Misery loves company-tell me what stupid thing you have done

1971, 17 years old, came out of the barbershop to my Kawasaki KZ650. Parked next to me was a car with two gorgeous "older" (18 year olds) women. Decided to impress them by using the kick start instead of the electric. Then, the kickstart kicked back, tossing me on the ground after crashing against their car door. None of us were impressed.
 
I know a flamin' comin' after this.

I rode my 1994 Goldwing GL1500SE with 211,000 miles on it to the Harley/ Honda dealer to get new fork seals installed. I rode a new Ultra Classic home instead. Traded on the spot and never have owned or ridden a Harley before that day. I never will forget it because it was on my birthday in 2005.

I'm now on my 3rd Harley.
 
2 weeks after getting my SG. Picked up some new speakers and 6 1/2" adapters. Got home, tore the fairing off and started installing them. First screws seemed to be going in really hard. Shouldn't feel that way? Got first one snugged up and second one was doing the same thing.. Looked at the front of the fairing and I had 2 white nipples looking at me from the screws trying to push through. Should have had the long screws in the other two holes.

New bars cover it at least!

This Friday. New '09 Dodge Ram well, New last year. I've never had an accident and have never wrecked a car. Got off work early to install my new exhaust that UPS had left. Had to stop and get some stuff for our trip for my wife. Ran into the gas station to quick grab some beer. As i'm in there someone asks who's brown truck is out there. I look out the window and it's gone.. No it's parked against one of the barriers in front of the pumps. Never put it in park. F'd up the rear bumper, rolled the tailgate under a bit and dented the rear fender behind the bumper. Could have been much much much worse. Missed a guy filling his car, could have taken out god knows what if I was parked a spot over. Lesson learned. Slow the F' down!
 
I went to start my bike, turn on the ignition switch, hit the starter switch, thunk, nada, no juice, no lights, nothing. I hook up the battery tender for a while, still nothing. I figure it must be the battery. It's Saturday morning, I want to ride, so I pay uber-retail at the Harley dealer for a new battery. Put it in, problem solved -- for about 2 weeks. I go to start the bike, same problem again! This time I think to check the battery voltage, and it is over 12 volts. I wound borrowing a couple of friends and a trailering to a good indy one of them knows. Turned out the battery cables were loose. Probably the problem with the first battery. Now I am out the cost of the battery, some cash to the mechanic for his trouble and a couple of dinners for my friends. It will probably cost me more than that, because we started talking about Power Commanders, air cleaners, cams, ch-ching!

On the good side, this mechanic was terrific. He has a place behind his house in the middle of nowhere. Coming up to it I thought my friends had to be kidding. Turns out it's the kind of shop where you could eat off the floor. He has his own dyno equipment and everything he needs to completely build-rebuild anything.
 
Well I guess "3rd times a charm" didn't set well with me as I had a 4th. My sons battery cables were loose which caused the battery to drain and he sat with nothing when he hit the starter button. We had to push start it, no problem. After the second run at and no spark in 95 degree heat might I add. It fired right up on the third push, piece of cake!. Once I flipped the run switch to well,,,,,, run!
 
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