tybalt_214
Active Member
Pardon me gentlemen, just need to blow some hot air out of my mouth for a bit.
I'm new to motorcycles, but I've had the itch for years and after I graduated college I'd thought it was time for a satisfying scratch. I went for a "barn find" classic (71, Cl350) that had good compression and turned over just fine, but needed some new carbs and tires to get running and a shite ton of detail work to make it look presentable. I knew I was getting in for a long haul and I didn't mind. Detail work is nothing new to me as I build furniture part time for some extra money, but I needed someone who knew what they were doing to get the bike up and running again.
I traded a CB360 barn find that came as part of the deal on the first bike and an additional $100 to a friend who's a motorcycle mechanic as compensation on getting the CL350 up and running. He's a damn good mechanic and has been riding since he was 14. We graduated highschool together in the day and I knew he was a good guy that wouldn't do wrong by me. That was December. Fast forward to now and plenty of jobs have come in and out of his shop while mine has sat in the corner to be occasionally fiddled with.
Now I know that he isn't paying his bills with my project, it was a trade after all, but five months later and he's just gotten the carbs put on, but hasn't jetted them yet. Maybe it's the fact that the weather has warmed, but my engine hasn't turned over yet that's got me unsettled.
As a silver lining, his wife has recently got it into her head that she wants a new coffee table and wants me to build it. I think I see a bit of leverage in my future to hopefully at least have my hunk of junk on the road by July.
I'm new to motorcycles, but I've had the itch for years and after I graduated college I'd thought it was time for a satisfying scratch. I went for a "barn find" classic (71, Cl350) that had good compression and turned over just fine, but needed some new carbs and tires to get running and a shite ton of detail work to make it look presentable. I knew I was getting in for a long haul and I didn't mind. Detail work is nothing new to me as I build furniture part time for some extra money, but I needed someone who knew what they were doing to get the bike up and running again.
I traded a CB360 barn find that came as part of the deal on the first bike and an additional $100 to a friend who's a motorcycle mechanic as compensation on getting the CL350 up and running. He's a damn good mechanic and has been riding since he was 14. We graduated highschool together in the day and I knew he was a good guy that wouldn't do wrong by me. That was December. Fast forward to now and plenty of jobs have come in and out of his shop while mine has sat in the corner to be occasionally fiddled with.
Now I know that he isn't paying his bills with my project, it was a trade after all, but five months later and he's just gotten the carbs put on, but hasn't jetted them yet. Maybe it's the fact that the weather has warmed, but my engine hasn't turned over yet that's got me unsettled.
As a silver lining, his wife has recently got it into her head that she wants a new coffee table and wants me to build it. I think I see a bit of leverage in my future to hopefully at least have my hunk of junk on the road by July.
