Topic: medication and motorcycles.

[jscro73]

i'm currently working on a 73 cb750 that im pretty frustrated with. I'm starting this thread to tell you why i refuse to give up. Feel free to add your own stories if you like.

about six years ago, a buddy of mine gave me a 75 honda cb750. i didnt know what it was. I wasnt into motorcycles, but i was intrigued. so i brought it home and got it started and turns out that the transmission and motor were trashed. So i pulled the motor out, took it apart, stripped the frame, and began a little bit of work on it. As i began to look into the motor, i noticed that the transmission was missing teeth in 2nd and 3rd, the cam had chewed up one of the valve seats and other little things that made the burden heavier. I decided to get another motor. I bought a block that was seized up, the plan was to take the jugs off my motor, combine them with the heads and transmission on the motor i just bought, and rebuild the whole thing. Well, just like anyone else with a diagnosis of ADHD, the whole idea lost it's lustre and i moved on, and it sat in my garage for close to two years in pieces. Then one day, just like anyone else struggling with a diagnosis of ADHD, i sold all of it for $50. I even let the kid that bought it from me use my trailer to take it home.
i literally think about this everyday of my life. I'm back on my medication now, and i'm staying focused on my project at hand. I dont really know of a lesson here, but i definitely feel like a moron. I want to believe that one day, luck will swing my way, and someone will sell me an old bonneville for $50... or maybe a norton. God bless morons.

jason

[KRONUS0100]

i dont think i'm adhd..dyslexic maybe.  I have done the same exact thing with a 85 ford crown vic and not one...but 2 Suzuki GS 750T's and one other less than desirable cb750.

[Simpson]

Then on the exact opposite side there's me. I'll get a project work on it too much lose balance of life and spend way too much money. Feel lucky you got out at 50 bucks, rather than me at 15k and climbing like me.

[edbikerii]

No short-cuts.  If you focus on this passion, the "free" bike may just end up costing you a lot more.

[Magpie]

Amen Simpson! I become obsessed until I get tired of it, cover it up for awhile, then hit it again. Beware of free or next to free bikes, they can be very expensive especially if sandcast is said anywhere near it. A good lesson I learned from a friend, if you're frustrated, pissed off and tired of the whole damn thing, put your tools down, cover it up and slowly back away. It will wait patiently for you to return with a new attitude and energy and be glad you did. Works for me.
Cliff.

[seaweb11]

Trick #1

Do something on it every day, wheather its tightening a nut or cleaning a part.
One day you walk in and turn the key.

Fellow adaher

[the technological J]

hate to be that guy but you live and learn.... some mistakes you dont make twice...... and if any one is about to sell him a bonneville for 50 bucks....... i'll pay 75

[Magpie]

I'll go $100. Had a '68 and want another.
Cliff

[Queeg]

i once got fired for a week. well i kinda,i'm 1/2 owner of the company.and got burned out one week.
  i decided i was too sick to go to work so i worked on my bike for that whole week 18 hours a day..
 i guess something bad happened and they needed to get a hold of me. and when i wasn't in my bed or office they found me in my shed. with a pile of beer and soda cans  empty food bags and a carton of cigarette buts in my coffee can.. not a fun experience.


 lesson learned.  go to work occasionally.tell them your not coming in  or at least answer the phone. which was dead also.