Hi, I'm back... I didn't really get to finish my introduction, I was having trouble posting it so my wife figured it out for me but posted before I was done. Where was I... oh yeah, sold the Magna.. I didn't like it, but I did learn to love Honda V4s. If my ship ever comes in (and I have the wherewithal to NOT be at the airport that day), I want to acquire a nice RC30. Being nothing more than a lowly tradesman, I will be lucky if my row boat comes in so I am glad just to have an RC24. Still, a fella can dream right? The other bike I lust after is an older (carburated) BMW R-series GS, but that is another topic. I do plan to acquire a ROKON in the next couple of years. I have a portable sawmill and I need something to skid logs out of the bush so I have my heart set on a ROKON (google it). It will be brand new because there are simply no used ones for sale anywhere. If I can manage it, it would be the only brand new thing I have ever owned. My father was a real, genuine old grease monkey. He wrenched for thirty five years until his untimely death from cancer at the age of forty eight. My brothers and I grew up in the dirt and grease working on our clapped out fourth hand Honda dirt bikes (we grew up poor and had to make do with what we had). With my fathers patient, gentle guidance, we became very capable mechanics of the shade-tree variety. My bro is a gifted, brilliant engineer but unlike most of them, he can work on the shit he invents. The world would be a much better place if all engineers had his mechanical sense. He rode the old VFR pretty hard, but he looked after it very well and had it tuned, jetted, balanced, and sorted beautifully. When I pulled apart the carbs, I was SOOO careful not to mess up the linkages or change settings. They are definitely trickier to work on than an in-line setup. My younger bro is a wicked good steel fabricator and really good on the wrenches. It must be genetic, because he was just four when the old man kicked the bucket so he didn't get taught as much as I did. So, at the moment I am buried in a full-on, body off the frame re-build of my old Dodge crew-cab (when I post some pictures, I will include a few of this project), so progress on the VFR has slowed CONSIDERABLY. I have a week off coming up that will be split between working on the Dodge, my unfinished house, and my VFR. I hope to make some progress on all three things then (we have been in a state of renovation for over six years now). I look forward to connecting with people who like good old machinery, so have a good week, y'all.
Welcome to the MADNESS...........Sorry about your father. I am sure he is looking out for you My does..... Please post some pictures soon before they call you a liar.....
I take it that you live near Stoney Creek? Then again, skidding logs out of the bush is more of a northern activity. Tell us where you are in this great big wonderful over taxed land.
