Thursday, February 04, 2010
Moto News:
-37780 miles, rear pads replaced, front and rear fluids replaced with fresh ATE superblue. The old stuff was watery!
Smallbore:
Prone: 98-4x
Kneeling: 98-5x (It was a wierd but stable position, with long eye relief)
Standing: 88-0x
Total: 284-9x
Music in the Head:
Pussycat Dolls - Buttons followed by The Killers - Somebody Told me during kneeling
I've been dreaming left n right lately. i need to consolidate and put them all up.
-37780 miles, rear pads replaced, front and rear fluids replaced with fresh ATE superblue. The old stuff was watery!
Smallbore:
Prone: 98-4x
Kneeling: 98-5x (It was a wierd but stable position, with long eye relief)
Standing: 88-0x
Total: 284-9x
Music in the Head:
Pussycat Dolls - Buttons followed by The Killers - Somebody Told me during kneeling
I've been dreaming left n right lately. i need to consolidate and put them all up.
Labels: Maintainence, Moto, SmallBore Rifle
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Little Housekeeping:
-At 37661 miles, the moto went in for a new set of tires. This time they were Michelin Pilot Power 2CT. They feel pretty good, and on the curves it feels like it wants to drop to the side even more! The 2nd set of diablos lasted less then 10k!?! The first held for 12k!
Now if i have the time to do a brake fluid flush and rear brake pad replacement. Soon..
-The shifter cable broke at the shifter on the FSR. A week or so ago i was experiencing wierd shifter play. I'd shift but nothing would happen and then all of a sudden a gear change. Today while riding up i shifted and heard a snap. i thought it was the shifter being old, but it was the cable instead. 3$ replacement, 5minutes, lets see how it holds.
Smallbore:
Prone: 100-7x
Kneeling: 92-0x
Standing: 83-0x
Total: 275-7x
Music in the head: Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
I think i went too fast shooting. I did reset a few times and saved a few points that way. But i also had 2 duds that eventually went off. Silly Eley ammo!
-At 37661 miles, the moto went in for a new set of tires. This time they were Michelin Pilot Power 2CT. They feel pretty good, and on the curves it feels like it wants to drop to the side even more! The 2nd set of diablos lasted less then 10k!?! The first held for 12k!
Now if i have the time to do a brake fluid flush and rear brake pad replacement. Soon..
-The shifter cable broke at the shifter on the FSR. A week or so ago i was experiencing wierd shifter play. I'd shift but nothing would happen and then all of a sudden a gear change. Today while riding up i shifted and heard a snap. i thought it was the shifter being old, but it was the cable instead. 3$ replacement, 5minutes, lets see how it holds.
Smallbore:
Prone: 100-7x
Kneeling: 92-0x
Standing: 83-0x
Total: 275-7x
Music in the head: Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
I think i went too fast shooting. I did reset a few times and saved a few points that way. But i also had 2 duds that eventually went off. Silly Eley ammo!
Labels: Maintainence, Moto, SmallBore Rifle
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Oi, it's 37.5k miles on the moto, and i'm starting to see threads on the rear tire.. ai! time for another set, what to do, what to get.. It's been 10k since the last pair
Smallbore:
it begins today, and we had to shoot a double match. Next week the facilities will not be open.
1/14/10:
Prone: 98-5x
Kneeling: 97-3x
Standing: 85-3x
Total: 280-11x
1/21/10:
Prone: 98-3x
Kneeling: 97-3x
Standing: 84-2x
Total: 279-8x
Song in the head: Meet Me Halfway - Black Eye Peas
I'm using eley sport. a mexican made Eley, with the same weed powder, but at a way lower price. It's comparable with other rounds, shoots well for me. I did have one round that sounded out of whack, but then i scored pretty well. The funny part is another guy bought the same stuff but wasn't impressed with it. He went with Federal Automatch, which is what i used last year. Good stuff, either way. Automatch is 1200fps, the Eley 1085fps.
Zen shooting was enabled again, how funny it's been a year and it comes back just like that.
Smallbore:
it begins today, and we had to shoot a double match. Next week the facilities will not be open.
1/14/10:
Prone: 98-5x
Kneeling: 97-3x
Standing: 85-3x
Total: 280-11x
1/21/10:
Prone: 98-3x
Kneeling: 97-3x
Standing: 84-2x
Total: 279-8x
Song in the head: Meet Me Halfway - Black Eye Peas
I'm using eley sport. a mexican made Eley, with the same weed powder, but at a way lower price. It's comparable with other rounds, shoots well for me. I did have one round that sounded out of whack, but then i scored pretty well. The funny part is another guy bought the same stuff but wasn't impressed with it. He went with Federal Automatch, which is what i used last year. Good stuff, either way. Automatch is 1200fps, the Eley 1085fps.
