Re: Routine maintenance and oddities.
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:01 pm
I had to fix or pay to fix stuff all the time on my RT. I lost so much riding time and money to problems, and it scarred me.
I do not want a primary bike that is less than bulletproof. I don’t mind having one to tinker with. But it won’t be the one I count on and do long distance on.
I do not want a primary bike that is less than bulletproof. I don’t mind having one to tinker with. But it won’t be the one I count on and do long distance on.
danh600 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:36 pmNow this is something I admire. I want to get to this point in life.extrememarine wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:23 pm There is just something unique about working on a machine - knowing what makes it 'tick' and knowing it well enough to know when something is off, knowing that everything is right; and (in a case specific to our motorcycles) leaving the garage with the confidence that the time invested previously will mean a (mechanically) uneventful ride. That time in the garage has become, for me, just as therapeutic as each ride.
Right now I want a bullet proof bike. Put your gear on walk out to the bike an hit the starter. It fires up and everything works just like the last ride and the one before that.
That is why I have Yamahas.
Once I retire I will have more time than money. Then maybe I will become a decent mechanic.
Looking forward to that day.