August 2010
5 posts
More fun with ordering parts
….the two orders I placed with Beaver Damn and the one from Denis Kirk are both being shipped via UPS. I didn’t have a choice with BD and I really didn’t want to wait a couple extra days for the brakes coming from DK. I’m having them shipped to our apartment instead of my office, so hopefully that will make a difference. Just to be safe I wrote a note about making sure they...
Having a little fun
I took the bike out yesterday as soon as I got home from work. I managed to ride it further than ever before without any problems. I took it around Candler Park golf course and checked out that area but I didn’t stay out long because the clouds were threatening rain. I have to check the plugs again pretty soon to make sure the bike is running as well as it should. I get the feeling, as I...
New Discoveries
Well, I already knew the fuel tank petcock wasn’t closing off when I turned it to the “off” position. What I didn’t realize was that if the fuel was allowed to flow from the tank, it would first fill the carbs then flow into the pistons. This of course isn’t good for the plugs. I tried starting the bike for my friend Rob Wednesday night (just before heading off to the...
Nearly fell over
Yesterday as I was parking the bike I discovered something important. Ready? Here it is: If you don’t put the side stand down, the bike will fall over. I nearly set the bike down on it’s side as I was getting off because I forgot the put the *;^$ing sidestand down. Lesson learned.
Welcome to the new home of Somemonkey.com
First let me apologize for the lack of content on the new site. I am working with my developer to get all previous posts moved to tumblr from our old host. We had to change hosts because of the serious lack of security on their end. For those of you who are not aware, our site was hacked and malware was installed on the site. That was the second time the site was hacked and we decided that enough...