Zen shooting was enabled again, how funny it's been a year and it comes back just like that.
Labels: Maintainence, Moto, SmallBore Rifle
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Down to the cam cover. What lies underneath is spooky!
Yesterday i started on this:
Cross my fingers, hope that this worked out well. My first attempt at doing the major service on my moto. It seemed easy to do, but too easy at the same time.
I took the time to read up some online sites on how to do a valve check or adjustment. It seemed easy enough.
The moto hits 36k and i went for it, i thought i had all the tools needed but went to my brothers for a few more special tools that helped out quite a bit.
-Taking off the tank felt funny, but it was easy to do, a few hoses and an electrical connector. Was it going to leak, what do i do with the gas, blahblah. You do nothing, it sits there cuz the fuel pump is closed.. *phew*
-Airbox was easy enough, cleaned and relubed the BMC filter.
-Carburetors, i thought the instructions were off but all it took was 3 screws and some lifting to remove it. More hoses.. It looked pretty clean on the inside, the outside thought was all gunky.
-Hardest part, was the valve cover. Well, it's not that hard, loosen 6 bolts and remove the cover. As i'm removing the cover the rubber gasket is stuck, all i know is yanking such items is never good. So i carefully peel it all out, and didn't think much of it. It'll haunt me till today.
-Tappets, a cap that sits on a shim that sits on the valve. i used the feeler gauges at the TDC and BDC points to see the clearances of each tappet. Theres 16 total. The limits were for Exhaust .2-.3mm, Intake .1-.2mm. If any were larger then the limits, then i'd need to take the moto apart even further, adding to the complications. Luckily they are all pretty well spec'ed.
Every Exhaust tappet was slightly under .2 at .178, which is good enough for me.
Intake Tappets: (1).127,.127 (2).127,.127 (3).102,.102 (4).127,.102
-Phew, put the rubber gasket back on, ok, put the carbs back on, how do you do it? oh well, just press a litle and tighten bolts. ok, put the airbox on, hmmz the vents don't fit the airbox.. The carbs weren't totally in place. Remove n fix. ok.. Airbox on. alright, gas tank on ok.. my main concern was the hoses, there were so many and i couldn't remember where goes what, so after handling the munchkin a few times and rereading the service manual a few times it worked out. It felt too easy..
-Changed the spark plugs, oil, coolant and cleaned, oiled and tightened the chain a little..
-It's 9pm when finished. Put the key in, it starts up. Sweet it works, let it sit, 'lo n behold i see a puddle forming under the bike.. ahh crap. One is murky n black, the other smells like gasoline.. ^%$!!!
-Woke up today and found out i needed gasket sealant, one thats flexible and anaerobic. Kragen has them, kragen has 12 of them.. Got the right one, went back, took everything apart again, and reinstalled with sealant.. Turn the moto on, and now only the gas tank leaks.. fantastic! Why, how, it leaks i dunno. I play with the tubing and clamp, it made it worse. i play with it one last time and no more leakage! That pump must shove gas out pretty strongly to have leakage like that!
-This time turned it on for a while, let the coolant cycle and saw no more leakage. Sweet! Rode it around the block, it felt pretty good.
Hopefully tommorrow will be the test to see if it all comes together, when i ride to work..
I can now see why a major motorcycle service costs so much (600-800$), it's all into tearing into the bike just to stick a thin piece of metal inbetween the cam and tappet to see if shims need to be replaced. Other then that, everything else is simple. I'm glad i didn't need to do that. That'll involve removing the cams and the tappets, ouch!
-Also took out a few things on this blog that wasn't working..
-Also i made a pretty tasty Guava cake!
Labels: Maintainence, Moto
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Had a haircut, quick n easy.
Might as well post that the moto has hit 36k miles, but i found out that i'm out of filters.. bah, i also am wondering if i should get the valve shim kit first and then take apart the moto for my first attempt at valve adjusting or open it up and then figure out what i need..
funfunfun
Might as well post that the moto has hit 36k miles, but i found out that i'm out of filters.. bah, i also am wondering if i should get the valve shim kit first and then take apart the moto for my first attempt at valve adjusting or open it up and then figure out what i need..
funfunfun
Sunday, June 28, 2009
On friday the moto's battery was zoinked. So a replacement was bought, also bought were rear LED turn signals to replace the one that broke when the bike tipped over.. Weak! 35508 miles
After that the familia roamed off to Livermore where it was 109 degrees.. Caliente!
After that the familia roamed off to Livermore where it was 109 degrees.. Caliente!
