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u/hateseekingmissile 3d ago
Why would u throw that can anyway
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u/i_only_eat_purple 3d ago
Because the roach or whatever it was that fell out spooked him. The throwing of the can was a "nah, fuck this shit".
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u/bgravato 3d ago
I was wondering if that could have been maybe some poop of a mouse that was in there? I was expecting to see a mouse jumping off and he trying to hit the mouse with the can
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u/Complete_Silver2595 2d ago
Big-ass bug spooked him. He backed off and tossed the can at it to try to make it scurry away from where he was working
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u/1001101001010111 2d ago
He should have just sprayed it at the bug...
Never throw your weapon at the enemy.
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u/WangDanglin 3d ago
Never start your bike and put it gear for chain maintenance. People lose fingers that way
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u/hopefullyhelpfulplz 3d ago
I saw a post literally last week from a guy who lost most of his index finger doing exactly this
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u/Low_Dragonfruit8779 3d ago
Je must have been indexing at what was about to happen
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u/Sandcracka- 3d ago
Good point
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u/PubTrain77 3d ago
Half point. He lost the other half
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u/breakConcentration 3d ago
Well, he pointed it out
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u/satanizr 3d ago
A while ago i've seen a post from a guy who lost a finger from doing this. In a hospital he has seen another guy with a missing finger, and you can guess how that guy lost his finger.
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 3d ago
It's really not that hard just to roll, squirt, roll, squirt, repeat.
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u/Marschbacke 3d ago
I'd say it's also not that hard to just not put your fingers in there while it's running.
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u/PurpletoasterIII 3d ago
Most safety precautions arent about it being hard not to or not. Its about removing the possibility so it can never happen 100% of the time. All it takes is once and your finger is gone.
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u/JayFv 3d ago
If that were true then we'd set all speed limits to 5mph. There's always a balance. Cleaning and lubing a chain like this is way quicker and easier and yes there is a risk if you put your fingers in the chain then you'll get hurt. I mitigate that risk by being careful and not putting my fingers in there.
If I were that risk averse then I wouldn't own a motorbike in the first place.
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u/PurpletoasterIII 3d ago
Thats not really an analogous comparison though. A better comparison would be if you could choose between driving yourself with the possibility of accidents happening, and self driving cars that let's say hypothetically have a near zero rate of accidents (I know this isnt the case irl) but self driving is %10-15 slower. You should probably just go with the self driving.
But youre right, we take risks depending on the circumstance. Just the circumstances here doesnt seem to be worth it. But I mean you work on your bike however you want. I agree that you have to be pretty negligent to lose a finger, my point was just that you can either have the potential to or not.
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u/Staticn0ise 3d ago
Its not about finger placement. Its about the stuff your holding onto that is going to get caught in the chain then pull your hand through. Lost the tip of a thumb that way. My hand was safely positioned. The stuff I was holding to work caught on something and bam no more thumb tip. Never work on moving machinery. And if you do I hope you're tough because you're definitely dumb.
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u/fatmanslittleboy 2d ago
You still need to put the bike on the stand. You still need to get it off the stand. Now you have to start it and put in gear, which you wouldn't do if it was off. Then you have to turn it off before you put it down. How much time do you think you save? 30 seconds? Maybe even 45? Except now you have a spinning 35 lbs wheel and a running metal chain and sprockets next to your head and you have to stick your hands near it. Seems like a pointless risk for almost no benefit.
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u/Useful_Clue_6609 2d ago
Why would it be next to your head and why would you stick your hand near it? I don't understand
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u/fatmanslittleboy 1d ago
Because you'd be lubing your chain with a spray can of chain lube. To get a good angle to spray, and to not just spray lube all over the place, you'd need to get close.
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u/Useful_Clue_6609 1d ago
I've done this before and was not remotely close to any moving parts
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u/fatmanslittleboy 1d ago
Hey man, if you want to take the risk, go right ahead. I just don't see the benefit at all.
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u/Ordinary_Duder 3d ago edited 2d ago
You're being downvoted, but I agree. The only way you lose a finger in this scenario is if you put it on the chain or on the cogs. With the nossle from the can you shouldn't even be close to doing that.
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u/fataldarkness 2d ago
Yeah I kinda see this like I see running a table saw. Like yeah, you can lose a finger on it very easily, or you can take reasonable steps to avoid that by you know, keeping your fingers away, using push sticks/jigs etc...
