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This is a really a good lesson for everyone, including myself..sharing info and learn on our own human mistakes
Keep everyone, trouble free of course

Replaced a bent clutch lever on my Ducati, not realizing the interlock switch beneath the perch needed to be realigned to the new lever (to allow the bike to start in gear.) Very long story, but my failure to recognize that little detail resulted in a 50 mile tow after stopping for lunch. The gearbox was unknowingly stuck in a false neutral between 2nd and 3rd gear and wouldn't start while it was still "in gear." Doh.

(07-25-2018, 08:28 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Replaced a bent clutch lever on my Ducati, not realizing the interlock switch beneath the perch needed to be realigned to the new lever (to allow the bike to start in gear.) Very long story, but my failure to recognize that little detail resulted in a 50 mile tow after stopping for lunch. The gearbox was unknowingly stuck in a false neutral between 2nd and 3rd gear and wouldn't start while it was still "in gear." Doh.

If only we could learn all that tyoe of stuff before we were 20!

(07-25-2018, 09:09 AM)SportsterDoc_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-25-2018, 08:28 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Replaced a bent clutch lever on my Ducati, not realizing the interlock switch beneath the perch needed to be realigned to the new lever (to allow the bike to start in gear.) Very long story, but my failure to recognize that little detail resulted in a 50 mile tow after stopping for lunch. The gearbox was unknowingly stuck in a false neutral between 2nd and 3rd gear and wouldn't start while it was still "in gear." Doh.

If only we could learn all that tyoe of stuff before we were 20!

If only we could learn all that tyoe of stuff before we were 20!
...we were learning at that time, but we learnt now