Labels: Maintainence, Moto
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Got a few moto parts to fix up. I was delivering some goods to one of Fluffieladys friends, her house is on an significant incline. I park the moto at the slight beginning of said incline. As i was taking my helmet off, down goes the moto, smashing the mirror, the rear turn signal and one of the lightbulbs went out. Oi!
21$ mirror on ebay, 17$ set of bulbs on ebay, now i should look around for the turn signals on ebay, price saved delivering items to friend $1.38, doh!
21$ mirror on ebay, 17$ set of bulbs on ebay, now i should look around for the turn signals on ebay, price saved delivering items to friend $1.38, doh!
Labels: Moto
Monday, August 18, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.75 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
This time riding up the hill to work i started huffing and puffing again, but i realized that i just gave double red. The ride was sorta tough but not chest paining like last blood letting. So am i more fit?
That was the road bike, the moto somehow decided to break my sideways license plate mount. I didn't know my plate was messed up until i did a right leaning curve and hearing scraping noises. Unexpected noises = somethings up. I'm thinking great, what now. I look to the rear right and see my license plate dangling. Lovely. I decide to drill another hole into a thicker part of the mount, but what does this do to me? It makes the bolt too short to reach. Why is life like this? Venture to the hardware shop down the hill. 81 cents later a M8 x 60mm 1.25pitch bolt cures all. For now.
Time for some dindins with my uncle. 8:30pm dinner?! man..
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Now playing: Vivaldi - Winter - Allegro
via FoxyTunes
Time During Lunch: Medium
This time riding up the hill to work i started huffing and puffing again, but i realized that i just gave double red. The ride was sorta tough but not chest paining like last blood letting. So am i more fit?
That was the road bike, the moto somehow decided to break my sideways license plate mount. I didn't know my plate was messed up until i did a right leaning curve and hearing scraping noises. Unexpected noises = somethings up. I'm thinking great, what now. I look to the rear right and see my license plate dangling. Lovely. I decide to drill another hole into a thicker part of the mount, but what does this do to me? It makes the bolt too short to reach. Why is life like this? Venture to the hardware shop down the hill. 81 cents later a M8 x 60mm 1.25pitch bolt cures all. For now.
Time for some dindins with my uncle. 8:30pm dinner?! man..
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Now playing: Vivaldi - Winter - Allegro
via FoxyTunes
Friday, August 15, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.75 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Zero
Yesterday i was supposed to get my chain and sprockets changed for the moto. I arrive and they ask, 'wheres the parts, you were to supply them?' I look at them blankenly. So a reschedule was to today. I bring the moto today and 340$ later, it purrs again. I ask whats the average lifespan of chains and sprockets, Jen says around 12k. I feel pretty good knowing that its been 16k. Same with tires, they usually go in 7-10k, but mine last 12k+.
Work has been getting a little weird. Its hard to explain.
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Now playing: Carly Commando - EveryDay
via FoxyTunes
Time During Lunch: Zero
Yesterday i was supposed to get my chain and sprockets changed for the moto. I arrive and they ask, 'wheres the parts, you were to supply them?' I look at them blankenly. So a reschedule was to today. I bring the moto today and 340$ later, it purrs again. I ask whats the average lifespan of chains and sprockets, Jen says around 12k. I feel pretty good knowing that its been 16k. Same with tires, they usually go in 7-10k, but mine last 12k+.
Work has been getting a little weird. Its hard to explain.
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Now playing: Carly Commando - EveryDay
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Maintainence, Moto
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: .75 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
The moto was making some thunking noises, at first it might be my gearbox. Then i thought it was the clutch. Then i realize that my chain is all messed up. I need to take care of the chain more but it's been 17k miles since it's installation. I decide to degrease and lube the chain. As i'm degreasing, i notice the rear sprocket has a few chipped teeth. This is not a good sign, so i call up werkstatt and schedule an appointment. I did buy a chain when the moto reached 32k miles. Ahh yea funfun.
i can see why the iphone is something business folk wouldn't like. Currently theres no way on an stock iphone to save files into a certain location. Also on the stock mail program theres no way to search for email address or title. I had to use the google app to use the search functions. It needs a word processor or office suite. The jailbroken version has installers that remind me of those for linux. I can see OpenOffice apps, since the iphone is linux in camo.
