In the UK there is this combination - "The fucking fuckers fuck'n fucked!!!!".
Glad you were not injured.
Glad you were not injured.
Since retirement, I haven't really felt the need to curse, unless I stumble on one of my wife's small dogs lying in an inappropriate place.
Or the mower won't start and the wrench you need to fix it is the SOB that you threw across the yard yesterday!I found the problem with throwing wrenches is that eventually the lawnmower throws them back!
Or the mower won't start and the wrench you need to fix it is the SOB that you threw across the yard yesterday!
Well after yesterday, I needed a win. So this morning when I went out to my lair this is how my bike looked.
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After a couple hours, it looked like this.
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I installed the exhaust, gas tank, the battery, hooked up the fuel lines, the seat , side covers, right and left footrests, brake pedal, shifter lever and kick starter. So I'm sitting there looking at it and thought " There's really nothing keeping me from firing this pig up." So I put about three gallons in the tank and turn on the petcocks and the right side fills right up. The left side , not so much as a trickle. WTH? I played with it for a while and finally decided that my brand new petcock must either be assembled wrong or has an internal blockage. So I pulled the tank and drained the gas again and took the petcock off and disassembled it , saw nothing wrong, blew compressed air through all the openings , re assembled it, re installed it and filled the tank back up and when I tried them again they worked fine. I have no clue why one didn't work the first time unless there was an air bubble that wouldn't move. So now I have gas in the carbs I turned the key on and hit the starter button. The starter sounded like someone dropped a spoon in the garbage disposal, but it fired right up! Woohoo! It's funny my wife told me she had a dream last night that I fired the bike up today!
Eighty one days since I bought this bike and I had never heard it run!
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It still needs a lot of work. I haven't done any tuning yet. The valves, cam chain, timing all need to be set. The starter needs to be fixed, steering head bearings, swing arm bushings, a Pamco ignition will be installed. And yada yada yada...
But I however am going to take this as a win!
Until next time,
Bob
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