new guy, now with a lot of spare time

[firedave]

G'day.
Signed up last week after trolling through a few sites on 650s. Hoping to do a cafe if I can get a donor bike. Should have a bit more character than a 2007 GS500. Actually found a 74 TX650 I'm going to look at next week, still runs and all.

A lot can happen in a week, got a lot more time on my hands now that I've been retrenched.

Look forward to help and inspiration cheers,

Dave

 

[I am Carbon]

Welcome Mate! Good luck getting the bike hat you want.
A good place to start is read this. download it and keep it http://www.amckayltd.com/carbguide.pdf
enjoy yourself don't forget the tech section
and the search botton is your friend ,Ed

 

[jayel]

don't think it's entirely legal to chop or bobber a 74, café you might get away with

 

[5twins]

Yes, some of us do take offense to cutting up/hacking/chopping a perfectly good Standard model. A Special on the other hand well, I'll take the 1st hammer swing for you, lol.

 

[bluebikerblan]

Beware the "Standard" bigots! Even if they're Gurus.....Blue

 

[XStretchified650]

Crikey!.......Retrenched!...sounds painfull. Are you sure you can still ride?

 

[pregrid]

welcome, Dave, from another Dave.......................

 

[firedave]

thanks for the welcome guys.

retrenched is when they sack a whole bunch, the only difficulty in riding was getting over the 6 pack of vodka. so a day later and i was fine.

i noticed Jayel's descriptor or whatever, so I'll take his advice with a grain of salt. lol