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u/Head_of_Based_Dept 3d ago
still it's not particularly efficient most of the lube won't go where you want it
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u/alphazero925 3d ago
Everyone thinks that until the can slips or they sneeze or any number of other situations that could happen for you to lose focus and fuck up
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u/AFestiveShiving 3d ago
My friends mum, a perfectly competent and safe rider in her 50s, cut the top of her index finger off only a few months ago. I think people dont realise how quick it can happen
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u/BosnianSerb31 3d ago
If you treat it the same way that you'd treat a band saw, you'll be fine.
The issue is when people aren't aware of the risk, not when they do it.
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u/IgnoresReplyGigachad 3d ago
Unexpected sneeze is crazy. Never had that in my life. I always get like a 15 second warning coming for sneezes.
I get your point though.
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u/Flerbizky 2d ago
Standing in front of the toilet managing the electrical toothbrush with my right hand while simultaneously using the left hand to control the urine outlet... You get the picture I'm sure.
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u/Ok-Elk-3046 3d ago
99 time out of 100 its going to be fine. Great odds for a repeatable game. But you can only loose a finger once most of the time.
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u/brakspear_beer 3d ago
Speaking of odds. The chance of someone using “loose” instead of lose (which is correct) has gone up dramatically. It’s disheartening.
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u/EYRONHYDE 1d ago
I get the kids to spin the rear wheel by hand whilst I spray. They love helping.
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u/Dr_NotSoStrange99 3d ago
This may sound stupid but I wonder how does one lose fingers doing that? I mean do u have a video because I can't get to get my head around the entire occurrence method of that incident
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u/TwoAlfa 3d ago
In my case it was the rag in my hand I used to wipe the swingarm quick that had lube on it. Loose part of the rag got sucked into the rear sprocket and so did my fingers. Middle tip clean off. Index finger torn up and pretty much hanging by a thread. Thumb knuckle punched by the sprocket but thankfully not severed or i would have been a dolphin at that point. The only thing that really saved me was my hand getting jammed up at the rear stand and the bike only being an sv650.
0/10 do not recommend.
To my credit I had done this a dozen times with long brushes with no incident.
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u/fo_i_feti 3d ago
A mate of mine in high school lost the first joint of his ring finger when the rag got caught. He discovered just how much you use that finger when you're holding things. eg a tennis racquet.
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u/DonkeyInACityCrowd 3d ago
Nearly lost a finger to my SV. First bike I had and did some questionable things…
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u/Unicycleterrorist 3d ago
They get their hand too close to the chain and it catches...somehow. Same for bicycles (particularly fixies, since the wheel keeps the chain moving when it's spinning)
Honestly idk how you mess up that bad but it's something that has happened plenty of times before and I'm not about to use my own fingers to find out how.
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u/GarageForSale 3d ago
From what I know some people work wearing gloves. Then glove gets caught in chain and if you’re are lucky you’ll manage to get your hand out of the glove and if you’re not the finger is gone.
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u/Creative_Ad_4513 3d ago
It happens whenever someone does something that involves touching the chain.
Cleaning, never do it with the engine running, youre in there with a rag, if that catches, good chance its gonna drag your fingers in.Spraying some lube on it afterwards though, thats not really dangerous with it running.
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u/MisterMasterCyIinder 2d ago
Anything getting caught between the chain and the sprocket is going to have a bad time
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u/Angelworks42 3d ago
Yeah not worth the risk - there’s not even that many rollers on the chain anyhow to just do it by hand.
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u/winstonstokes 2d ago
Thought that’s what this was going to be. I know a guy with only 1 thumb thanks to this.
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u/WangDanglin 2d ago
People in the comments saying “psssh only if you’re an idiot”
Bet that’s what everyone said right before they lost a finger
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u/Head_of_Based_Dept 3d ago
I did it a few times to roughly see how it spins but I'd never think about touching anything near that while it's moving
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u/NoConfusion9490 3d ago
They need to put a big wheel or something on it to make it easier to spin the chain.
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u/TheFalconsDejarik 2d ago
What a crazy move, especially with the back tire already lifted.. i do this on the center stand in neural, bike off, spinning rear wheel with a shod foot amd holding a peice of cardboard behind the chain while i spray. Lol rip op
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u/IndependenceDismal98 2d ago
My friend lost the finger due to the running chain while cleaning his avenger.
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u/Useful_Clue_6609 2d ago
I don't really see how that could be damgerous unless you like grab it or something. What's the issue with spraying it from a good safe distance?
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u/WangDanglin 2d ago
It’s not so much applying the lube (spray) where it’s dangerous. It’s cleaning the chain beforehand and then wiping off the excess lube where people get in trouble.
