get home. I don't recall if the pretty nurse was impressed or not :wink: .

I still have that vise grip.

Thanks for reminding me of a fond memory of my long lost youth.

01-31-2012, 01:52 PM	#66
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Stuff falls off. Maybe more on CB's but stuff falls off all bikes :? . Many years ago I lost a shift lever off my first bike, a 1980 GS1100E while crossing the Delaware River on a steel grate bridge by New Hope, PA. I had a pretty nurse on the back :wink: . The lever went through the road surface into the river, lost forever with George Washington's silver dollar :( . I rode in second gear, I believe, to the closest town in NJ. Lawrenceville, IIRC. I bought a small vise grip and clamped it onto the shifter shaft. This helped me get home. I don't recall if the pretty nurse was impressed or not :wink: . I still have that vise grip. Thanks for reminding me of a fond memory of my long lost youth. __________________ Happy to serve.
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