Topic: Man, do I feel stupid...

[Johnie]

In fact so stupid I have to tell you...I spent over an hour looking for the front bracket that holds the front brake line in place on the K4. Having been programmed that on my K0 & K1 it is a seperate piece. I looked high and low only to realize it is welded to the front fender on the K4. I did not see it as the fender is still wrapped from the chromer. Dah, dah, double dahhhhh 

[Simpson]

 
Hey, I didn't know any better either...

[bwaller]

Maybe an hour lost but on a positive note at least the part is not. 

[ekpent]

HOLY COW  Johnie like me when we do a 77 or 78 K we will be really lost and those other things with the F word (super sport)  ---HELP-----

[sangyo soichiro]

Just recently I was looking for my flashlight.  I bought a fairly expensive one that's fairly small, and I always carry it in the wrench pocket of my carpenter pants (and I always wear carpenter pants). 

Anyway, I looked all over for it, and was starting to get depressed because it's the single most useful thing I carry (even more than my knife).

You might think I'd check the wrench pocket of the last pair of pants I wore, wouldn't you?

Nooooo... not me.   

[Magpie]

And here I thought I was the only one doing things like that!
Cliff.

[ekpent]

If you lose your sunglasses tap the top of your head 

[wdhewson]

And I'm still looking 3 years after that Whitworth 1/4 inch wrench disappeared.  I'm positive that it is in the house somewhere.  I do want a smaller house.

[Honda?]

At least you didn't weld without a mask like I did. Spent the better part of valentines day stumbling around blind when I could have replaced all of my wheel bearings and hubs painted! 

[Terry in Australia]

At least you didn't weld without a mask like I did. Spent the better part of valentines day stumbling around blind when I could have replaced all of my wheel bearings and hubs painted! 

Yeah mate, I watch those Bike shows on cable where they build 100,000 dollar bikes but apparently they can't afford a helmet and I think, "how dumb are you arseholes, anyway?".

Having said that, I did it once myself, used my cousin's welder and his mask was so pitted I couldn't see sh1t, so I screwed up my eyes to do one 1 inch bead (welding the hinge back onto my dads trailer) and woke up in the middle of the night with burned retina's.

My mom was a trained nurse so she put used tea bags on my eyes until I could see again, but it taught me how dangerous that is, and when I see these turkeys doing it on every show, I can't help but wonder what their eyes will be like in a few years? Not just stupid, criminally insane!  

[ekpent]

I think we all learned early "you will go blind" if you look at 'IT"

[754]

Welding without helmet & with hairy palms... looks bad on any resume....

[ekpent]

754 - I said "look at it" do not touch "IT"     PS - Have at least 2 or 3 or more  10 and 12 MM sockets around all the time because they have little legs and will run around and hide  14 too

[myhondas]

OMG....you had the front fender rechromed?  Is that the same one I gave you?  did you get that small dent out? cause other than that, it was pretty much a new one.

[MasterChief750]

and when I see these turkeys doing it on every show, I can't help but wonder what their eyes will be like in a few years? Not just stupid, criminally insane!  

season five of american chopper, senior was diagnosed with glocoma in one eye. he was welding without a mask in the same episode

[Magpie]

I think there are little gremlins in my garage that move my tools as soon as I put them down. They also move my car in parking lots. Good thing the Goldwing comes with a fob that has a button to honk the horn and flash the lights too.
Cliff.

[Hush]

My little gremlin is named Jaffa and she moves everything around my shed then moans taht my shed is such a mess she can't find the tool she wants.......can't live with em, can't make em clean up teh garage.

[Terry in Australia]

My little gremlin is named Jaffa and she moves everything around my shed then moans taht my shed is such a mess she can't find the tool she wants.......can't live with em, can't make em clean up teh garage.

Jaffa's a funny name for a kiwi's missus Hushy, I thought Baaa-bara was more common?

[Retro Rocket]

Does "hey ewe" count......

Mick

[Terry in Australia]

Why do kiwi farmers wear kilts?
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Because the sheep run at the sound of a zipper................. 

[Johnie]

OMG....you had the front fender rechromed?  Is that the same one I gave you?  did you get that small dent out? cause other than that, it was pretty much a new one.

I did get the dent out of the the fender and my guy did his usual fantastic job on the chrome. Now it will match the fork ears, studs and blinkers...

[mark]

Why do kiwi farmers wear kilts?
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Because the sheep run at the sound of a zipper................. 

ain't gonna ask how ya learned that little fun fact.

 

[Terry in Australia]

Why do kiwi farmers wear kilts?
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Because the sheep run at the sound of a zipper................. 

ain't gonna ask how ya learned that little fun fact.

 

Off the internet Mark, where I do all my edjumacatin'!

[myhondas]

Well, it sounds like you're doing a great job of restoring it and also sounds like you're going for showroom stock. It doesn't hurt to go even a little farther and polish all the aluminum. I still need to find a perfect condition 74 grab bar and now have to replace my left fork boot (due to a separation rip at one of the seams) and rechrome the rear fender. Last summer, while riding it, I scratched the tranny case with my boot, so I'll have to rebuff that out. You need to  post some more pics of your build progress. You know how this forum likes pictures.

[Johnie]

Well, it sounds like you're doing a great job of restoring it and also sounds like you're going for showroom stock. It doesn't hurt to go even a little farther and polish all the aluminum. I still need to find a perfect condition 74 grab bar and now have to replace my left fork boot (due to a separation rip at one of the seams) and rechrome the rear fender. Last summer, while riding it, I scratched the tranny case with my boot, so I'll have to rebuff that out. You need to  post some more pics of your build progress. You know how this forum likes pictures.

Yah, I should have started a build thread in November but did not think about it. And yes, I did polish the covers and forks. Below is a before and after pic of the covers.