David, you're right. The title should be changed to reflect the projects that go on around here. I had a couple threads on builds prior to this thread but, since this has been an endless type of activity and I have the attention span of a goldfish, it all overlaps and happens so quickly and continuously I figured it's just easier to continue the" 77 550 followed me home "thread.
I don't know, lots of guys do lots of bikes...perhaps there should be a place here called " my garage"... a place where each member can show what goes on in their garage on a single continuous thread.
Don't get me wrong, I see the value of each separate build , it's easy to find any particular build that way, but really, it's hard to fully appreciate any member's entire SOHC experience one lost thread at a time. Like take stevO for example, he's been here a while, has tons of threads, he's everywhere all the time, and Cal too, he's another one, these guys are everywhere on every thread. I know from recent memory that stevO had a beautiful kawi and nice 550 I think there was a really nice 750 in the mix too. I know he flips bikes, I know he has his own collection, I know he goes through bikes like most people go through underwear. It's a continuous activity for him but it's hard to recognize his vast experience here by remembering a thread or two. Cal too, I remember his last 550 thread where he picked up the rusty remains of a 500 or a 550 and then the engine porn thread.....I know he's done much more, but that's all I remember, but each case , their sum of experience with these machines is so much greater than their last two threads that it seems a shame that each of their projects/experiences with these machines should be lost in some forgotten thread way back on page 10 or more. Like I'm sure the newbes get here looking for help and think who the hell are these guys and what do they know ... says he's an expert under his name, he's probably been here forever and only adjusted his chain or something. Of course no one would say this because on this forum we have an unusually high amount of respect for each member.
I like that.
And honestly, I've been here long enough I know that most our members eat , drink and crap SOHC's and would like to see more of their experiences so I can learn ,but I'm not wild about hunting down individual threads.
That's why I went for a continuous record of events type thread instead of a single project thread. Not because I think I'm All That but it's a format that I can easily refer back too to retrieve data, date of build ,what was done, who gave me a better idea on how to do it , what idea of mine failed, which engine was an early rebuild, sometimes I write the original miles on a motor in a thread so later I know what I'm dealing with...that kind of stuff.
And of course I do look back at it all every now and then and say "I did that" in surprise.
10 years ago, did you think you would be doing all of this as a hobby? I didn't. And with the help of members here, who are all great by the way, always have your back, and just endless knowledge that they are willing to share, made this all possible for me to do...me , I'm a cranky home builder who liked to ride Hondas... made this a part of my life that I wouldn't trade for the world.
But I like to see it as an unfolding story...So I changed the subject title to what it should have been, "500/550/650 that followed me home"....and the story continues.
Good idea, thanks David.
