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??? ??? Seems to always happen to me. I start out with a simple little thing I am going to do and invariably I am there twice as long as expected. Today it was replacing my front pegs. Had replaced one about a year ago when the rubber mount and chrome cover fell off. VRCC member sent me one for free.  The other side has stripped threads for one of the chrome cover bolts on the bottom and the bolt had fallen out. Pegs had been scraped up a bit so I bought a good set from VRCC classified for great price, thanks again.  So all that needs to be done is take out cotter pin remove and replace. 20 minutes?? Well, on the right side it sits under the cover for rear brake mechanism and pin holding on peg will not come off without taking off chrome cover, and removing rear master cylinder assembly so there is room to get the pin out of the peg. Much easier on left, comes right off. Putting the new ones on is pretty simple, set the peg in the bracket with the return spring, slide in the pin and cotter pin. Well, getting that pin back in took 3 times as long as it should have. It kept getting caught on the spring that moved around a bit when peg inserted in bracket so I am screwing around a while on both sides before I get it all lined up to slide pin in. FINALLY, simple task completed. Washed bike and my 20 minute task was completed in about 90 minutes.  Oh well, now I have nice new solid pegs and will have to take them out to see if I can scrape them up a little. I know I am not the only one this happens to but maybe you anticipate the delays better than me.  |
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2011, 11:22:48 AM » |
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There 'normal' jobs (for everyone else)... And then there are 'Steve' jobs (yep, that's me)... Home repair, car repair, bike repair... I've learned never, ever, start a job when the hardware stores will be closing in less than an hour Black Dog |
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2011, 11:27:33 AM » |
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Got that right, now I figure on at least three times longer and two or more trips to Home Depot. Forget about the bike repair, I know it's goimg to be all day. LOL
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1998 T Cobra light bar, Corbin seats Tank bib, baker air wings, lockable hard bags, luggage rack and trunk. Woody's faring, cruise throttle lock.
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Gear Jammer
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Yeah,,,,,It's a HEMI
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2011, 05:36:22 PM » |
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Among some of my acquiantences, this is known as "Bobby's Law". Similar to "Murphy's Law" which says if something can go wrong , it will,,,,,,,, my law says something's going to go wrong despite the impossibility that anything could Just ask Stude31, Early Bird, Wizard, Attic Rat, Russell Rice, and several others. So you ain't the only one afflicted here  Glad to have some company   |
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 05:42:50 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2011, 05:45:55 PM » |
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Among some of my acquiantences, this is known as "Bobby's Law". Similar to "Murphy's Law" which says if something can go wrong , it will,,,,,,,, my law says something's going to go wrong despite the impossibility that anything could Just ask Stude31, Early Bird, Wizard, Attic Rat, Russell Rice, and several others. So you ain't the only one afflicted here Glad to have some company Murphy is an F-ing OPTIMIST I got stuff goin wrong that couldnt possibly go wrong |
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2011, 05:49:06 PM » |
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I had to go and marry a Murphy. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2011, 07:55:07 PM » |
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As a professional mechanic and electrician (they pay me for it) I can tell you that is how it typically goes. The only easy jobs are the ones someone else does while the observer says "oh, that's easy". |
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2011, 08:29:31 PM » |
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I had to go and marry a Murphy. Oh... Poor you... That's the ultimate "Murphy's Law" I'm the KING of my household... and I've got my wife's permission to say so.!!! |
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2011, 08:36:37 PM » |
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3 times the expected amount of time,, HA ha ha. I can beat that.  Try a long weekend project list and ends up taking almost 7 months and still continues, even as I type.  |
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Walküre
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« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2011, 02:22:48 AM » |
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I know I am not the only one this happens to but maybe you anticipate the delays better than me. Back when I was a contractor, we had a saying, when someone asked how long it would take - we'd say "However long it should take, multiply by two, and add a half...you should be close". So, your 20 minutes becoming 90, not TOO far off...could have shaved 40 minutes off....  |
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2011, 03:42:53 AM » |
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I agree with FryeVRCCDS0067
It's always easy if someone else is doing it!!!!
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it's always easy if someone else is doing it.....
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2011, 03:43:21 AM » |
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Walküre...... Your avatar is weirding me out.  |
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I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to |
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Walküre
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2011, 07:47:56 AM » |
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Walküre...... Your avatar is weirding me out. Yeah, I know...can't remember when the hair started falling out....weird, huh? Don't remember being so bald. A much younger picture:  R |
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2000 Valkyrie Standard
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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2011, 08:26:47 AM » |
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I've personally found that when you start to rush it is when things go wrong and you start adding time onto the end.