Time During Lunch: Medium
The moto was making some thunking noises, at first it might be my gearbox. Then i thought it was the clutch. Then i realize that my chain is all messed up. I need to take care of the chain more but it's been 17k miles since it's installation. I decide to degrease and lube the chain. As i'm degreasing, i notice the rear sprocket has a few chipped teeth. This is not a good sign, so i call up werkstatt and schedule an appointment. I did buy a chain when the moto reached 32k miles. Ahh yea funfun.
i can see why the iphone is something business folk wouldn't like. Currently theres no way on an stock iphone to save files into a certain location. Also on the stock mail program theres no way to search for email address or title. I had to use the google app to use the search functions. It needs a word processor or office suite. The jailbroken version has installers that remind me of those for linux. I can see OpenOffice apps, since the iphone is linux in camo.
Labels: Maintainence, Moto
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Dreams keep flowing..
The only thing i remember is being able to teleport short distances. And telling people to leave some cave or tunnel 'cuz i had to do something that may or may not collapse the tunnel and since i could teleport its best for me to do whatever dangerous task it was.
Things remembered..
-When waking up i remembered i may have some panoramic pics from alaska.. more to come..
oh ya, the moto hit 32k miles two days ago. I'm reading up on valve adjustments, i think i can do it. YooCanDooIt!
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Now playing: Sungha Jung - Valse du Zenith
via FoxyTunes
The only thing i remember is being able to teleport short distances. And telling people to leave some cave or tunnel 'cuz i had to do something that may or may not collapse the tunnel and since i could teleport its best for me to do whatever dangerous task it was.
Things remembered..
-When waking up i remembered i may have some panoramic pics from alaska.. more to come..
oh ya, the moto hit 32k miles two days ago. I'm reading up on valve adjustments, i think i can do it. YooCanDooIt!
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Now playing: Sungha Jung - Valse du Zenith
via FoxyTunes
Monday, April 21, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
12 Pic Pano Stitch out my master bedroom. 190 degree view it says..
I had some time after work to run around Twin peaks. I have 2.5 different panoramics, one at the tourist spot, which took 55 shots, i moved to the side and took an additional 22, and the Hugin Stitching program noted 'possible movement.' The other panoramic is from the top of the southern peak of twin peaks. I did a 55 pic pano stitch and it took quite a while to process. I will do the 77 pic stitch, i got half way and it's 10:30pm. I will resume tommorrow, i should leave it on all night but i don't think i need that much time. Maybe if it took 1.5 hrs to go halfway. The 55 should be nice, it's an actual 360 degree shot, hopefully.
One other thing i did, since it was blustery and windy was try to hover with my jacket over my head like a parachute. Yea, i probably looked like a dufus on the top of twin peaks hopping around but with the winds blasting and then slowing it only worked once. And that one time was a feeble slowing descent, which still worked for me. I don't think i qualify to hover, but slowing down on a jump was good enough. It was kinda cold as well. Hopefully tommorrow it'll be up.
I filled up at $4.19 for supreme, i missed the 15$ mark by 20cents. I don't think its something to celebrate though.
Time During Lunch: Medium
12 Pic Pano Stitch out my master bedroom. 190 degree view it says..
I had some time after work to run around Twin peaks. I have 2.5 different panoramics, one at the tourist spot, which took 55 shots, i moved to the side and took an additional 22, and the Hugin Stitching program noted 'possible movement.' The other panoramic is from the top of the southern peak of twin peaks. I did a 55 pic pano stitch and it took quite a while to process. I will do the 77 pic stitch, i got half way and it's 10:30pm. I will resume tommorrow, i should leave it on all night but i don't think i need that much time. Maybe if it took 1.5 hrs to go halfway. The 55 should be nice, it's an actual 360 degree shot, hopefully.
One other thing i did, since it was blustery and windy was try to hover with my jacket over my head like a parachute. Yea, i probably looked like a dufus on the top of twin peaks hopping around but with the winds blasting and then slowing it only worked once. And that one time was a feeble slowing descent, which still worked for me. I don't think i qualify to hover, but slowing down on a jump was good enough. It was kinda cold as well. Hopefully tommorrow it'll be up.
I filled up at $4.19 for supreme, i missed the 15$ mark by 20cents. I don't think its something to celebrate though.
Labels: Moto, Panoramic, Photoz, sunset at home
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
Ahh yea, buying gas at a full $4.00 a gallon for the moto. I only racked up a $13, my highest for filling up the moto was $14.50. I remember in the beginning with the moto, $6 was how much it costed to fill up. Ahh yea
Time During Lunch: Medium
Ahh yea, buying gas at a full $4.00 a gallon for the moto. I only racked up a $13, my highest for filling up the moto was $14.50. I remember in the beginning with the moto, $6 was how much it costed to fill up. Ahh yea
Labels: Moto
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Today was quite busy. Woke up at 7am, did some photoshopping of a photo fluffielady wanted. I was kinda ghetto done but it can pass sorta. For 15minutes of work, it'll pass.