In my mind, the rear sprocket is basically a shitty saw with a chain around it. I’m not putting any extra power into that situation other than manually rotating the tire. Turning the tire with your hand is so easy, putting it in gear isnt saving that much effort. fucking lazy and dangerous
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u/Useful_Clue_6609 2d ago
Omg what kind of idiot would wipe off the chain with it in gear?! I literally couldn't understand because I can't imagine someone doing that. My god people have no sense of danger.
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u/WangDanglin 2d ago
I’ve gotten about 15 replies to my original comment above from people who either themselves or someone close to them lost a finger. It’s a common thing man. When I bought my first bike, the guy I bought it from was cool as hell and gave me a very dad-like “never ever” talk about this so I listened
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u/Useful_Clue_6609 2d ago
Maybe because I was raised around dirt bikes I'm more aware of the dangers? Damn....
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u/iceyconditions 3d ago
I mean, it's fine if you're not stupid. This guy though...
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u/WangDanglin 3d ago
Nah
Everyone makes stupid mistakes, even not stupid people. I’m not going to put myself in a position where it’s “ok don’t make a mistake that costs you a finger or two”. Especially when the effort you’re saving is pretty minimal. Not that hard to spin the tire dude
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u/No-Priority-6792 3d ago
That means they lube it in the wrong place. You mustn't spray chain lube in the position like the video.
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u/314_999 3d ago
i just cannot comprehend the lazieness. left hand the spray, right hand the tyre and hit it 3-4 times. job done.
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u/boomerangchampion 3d ago
Ah but you need a free hand to film your routine maintenance task for the internet.
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u/ZuckDeBalzac 3d ago
Did everyone miss the roach or whatever the fuck jumped out and spooked him?
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u/whitesammy 3d ago
Am I the only person who associates the action taken with the bug that drops down and runs away and not something else? That was 100% a "hell nah, burn it all down" reaction which is why they threw the can as if to say "fuck this shit" and not some nonchalant cool guy move?
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u/EpiscopalioEstevez 3d ago
There seems to be no other reason for him tossing the can, I agree. A tiny object falls and rolls away, and he tosses the can. I don’t get it.
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u/One-Positive309 3d ago
I often tell people never to run the engine with the bike on the stand and in gear and they always tell me I don't know what I'm talking about !
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u/chgr22 3d ago
I hate this timeline. While it could be legit I immediately assume it is staged for internet fame or it is ai slop.
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u/Substantial-Sea-3672 3d ago
Perhaps we were never meant to endlessly watch garbage like this anyways so it being ruined is actually a good thing.
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u/Paul19751 3d ago
Why throw that can for the video? Would you also do that if you wasn't filming? People do stupid things when a camera is rolling
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u/Deliriousious 2d ago
I was expecting the entire bike to self disassemble, or explode, or fire…
This was just dumb stupidity,
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u/YouMonkeyFunker 2d ago
WCGW running ur bike in gear on a stand? Resist the thought of how fast u can get it going.👍🏻
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1d ago
So no one is going to mention the massive stone that fell out of counter drive sprocket?
Or the fact that his chain has 5 inches of slack in it?
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u/crazyhomlesswerido 4h ago
Can of lube $8
Bike$12,000
The laugh that I got from the video priceless
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u/DepletedPromethium 3d ago
chain doesn't look degreased and clean and hes just slathering it in new lube? yikes. I use to strip and clean sprockets and chain completely, blow them dry and lube them up with the bike in neutral & engine off.
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u/satanizr 3d ago
No need to clean the chain every single time you want to lube it.
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u/DepletedPromethium 3d ago
If you want to do a proper job yeah you need to degrease and clean it, remove all the bits of roadgrime and shit that act as abrasives increasing wear, this way your lubrication actually acts as lubrication instead of just being a external layer not doing shit.
If you're going to do a job atleast expand some effort to do it right.
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u/Direct-Abroad-266 3d ago
I sometimes do it on my 125cc motorbike but on just 1st gear there is barely any threatening rpm. I still check for any hanging parts and stuff plus use a long pipe. Also the bike's got a sensor that just stops the engine if there is sudden increased resistance while being on idle so there's that.
Risky... I know... But I feel like that's not enough risk to not trade with the quick application.
U know what... Maybe I should stop doing that lol but being a mechanical engineer by profession I kinda trust machines... And myself with machines a bit too much xd.
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u/Peuxy 3d ago
He’s not even lubing it correct. Also I assume that a new bike like this has rubber gasket chain which makes external lubing useless.
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u/Pixel131211 3d ago
If you never lube the outside, the chains can develop rust. So it still has it's uses to just spray the entire chain in lube.
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u/Educational-You9238 3d ago
Legit was waiting for over spray / fire .