Stijn!!

[RKDinOKC]

Friend of my Dad liked working on cars. I remember watching when I was a little kid. His wife managed his tools. He would ask for a tool, then hand it back to her when done with it. She would then clean it and put it back in the proper place. His garage was immaculate. They also wore matching overalls when wrenching. He had a very very fast old car.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Flieger

I would say how it went today but then I saw this:



So I won't. If anyone especially wants to hear it I would talk about it but maybe it should be PMs? I don't think anyone cares that much, though.

well, i disagree. but PM me, if you don't want to post here.

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Friend of my Dad liked working on cars. I remember watching when I was a little kid. His wife managed his tools. He would ask for a tool, then hand it back to her when done with it. She would then clean it and put it back in the proper place. His garage was immaculate. They also wore matching overalls when wrenching. He had a very very fast old car.

my wife refuses to be around when i am wrenching.

[nynor]

i crawled under ingrid to look at the placement of the fill and drain plugs on the transaxle, as i'll be changing the fluid very soon. i found one of the CV boots is ripped..... i guess i'll order the boot and grease and learn how to change it out. last time this happened, i wimped out and took it to the shop. my excuse, partially, was that i didn't have the triple square wrenches and neither did sears. i don't have that excuse, as they carry them now at pepboys and i bought some the first time i saw them.

[porsche4life]

Its really not that bad to pull the CV joints....

Oh and try finding a 12pt 8mm socket.... I went in with a more bastard bolt than came out.... But now I've got some kick ass cool locking hardware...

[Rick V]

I have a bunch of whitworth stuff if anybody needs to borrow them. (useless junk)

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Rick V

I have a bunch of whitworth stuff if anybody needs to borrow them. (useless junk)

hah! i could have used that when i was disassembling the '77 triumph.

[Rick V]

You should have said something, since I am done with old brit cars they are just conversation pieces

[nynor]

disassembly was over 12 years ago.... it got put back together with self-locking stainless SAE nuts and bolts. not that those helped it to stay together.....

[Icemaster]

Whatya got?

[nynor]

me? i sold it. thank the gods.






lord, it was fast. in all seriousness, i could keep up with the modern sport bikes in the canyon. i bet it was pushing over 60HP, but weighed about 325 pounds. getting up on one wheel was not a problem. it handled really nicely, also. but for every hour i rode, i could count on at least two hours of wrenching.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by nynor

well, i disagree. but PM me, if you don't want to post here.



my wife refuses to be around when i am wrenching.

Well that is good to know I am not getting on everyone's nerves but there is no big news so I'll just hold off on posting.

[Icemaster]

Beautiful. Some day I'll stone up and put one in my stable. I'm thinking probably after kids head to college. Very nice.

[Rick V]

I am not allowed to have a bike.

[Icemaster]

[Flieger]

[Rick V]

[slodave]

What dorky side mirrors. It looks like Mickey Mouse.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

Beautiful. Some day I'll stone up and put one in my stable. I'm thinking probably after kids head to college. Very nice.

don't do it. get a ducati, instead. or a modern triumph. i've ridden and wrenched on a modern bonnie. it is a solid bike.

[porsche4life]

I've had one or two....





Missing pics of the Nx125....

[nynor]

Originally Posted by slodave

What dorky side mirrors. It looks like Mickey Mouse.

bar-end mirrors are the way to go. the stock mirrors on most sport bikes are completely useless.