-Went to the range for some pop pop around 9:15 to 11am. My shotgun split times are still around .18-.2 seconds. Beh, it's cool for hitting a target. My goal was to leave around 10:30-10:40. But 2 coworkers were having target hitting issues. One was squeezing all his fingers when firing (hits low and left) and the other released his finger too fast after the shot broke (hits to the low and right).
-Got home at 11:15, got ready for bri n kimz baby showa.
-11:40am picked up a package for fluffielady.
-12:10pm arrived at foster city, let the games begin. Kim is showing quite a bit now. Chucky is putting himself in a partial police academy. J, Sherwin, Bert, came with the addition of Roz, Robyn n Jivis busting a cameo. Jivis is still all knocked out throughout.
-3:30pm began work on Bri's moto, it WAS supposed to be an easy task. Oil and filter change. But the battery was dead, ok replaced it, easy. Bike doesn't start up. It's fuel injected so it's supposed to be all auto done. Manual advised against push starting, or any kinda unscrupulous methods for carburetor'd motors. We proceed to install some flush mounted turn signals. Fricking body panels are a jigsaw , requiring a jillion bolts in all kinds of places. I got those fitted while trying to turn the moto here and there. After a while the new battery started to fade. I don't think that battery was at full power.
-6:30pm done, minus 2 bolts that refuse to return to it's place, Some bolts were really redundant. 5 bolts where the 3 fairing panels meet? and 2 on each end piece under the frame? I thought hondas were supposed to be all user friendly.
-7pm eat at Mimi's with sherwin. Bananas Foster mud pie is crazyhuge!
-Afterwards, roamed the target. They sell mighty putty there!
-Got home around 8:something. Went online and talked to my brother about getting a new cell phone etc. My 4-year old is getting silly on me. At times the battery would fade from half full to empty, and the alarm clock with my peaceful wake up music wouldn't play, once it only played 3 notes and silence. Time for a new phone!
-Going to bed around 11:30pm, kinda rare. nini
-Went to the range for some pop pop around 9:15 to 11am. My shotgun split times are still around .18-.2 seconds. Beh, it's cool for hitting a target. My goal was to leave around 10:30-10:40. But 2 coworkers were having target hitting issues. One was squeezing all his fingers when firing (hits low and left) and the other released his finger too fast after the shot broke (hits to the low and right).
-Got home at 11:15, got ready for bri n kimz baby showa.
-11:40am picked up a package for fluffielady.
-12:10pm arrived at foster city, let the games begin. Kim is showing quite a bit now. Chucky is putting himself in a partial police academy. J, Sherwin, Bert, came with the addition of Roz, Robyn n Jivis busting a cameo. Jivis is still all knocked out throughout.
-3:30pm began work on Bri's moto, it WAS supposed to be an easy task. Oil and filter change. But the battery was dead, ok replaced it, easy. Bike doesn't start up. It's fuel injected so it's supposed to be all auto done. Manual advised against push starting, or any kinda unscrupulous methods for carburetor'd motors. We proceed to install some flush mounted turn signals. Fricking body panels are a jigsaw , requiring a jillion bolts in all kinds of places. I got those fitted while trying to turn the moto here and there. After a while the new battery started to fade. I don't think that battery was at full power.
-6:30pm done, minus 2 bolts that refuse to return to it's place, Some bolts were really redundant. 5 bolts where the 3 fairing panels meet? and 2 on each end piece under the frame? I thought hondas were supposed to be all user friendly.
-7pm eat at Mimi's with sherwin. Bananas Foster mud pie is crazyhuge!
-Afterwards, roamed the target. They sell mighty putty there!
-Got home around 8:something. Went online and talked to my brother about getting a new cell phone etc. My 4-year old is getting silly on me. At times the battery would fade from half full to empty, and the alarm clock with my peaceful wake up music wouldn't play, once it only played 3 notes and silence. Time for a new phone!
-Going to bed around 11:30pm, kinda rare. nini
Labels: Crew, Maintainence, Moto, shooting sportz
Friday, November 30, 2007
Level Of Difficulty at Work: 0.25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: None
2 things to note, one more important than the other:
1)Welcome Octavius Maximus, i mean Ben. Poor kid has a nickname before he was even born!
2)Moto reaches 30k, actually moto reached 30k coming back from j's thanksgiving dindins, it's just i couldn't see anything to notice the odometer, and i keep forgetting to post this.
Now, where the !@$% did November go?
