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if i ever get a cell phone that takes pic's i will try to post one. i don't even do text's. this pile of **** is sitting there with the battery out now most likely frozen while he sits in a bar somewhere. he got laid off again and i talked to him and told him now the time to work on it, but he will wait until it gets warm and everyone's getting ready to leave on a ride and then decide he wants to go. can't help those that don't want help. what a dunce. i'm glad he has not stopped by in awhile because as long as you have a beer in the house he's not leaving until every last one is gone. he has done the same thing with a 86 caddy he drives, new engine($6500) steering column($500) air cond.($500)radiator($500)brakes,air suspension and it needs a trans now and the engine is using oil at a fast rate.he could have bought a new car for all the money he's dumped in this pile.
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he stopped by yesterday and wanted me to go look at his bike. told i was busy and lent him my volt meter and showed him how to test the charging system. looks like the stator is bad. he calls at 8 am and wants me to follow him to the bike shop so he can drop it off. i told him i was going riding with everyone else and he was s--t outa luck. he wasn't worried about before and i sure i'm not worried about it now. he had all winter to fool with it. the whole deal is if they replace the stator and regulator the wiring will just take out the new stuff in no time.
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i offered to rewire the bike for him, but he is so bullheaded you want to smack him upside the head. the shop will **** him real good. i'm sure they will do a bandaid repair on the wiring like they did last time, so they can work on it again. shovels are good engines and will last a very long time. he could have bought another bike for what he's got wrapped up in this. after this repair he will have put $8000 in this thing and it's still junk.
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update on this pile of junk! he met some guy at the bar and this guy said he would fix his bike for him. he calls the other nite and they can't get to the starter bolts and i told him i've never had any trouble removing the inner primary before on a four speed bike. i told him if you can't get to the bolts leave the starter bolted to the inner primary and remove it together, should just pull off of the trans shaft. he calls last and said they pulled the primary,trans, starter as one piece, they got it all apart. he told me the clutch shaft arm that goes down into the kicker cover just pulls out. i told him that it should have a washer and cotter pin to keep it in there. he better pull the kicker cover and have a look, told him he don't want that getting into the gear box. maybe the shop that worked on it before and f**ked his eyeballs out forgot to install it. he wants to come by today (he must know i have a frig. full of beer) as he wants me to look at the rotor he said it's gouged up. i told him to buy a new one, everything else is new. we'll see if it ever gets put back together. the other guy sounded like he knew what he was doing when i talked to him on the phone, at least he had the tools to get it apart. bottom line is the wiring on the bike is still a mess and will be creating problems forever.
What a thread. You are a good but hard headed buddy. I have a similar friend. Makes ya wanna kick their ***. Maybe you should've just fixed the friggen thing long ago. Put that easy money in your pocket. Wire it for him and be done with it. I hope it all goes well in the future.
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i would have rewired and fixed it long ago if he would listen. he came by earlier and wanted me to look at his rotor( it's fine) and to drink some of my beer. i put a stator in this bike about five years ago and it's been fine until this bike shop had it apart to weld the ring back on the engine case. he asks for your advice and then wants to argue about it. then to top it off he calls me and puts the guy working on on the phone and then i'm suppose to take him though fixing it step by step over the phone. if he would have been willing to bend over to work on it i would have helped him until it was done, but i'm not going to do it for him while he stands there with a beer and smoke in his hand watching me. should know in a couple of days how this turns out. i'm sure they will get it going,for how long who knows. i'm so glad i didn't get involved in this thing again. he pissed away so much money on this thing, it's a shame.
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i would have rewired and fixed it long ago if he would listen. he came by earlier and wanted me to look at his rotor( it's fine) and to drink some of my beer. i put a stator in this bike about five years ago and it's been fine until this bike shop had it apart to weld the ring back on the engine case. he asks for your advice and then wants to argue about it. then to top it off he calls me and puts the guy working on on the phone and then i'm suppose to take him though fixing it step by step over the phone. if he would have been willing to bend over to work on it i would have helped him until it was done, but i'm not going to do it for him while he stands there with a beer and smoke in his hand watching me. should know in a couple of days how this turns out. i'm sure they will get it going,for how long who knows. i'm so glad i didn't get involved in this thing again. he pissed away so much money on this thing, it's a shame.