OUCH! Learning the Hard Way

[CarlS]

How not to clean you chain...check this out By the way it is NOT me. I may be stupid, but not that stupid!

I will start off by saying that I am a worthless squid rookie and I suck at everything in life.
I was about to go for a ride today and my chain was pretty nasty, so I put it up on the stands and got out the wd-40 and a rag.
I started the bike, put it in gear and let it idle.
I sprayed the chain down really well and I put the rag up to it and it got caught and took my hand with it through the rear sprocket.
I had to have everything above my last joint amputated on my index, pointer and my ring finger on my right hand. Thankfully I am left handed.
It was a stupid mistake on my part and now I will forever pay the price for it.
Say what you will, flame away, I don't care. I have accepted it and I take full responsibility.
I made a choice (not knowing any better) and I will live with the consequences for the rest of my life. I thought I would post this so that
1.) no one else ever makes this mistake and
2.) To show that you don't have to be riding for a bike to get you hurt.

Here are the links. WARNING, the pics are gory.

The link with the text :
http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242261

Another pic:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/242/cimg0014.jpg/

 

[bigmick]

Reading that and seeing the pics....I am like some of the people on that forum.... Why???
but then again I've seen some smart people do some really stupid things over the years...also seen some stupid people do exactly what you would expect too....lol

 

[hemibee]

He didn't have his thinking cap on that day.


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[otherwise]

I didn't look at the photo after the warning, I know what can happen to people who don't think one step ahead.

 

[DaveM]

I have seen this one before some time back

 

[Rocky]

That really is a dumb thing to do!!
My travelling buddy, Carl, almost did the same thing and got the tip of his finger nipped off.
He only lost a sliver of flesh, but he was very lucky he didn't lose a finger or two.
For a guy with a Phd, I couldn't believe he would do such a thing!

 

[DaveM]

I have great respect for metal thing that spin

 

[CarlS]

I have great respect for metal thing that spin

I hear you loud and clear!!!

 

[The Seeker]

It seems like such a no-brainer to many of us. It's just hard to imagine anyone thinking that might work out OK.

 

[shanered6]

[langtitle=cy]Re: OUCH! Learning the Hard Way[/langtitle]

[lang=cy]to coin a frays ! some mothers do av um !!!![/lang]