Here comes another story of 'it's not my fault, it's yours' file:
Kid runs away, kid hides at grandmas for a month or so. Moms finds out and wants her son to surrender (very few parents do this), so moms calls up the probation officer and tells them of the kids location. 2 days later kid in hiding goes and beats the crap out of someone, gets arrested, comes to court. Kid admits and pleas to the event. Mom complains that if her son was picked up when she called, kid wouldn't have gotten this new charge. It's all your fault.
Welcome to the blame game..
Time During Lunch: None
2 things to note, one more important than the other:
1)Welcome Octavius Maximus, i mean Ben. Poor kid has a nickname before he was even born!
2)Moto reaches 30k, actually moto reached 30k coming back from j's thanksgiving dindins, it's just i couldn't see anything to notice the odometer, and i keep forgetting to post this.
Now, where the !@$% did November go?
Here comes another story of 'it's not my fault, it's yours' file:
Kid runs away, kid hides at grandmas for a month or so. Moms finds out and wants her son to surrender (very few parents do this), so moms calls up the probation officer and tells them of the kids location. 2 days later kid in hiding goes and beats the crap out of someone, gets arrested, comes to court. Kid admits and pleas to the event. Mom complains that if her son was picked up when she called, kid wouldn't have gotten this new charge. It's all your fault.
Welcome to the blame game..
Labels: Crew, Moto, Silly Work Stuff
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Level Of Difficulty at Work: .25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: None
Picked up the moto after 2 weeks. It took a week for 2 relays to come in and .1 hour each to replace. Moto now better own for a while! Anyhow while at the shop, Marie, asked if i visited burning man over the weekend. Both of us didn't go, it's just that a bunch of her customers were talking about it. I suppose they got their bikes tuned up to roll around in the desert.
I remember when i first heard about it in the 90's. A desert community of tent or van people grouped together to experience an emergence of a tribal raw human connection. Art, music, and thought combine throughout the event and people really dig it. Kinda like a hippie commune reunion. And at the end this supersized man statue burns, signifying whatever you believe it signifies. i dunno if i'll ever go to one, it is interesting to see.
Anyhow, i've been looking for some camping stuff here and there. On Craigslist whatever i searched some posting comes out to 'selling tent, bag, stove, etc. perfect for burning man.'
So i searched online for some burning man pics, theres a few interesting ones:
45,000 people set up pretty organized, duncha think?
And yes, it's a ball of Pooh..
Time During Lunch: None
Picked up the moto after 2 weeks. It took a week for 2 relays to come in and .1 hour each to replace. Moto now better own for a while! Anyhow while at the shop, Marie, asked if i visited burning man over the weekend. Both of us didn't go, it's just that a bunch of her customers were talking about it. I suppose they got their bikes tuned up to roll around in the desert.
I remember when i first heard about it in the 90's. A desert community of tent or van people grouped together to experience an emergence of a tribal raw human connection. Art, music, and thought combine throughout the event and people really dig it. Kinda like a hippie commune reunion. And at the end this supersized man statue burns, signifying whatever you believe it signifies. i dunno if i'll ever go to one, it is interesting to see.
Anyhow, i've been looking for some camping stuff here and there. On Craigslist whatever i searched some posting comes out to 'selling tent, bag, stove, etc. perfect for burning man.'
So i searched online for some burning man pics, theres a few interesting ones:
45,000 people set up pretty organized, duncha think?
And yes, it's a ball of Pooh..
Labels: Moto
Friday, August 17, 2007
Level Of Difficulty at Work: .25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
Getting a phone call from Werkstatt tells me that they've taken apart the moto but can't find the problem. Lovely, Delilah during her first 9 months had a mystery tinging that VW couldn't figure. It took a few times, they were thinking she just needed the exhaust tightened, the final time it was the rubber hanger that stretches causing the exhaust the jiggle and make the tinging.
After a few hours, i get a call that they've found a bad relay switch and that it may take a few days for the part to arrive. What am i to do, tell them no and push my bike out of the shop? Hopefully 1) The relay shouldn't cost much, and 2) the labor won't cost that much. My old 86 cougar had a relay die while going 50mph in fresno streets. The part was 27$ but labor was 2hrs worth. oi.
Time During Lunch: Medium
Getting a phone call from Werkstatt tells me that they've taken apart the moto but can't find the problem. Lovely, Delilah during her first 9 months had a mystery tinging that VW couldn't figure. It took a few times, they were thinking she just needed the exhaust tightened, the final time it was the rubber hanger that stretches causing the exhaust the jiggle and make the tinging.
After a few hours, i get a call that they've found a bad relay switch and that it may take a few days for the part to arrive. What am i to do, tell them no and push my bike out of the shop? Hopefully 1) The relay shouldn't cost much, and 2) the labor won't cost that much. My old 86 cougar had a relay die while going 50mph in fresno streets. The part was 27$ but labor was 2hrs worth. oi.
