Some stranger "moved" my bike.....what would you do?

[1_v8_merc]

Most of the comments have been regarding "no harm, no foul" and for the most part, I agree with that (my original comment about heavy chain was in jest).

BUT... All of you who commented seem to have forgotten this bit...



Now, to my mind, it would take a little more than a few seconds to approach your bike, see it's "penned in" and decide to clear a path for your grand exit...

In the time it took him to decide to move the GS, physically get astride the thing, move it out the way and "park it up", surely the other three bike owners would've got on their bikes and moved off in some manner.

If that's the case, the Harley owner coulda just angled his front wheel by using that handy thing called the "handle bars" and just driven around the GS, right?

Unless the Harley owner doesn't know what those bar thingies are for and just goes in straight lines, leaning to one side or the other to go around corners/bends...?

Maybe the other three bike owners were his friends/posse and they helped him dump the GS out of the way...?

Then again... Maybe there was a gravitational paradoxical irregularity that occurred in those few precious minutes and, as the world rotated on it's axis, gravity surrounding those few square metres of ground simply "failed", resulting in the other four bikes being carried off towards space but the sheer weighty coolness of the GS meant that the "anti-gravity effect" was only sufficient to raise the bike a couple of inches off the ground, then rest it back onto the ground in a different spot due to the planet having rotated that distance beneath the floating bike...

Jus' sayin'.

Hahaha wow you just blew my friggin mind....

But I think I've come to the conclusion that he was just too afraid of turning Japanese if he touched my bike any longer...so that's why he didn't move it back.

[1948man]

When I'm out and about in places I don't know, it is rare that I will park my bike anyplace that I will not be in constant sight of it.

Earl

I thought I was the only one. I don't feel quite as paranoid/obsessive now.

[gustovh]

Next time chose a different parking spot and there will be no problem !!!!!!

My thoughts exactly.

I have never owned a bike that hasn't fallen over on me so I make sure that I have room around me for that reason. Sandy, John, Charlie G, Carter Turk and Rich can attest to that. But that's my reason, it has been a habit for a lot of years now.

Personaly, parking tooooo close to a Harley can cause your Suzuki to start leaking.
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[ptexotik]

if I'm ever witnessed getting riled up about anyone touching either of my near 30yr old 'buckets of bolts' .... someone please put me out of my MISERY!

[Octain]

Personaly, parking tooooo close to a Harley can cause your Suzuki to start leaking.
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If thats the case wouldnt it work the other way around as well?
My Harley dont leak but my Suzuki does.

[chuck hahn]

Thats probably cuz you ride the Zook and not the Harley??

[chuck hahn]

The day will come as you drive by or are there that youll see the bike. I mean its a Harley so it will frequent shops quite a bit. Then you can enquire as to who owns this here bike and remind him of the biker etiqette of you dont even touch anyones bike unless you ask or are invited to. I had a buddy that died in his sleep and he had a bandanna tied in a loop with a padlock on it. He told me it was his educator in case he ever caught anyone screwing with his bike. A few swats across the skull and they would be educated.

[Octain]

Thats probably cuz you ride the Zook and not the Harley??

So riding em makes em leak?

[chuck hahn]

LMAO...No it makes things wear out which then will leak. You must ride the Zook more than the Harley.. eventually they all will leak somewhere.

[Octain]

LMAO...No it makes things wear out which then will leak. You must ride the Zook more than the Harley.. eventually they all will leak somewhere.

Oh so riding em puts ware on the gasket area?

[chuck hahn]

Keep it up Todd and I will report you to admin for "baiting" a member into an arguement..HA HA...too funny.

[earlfor]

So riding em makes em leak?

No, cantankerous, non conformist oil getting out makes'em leak.

[chuck hahn]

Cover gaskets dont usually leak but orings and other gaskets that have shafts for the shifters and drive shaft components do wear out from use. So i guess the short answer is Yes, driving them does make them leak ....eventually.

[1_v8_merc]

My 750 leaks like crazy, so I hope the guy got diesel oil all over his precious HD pants!

[ddaniels]

I say get over it and move on. I had ridden my bike to my son's school once and parked in the lot and went in for some program that was going on. Afterwards, I came out and found the bike right where I left it, nice and tidy. I started getting my gear on when this lady across the street starts coming over towards me. She came over and told me that somebody had bumped into my bike with their pickup truck as they were leaving, actually lifting the bike up a bit (it was on the center stand), moving it a couple inches to the side, setting it back down. She said he never stopped and got out to see if he damaged it. He just left. I was furious! Of course, I checked the thing all over, but found absolutely no damage anywhere. Lucky I guess. I thanked the lady for letting me know. She just shook her head and said, "Some people are just idiots". So, after cooling off for a couple minutes, I got on and went home. Of course, I had no idea who did it, so there was no way to pursue it. But the moral of the story, is to just let it go and move on. I also learned a valuable lessen that you never park out in the middle of a parking lot where things can happen.