Haha, thanks Stev-o. Pretty excited about that, and thank you everyone who helped out with the build and voted! The turn out was great, and if that wasn't enough to overwhelm me, look what Stev-o and Joe/FrankenFrankenStuff cooked up! This was quite the surprise! I'm absolutely blown away by the love and camaraderie we have on these forums.
It has been quite the ride the last few months, and so far I've managed to keep it under control. People tell me I'm still pretty early in starting out my life (and here I thought I could retire at 35 thinking old age hit me at 30
) and its normal to make financial blunders. Job security is such an important thing to have, that the slightest threat to it put me in a frenzy. I started out well in my pursuit of the American dream. I found me a job, a good wife, a car and a house. The next step should have been working on a nest egg in case of emergencies (damn roof
) but instead I now have the BOTY. Tried to backpedal on that and thankfully failed.
After a nice pep talk by our beloved Uncle Tez, I realized that $hit can go further south even if I did manage to sell it, then what? So, I'm going to try and hold on to it and deal with circumstances as they arrive. It might work out for the best (find me a better paying gig?) and I may end up with bike 3! (my head is going nuts with so many ideas). One thing for sure now, is that I will NEVER complain about having to work too many hours. The wife and I worked out a nice plan where neither of us will have to sacrifice too much, but still get through life decently. Which brings me back to wrenching on my K3! Hoping this build will let me "have fun responsibly".
@Jerry, thanks as always for your help, I'll get some pix with the trophy on the bike when it gets here
