KAPTAIN KAAAY WHY
Earlier this week I was having a remarkably persistent problem getting a new tire to set into its bead. After trying all the methods I have used in 50 years of changing motorcycle tires with no success, I bought a tube of K Y jelly, the unscented stuff.
A motorcycle should not smell like a fru fru.
Applying a glob in the groove quickly got the rubber to move into it's desired position. With air pressure and the jelly in the part of the rim that was most difficult, the tire began to squirm and seated the bead until the line was visible all round on both sides.
So this morning at the coffee shop as I was sipping my Kona, I saw that one tail light of the sidecar had been pushed into the hack body. See the photos.
I attempted to get it back in position with no joy. Remembering the success with the tire, I figured that to get a rubber into an oval opening with the works inside it would be a cinch with the afore mentioned wiener schlider lubricant.
I got out the tube of stuff and some paper towels and fingered some grease on the rubber. Voila! It slipped right into place. Being water soluble it won't harm the rubber or fiberglass either.
After two successes in a row this wonderful product has earned it's place in my tool kit.
Do any of you have further adventures with your own bikes and Kaptain K Y?
No one may have sex while riding in the sidecar of a motorcycle in Norfolk, Virginia, where an old ordinance outlaws anyone from doing so while cruising down a city street.
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Is it prohibited on a 2 wheel bike too? If not, maybe a defense based on discrimination would get that law revoked.
The defendant in a spectacular divorce proceeding was on the stand being questioned by the plaintiffs attorney.
The attorney asked, " Is it not true that on the night of July 23rd, You were seen on the handlebars of a motorcycle speeding through Centerville while having intercourse with a circus midget named Clyde?"
She stammered a bit and said, "What was that date again?"
Peas and corn,
Is that ordinance actually sidecar specific?
Just wondering in case I'm in Norfolk some time and happen to get lucky. Heh,Heh
Lonnie
the hack does have an attraction duddnit ?
way more "luck" than on any two wheeler...yes
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I'm more impressed with the fact that Phelonius still has KY on hand. 🙂 🙂
I made a special trip to go get it just for the job. The job being a tire change but when this light mount came up it worked perfectly. Does it have some other use too?
It doesn't anymore now that y'all have informed me that WD40 will do just as good. I'm still not sure if Brenda is going to go for this or not.....
