Have been enjoying the first week of my GS, but it's not been without it's drama.
The first involved bouncing off someone's bumper followed by a very slow drop
The second was another drop, completely of my own making, stalled pulling away from a junction
The damage from the drops has been light:
I've already phoned to get a replacement lever put aside for when it gets it's first service.
So, anyway onto the reason for the title, the drops have kept reminding me to fit the sodding Givi engine bars that have been sitting on my lounge floor since last weekend. So tonight, I swang by Halfords to pick up some thread-lock and while the light was still good I figured I'd fit them.
All was going well until...
I'd fitted all the bolts loosely, was going round to do a final tighten and pop! I didn't turn it that hard at all! The thread on the front left hole has sheered off, the bars came with a comp slip from BykeBitz saying to use thread-lock, but it appears to have stuck a little too strong.
Am I completely screwed?
I popped one of the longer bolts in, to see if there was more thread in there - it felt like there was, but the light was fading and didn't have time to take the whole thing back off to fully inspect.
Will I be able to pick up a longer bolt at Halfords?
Can I sue Give for a replacement bike?
Jolyon
The first involved bouncing off someone's bumper followed by a very slow drop
The second was another drop, completely of my own making, stalled pulling away from a junction
The damage from the drops has been light:
I've already phoned to get a replacement lever put aside for when it gets it's first service.
So, anyway onto the reason for the title, the drops have kept reminding me to fit the sodding Givi engine bars that have been sitting on my lounge floor since last weekend. So tonight, I swang by Halfords to pick up some thread-lock and while the light was still good I figured I'd fit them.
All was going well until...
I'd fitted all the bolts loosely, was going round to do a final tighten and pop! I didn't turn it that hard at all! The thread on the front left hole has sheered off, the bars came with a comp slip from BykeBitz saying to use thread-lock, but it appears to have stuck a little too strong.
Am I completely screwed?
I popped one of the longer bolts in, to see if there was more thread in there - it felt like there was, but the light was fading and didn't have time to take the whole thing back off to fully inspect.
Will I be able to pick up a longer bolt at Halfords?
Can I sue Give for a replacement bike?
Jolyon