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Random reasons you stopp working on your bike for a while
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Royboy
many roads, little time
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Casting flaw that finally let go? Not a lot of stress on that piece normally.
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
Looks like maybe someone put a big'ol socket and ratchet on them flats that don't turn nothing and gave it a good fracture in the past.
raven2345
XS650 Member
Yea I don't even really remember what happened to it. It was about 6 months ago and hell if I know where to find a good one of those things. I'm gonna have to figure somethin' out.
Anyone got any interesting stories on just stopping work cold on your bike?
Anyone got any interesting stories on just stopping work cold on your bike?
Pinched a nerve in my back-- parked me for a while.
501Spanky
XS650 Addict
Kids, riding club responsibilities, riding, summer activities, kids, repairing a camper trailer, kids, lack of fun money, kids...
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
Working 2000 miles away from them!
hotrdd
XS650 Junkie
Home renovations, kids and moving again 
Now I have a HUGE shop but every tool I own needs to be unpacked and the shop set back up.
Now I have a HUGE shop but every tool I own needs to be unpacked and the shop set back up.
cryingnines
XS650 Enthusiast
Been having to much fun riding and wrenching on my '83 this summer
coughing skunk
XS650 Addict
playing music at bars a couple of times a week kills the free time. so does a girlfriend. after that my addiction to hurling my other 2 wheeled counterpart down the side of a mountain typically eats the rest of my time
sherwin
XS650 Addict
Kids, no time and no money really slow down the build process for me. I'm on the third year of build number one, and have two more XS 650's waiting in the wings.
Mister Mellow
Big Dreams, Thin Wallet
I'll sometimes walk away from a project for the same reason, Raven. Some unexpected setback can knock the enthusiasm right out of me. I can shake it off and move on most of the time, but the worst times are when I do something stupid.
Last summer, I built a fairly narrow deck to replace rotted back steps. Everything was going along swimmingly, until I cut the main girder 6" too short. I had measured, thought about it, reviewed the plans, measured again, and then again. Then I cut it.
I hadn't taken into account the outer rim joists and facia boards. Luckily, the lumber store let me trade it for the price of a shorter-dimension girder.
I'll also put off working on my bike when I'm overwhelmed with too many to-do's. I have a solution for that, though.
Last summer, I built a fairly narrow deck to replace rotted back steps. Everything was going along swimmingly, until I cut the main girder 6" too short. I had measured, thought about it, reviewed the plans, measured again, and then again. Then I cut it.
I hadn't taken into account the outer rim joists and facia boards. Luckily, the lumber store let me trade it for the price of a shorter-dimension girder. I'll also put off working on my bike when I'm overwhelmed with too many to-do's. I have a solution for that, though.
Royboy
many roads, little time
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That moment when you realize you've mounted a directional tire backwards.
dwyatt
XS650 Addict
I moved to China - BUT - I'm moiving home in a few weeks!
angus67
Welder's penetrate deeper!!
went from rental apartments to 1 1/2 acre rambler with landscaping designed by a retired couple alot of work to figure out when to do what. pushed me bac two years.
Which actually worked out good for the bike. This forum was less than a year old at the time I decided to get back to my bike.
Which actually worked out good for the bike. This forum was less than a year old at the time I decided to get back to my bike.
raven2345
XS650 Member
Looks like we've got quite the range of things here guys. Hahah yea between frying the harness of the XS with my own stupidity, this cap breaking, and lack of a decent job most days, the XS has been sitting on shelves and in my room just hangin' around.
Along with my red car that's been sitting in the driveway for a year. Hahah
Along with my red car that's been sitting in the driveway for a year. Hahah
JAGUARGOD
XS650 Addict
Yeah too much to do at home , lack of money , lack of time, and now resting up after an operation yesterday. Have you ever said "Id give my left nut for........" well I did and didnt get nothin but some oxycodone......4 weeks off work.
Not all bad ...get to finish my Harley trans and wire up the 650 starter , put tires on my Honda and maybe even ride a little.....soon as the stiches heal....
Not all bad ...get to finish my Harley trans and wire up the 650 starter , put tires on my Honda and maybe even ride a little.....soon as the stiches heal....
just moved home....well it was next door actually so I chucked most of it over the fence lol
All my tools are packed and both the shed and garage is full of packed stuff ...groan.
Just bought my first 79 XS650 2x weeks ago, in boxes and I'm dying to make a start on rebuilding it.
All my tools are packed and both the shed and garage is full of packed stuff ...groan.
Just bought my first 79 XS650 2x weeks ago, in boxes and I'm dying to make a start on rebuilding it.
jd750ace
Front Toward Enemy
. Have you ever said "Id give my left nut for........" well I did and didnt get nothin but some oxycodone......4 weeks off work. QUOTE]
You gave your left nut for a month of vacation?Dude, I'd have scheduled the reward sometime after the swelling went down!
Just kidding bro. Had my plumbing done, but still got the "boys". Take it easy. Your Purple Kiwi will thank you!
