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Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
andy120t:
Pete - I think we can all identify with where you are!
I'm building my 650 in the cellar so it is a bit warmer. Downside is the cellar is pretty small and once it's built I'll have to strip it down to get it outside!
I started fibreglassing a seat base the other week - until my wife and mother-in-law indicated (rather strongly!) that the fumes from my "project" were filtering throught the cellar floor and upsetting our new born! So there are perils in any workplace, no matter how warm it is.
When I'm feeling flat I do little bits and pieces, even as small as cleaning one or two nuts and bolts or degreasing a clutch lever and it's mount / pivots. I hate stripping and painting stuff but I stripped and painted my yokes last year. Now I really need to strip and paint the frame but it's a big job and needs warmer weather; Instead I built the bike up and looked at the contrast between shiny, painted yokes and grubby frame and realised how cool it would look when done...gave me a lift to see that the effort involved in stripping and painting the yokes was so worthwhile - and it would be worth doing the frame too. I haven't done it yet but I'm looking forward to it - and when I do it will be a little bit at a time to get the paint off. Kepp thinking "bite-sized chunks". It doesn't all need to be finished today.
Stick at it; look at other build threads; there's always loads of encouragement on here and usually someone who is goin through the same pain!
Andy
Spitfire:
I build scale models and that is how I rebuilt the F1, working on one section at a time and treating it like a scale model, each section of the bike had the same attention to detail, I just kept putting overhauled pieces back on the shelf, until I had enough to start putting the bike back together.
Cheers
Den
Yoshi823:
I admit to spending those dark damp Winter evenings doing the same. I bought my first one a few years ago & it sort of reminds me that I like to play with the real thing that awaits me out in the shed. I have a Honda NR750 & a Ducati 888 waiting to be built. Used to do the Spitfires, Hurricanes, Dorniers, Shermans, Panthers, MTBs & Lola T70s, but I grew out of those...but still a big kid at heart.
mick:
Hello Den, yep i still chuck a couple in the back of the van when i know i wont be using it for a day or 2 ;), cheers Mick.
SteadyEddie:
I am glad I have seen this thread as I felt as though I was the only one to lose motivation in this freezing weather, some bits arrived in the post and they are still on the kitchen side as i have not even ventured up the shed lately.
I removed my Harley from the shed last weekend so as i can get on with grinding and welding on the CB frame, ( if the sparks ignite the shed i don't want the Harley to burn down with it ! ) never got any grinding or welding done and the Harley is still covered up snug on the decking.
It's been a long hard slog so far but once the frame is ready it will be time to put the engine in and it will look like progress is being made, I must make the effort to get the frame finished. ;D
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