and I have soldering work to do. I did what any other married guy would do... Brought the bike to the heat. I better get this done before the wife gets home. Later,
There's nothing like having your favorite motorcycle in the living room. I have had bikes in the house. I think that they add a touch of class and a splash of color to any type of decor.
Nice floors! Hey, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. My roommate and I once rebuilt my CR80 in the kitchen. It fit great on the landlady's kitchen table. I think she would have been OK with it. At least she would have been til my roomate fired it up and rode it through the dining room, living room, through the sunporch and out the front door It took awhile for the blue smoke to dissipate. The house smelled like castor oil for a week! I used to keep my CR125 in the living room there because the sunporch was full of bikes. It was a drag, though, because we had to keep all the blinds closed in case the landlady came over to do yardwork. WoodsChick
I had my 1200 GS in the Dining Room for 5 weeks once when I was away on a course. I had just gotten the bike and the garage door was broken. It was not fixed until after I left. My Wife just hated the Bike being there. I thought it looked pretty cool.
Her street bike spent from mid August until last Saturday in the same spot... She did not like it! I had to move it because we were having people over. It is a room we don't use, and the garage is too full. 1 burnt finger, 1 burnt fuse, and one burnt wife... But the Soldering is done... Later,
Nothing like the smell of solder and gas in the living room. The couch does not look like it would hold smell for more than a month or two tops.
Nahhh, the gas smell is in the garage... As it turns out if you don't completely close the petcock gas will sloooooly leak out... At it turns out the rate is about a gallon and a half a week. It evaporates quickly enough that the puddle was smaller than the tank. Sometimes I R dumB! Later,
When I was a bit younger and my GS1100 Katana was my only means of transportation. I lived in this very small apartment. I made up a little "Turn-Table" Drove my bike into the kitchen, put the bike on the turn-table on center stand, turn the bike around and Zoom out the door the next morning. Worked great! Watch out for pilot lights on N.Gas fireplace, ranges or even furnaces. Fuel from the bike might ...well you know.
House rules: I always made sure that the gas tap was shut off and I put those little golf ball tees into the vent hoses running off the carb to make sure no fumes came out of them.
Those pics and stories are great. If my garage wasn't insulated, I'd have a pic to post too. Thinking about adding a wall mounted electric heater too.
Sure, I'll marry you...if you have a truck and are a good mechanic Oh, wait... I'm already married, too...darn it! There's plenty of women like us out there, you guys just need to know where to look. My husband ran across me when I worked at the motorcycle shop that was sponsoring his roadracing effort. See? It's easy! HappilyMarriedChick