Me? Because of the nature of what I do I take my sweet time. I tell em; "do you want it done right or do you want it done fast?" because if I screw up and drill a hole wrong then you're talking about the potential for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage and untold extra time repairing it. I will not be THAT guy that put an airplane on the ground for six weeks because he rushed and destroyed the only part in inventory (like one guy I know).
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
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« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2011, 08:32:40 AM » |
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Back when I was a contractor, we had a saying, when someone asked how long it would take - we'd say "However long it should take, multiply by two, and add a half...you should be close". So, your 20 minutes becoming 90, not TOO far off...could have shaved 40 minutes off.... Well I would have been closer to your "formula" but when I finished and proudly looked down at the finished job I noticed I was still holding the washer in my grimy hands . . . So it was like I really put on 3 footpegs. |
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« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2011, 08:51:14 AM » |
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I'm usually looking for the firkin wrench I just had and now can't find.
Oh that, pees me off, and it is always the last place ya look. LOL
Mom's garden hose had a bubble that broke and leaked.
Figured a 15 minute fix. Well that was yesterday morning, still not fixed. I was informed this morning she had to water her plants and garden tomorrow morning, and the hose better be damn well be fixed.
Guess I'll run up to Home Depot or Lowe's this morning and buy a new 50' hose. Yup, problem solved.
I'll put the old hose up till I got plenty of time to put a replacement threaded end on it.
Different topic.:
Several years ago, we had a hose do the same thing, we lived in California then, and I was a CHP. The hose sprung a leak, I went to work and stopped at a Hardware store on my rounds, picked up a replacement end. Came home, cut the hose off, pushed the new piece in and clamped her down. Hey presto, I did a 10 minute job in 10 minutes. Next morning, I was informed I put a male end on it instead of a female end. DUH.... She has never let me live that one down.
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« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2011, 11:36:12 AM » |
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+1 on all the delays, Only good thing is I'm starting to get religon. Go out to the shop, back to the house, out to the shop. Thinking bout religon. Stand in the shop wunderin Oops, not thing about the hereafter, thinkin bout WHAT I was here after. I have a mind like a steel trap...... but it's been in the water and rusted shut!
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Gear Jammer
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« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2011, 05:11:31 PM » |
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« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2011, 07:30:41 PM » |
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I feel your pain. The other day, I was going to lubricate the throttle cables. Should be a simple procedure, right? Wrong! I needed to loosen the handlebars and shift them to the left in order to get enough slack to remove the throttle assembly. I decided to punt it for a later date. I have run across the same type of issues for other bikes as well. Generally though, the Valk is an easy bike to work on.
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« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2011, 07:38:58 PM » |
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Walküre...... Your avatar is weirding me out. Yeah, I know...can't remember when the hair started falling out....weird, huh? Don't remember being so bald. A much younger picture: R You,SIR.. just AINT RIGHT |
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« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2011, 09:38:32 PM » |
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Yeah, I know...can't remember when the hair started falling out....weird, huh? Don't remember being so bald. A much younger picture: R I showed your younger pic to Maddy who is almost 12 yo. I did not tell her how much you had aged.  She is very anxious to meet you. I will warn you beforehand, she is the GREATEST dog in the world but she is a bitch!  |
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R J
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« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2011, 10:35:51 PM » |
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Gear Jammer, makin babies I always had a pattern in front of me. PS: I also had it tattooed with, insert here. LOL Oh yeah, I also had her name tattooed on her forehead, didn't want to call her by a wrong name again. Skillets hurt when swung by a pessed off REDHEAD. What else ya want to say about it, I'll find a dumb assed answer somehow. This ole Jarhead has been there, done the drill and still has the green 'T' shirt somewhere. Once a Jarhead, always a Jarhead. Semper fi Bro. |
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Gear Jammer
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« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2011, 06:40:49 PM » |
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Gear Jammer, makin babies I always had a pattern in front of me. PS: I also had it tattooed with, insert here. LOL Oh yeah, I also had her name tattooed on her forehead, didn't want to call her by a wrong name again. Skillets hurt when swung by a pessed off REDHEAD. What else ya want to say about it, I'll find a dumb assed answer somehow. This ole Jarhead has been there, done the drill and still has the green 'T' shirt somewhere. Once a Jarhead, always a Jarhead. Semper fi Bro. |
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I was in Yosemite Park this week and in the museum they have a 1912 Indian motorcycle, the first one to visit the park, on display. The owner of the motorcycle took it apart and put it in boxes when we went to fight in World War I so that his mother would not sell it while he was gone. He put it back together in the 50's before donating it to the park. I have a few projects like that but I am trying to take longer than he did.  |
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