Yeah I too have ridden a bike with the pinch bolts loose, on BOTH sides! I didn't take it out on the guy who did it though, coz it was me!
Ah well atleast it was only qualifying. I have also qualified with the rear axle nut completely loose (nearly came off) with the rear end going all over the place as the chain held the rear wheel on. So the pinch bolts was a walk in the park.
Then there was the time I did a track day with the steering head nut fully loose, wondering why it was headshaking so much. And the time I tankslapped Barra's Barra636 a couple a hundred metres down the track in 4th cog coz the damper was wound right off. And also the time (on the R1 again) I did a race with only one bolt in the RHS rearset. Never did find that bolt. And then the was the time I had the rear brake pads both on the one side of the disc for a whole race meeting....
For my next trick I am running out of ideas...... But maybe it WON'T involve the front calipers.
Or I might just find a way to get some decent sleep before a race meeting. The Doc says sleeping pills but I fear they wouldn't actually kick in until qualifying, where a repeat of the above is on the cards.
So anyway I guess the moral of the story is check ya bolts n shit guys, all of them. Not that it hasn't been covered before.
Mmmm, can't wait for Morgan Park in December. Just need someone to follow the GPX around with a bucket.
as you would be.......
