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masonmart:
From an early manual

Assembly of Japanese Motorcycle requires great peace of mind.

How true.

masonmart:
Another very important thing is that we have an adequate supply of gumption. Without that you may as well wrap up all other tools and pack in. Be careful though, there are gumption traps that can drain you of gumption and then there's no way the bike can be done. Gumption is the psychic gasoline that keeps the whole thing going.

Bryanj:
Way more important is patience

masonmart:

--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 18, 2019, 12:52:46 AM ---Way more important is patience

--- End quote ---

Bryanj, patience is very much peace of mind or perhaps the whole of peace of mind but gumption is what drives you within those parameters. They form the quality that people like yourself have and others, even so called experienced shop mechanics don't have. I don't have it and perhaps never will. I have a couple of projects to do and am going to develop the patience. I have gumption but am very vulnerable to gumption traps that always knock me off course like damaging a key component, not being able to do what I need or buying the wrong parts.

Bryanj:
Just to show my age i used to go out with my dad selling parraffin and stuff from a van and i can remember a cleaning paste called Gumption

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