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Peej update
by: SylvreKat - Jun 16, 2018 16:09:31 GMT -5
Post by SylvreKat on Jun 16, 2018 16:09:31 GMT -5
So the scooty's back home! They replaced the dead battery, checked all fluids and changed what needed changing including the 2-year-old clean oil. They did say that next year I'll probably need new tires, finally. They are starting to show a little age to them. I got spooked and said nobody told me this, should I have gotten new ones? He said if they find ANYthing whatsoever that can in any way be dangerous to me, they would immediately call me about it. He said the tires are fine for another season, but to plan ahead for buying a set next year. THIS is why it's so worth it to me to have the pros do my tune-up (well, that plus I have no tools and no know-how  )--they know what to look for to keep me safe mechanically. I was going to drive around the neighborhood, but the grey clouds have rolled in plus the wind is very hard-gusty. I'm lying here watching the BIG trees suddenly sway in the gusts. Combine with sleepy from a big lunch of really tasty steak, and I think tom is soon enough to get back on the saddle. >'Kat |
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Peej update
by: SylvreKat - Jun 14, 2018 22:30:58 GMT -5
Post by SylvreKat on Jun 14, 2018 22:30:58 GMT -5
Oh, and Jarlaxle, I'll definitely keep the throttle thing in mind. I'll see how the thumb does first. It's only about a 30 min drive via scoot-roads (rather than highway).
My biggest concern is still braking. But I did test that before setting up the servicing--no reason to pay all this if I can't drive Peej and he ends up just sitting again. While there's definitely soreness still, the squeezing didn't make anything particularly worse. And of course I can always sit at stops using just my lefthand braking.
>'Kat
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Peej update
by: SylvreKat - Jun 14, 2018 22:27:37 GMT -5
Post by SylvreKat on Jun 14, 2018 22:27:37 GMT -5
And the final decision for getting Peej back home is....
delivery.
I called my Harley friend, who sometimes is very wise. I told him how I usually started the new season by driving around the neighbourhood, then progressed to the city streets, then to the shop. And how I couldn't this time with the dead battery. He asked, "Tell me, when you first start driving again, are you apprehensive at all? Or is it like no big deal and nothing to it?" I considered and had to answer, "I do get a little apprehensive and clenchy-tummy the first few loops around the neighborhood. Then it all kicks in and settles down and I'm fine." He said, "Deliver it." Part of his reasoning is the roads I need to take can be trafficky, and there'll be no place for me to go.
So I'm ponying up an extra $70. But Mom's WAY happier, and Dan's probably right that it is better for me to resume on "protected" streets (meaning our neighborhood's very low traffic big and small loops that have the single entry)
The good news is that the carb was just fine and didn't require dismantling and cleaning. He I think flushed it?, and adjusted some things externally, and now Peej runs just as smooth as ever. So there's a big chunk o' change I saved.
>'Kat
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 14, 2018 22:13:33 GMT -5
lizards, alligator
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 13, 2018 23:35:56 GMT -5
machine workshop
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 13, 2018 7:19:26 GMT -5
right wrong?
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 12, 2018 23:39:09 GMT -5
ewww nasal snot
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 12, 2018 23:37:11 GMT -5
So y'alles are comparing the materials? Let the artist educate you.
Bronze is first sculpted in clay, then cast for a mold, then cast with bronze by a foundry hired to do the work, not by the artist himself.
Marble is a big HEAVY VERY SOLID slab that is chiseled away. Hard enough with today's power tools. Can't imagine hand-chiseling back in the day.
Sorry, but marble is WAY machoier than bronze!
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 12, 2018 8:26:30 GMT -5
Only problem I see with Solo is the same as Rogue One--you pretty much know the general outcome. RO, you knew everyone had to die, otherwise why weren't they in Star Wars? Solo, you know they survive. So for example that shot in the ads of Chewie hanging off a...train?...with a cliff fast approaching, uh folks he's in no danger you know. Sort of spoils it a bit for me.
Plus the new Lando is so not Billy Dee Williams. Boy did he epitomize the charming rogue!
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 12, 2018 8:22:57 GMT -5
point sharp!
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Peej update
by: SylvreKat - Jun 9, 2018 23:10:11 GMT -5
Post by SylvreKat on Jun 9, 2018 23:10:11 GMT -5
So latest update, and a request for advice.
The shop called while I was in NM. Peej is all finished. Of course, since I did tell them beforehand they had 'til the 16 'cause I couldn't come in 'til then.... No details on what-all was done. Min new oil and spring tune-up and battery.
Now advice time.
I had planned to drive him home. Mom had expected me to have them deliver him. I haven't driven 2 wheels since early fall 2016 thanks to the latest workman's comp case on my right thumb. Remember I've only racked up about 2700 miles in 10 years. Is Mom right that I should spend the $70ish to have Peej delivered, so I can start driving again on our neighborhood's private streets? Or will it all come back quickly once I get on the road, even in traffic and stuff and with little driving before and none for over a year?
>'Kat
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 9, 2018 22:57:34 GMT -5
hot spot
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 7, 2018 8:44:33 GMT -5
My wood is definitely wet.
Or I'm too faint-hearted. One or the other.
I suppose with a tire that fat, there's little chance of it falling over....
>'Kat
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 7, 2018 8:42:19 GMT -5
Jarlaxle,
Gotta agree with you on that vintage Honda. It reminds me of a mix of Moto-Guzzi bike, and classy BMW trunk and bags! A very nice combination but VERY "European" looking. ... Seriously, UncaLeo, is there ANY bike you don't like the looks of? ... Her MOST attractive features? The whitewalls and fishtail exhaust... LOL!... NOT the swan? For shame.... It's really your old swan from way back? I hadn't known that. Totally amazing feeling to come upon an old treasure! I once turned in a book for credit towards one I really REALLY wanted but was priced way outta my range at the time. The owner knew how much I wanted that book, so gave me higher credit on some of my turn-ins. I think she offered me something like $10 for this one--Andre Norton's Scarface. It was a hard call because I did like the book, but I liked the other one better and that $10 made it affordable. About a decade later, years after that used book store had closed, I was at the Brandeis Book Sale--tens of thousands of books for crazy-cheap prices! I was just strolling past the tables filled with gen fiction books, just idly looking at them as I passed. One title jumped out--Scarface! Oh my gosh, is that the same story I'd turned in and since missed having? Stopped and took it out--it was! In fact, it was even the same library-binding as my old copy! I opened the cover to check the price and saw the library-binding sticker in the lower corner--wow, just like mine had, just in that spot! Wait a sec.... I checked the top edge, and yep, there was the green marker-spot. IT WAS MY OWN BOOK, come back to me!!!!! I happily paid the 50¢ Brandeis priced it, and rejoiced all the way home. And have always wondered since, what are the odds of me getting my own book back under these circumstances? Sold to a used bookstore that closed years ago, donated to a book sale that receives tens of thousands of books, found by me wandering past a section I'm not interested in and not really looking at. So I get what you felt, UncaLeo when your swan came back to you! >'Kat |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 7, 2018 8:25:09 GMT -5
Feast your eyes on the new prices. .... And that is one BIG reason I've got a Piggy-branded rather than Cousin-Vespa! (Well, that plus 16" wheels....) >'Kat |
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