I'm so infuriated! I dropped my bike so many times. the trails sucked! It took me a half an hour to pick my bike up. EACH TIME! I bent my brake lever 90 degrees .

Someone tell me a worst wreck to cheer me up =P

also, can the levers be bent back if there are no stress marks in them?



Peace,love, and hope,
Will

 

if you like to wreck alot it sounds like you may need to invest in a good pair of handlebar guards. Best advice i've received is to install rim locks, and lower the air pressure. I run about 15 to 17 and it makes a world of difference.

 

Bent levers will usually break if you try to straighten them, have a spare set ready and get some Bark Busters, also sounds like you need some better tyres. What type of terrain do you ride?

 

Hey young dude you gotta settle down, you sound like Joe Joe the idiot circus boy you keep this up and you'll need another bike soon. I'm only kidding of course, but you can straighten levers out I heard by baking them in the oven at 350 until they are hot and then slowly bending them back, but that is only something I heard, not sure if it actually works.

 

i bent back my brake lever with out heating it up,,,, just grabbed it with two pair of pliers.... worked ok,, wasnt bent that bad, half hour to pick the bike up? sounds like someone needs to get to the gym....lol..j/k

 

I drop my bike quite a lot also. Usually after I go to a motor-cross event and try to do what they do. It just looks so easy... Get some hand guard, that will save the levers and your hands. I have tried to straighten out my levers and they just broke.

 

I couldn't pick up my hike because i kept slipping down the hill . I mostly ride trails and feilds. Yesterday was so annoying, I had to make my own trail cause i got lost . Then I ended up about a mile away form where I started so I had to go into a field and it was like straight up and down and I dropped my bike out there and couldn't get a good grip to pick it up and ended up sliding my left grip off. I haven't go to try the trail by my house yet. I want to go back on the trails I knew when I was a kid.

 

Hey, Will. Relax a little. It helps to learn to laugh at yourself too. I have, scratch that. I AM a lot of material to laugh at, I'll assure you. Most dirt types get real good at it...or they just go nuts.
Slower will likely be faster for you right now. Take time to learn to ride with finesse. That takes practice and usually riding with somebody who already has it so they can show you the ropes. For starters, keep your feet on the pegs, even stand in the rough stuff and try to get your balance perfected as best you can. Practice pressing on the inside, then the outside footpeg in a tight turn while keeping the clutch in the friction zone...very slowly. Oppose the pull of the motor with the rear brake and you will be amazed at how much more stable the bike becomes. It will almost feel like magiconce you get it right.

As for the levers. You can often straighten them by removing them first. Lay them out on a block of wood and tap them with another block ofwood or a dead blow hammer. Not rubber, although that can work, but a shot filled one works best. The sudden impact releaves the stress of bending somewhat where simply forcing them to bend with your hands is almost sure to break them. Do a little at a time and be patient. Keep a spare one available too, because there is no guarantee that you won't overdo it and snap the old one.

Good luck, Man'o. Remember, this is fun. The more you do it, the more fun it'll be.

Bill Dragoo
Norman, Oklahoma

 

Sure is fun to ride eehh!

JK bro I had too. Sometimes it is just a bitch when your off road.

 

Yes, yes it is a bitch. Lol