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How did stuff become so difficult?

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Trigger:

--- Quote from: bobv7 on November 11, 2020, 03:08:34 PM ---First off an apology to anyone who feels targeted by this; honestly not intended!

Having read some of the questions being posted on this forum, have we got to the stage where we overthink just about everything? I read most topics out of interest and occasionally to see if I can offer an opinion or suggestion, but some are so basic and simple that I just think WHAT!!!!!. Are you really asking that! Most of the bikes owned here are so basic and simple to work on that back in the day a spanner in one hand and a Haynes manual in the other would have sorted nearly all problems. I know that sometimes this could end in the most horrendous insults to Japan's finest and a lot of non standard remedies resulted, but unless you had a mate handy with the tools you were on your own. Perhaps it's down to the arrogance of youth that all things were doable with a screwdriver and hammer but come on, age and experience should at least have some influence at this time of life?

Just get stuck in! End of rant.:D

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These bike maybe simple to some people but, not to others  :o I get called out to Honda dealerships were i am met by a 22 to 31 year old Honda trained technician standing with a laptop in hand and they can't find were to plug a 400 four in to the computer. I found this amazing that they have not been trained on carbs and points or they don't even understand a floating caliper  :o But, as one of these young guys asked, do you know how to remap or code chase a new fireblade. Most of the language they were talking, i did not understand and they had not got a clue what i was talking about until i explained in detail.

As for manuals, forget it. Too much incorrect info, even in a Honda manual, never mind a haynes one  ;)   

Charlie J:
Absolutely nothing wrong in asking questions, and this forum is up there with the best in providing helpful and knowledgeable answers. But, I do wonder how I used to manage before the internet. These days, I seem to spend a lot of my time checking and rechecking how to do things I used to do without thinking when I was younger. So, I think, for me the answer to the question "How did stuff get so difficult?" is, I just got older.

Grumpyfck:
I rode mostly in the 80s, I didn't have the self confidence, nor was I encouraged to learn anything mechanical. I took everything to a workshop. Here I am aged 55, doing my first build learning as I go. Full of stupid questions, reading and learning much from this forum and loving it. I have learned more about motorcycle workings this last 3 months than the whole of my previous riding life.

K2-K6:
There's that saying "someone who doesn't know what they don't know is far more dangerous than someone that recognizes their limitations and seeks advice" seems very true.

There's just so much to find out about in any topic we care to think of, with most things fascinating when looking further in depth.

Grumpyfck:
I have mentioned before, photography and classic cameras are my thing. Very few people fix the things I use so I had to learn, I think nothing of stripping a 1920/30s graflex and rebuilding now. I earn half my income from it. I clearly had the ability when I was 20, just never believed I did. Still, the bike is giving me something new to do with enthusiasm.

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