The worst bike part you ever bought?

[Potter]

Some time ago, in what feels like another lifetime, I came across a seat that was made for a HD, it was fashioned lovingly by an expert and I thought it looked really nice and I was sure I'd find a project for it one day. So I parted with (IIRC) about three hundred pounds and bought it, then had it shipped to my UK place.

Then fashions changed, hipsters became a thing, I developed some taste and now I'm stuck with a ridiculous brown handmade burnished leather seat that looks like an old tractor seat in the shape of a shovel. I think it's in the loft, or the garage, not sure, but it's very unlikely to get put on a bike.

It's the equivalent of having tassels on the sleeves of your white leather jacket....I thought that was cool once (tbf I was about seven and watching Evil Knievel)

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

A cheap Chinese brake disc, it warped the first time I used the brake.

[Mr Moofo]

Mini indicators ...
I realised by the time I got home they were nasty.
Still sitting the the garage ....

A Buell

[Horse]

brown handmade burnished leather seat that looks like an old tractor seat in the shape of a shovel. I think it's in the loft, or the garage, not sure, but it's very unlikely to get put on a bike.

Put three legs on it, use it as a milking stool. Oh, you'll need to buy a cow

[Rockburner]

brown handmade burnished leather seat that looks like an old tractor seat in the shape of a shovel. I think it's in the loft, or the garage, not sure, but it's very unlikely to get put on a bike.

Put three legs on it, use it as a milking stool. Oh, you'll need to buy a cow

Just sell it as a genuine 'something hipstery' milking stool and you'll get your money back.

[Rockburner]

Mini indicators ...
I realised by the time I got home they were nasty.
Still sitting the the garage ....

I think I've done that in the past.....

A Buell

That's not a single part, that's a collection of loosely related parts travelling temporarily in (not so) close formation.

[Mr Moofo]

Mini indicators ...
I realised by the time I got home they were nasty.
Still sitting the the garage ....

I think I've done that in the past.....

A Buell

That's not a single part, that's a collection of loosely related parts travelling temporarily in (not so) close formation.

Indeed - you should never think of it as a whole thing - more a coalition ....

[David]

Mini indicators ...
I realised by the time I got home they were nasty.
Still sitting the the garage ....

I think I've done that in the past.....

A Buell

That's not a single part, that's a collection of loosely related parts travelling temporarily in (not so) close formation.

Indeed - you should never think of it as a whole thing - more a coalition ....

And we all know how superbly they work.....

[The Spin Doctor]

A pair of Jota bars... remember them?

Fitted them to my 400-F and found the only position where everything lined up was basically how the original bars were aligned.

Then I braked hard one afternoon later that week and the weld on one side parted. Fortunately I'd almost stopped by then and managed to stay upright. I can't remember how I lashed them up to ride home. I suspect it probably involved spanners from the tool kit and lots of gaffer tape.

[formula400]

A short ASV clutch lever, made changing rubbish on my R6, went longer and it was much much better

[Cousin Jack]

I once bought a set of tassels for the ends of my bars.

In my defence I was only 17 at the time and knew no better.

[formula400]

I once bought a set of tassels for the ends of my bars.

In my defence I was only 17 at the time and knew no better.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I once bought a set of tassels for the ends of my bars.

In my defence I was only 17 at the time and knew no better.

To be fair to you, it was in the 1960s.

[Rockburner]

I once bought a set of tassels for the ends of my bars.

In my defence I was only 17 at the time and knew no better.

To be fair to you, it was in the 1960s.

I'm not sure even that can be used in defence. It's one of those things that marks a person for life, permanently and without forgiveness.

[JackyJoll]

Must be the Triumph 650 engine and gearbox.

That or the Norton frame.

[JackyJoll]

Seriously though, Boyer Bransden Micro Power crankshaft triggered “racing” ignition was prone to tantrums.

And expensive.

[Mr Moofo]

And we all know how superbly they work.....

When East Troy QC didn't let you down , it was brilliant ...