Mcgyver Emergency fix thread, – OLD Bull Trailriders

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September 23, 2008 at 8:52 am #95151

Mick D
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OK Nigel and RiderX you will be good at this…..
Emergency trail side repairs, we have all seen them,, you know a zip tie will fix a ton of things but other things can be used as well. Tell us what you have done or seen.
Here is my first offering….
A spark plug has the same thread as a XR sump plug.
I saw Crippy using bits of stick for bash plate spacers the other day.
More to come as I think of them.. how about offering a few of your own?
Maybe it is a tool you made for that special job. whatever…tell us about it
I might have a prize for the best offering.

September 23, 2008 at 9:27 am #108522

Dean
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I once travelled 5 hours for a trail ride,when I got there I realised I hadnt installed my airfilter,the cage and bolt was still there,so we made up a filter with a t shirt and a new chux cloth that had been soaked in cooking oil,That bike a 85 KTM500MXC was also sporting a american dime araldited in the front master cylinder sight glass,thanx Rick :laugh:

cheers Ollie

September 23, 2008 at 9:29 am #108523

Anonymous

Nah, I got nuthin’! I do all my good stuff on the bike in the shed, and not on the trail. About all I have done is the old trick of welding some cut down sockets for the axles, onto the ends of some tyre levers. I was once gonna make some sub tanks for the front suspension, but couldn’t scrounge any airline fittings or nylon tubing from anyone.
I do what I think are small improvements to existing stuff, and make stuff myself, as I have no money to buy it. ie muffler

Maybe one day I will actually get out and do some riding. Just for you Mick, I might even have a crash or two and break something, so I can use this faulty brain of mine to solve the problem using some “bush mechanic” skills.

N

September 23, 2008 at 9:37 am #108524

Mick D
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Yeah that is the stuff I was after, come on guys even if you are a lurker this would be a good thread to stick your head in…
I have held an engine sprocket on a RD250LC with a radiator hose clamp, It was still there when the bike was traded in!!!

September 23, 2008 at 9:39 am #108529

Dean
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My Latest Mcgyver effort was transplanting a 99 ktm exc front end onto a 98 Model Husky 360 so my mate rick could ride it at Wauchope :woohoo:

ollie

September 23, 2008 at 9:47 am #108530

Mick D
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Ollie wrote:

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My Latest Mcgyver effort was transplanting a 99 ktm exc front end onto a 98 Model Husky 360 so my mate rick could ride it at Wauchope :woohoo:

ollie

Yeah the Frankenbike, and the funny part is the new front end worked a treat and the arse end fell off!!!!

September 23, 2008 at 9:52 am #108532

Dean
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Yeah the Frankenbike, and the funny part is the new front end worked a treat and the arse end fell off!!!![/quote]

Ha HA SNORT HA HA :laugh: :laugh: it is still sitting in the garage like that as I cant be f#$%ed fixing it yet

ollie

September 23, 2008 at 9:53 am #108533

Chris
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How bout the 10mm sidchrome spanner banged onto the gear spline of my yz80j used as a gear lever for about 6 months, did the trick..

Chris.

P.S there is another update coming shortly so If you notice anything weird just ignore it.. I will probably not do it till around 11pm..

September 23, 2008 at 9:55 am #108534

Mick D
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Were is Rick anyhow?? haven’t heard boo from the big fella. Betta gee him up Ollie.

September 23, 2008 at 9:57 am #108535

Chris
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I’ve also heard of Northy stuffing a tyre full of hay/grass etc to get him home after a flat..

Chris.

September 23, 2008 at 10:00 am #108536

Dean
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Yeh mate I should,I think he’s giving the patisserie business the flick and is going thru a few life changes at the moment,ie new girlfriend :kiss: (sound familiar? :laugh: )he wants to buy my bike but still needs some cash,he is dead keen though!

ollie

September 23, 2008 at 10:01 am #108537

Chris
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Or tie wire holding my chain together after snapping on a ride on my cr80.. I could think of heaps, not through ingenuity but being to poor to fix em properly..

Chris

September 23, 2008 at 10:02 am #108538

Greg
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Well seeing how you have entered some ideas there mick and not bad ideas at that, I will judge it as I am not entering (besides Mick your on the board so you cant win and I can Judge as I out rank you lol)

September 23, 2008 at 10:45 am #108539

Mick D
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chris72a wrote:

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Or tie wire holding my chain together after snapping on a ride on my cr80.. I could think of heaps, not through ingenuity but being to poor to fix em properly..

Chris

Necessity is the mother of all invention and that is what this thread is about, getting the bike home or an ingenious fix so you can ride.

Crippy managed to get a XR250 front wheel onto a Husaberg that had smashed it’s rim in the Cells river region, so as to get it out to a trailer. Zip ties were used on that occasion, maybe he could fill us in on the details.

September 23, 2008 at 11:30 pm #108540

Mick D
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I made a XR600 rear wheel bearing retainer removing tool out of
Some threaded bar and a pedal off a broken lift stand.

Here is the story if you are interested……..

http://www.obtrailriders.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=56&func=view&catid=4&id=705
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