Motorcycle Repair 101?

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

don't be afraid to muck around a little bit, the only way to learn is to do."

I noticed in one of your other posts (about saddlebags) a reference to "office".
Can "office" & "greasy hands" sit comfortably, side by side, in the same sentence?

[Tranquility]

Greasy hands ... helmet hair ... oh what's a girl to doooooo???!

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alantf

I noticed in one of your other posts (about saddlebags) a reference to "office".
Can "office" & "greasy hands" sit comfortably, side by side, in the same sentence?

Let's be a little more careful with the quote attributions, OK ?? :roll:

I'm sure I didn't type the first part.......and don't remember doing the other either !! :poke2:

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Tranquility

... helmet hair ...

Sounds just like my wife when she absolutely insists on us using the car when we're going somewhere special, & I'm trying to convince her that there'll be nowhere to park the car when we get there.

Guess who wins the argument

[Tranquility]

Believe me, I am researching all my options!
High maintenance option: carry hair spray, blow dryer and curling iron w/me.
Mid-Low maintenance options: baseball cap, bandana, hair ties.
Zero maintenance: Hey! Accept me for who I am!! the flat-haired chick :-)

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

I'm sure I didn't type the first part.......and don't remember doing the other either !! :poke2:

Sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've checked back, & it was "easy quoted" what "tranquility quoted". It was a genuine error on my part (must've gone too many "quotes" back). Didn't mean to offend! You've just got to accept that some of us computer semi illiterates aint perfect. I'll try not to do it again. Grovel, grovel.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alantf

Guess who wins the argument

You do......when you shut up and do what SHE wants !! :poke2:

[Tranquility]

I used to work with this huge, burly guy ... if you didn't know him, he looked like somebody you'd want to avoid. "I AM THE MAN OF MY HOUSE" he bellowed. "I WEAR THE PANTS ... I MAKE THE RULES ... AND I GET THE LAST WORD: 'yes dear'." He was very funny.

Rode in to work on my GZ this morning for the first time, oh boyyyyyy! Other than grabbing the wrong gloves and suffering w/very cold hands, the ride was beautiful!! I avoided the highways, riding through farm country and back roads ... I felt like I was flying.

And just so to keep on-topic: my clothes and shoes fit fine in my saddlebags, left the purse at home and grabbed my wallet only, managed to avoid heavy-duty helmet hair and I experienced zero technical difficulties resulting in grease-less hands. A perfect commute!!

Have a great day, Guys!! Thanks for the banter/info/insight!

[INBikerChick269]

Tranquility, just to throw in a comment on a post that is almost two months old (but I'm a newbie, so I'm just seeing it!) men are intrigued by women who have no issue with having grease on their hands, helmet hair, and just keep going....

I was doing a restore project on a Kawi I bought for $500 off eBay, I noticed all my male friends kept coming over to "see how it was going" finally I asked one of them wat the deal was with everyone wanting to come watch me work on the bike. He said "it's hot!" I looked at myself, grease and oil halfway up my arms, smeared across my face. I smelled like oil and gasoline. I looked at my friend and said something to effect of "Ok, let me get this straight. All these years, women have tried to dress nice, look nice, smeel nice for you guys and what you really want is achick that smells like a garage wearing oil and gasoline? He (straighfaced) said "Yep." *sigh*

Second. JUMP INTO THE REPAIRS! Don't be afraid to try anything!!! Get the service manual and dig in. If I (5'1", 98 Lbs, experience with engine work was working on my dads old "67 Ford Pickup when I was a kid) can tear down the Kawi, rebuild the carbs, fix a couple of oil leaks, repaint the thing in my house (LOL), and get it started on try number two after putting it back together, you can do it too!

[Tranquility]

INBikerChick, thanks for the post! Now that I've been riding more and more, my concerns about helmet hair, etc, have dwindled down to just about zero. I'm not a "high maintenance" gal, don't even wear make-up ... but I do spend 10 hours a day in a Corporate environment so I guess I was a little concerned about easily transitioning from biker-chick to Corporate-Professional. Ha ... I just had an image of Clark Kent walking down the hall with a scrap of his red cape peaking out from under her shirt :-).

I gotta tell you though, since word has gotten out around the office that I'm riding, I have alooooot more guys coming to my office "just to say hi". The young kids think it's "awesome" (translation: ...awesome that the old lady rides a motorcycle). The guys more my age wax nostalgic and 1) wish their wives would "let" them get a motorcycle, and/or 2) wish their wives would ride motorcylces themselves.

Thanks again and welcome to the forum!