Topic: Two years in!

[harm]

..and time for my second post.  Holy crap!   

I bought up my first cb550K a couple years ago for 175 bucks.

Bought it from a guy on condition he would deliver it, since I was working on call that night.

He called halfway to my place.. bike was running funny.  Checked it out.. yes, definitely funny.  Chugging pretty hard.

I pushed it from there a few blocks at a time (push bike, go back to van, drive ahead, go push, jog to van, move, park, push, jog..for what seemed like forever)
to a friends place.  Where I parked it on his gravel driveway for a couple days.  Because jeebus pushing that far was stupid. 

It rained.  The bike fell over.  He picked it back up.. we put it in the back of the service van that night and I "rode" home. 

[harm]

..the bike sat for most of the year in my garage.  I played with new spark plugs, valve adjustments, timing, nothing really fixed the problem.. and it just wouldn't start anymore. 

The next spring I picked up a "chopper" 550, same year, same model, that "had run" over the past few years.  125 bucks.  This thing was a mess.  Modified with a hacksaw, overspray everywhere, welds the quality of.. my own crappy welds.  I can't hardly begin. 

I started stripping this bike down.. after MOVING and having to PUSH THE DAMN PAIR OF THEM to my new garage a few blocks down.  Choppy the Chop Job had seized brakes.  I loosened them up as much as I could without having them fall off.. after finally stripping the parts off I wanted to keep (and the parts that had to be scrapped), I gave away the frame/title to a semi-local member looking for one.  Yay for karma. 

So now I've got one non running bike, and 2/3 of a non-running bike for parts..and I love having it in the garage.  Just the potential of it. 

There's something wrong with me.   

[Boner]

No not at all most motorcycle addicts have similar experiences "cough cough" my suggestion is to buy a third bike then you will have Triple Trouble. I personally have 6 problem childs, 2 in surgery and 4 riders. It also helps to send  the wife to bike mechanics school or find a real handy girlfriend.

[harm]

So for motivation..a buddy of mine with a couple old 70's twins is looking for a bigger motor to rebuild, asked me about the bad motor IN the bike.. meaning I need to finish up the motor on the table, pull the old sputtery motor for him, and maybe someday have one running bike. 

I'm pretty sure I'd gotten as far as timing the 650 cam and tensioning everything.. have a fresh set of carbs on the shelf, ready to bolt up.. why do I let this thing sit there so often?  It was perfect riding weather today..and I'm stuck working on call all weekend.