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Post by daddue11 on Sept 27, 2012 23:10:47 GMT -5
:)10-4 friend 10-4. And I like it here just as well. No depression, I promise.
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Post by daddue11 on May 3, 2014 0:06:30 GMT -5
Ok guys , I'm back . After the bushings in the motor mounts blowing outand taking months to find the right shop to fabricate me a new one with race rated bushings and the not give a shyts for almost a year , I was sitting at home wandering what I was going to do now that I'm retired and all of a sudden something bit the crap outta me !! I guess it's what some might call the tinkerin bug.
I got up and went out to the barn , hmm , Where did I put that one year old motor mount ? tic tic tic , Oh yeah , it's under the couch in my computer room . Had that puppy put in and everything put back on in 12 hours and 5 Arturo Fuentes (cigars ) later . Didn't turn over ...Imagine that after sittin there for over a year , tore with out a battery tender?? Uh , hmm , Well , I just mosied on down to the part store and got a new battery and hoped the gas wasn't bad or the stars were out of alignment or something like that . I said o.k. here goes . broom broom , whatta ya know ? the pig fired right up .
Ok ,now came the hard part ...I was gonna ride that honery piece of tin that almost killed me a year ago when the motor mount bushing blew out and it left black marks that looked like a sidewinder rattle snake's trail and I was going 60 mph down killer hill and was really really REALLY struggling to not hit the gaurd rail. Really !! the long grass from the other side of the rail was hitting me on the legs and saying Come play with us .
I got on it and let the engine warm up a while and started out of the barn , rode around the church next door's parking lot a few times and said ... Hey ,it's never ran this tight before , even new , it had no wobbles , shakes or rattles ....I think I like this . Yeah I like it. In my best dumb and dumber voice .. I like it alot. That put the bug in me , now I've got every one of my scoots up and running this week and the wife and I have been riding every day. finally again.... life is good.
Now if I don't go and do something stupid like start WORKING again I think I'll be just fine . I think it's a shame that a man has to work for a living , and getting up before noon just to make the bosses happy , jeesh !!! daddue11.
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Post by Rebel on May 3, 2014 10:55:47 GMT -5
Welcome back.
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Post by daddue11 on May 3, 2014 12:38:35 GMT -5
Thank you much Rebel .
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Post by daddue11 on May 12, 2014 10:43:38 GMT -5
I've got around 100 miles on her since The new bushings and no problems yet. If she makes it through a whole summer without breaking down ,then I'll say she's cured. I keep inspecting the bushings every day before and after I ride just to be cautious.
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Post by Rebel on May 13, 2014 21:06:21 GMT -5
Never a bad idea to do a safety inspection.
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Post by daddue11 on May 18, 2014 23:32:57 GMT -5
Well , she's still doing good and nothing has sent me any red flags . YET . LOL I'm thinking of going on a 100 mile round trip in the next few weeks. I figure that'll make some flaws surface before anything gets bad . I'm praying that I've already found the worst of them and cured it. My best friend gave me a Liberty gremlin bell today ,so those little creeps can stay away.
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Post by daddue11 on May 31, 2014 1:25:43 GMT -5
Still , running ok the motor mount bushings are doing great , but , I had a blow out on the rear tire and have to get a new tire. That's ok because it's rained every day this past week. The reason for the blowout was a piece of sharpened angle iron was setting in a pot hole and I hit the dammed thing at night on a curve. almost lost control but was able to get it off of the road and a friend helped me trailer it back home. I'm taking it to the bike shop on monday ,hope it didn't hurt the rim.
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Post by Rebel on May 31, 2014 14:08:09 GMT -5
Was that a deliberate plant in the pothole?
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Post by daddue11 on Jun 2, 2014 0:54:41 GMT -5
I'm not sure about that Rebel , If it was deliberate , I know for sure that it wasn't meant for me , because I seldom go that direction . I'd hope nobody would be that malicious , but , we all know how that goes.
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