2000 900ie rebuild.......... a year in the life of a mechanical retard.

[garp2112]

Bravo!     Great story and enjoyed the write-up.  Read pieces to my wife (non-rider) and she was laughing out loud as well.

[Privateer]

well done.

Brutal, but think of the good story you have now.  So much better than "remember that time I bought that perfectly good bike for my girlfriend?"

[Drunken Monkey]

Well done "lemons to lemonade" story 

[pitbull]

ok, now do another one.  we'll wait.

I don't have the money or the space in my garaget for another project. I'd also like to spend less time working on bikes this summer and more time riding.

[suzyj]

Thankyou for posting this.  They do make a beautiful couple, don't they?

I can really relate.  Yesterday I had the most incredibly frustrating time.  I'm upgrading the suspension on my 695 with superbike parts.  Both shock and forks need new springs.  I bought a spring compressor from an auto store to remove the spring from the shock, which turned out to be much too big to fit my spring, discovered only after a frustrating hour trying to make it work.

So then I thought I'd pop the springs out from my forks, to see if they've got a rate stamped on them.  Another frustrating hour ensued.  I undid the cap with no trouble, but just don't have the strength needed to push the spring down far enough to get the little tool I made in to hold it and allow me to undo the nuts holding the cap.

So now I'm resigned to getting a shop to do it, which pushes it all back another month or so while I save the money for labour as well as parts.

Anyway, thanks for showing me the light at the end of the tunnel.  I really needed that.

[greenmonster]

Really enjoyable writeup, well done! 

[koko64]

Well done.
Tell your sweetheart there's love in that bike!
A great story that you will share and look back on over the years.
Cheers

[Mojo S2R]

Dude.  That's awesome.  You give the rest of us mechanical retards hope.  Makes me want to go out and find an old dream bike to restore.   Congrats on a beautiful pair of bikes.

[Dannog]

Great story. Top ending! Well done pitbull

[pitbull]

thanks again for all the kind words.

I'm getting the bike safetied today so it can be registered and plated by tomorrow. Both my GF and I are on holidays this week so we want to get out together for a few rides.

I'll get some good pics of my girl on the bike in the next few days and put 'em up.

[DucHead]

Great story, thanks for posting!!   

[greenohawk69]

Great job and thanks for sharing. 

[mitt]

Nice work on the restoration & write up, and both of you be careful out flogging it!


mitt

[causeofkaos]

awesome right up thanks for a great read that one can relate to

[ctrain]

Love it! Great job Pitbull!