Labels: Moto
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Seems like we're going all out!!
My brother n i had one of those mechanic days where we just go fixin everything that has a motor in sight. I installed some Galfer HH+ brake pads on the moto, easy as pie. Glad i learned how to do it, it's not that hard, think of it as swapping a video card, sorta. They work, which is a good thing, and they have a pretty good grab to them. I like how these silly engineered things work. While looking at the old pads, they seemed to be made to be replaced in 32,000 mile intervals, which happens to be the "BIG" tune up schedule. I think i remember getting new pads with the new stainless brake lines back a while back at 4k miles. Nothing like doing it all at once, i still have 4k to go but hey i've already pulled the calipers off..
On Jenny's Rav4, we did an oil change as well as a coolant flush. He's going to a friends to do the Transmission fluids as well as possibly doing a brake fluid flush. Bangbangbang! do it all!
Got home and the in-laws were ready to flow, off to the Tachi reservation for some 'cha-chinging' as mums says. They can now call while on the road.. Oooo!
Sat around for a while and was informed that fluffielady has found a hutch for a decent price on craigslist and received a reply stating it's still there ready to be picked up. Took out the rear seats on the rav4 and headed to Rossmoor, which is embedded at Walnut Creek. It's a gated community, make that more like a gated city, with it's own police and mall areas.
The people we met were nice and was replacing their furniture. We find out that you need to be at least 55 years old to live in Rossmoor. Everybody lives in condos and their association pays for everything even tax assistance for retirement. The nice lady we guessed from her stories comes to an age of 79 while her 2nd husband (we think) is a little younger. They both were pretty mobile and spry. The husband helped me load the hutch into the rav4 and he was hopping in and out of the back seats with no trouble. I wanna be this guy when i'm that age!! Everybody around was nice and the weather was a sunny 80 degrees. It's like dorm life, minus the kegs, but who knows what these people do at night.
Stopped by Nan Yangs at Oakland (or edge of Berkeley?) and headed home with not much traffic. Fluffielady got all giddy and filled the display area quickly. It matches the dinner table quite well, almost exactly. Now i have a little area for my martini glasses and scotch crystal, woo!. Pic coming soon.
We're cool until project wine closet comes online.
My brother n i had one of those mechanic days where we just go fixin everything that has a motor in sight. I installed some Galfer HH+ brake pads on the moto, easy as pie. Glad i learned how to do it, it's not that hard, think of it as swapping a video card, sorta. They work, which is a good thing, and they have a pretty good grab to them. I like how these silly engineered things work. While looking at the old pads, they seemed to be made to be replaced in 32,000 mile intervals, which happens to be the "BIG" tune up schedule. I think i remember getting new pads with the new stainless brake lines back a while back at 4k miles. Nothing like doing it all at once, i still have 4k to go but hey i've already pulled the calipers off..
On Jenny's Rav4, we did an oil change as well as a coolant flush. He's going to a friends to do the Transmission fluids as well as possibly doing a brake fluid flush. Bangbangbang! do it all!
Got home and the in-laws were ready to flow, off to the Tachi reservation for some 'cha-chinging' as mums says. They can now call while on the road.. Oooo!
Sat around for a while and was informed that fluffielady has found a hutch for a decent price on craigslist and received a reply stating it's still there ready to be picked up. Took out the rear seats on the rav4 and headed to Rossmoor, which is embedded at Walnut Creek. It's a gated community, make that more like a gated city, with it's own police and mall areas.
The people we met were nice and was replacing their furniture. We find out that you need to be at least 55 years old to live in Rossmoor. Everybody lives in condos and their association pays for everything even tax assistance for retirement. The nice lady we guessed from her stories comes to an age of 79 while her 2nd husband (we think) is a little younger. They both were pretty mobile and spry. The husband helped me load the hutch into the rav4 and he was hopping in and out of the back seats with no trouble. I wanna be this guy when i'm that age!! Everybody around was nice and the weather was a sunny 80 degrees. It's like dorm life, minus the kegs, but who knows what these people do at night.
Stopped by Nan Yangs at Oakland (or edge of Berkeley?) and headed home with not much traffic. Fluffielady got all giddy and filled the display area quickly. It matches the dinner table quite well, almost exactly. Now i have a little area for my martini glasses and scotch crystal, woo!. Pic coming soon.
We're cool until project wine closet comes online.
