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R67/3 parked longer then on the road
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R67/3 parked longer then on the road
1 litre of 100LL gas from the airport and three gallons of Shell premium unleaded gas, an oil change...tickled the carbs and set the choke and it fired on the second kick..
took a bit to blow the oil from the cylinders but now she runs like a civalised little German watch.
tomorrow I bolt on the side car, a TR500 replicaI built using an original car as a pattern...It,s all steel except for the fender which is glass......Did I mention that I,m a coach builder by trade(retired)
now the problem.....I am also a licensed mechanic, worked on cars and motorcycles all my working life for a living...mostly BMW,s....My grandson who is a computer geek with 10 thumbs would like to get his hands on it to drive it around town...
He can,t maintain it,doesnt know where to get parts, never once got his hands dirty under the hood of anything
this bike deserves better.........any suggestions how to handle this?
PS...he drives like a j--k.....he,s a teenager.....cheers George
What a neat story. Sounds
Vin
- miller6997
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Age makes a difference
For the short term, Vin's suggestion to get him started on something simple and inexpensive is a good one.
(Possibly relevant aside: Many years ago, I had a Horex Regina 400, which I allowed a flaky friend (a HD Sportster rider) to take for a quick spin. He blew the transmission in the first half mile.)
'67 R69S
'13 F800GT
Altadena, California
- Mike Goldthorpe
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Being an inheritor...
I'd go along with Miller above - start your grandson on an apprenticeship. Can you get a cheap outfit? Ural or the like (you'd want him to learn quickly the art of keeping a vehicle mobile!) would do as they have the same basic architecture and are cheap....at least, the older ones are.
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the whole story
also my oncologist only gives me a few more months.
not much time really to teach him any road smarts or intrust this bike to him....he,s only 14.
That is very sad news. Over
Vin
...this is a sad story, but
A sad situation and sorry
Can you get the bike laid up correctly and stored safely in trust for the next ten or more years? He may be only 14 and all thumbs now, but lots can happen and he won’t be a young guy in time.
Not everyone has a mechanical aptitude, but he may be capable of paying for it keeping in good order some day. I bet it will have more value than money to him when he’s older, my inherited bike is by far my most valued but not my most valuable.
Great Story
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Family pow-wow this
We,ll see how it goes...