kraptastic k
ask me how i got here
Don't rag on the dude. I've been building a bike in conditions similar, and it's taken me about 18 months. 4 years is rough for a build but life can get very weird at times.
CB350 Built by a teen (Weld Now, Grind Later)
- Thread starter Rocan
- Start date
crazypj said:
As far as I'm concerned, school and having a decent daily are good excuses. I'm in the middle of getting a car on the road that hasn't been driven since '06 because my formerly current daily popped a head gasket and the best way to fix that is swap in a (bigger displacement) later model engine. heh Anyway . . . Yeah. Excuses.
Rich Ard said:
It still is a better love story than Twilight.
Hoosier Daddy said:
Yes. Maybe. heh
bradj said:
I will.
Ragging on Rocan is a passive past time for many members on this site, and for me in person or at least via text. We will continue as we see fit.kraptastic k said:
thearcticsea
Been Around the Block
This thread is a great lesson for anyone really. The most important factor to any kind of success is the ability to focus. Second to that is recognizing obstacles, creating a means of overcoming those obstacles, and then taking action.
Rocan strikes me as a young dude with a lot of pipe dreams, a passion for things, but an inability to prioritize and focus.
Hopefully he just stops with the car and motorcycle bullshit, finishes an education, and then spends the rest of his life making enough actual money to pay for someone else to build for him the things he's passionate about.
Rocan- Building things yourself just doesn't work, so focus on the education, job, and moneymaking so you can still have the things you love.
Not that I know you or anything. Damnit why am I here?
Rocan strikes me as a young dude with a lot of pipe dreams, a passion for things, but an inability to prioritize and focus.
Hopefully he just stops with the car and motorcycle bullshit, finishes an education, and then spends the rest of his life making enough actual money to pay for someone else to build for him the things he's passionate about.
Rocan- Building things yourself just doesn't work, so focus on the education, job, and moneymaking so you can still have the things you love.
Not that I know you or anything. Damnit why am I here?
thearcticsea said:
You sir make some valid deductions but some awful conclusions.
Rocan does have a lot of dreams. He is learning focus. How else is he supposed to learn except by doing, making mistakes, pulling his britches up and trying again?
Pay someone else to build things? GTFO. I only got involved because he found out I hag a TIG welder. He's done everything else himself, and picked up a lot of skills along the way, including buffing. Heh. He would have done more welding himself had he had the equipment for found the prettier welds he wanted. Sure, you have to pay to get things done you can't do yourself, but doing everything you can is generally better for the build and the pain doing the build.
Crazy-
He's learning. Slowly, but he's learning.
thearcticsea
Been Around the Block
Wasn't trying to rag on the guy, and in my post I had a moment of self-awareness where I realized I don't know Rocan from a hole in the wall.
I was just trying to give some advice to a guy on the internet, which is worth about as much as the paper it's written on...
Everyone just keep working and striving. Good luck.
I was just trying to give some advice to a guy on the internet, which is worth about as much as the paper it's written on...
Everyone just keep working and striving. Good luck.
Carver33772
New Member
I read this whole thread today (Long story) and my favorite part is where our young protagonist names his scooter after his mother because she is sweet and calming about 100 pages after he threatens to bash her head in with a bat.
and to think he started with a perfect stocker and could have been riding this whole time.
and to think he started with a perfect stocker and could have been riding this whole time.
Carver33772
New Member
crazypj said:
He had some interesting idea's going on with the body kit so whenever it ends up on craigslist i'm sure someone will buy it.
I probably would, get that body kit figured out, paint it to match the original tins that got taken off and throw some pipes on and ride it until the wheels fall off its pretty much done.
crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
It won't be for sale any time soon, the money and time put into it means David won't see it as failed just 'stalled' plus won't want to admit to failure
As long as his parents don't start complaining it will just sit. May eventually get done but will probably be several years before he starts working on it again
As long as his parents don't start complaining it will just sit. May eventually get done but will probably be several years before he starts working on it again
