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28 Jun 2022 08:38 #869477 by Skidmark
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Being on a full acre of land is pretty nice.  I left So Cal when we retired the house was on a 7000 sq ft lot.  My new front yard is just over 6000k!  Yeah, I am loving retirement. 

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28 Jun 2022 09:42 #869485 by Street Fighter LTD
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Well Wookie
Come across the pond and visit  with us.


 
Be careful what you wish for street 
So come to our Michigan KZR get together in August
Get the European  KZ riders all together  , charter a gulfstream and lets party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See you all soon
Dave

 


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02 Jul 2022 11:55 - 02 Jul 2022 11:56 #869775 by Wookie58
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Managed to pretty much wrap up the frame mods today, cross tubes are in for the seat mounts, side braces (which will also give me somewhere to hang stuff) and rear gusset's which have replaced the shock mounts. Hopefully tomorrow can get the mounts done for the tank, electrics box and beather catch tank 
 
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02 Jul 2022 13:28 #869777 by kzstreetfighter71
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Nice clean work

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03 Jul 2022 12:03 #869812 by Wookie58
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Well it's been kicking my arse today trying to pack 10lbs of s*@t into a 5lb bag and make it look decent, oh well "mama said there would be days like this"  (nothing picture worthy today)

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03 Jul 2022 15:08 #869821 by hardrockminer
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Strange days indeed!

I have several restored bikes along with a 2006 Goldwing with a sidecar. My wife has a 2019 Suzuki DR 650 for on and off road.
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03 Jul 2022 17:12 #869825 by 750 R1
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 trying to pack 10lbs of s*@t into a 5lb bag 

You've just described my whole life !!   Fun,Isn't it !
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03 Jul 2022 22:49 #869829 by Wookie58
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 trying to pack 10lbs of s*@t into a 5lb bag 

You've just described my whole life !!   Fun,Isn't it !
It does make you have some wild ideas of solutions 

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04 Jul 2022 00:36 #869830 by 750 R1
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 trying to pack 10lbs of s*@t into a 5lb bag 

You've just described my whole life !!   Fun,Isn't it !
It does make you have some wild ideas of solutions 
Lucky problem solving is one of my strengths, I often wake up in the middle of the night with a solution....

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04 Jul 2022 01:02 #869831 by Wookie58
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I know what you mean, it was just one of those days yesterday. The mounts for my catch tank and electrics box both wanted to be in the same place, I came up with a plate with two 5mm studs welded into it going one way and one 6mm stud going the other which has sorted it (there was no room for bolt heads) then when I came to weld them in the welder ran out of wire. I had been using 0.6 but only had a reel of 0.8. When I tried to reverse the guide roller for the 0.8 wire it was seizer solid (welder is old and hasn't been used for many years) much WD40 and a two legged puller later I got it off (should just slide off and on) Still, hopefully I will get my stem and tree's back this week so I can have a change of scenery and mock up the front end 
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04 Jul 2022 08:23 #869842 by Skidmark
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Well it's been kicking my arse today trying to pack 10lbs of s*@t into a 5lb bag and make it look decent, oh well "mama said there would be days like this"  (nothing picture worthy today)
That last time I heard that song, it was playing on a radio in the doctor's office - it was in the room they were wheeling me into for a colonoscopy.  No lie!  I told them to turn that f'ing thing off!!  Not funny!!

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04 Jul 2022 11:40 #869858 by howardhb
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Well it's been kicking my arse today trying to pack 10lbs of s*@t into a 5lb bag and make it look decent, oh well "mama said there would be days like this"  (nothing picture worthy today)
That last time I heard that song, it was playing on a radio in the doctor's office - it was in the room they were wheeling me into for a colonoscopy.  No lie!  I told them to turn that f'ing thing off!!  Not funny!!

I erm, feel you... had TWO of those already. Last time doctor called all the nurses to check out the scanner screen... no lie!
 
 

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