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We picked up the husband’s motorcycle from the shop last week.
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And a mere $1,100 later….
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He was back on the road.
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And though I was ready to say goodbye to the bikes…
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I knew he was enjoying the feel of the wind in ( what’s left of ) his hair.
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There really is nothing like it.
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And I’m thinking the bikes will probably be with us a bit longer.
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River's world..... 
I don’t know what it is about bikes and vets… my dad owned a few motorcycles. My mother even created a red foam-rubber bodysuit meant to heat, protect and make obvious my father driving it in the Winter.
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With my spouse I think it’s more about denying the aging process. Sell the motorcycles? Next step death. I try to convince him there are a few stages in between but he’s not buying it…
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After spending $1,100, including buying $9 worth of rags and solvent that used to be factored into all those other charges, he’s got to ride. You have a few nice weeks ahead. Hopefully, it goes on the market and someone snaps it up before spring. He does look good on that ride.
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It’s not for sale. I’m afraid that ship never sailed..
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Ah. Oh well. At least he had it fixed up so it’s safe to ride.
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Keep on Bikin’ 😀
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Apparently.
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Felt much the same way when I sold the pickup. Without a pickup, a man is waiting at deaths door.
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He still has a pick up. I think I’ll have to bury him with that…
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Did I read that right? Does that engine really take four quarts of oil? A Boss 429 only takes five.
Two things to consider, both positive: First, he’s not a kid anymore, and that only sounds bad. He’s more likely to come home from a ride in one piece than a twenty year old on a crotch rocket.
Second, and you’re really gonna like this one, It’s hard to get a moldy old roadside recliner on the back of a motorcycle. HMM.
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I wouldn’t have a problem keeping them… if we were riding. But we don’t and it’s a pricey toy to upkeep just to sit in the garage.
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As for the oil, I have no clue.
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I have only one question. How does one rebuild quantity 1.5 carburator? Last time I looked a bike only had 1 carburator. Isn’t that the way a motor works? I’ve never owned or worked on a bike, so I’m no expert, but what the hell does half a carburator do?
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1.5 hours to rebuild the carb.
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That makes sense. But then what is the 1.5269 beside Metric for the oil change? 91 minutes 661,4 seconds?
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Isn’t that two questions? For what it’s worth, your guess is as good as mine.
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Good. At least I’m not the only one.
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I think the quantity is for labor hours. One and a half to rebuild.
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Yeah, but that’s no fun. 1.5 carurators gives one something to wonder at — and laugh about.
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BTW, that last pic is flat out awesome. The face in the mirror screams “Hell of a man”. No shit, right?
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It makes me realize how badly we need to redo our driveway, but yeah… Hell of a man works too.
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Do you have your own bike???
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I do not. He has two…
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My driveway is gravel, and not very nice gravel at that. We want a concrete one. You can set a stencil in it when it’s wet and sprinkle pigment on it to make it look like brick or stone. Cheaper than either, but still way more expensive than asphalt.
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Our neighbor just had hers torn up, leveled and paved which is what we need. Cost for hers? $35,000. I almost fainted when she told me.
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35 grand? Good gravy Marie! is this a particularly long or wide driveway?
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It’s long, three times our 85 feet… but narrow.
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Well, it sounds like the bike will be in peak condition for awhile longer, so there’s that. Great time of year to be riding one, for sure.
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It is, except I just got a shot in my bad knee and am about to start physical therapy. 😥
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Dang!! The hubs look 10 years younger on that bike! Sorry about your knee and staring physical therapy. I’m sure you’d love to ride with him.
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To be honest, he’s got a knee that worse than mine right now with a drs appt. next week. We’re both falling apart.
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Aww, sorry about that River. Well he looked like he really enjoyed that bike ride.
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I should hope so. It was an expensive one.
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I was just thinking that, at least ten years.
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I think Sturgis has scarred me for life. I can’t even look at a bike without wanting to run in the opposite direction these days.
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Ha! We’ve done rallies but never Sturgis. My butt would never handle that ride…
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It’s his happy place, you can tell. I hope he still gets that ‘freedom’ feeling on his bike.
When my FIL finally had to sell his bikes, he was depressed for a while.; getting rid of something ingrained in your life is like throwing in the towel. I get it.
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The heart is willing, the body has other ideas….
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