The Importance of Working on Your Motorcycle

Journeyman · Dec 1, 2020

This is a good read...

The Importance of Working on Your Motorcycle

"Yes, you need a place to work with decent lighting and heat. A work surface. Containers for parts. A drain pan for oil. People do good work in all sorts of improvised work areas."

Hah, this is me, post separation, changing the front tire two nights ago....

Kevin frazier · Dec 1, 2020

Oh youre impressive

Neville Lush · Dec 2, 2020

There is heaps of tread on that tyre. BTW where is your beer??

sonny · Dec 2, 2020

No thank you. Spent the last 15 years working on motorcycles on the front porch. Summer or winter it sucks. Then you have to work all week and plan on getting something done to the bike and it rains all weekend. My favorite is dropping a nut or bolt only to find it a hour later in the grass next to the porch. With the transmission going south on the Rocket it was not my plan to purchase a garage shed and equip it with racks, real tool boxes rather than old coffee cans and about everything you can image on a budget. Wife simply said your going to need a work place for that job. I agreed rather quickly.

Ishrub · Dec 2, 2020

Kevin frazier said:
Oh youre impressive

But he doesn't have your mood lighting!

Journeyman · Dec 2, 2020

Neville Lush said:
There is heaps of tread on that tyre. BTW where is your beer??

That's the new tire. Beer all gone now

I drilled anchor bolts earlier and mounted my tire changer nearby. The MojoLever makes quick work of the front tire (even in mid 40°F). Marc Parnes wheel balancer on two jack stands for a perfect balance. What sucks is trying to locate things in boxes and some in storage. My tool cart is in the laundry room. Fun trying to get all this done with rain moving in. It started sprinkling when I was lowering the bike. The bike currently lives in a portable (tent) shed along with a riding lawnmower, push mower and a bunch of other stuff.

All very southern Appalachia....

@sonny you must have missed the part about the divorce- I shared the photo because it's ridiculous. This is a rental house "we" own where I'm staying while it's up for sale. Once it sells my new home will have a garage, basement, or shed where I can contain those parts that roll away. Only things that went missing in the grass were one of those pinch bolts and a tire spacer. Since there were two of those to start, I figured good enough to still have at least one of each on the bike

sonny · Dec 2, 2020

Been there done that four times.

divorce can lead to some interesting situations.

Kevin frazier · Dec 13, 2020

Journeyman · Dec 14, 2020

Kevin frazier said:

And we know this how? Yep- just barely enough left for beer money....

Jag · Dec 14, 2020

Journeyman28778 said:
And we know this how? Yep- just barely enough left for beer money....

Especially if you own a triumph! Lol

The Importance of Working on Your Motorcycle

Journeyman

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