Labels: house, Maintainence, Moto
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Level Of Difficulty at Work: .25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Medium
Moto's Back home with a fresh set of shoes and fuses. Jen n crew at Werkstatt couldn't figure whats going on with the moto, probably old fuse. Oh well, got some brake pads at cyclegear on sale. We ate at Eliza's at Potrero Hill, it's like a Eric's or Alice's, with the thick gravy, it's tasty but not fluffielady's style.
Got home and then went to Lowes for some rugs and door handles. Our ghetto indoor kwikset used as our front door knob has gotten hard to insert the key into. We need to drill for a deadbolt but the frame is metal. Metal frames, who puts metal frames in Pacifica? Our windows were replaced by the previous owner and it too is metal framed. Plastics baby, resins and composites for me.
This Schlage is guaranteed for life on it's finish, i can tell you that the set we have now is finished.
Time During Lunch: Medium
Moto's Back home with a fresh set of shoes and fuses. Jen n crew at Werkstatt couldn't figure whats going on with the moto, probably old fuse. Oh well, got some brake pads at cyclegear on sale. We ate at Eliza's at Potrero Hill, it's like a Eric's or Alice's, with the thick gravy, it's tasty but not fluffielady's style.
Got home and then went to Lowes for some rugs and door handles. Our ghetto indoor kwikset used as our front door knob has gotten hard to insert the key into. We need to drill for a deadbolt but the frame is metal. Metal frames, who puts metal frames in Pacifica? Our windows were replaced by the previous owner and it too is metal framed. Plastics baby, resins and composites for me.
This Schlage is guaranteed for life on it's finish, i can tell you that the set we have now is finished.
Labels: Moto
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Level Of Difficulty at Work: .25 out of 10
Time During Lunch: Nada
Nothing like heading to work and looking at 2 tons of metal heading your way.
i drive to work with the two Pirelli Diablos, which i bought waay back, in the trunk. I park in my secret spot and head to work, which require me to cross Portola. i sneak off halfway since i know the cars are on a red. The light is green from O'Shaughnessy to Woodside and not the other way around, these cars can turn left into O'Shaughnessy which is where i'm at. Light turns red for these guys, i look and see a van which looks like it's slowing down, the front end dipping etc... For the pedestrians, the light turns and i get the walking man sign, so it's already been 1-2 seconds past the red light. I start from halfway towards the flowershop, i don't know why but i'm not minding the traffic, i shouldn't, i have the walking man sign. I hear the sound of ABS braking which is interesting because a car shouldn't be heading my way, lo and behold looking to the right the van is about 10ft from me. I stop, stare at the dood and continue walking. The van i'm guessing was stopping and then the guy decides to bust it past the red, not the yellow, the red and come face to face with me. A few people turning left from Portola to Woodside looked at me knowing the van was in the wrong, since it was right in front of them. I still say to this day, if you can't touch it, your not close enough, this was one of those. I'm glad i wear my blazing yellow coat.
Sweet, let's have an event everyday for this week. lets see what fun comes to me.
So the Moto is done, they think it's a blown fuse. Not the simple clear plastic kind that you can see the burnmark. I looked before i decided to call for the tow + repair. Theres a few big square ones that doesn't show if it's been blown. At least my new tires have been installed.
Time During Lunch: Nada
Nothing like heading to work and looking at 2 tons of metal heading your way.
i drive to work with the two Pirelli Diablos, which i bought waay back, in the trunk. I park in my secret spot and head to work, which require me to cross Portola. i sneak off halfway since i know the cars are on a red. The light is green from O'Shaughnessy to Woodside and not the other way around, these cars can turn left into O'Shaughnessy which is where i'm at. Light turns red for these guys, i look and see a van which looks like it's slowing down, the front end dipping etc... For the pedestrians, the light turns and i get the walking man sign, so it's already been 1-2 seconds past the red light. I start from halfway towards the flowershop, i don't know why but i'm not minding the traffic, i shouldn't, i have the walking man sign. I hear the sound of ABS braking which is interesting because a car shouldn't be heading my way, lo and behold looking to the right the van is about 10ft from me. I stop, stare at the dood and continue walking. The van i'm guessing was stopping and then the guy decides to bust it past the red, not the yellow, the red and come face to face with me. A few people turning left from Portola to Woodside looked at me knowing the van was in the wrong, since it was right in front of them. I still say to this day, if you can't touch it, your not close enough, this was one of those. I'm glad i wear my blazing yellow coat.
Sweet, let's have an event everyday for this week. lets see what fun comes to me.
So the Moto is done, they think it's a blown fuse. Not the simple clear plastic kind that you can see the burnmark. I looked before i decided to call for the tow + repair. Theres a few big square ones that doesn't show if it's been blown. At least my new tires have been installed.
Labels: Moto
