thearcticsea
Been Around the Block
My friend and I have started making a real go at turning motorcycle work into something profitable. He lost his job at the hospital where he was working and I'm pretty much ready to leave my job. The environment in which I work is really abysmal, from a health perspective. The conditions are atrocious and every day I feel more depleted. This coupled with the lack of any sort of camaraderie between any of the workers there, and the continuous reminder from relatives that I have college degrees that I could put to use and I am just about done.
That being said, it's a steady paycheck and I'm not mentally prepared to leap yet. But by year end...
We've secured a lot of vintage motors that have gone through the part-out process, set up a rather profitable ebay store, and gotten four project bikes to launch into. One of them, a 1972 Honda CB350 is nearly complete and it's looking and running so well that I wish I could keep it. The others are on deck.
The wife asked me to spend yesterday constructing a rock garden (I'm not into rocks), replete with the requisite Buddha statue (we're not Buddhist), so that was Saturday. Today I had to tile the in-laws backsplash and lay some mulch. Needless to say, I'm busy, but I managed to spent some time on the 450 today.
Got some indicator lights from a wrecked Bonneville and wired them into the Honda harness. Drilled some holes in the CEV headlight shell and popped them through. Came out incredible, considering the impromptu nature of the project.
Wiring on this bike is now officially 100% complete. Wheels, exhaust, gas tank, and seat are the final pieces. It's actually almost done. It's been a long-ass time.
That being said, it's a steady paycheck and I'm not mentally prepared to leap yet. But by year end...
We've secured a lot of vintage motors that have gone through the part-out process, set up a rather profitable ebay store, and gotten four project bikes to launch into. One of them, a 1972 Honda CB350 is nearly complete and it's looking and running so well that I wish I could keep it. The others are on deck.
The wife asked me to spend yesterday constructing a rock garden (I'm not into rocks), replete with the requisite Buddha statue (we're not Buddhist), so that was Saturday. Today I had to tile the in-laws backsplash and lay some mulch. Needless to say, I'm busy, but I managed to spent some time on the 450 today.
Got some indicator lights from a wrecked Bonneville and wired them into the Honda harness. Drilled some holes in the CEV headlight shell and popped them through. Came out incredible, considering the impromptu nature of the project.
Wiring on this bike is now officially 100% complete. Wheels, exhaust, gas tank, and seat are the final pieces. It's actually almost done. It's been a long-ass time.
