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Offline DME

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Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« on: November 02, 2006, 12:26:23 PM »
Need help to get me started, seems hard to get going this winter.
Has lots to do.

The Honda Cafe:

- get the engine out
- port the head
- find a hotter cam
- do a better job at polishing the engine covers + more....
- zincplate some stuff I omitted last time

The Streetfighter:

- complete dismantle
- powdercoat frame, swingarm, subframe
- zincplate all bolts and fasteners
- paint bodywork
- set valveclearences
- new clocks
- new lights
- make a new conical silencer


But still I can´t seem to get started! I need a serious kick in the ass to get me going.
Hell, the summer is only six months away......

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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2006, 12:36:07 PM »
Just pick a bike and start tearing into it - you will find your motivation...
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Offline tsflstb

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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2006, 12:47:18 PM »
Yeah, it's pretty obvious those bikes need a LOT of work...get to it man. ;)

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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2006, 12:51:45 PM »
I wish I had two projects to work on. Just jump into them before you don't have time or space like me  :)
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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2006, 01:02:28 PM »
KICK!

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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2006, 02:01:42 PM »
Just remember, the guy on the Norton is prolly hoppin his 750 up even more, as we speak.. (type).....
Do you REALLY want your manhood te be challenged again next riding season?
C'mon, you turd, get in gear and get a 90 rwhp engine in that bad boy to match all the other hard work you've done on it.
Hop to you lazy mother#$%*er, if I hear that POS norton whomps you again, I'ma fly there and give you a well deserved butt kickin!!!
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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2006, 02:07:36 PM »
Well I think that sounds like a motivational speech if I've ever heard one. :D

Jeff

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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2006, 02:56:43 PM »
Have a 'bike tearing into' party. That'll mix everything up and then you'll have no choice but to get motivated. Just make sure nobody loses any of the bits...
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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2006, 09:32:53 PM »
forget those pieces of crap in your garage and get your arse over to NZed and turn my sorry wee project into a thing of beauty like your BOM.
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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2006, 05:23:46 AM »
Just get a Norton and get it over with. You know you want one  ;)
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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2006, 11:15:05 AM »
Just remember, the guy on the Norton is prolly hoppin his 750 up even more, as we speak.. (type).....
Do you REALLY want your manhood te be challenged again next riding season?
C'mon, you turd, get in gear and get a 90 rwhp engine in that bad boy to match all the other hard work you've done on it.
Hop to you lazy mother#$%*er, if I hear that POS norton whomps you again, I'ma fly there and give you a well deserved butt kickin!!!

When you´re right, you´re right! That m*****f*****g Norton still haunts me at night. Has to be put in place.... >:(
Motivation is certainly growing!


forget those pieces of crap in your garage and get your arse over to NZed and turn my sorry wee project into a thing of beauty like your BOM.
sobs icon needed

Spent six months in NZ back in -98. Worked on a farm called Wharanui, between of Blenheim and Kaikoura.
Rented a GPZ900 and toured the South Island for two weeks around christmas. Didn´t see a drop of rain, truly great roads! Will never forget it!
Bought an old Ford Escort 1.3L and traveled around the North Island for a couple of weeks also.
Loved that country..... need to go back there sometime.



Just get a Norton and get it over with. You know you want one ;)


No, but I do want to take the scalp of a certain hopped-up Commando! Badly.....






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Re: Suffering from lack of inspiration....
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2006, 08:22:30 AM »
Okey, the race against time is on. Wish I had just a little more space in the shop.... 8)