OK, I know that is where I have come from ... the world.
Oooooh. So that is where it is at?
Actually, I was just looking for Hebron. Is that the same thing now?
I was just out for a 2-hour ride with the temperature at about 20° F. All sunshine and oaks and prairie and snow, praise to the Maker of it all.
I've been working at the pickle factory for over a month now. It is weird, how life goes where you least expect and could never imagine. It is not much pay but it is something that I can work with and bills are getting paid. I might be in pretty good shape by the end of February. The work is good, the people are some of the best that I have ever worked with but they all speak in this secret code language. Yo no entiendo.
I have shelves of unsold BMW motorcycle parts. I have gotten to the financial state where I don't need to sell them but I should do something. I was looking at the 'donor' bike, the 1979 R100RT wreck and thinking that I have some really good major components, maybe I could stop selling parts from the donor and try to put it back together. The whole front end is gone but I just got another front end from a 1982 R100RS including the brakes and all. I want to rebuild this. It is so cold out in the mancave. I was thinking of moving this into the basement and starting to reassemble but then I realized that since it is stripped down so far I should keep right on going and replace some seals and gaskets and stuff on the engine before I start putting it together. That would be to dirty for the basement. Oh, well, later.
The R100RS is running great. I just finished a lot of front end work and adjustments. The hard downshift worries me but that's all.
Gilera the R100T has been great handling since the front end upgrades and the electronic ignition upgrade. The most pressing thing that needs to be done in the cave is to get Gilera on the block and start rebuilding the engine. Her compression was below 90 psi when I last checked, a while ago, and the rear mains seal is leaking a lot of oil. So, I need to do that engine work, I want to put the reinforced swing arm on and add the billet top brace from the eBay front end that I got for the donor bike project. Get that done and tires ...
Only question that is open right now; should I sell the 1982 R100RT in the spring? )That is the one that you see pictured in this Narnia post) You know that Gilera and Huckleberry will never get sold and the donor might get sold after assembly but that will certainly be a long time from now. The only cash bike would be the RT but I just don't know .... hmm.
I have shelves of unsold BMW motorcycle parts. I have gotten to the financial state where I don't need to sell them but I should do something. I was looking at the 'donor' bike, the 1979 R100RT wreck and thinking that I have some really good major components, maybe I could stop selling parts from the donor and try to put it back together. The whole front end is gone but I just got another front end from a 1982 R100RS including the brakes and all. I want to rebuild this. It is so cold out in the mancave. I was thinking of moving this into the basement and starting to reassemble but then I realized that since it is stripped down so far I should keep right on going and replace some seals and gaskets and stuff on the engine before I start putting it together. That would be to dirty for the basement. Oh, well, later.
The R100RS is running great. I just finished a lot of front end work and adjustments. The hard downshift worries me but that's all.
Gilera the R100T has been great handling since the front end upgrades and the electronic ignition upgrade. The most pressing thing that needs to be done in the cave is to get Gilera on the block and start rebuilding the engine. Her compression was below 90 psi when I last checked, a while ago, and the rear mains seal is leaking a lot of oil. So, I need to do that engine work, I want to put the reinforced swing arm on and add the billet top brace from the eBay front end that I got for the donor bike project. Get that done and tires ...
Only question that is open right now; should I sell the 1982 R100RT in the spring? )That is the one that you see pictured in this Narnia post) You know that Gilera and Huckleberry will never get sold and the donor might get sold after assembly but that will certainly be a long time from now. The only cash bike would be the RT but I just don't know .... hmm.
