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M3 does seem to bring out all the bad luck for me. Every mechanical I've ever had has been on that stretch of pain. Scariest was massive judder under full throttle. Stopped and checked chain. One link was on by a single plate only.
Last time, the goddamned gear lever rod came undone coming down the slip road.In other news. New tyre jiggles. Decided to spruce out for something expensive and sticky. I know they won't last a year, but worth it for the cornering balance.
Chak
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Had a sump bolt drop out of a 400 on the M3 once - first thing I knew about it was clouds of smoke behind me in the mirrors as it fell onto the exhaust.
Pulled the clutch in and coasted into the hard shoulder with a thankfully unseized engine.
Baking hot day, but could see a slip road about half a mile away so started pushing.
Within a few minutes a guy on a GS1000 stopped, we decided to look around for a bit at the debris on the edge of the hard shoulder on the offchance there may be something to plug the drain hole. Amazingly found something a little too narrow but wrapped a rag around it and wound it in a few mill so as not to stuff up the thread. I really had luck that day because the guy had a few litres of 10/40 in his saddle bag, so we dropped it in and there were no leaks - wouldn't take any payment and he took off with his front wheel in the air.
It held all the way to Leyton, bloody marvellous.