Author Topic: Would you rather be BIKING or RESTORING? (Read 8393 times)

goldarrow · « **on:** May 29, 2012, 08:20:56 pm »

Well, Would you rather be BIKING or RESTORING?

assuming that if
-your location permits riding all year long
-you have all garage/storage space
-you have all tools necessary to do the job
-you have money to spend on your bike
-you have money to spend on gas to ride
-doesn't matter of your marital status. your wife (if married) lets you do either, or both. if you're single then things are easier
-so, biking or restoring?

Stev-o · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2012, 08:30:51 pm »

What about both?? Gotta have at least one rider and a project bike, right?!

goldarrow · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2012, 08:34:01 pm »

Quote from: Stev-o on May 29, 2012, 08:30:51 pm

What about both?? Gotta have at least one rider and a project bike, right?!

that's so true, and it slipped through my head. lol

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2012, 10:45:50 pm »

I'm definitely with Stev-o on that

Markcb750 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:46:56 am »

I have a 82 900F that I just finished painting the frame and most of the small bits. I am putting it together now and expect to have it shaken down and ready to ride to Barber this fall.

I have a 67CB450K0 which has the frame hanging, fresh back from powder coating, and almost all the recoverable parts sanded and Painted black or primed. Some parts have experimental paint color on them while I decide on the proper silver color. The motor sits waiting for me to disassemble & restore. I expect to be chasing parts for another year.

Riding is most fun with friends but often difficult to co-ordinate, restoring just requires walking into the garage.

I now commute on my 750 or Vulcan most days which has improved my riding ratio considerably.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2012, 02:23:32 am »

I worry a little about the "restoring" option, while I've restored several bikes, "restoring" isn't as important to me as just wrenching on my bikes to maintain them, so that my riding experience is all the more enjoyable. I voted for the "Both" option, but I do a lot more wrenching than I do actual restoring, although I suppose, literally, fixing something is "restoring" it back to a servicable condition. Cheers, Terry.

HondaMan · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:54:33 pm »

For me, Biking vs. Restoring is a draw.
Wrenching is wonderful, but comes in 3rd.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:04:59 pm »

Wenching.
Riding.
Restoring.

In that order.

goldarrow · « **Reply #8 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:11:00 pm »

Dang it. the "BOTH" option gets all the vote. I should never have put it on. I blame this on Steve-o.

hahaha

BobbyR · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2012, 06:17:18 pm »

I tell people I am riding a rolling restoration. Each winter I do something else to improve it. This winter stem bearings and maybe swing arm bushings. Frame touchups I consider normal maintenance.

70CB750 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2012, 04:20:46 am »

I call her a "project".

Hmm, my car is a project, my house is a project, my machine is a project - what's wrong with me?

In the next life I want to be filthy stinking rich and outsource everything I do myself now

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:34:07 am »

Quote from: 70CB750 on October 07, 2012, 04:20:46 am

In the next life I want to be filthy stinking rich and outsource everything I do myself now

Hmmnn, well the first two are easy, it's that last one that stumps me!

tortelvis · « **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2012, 06:52:19 am »

Got to have at least one on the road! Benefit of multiple bikes in the shed! Always got something to restore and ride simaltaneously. Some days I just want to play in the garage, others I want to be out on the road. With winter drawing in, I will be spending more time wrenching and less on riding. It helps to have 2 projects so it never gets boring.

mcswny · « **Reply #13 on:** June 26, 2014, 07:12:33 am »

Well I only have one bike and it's a bit if a basket case (in terms of its looks) but it runs great! So I'm going to go with riding, then wrenching. But then again I'm 26 if that means anything!

Although I live in NYC so winters are definitely spent wrenching.

Vicman · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2014, 08:48:44 am »

Up until last year the only thing I didn't like about motorcycles was working on them. I dropped three bills and bought the Harbor Freight lift and it was like getting my first kiss! Now I invite my friends to bring their bikes over for me to work on.
I've been an avid RC model airplane builder and pilot for the last 15 years, my airplane buddies are feeling like widows for the last year or so because I split my shop time between bikes and planes, my weekends are split the same way with riding and flying.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #15 on:** June 27, 2014, 02:51:12 am »

Geez mate, if you're an RC aircraft pilot, how the hell do you manage to climb up on to the seat of a CB750?

calj737 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 27, 2014, 06:20:45 am »

Laughed so damn hard I blew Cheerios into the living room! Not so unusual, expect they came out my nostrils to get there-

Vicman · « **Reply #17 on:** June 27, 2014, 08:02:44 am »

Quote

Geez mate, if you're an RC aircraft pilot, how the hell do you manage to climb up on to the seat of a CB750?

It's kind of like smelling moth balls.

bjatwood · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2014, 06:06:13 am »

Quote from: HondaMan on May 31, 2012, 01:54:33 pm

For me, Biking vs. Restoring is a draw.
Wrenching is wonderful, but comes in 3rd.

Bingo same sentiments

dave the welder · « **Reply #19 on:** July 28, 2014, 10:07:55 am »

BIKING! can't restore anything because i can't leave anything stock.i have to change somethings to make it mine not the PO bike

ofreen · « **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2014, 03:05:36 pm »

Wrenching is all right and restoring can be great fun as it all comes together and you have something to show for your time and effort. But riding is what it is all about. It gives purpose to what otherwise would be an inanimate object.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #21 on:** July 31, 2014, 10:03:31 pm »

I hear you Greg, I'll have the last of my bikes registered on Monday (my CB750, ironically) so all 5 of my bikes will be legally registered and insured. If a bike is just parked and not ridden, it may as well be a statue. Cheers, Terry.

goldarrow · « **Reply #22 on:** July 31, 2014, 10:05:40 pm »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 31, 2014, 10:03:31 pm

If a bike is just parked and not ridden, it may as well be a statue. Cheers, Terry.

I guess I have a few statues in my backyard

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #23 on:** July 31, 2014, 10:07:59 pm »

Well I guess they're "Yard Art" mate, so give yourself a pat on the back for owning an art museum............

goldarrow · « **Reply #24 on:** July 31, 2014, 11:22:24 pm »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 31, 2014, 10:07:59 pm

Well I guess they're "Yard Art" mate, so give yourself a pat on the back for owning an art museum............

These yard art keeps growing faster than mushroom mate and can't keep the wrench turning fast enough

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