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Offline robdrobd

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Rookie mistake..
« on: March 23, 2012, 05:38:23 AM »
Put my bike back together before I knew if it ran.

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Re: Rookie mistake..
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2012, 05:51:40 AM »
Might be a good reason to make them run before taking apart.

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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 06:21:15 AM »
I just get so excited when I am nearing the end.

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Re: Rookie mistake..
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2012, 06:30:23 AM »
I just get so excited when I am nearing the end.
So what kind of issue have you run up against ?

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Re: Rookie mistake..
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2012, 06:45:52 AM »
And what bike?
1970 CB750K0 - Candy Ruby Red
1973 CB750K3 - Candy Bacchus Olive or Sunflake Orange
1970 Chevy Chevelle SS396 - Cortez Silver
1976 GL1000 Sulphur Yellow

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Re: Rookie mistake..
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2012, 07:05:35 AM »
Mine won't run when it's apart. ???  :)

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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2012, 07:46:29 AM »
1977 cb550k. I forgot to replace the clutch gasket which is leaking like a sieve, and it now appears I need a new float bowl gasket as well on carb # 1. The clutch is the bummer because I have to drain all of the oil I just put in and then take off half the parts to remove the cover. Kinda like when I put on the back wheel and forgot to slide the brake arm thingy in first which required me not only take the wheel off, but the swing arm too. Oh well, I get better with each bike. Ten more and I'll have it down pat.:)

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Re: Rookie mistake..
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2012, 09:15:20 PM »
RobDrobd:
Don't be too hard on yourself.
Malcolm Gladwell was right - it takes like 10,000 hours to become a true expert at anything.  The fact that you can even DO any of this is an increasingly rare skill in our hands-off world.  So feel good about that.

(this is the sort of thing I tell myself after royally screwing up some part or process, or stabbing myself with a screwdriver, or hammering my finger instead of the punch I shouldn't be holding because I should have gotten the punch-holding tool, etc).

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I recently restored and sold a 77 cb750f, and am nearly finished with a (former basket case) cb750k5.  This is a place to share, learn and enjoy.  I am grateful to and for 99+% of this site's membership.