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15-07-2003, 11:34pm
I know what you mean by the whole dad and son thing. My oldest brother got that, but it ran out by the time I arrived.
At the last Sydney motorbike show I stood by the Kawasaki that was cut in half and listened to a guy explaining to his fifteen-year-old son, "...there are your clutches...that's the choke...those are the injectors...so what happens as you turn the throttle..." I spoke to the lad for about five minutes. He knew it all already anyway. At fifteen. His thing was motocross, and he was building bikes and competing. We even spoke a bit on the different techniques in rear brake use on motocross and sports bikes.
As they walked away, quite seamlessly they were replaced by another dad and son. "...that's the choke...etc..." They went through the same script practically. I envy those lads. I'm operating on books and commonsense. Anytime I see myself mucking up, (usually cos I don't have the tool), I take the part down to the shop and watch what the mechanic does. He gets paid, and next time I know what I'm doing. He'll always get the big infrequent jobs - I know my limits.
The biggest benefit is if something is going wrong while you're riding, you have a very good idea what it might be, cos you put it together.
At the last Sydney motorbike show I stood by the Kawasaki that was cut in half and listened to a guy explaining to his fifteen-year-old son, "...there are your clutches...that's the choke...those are the injectors...so what happens as you turn the throttle..." I spoke to the lad for about five minutes. He knew it all already anyway. At fifteen. His thing was motocross, and he was building bikes and competing. We even spoke a bit on the different techniques in rear brake use on motocross and sports bikes.
As they walked away, quite seamlessly they were replaced by another dad and son. "...that's the choke...etc..." They went through the same script practically. I envy those lads. I'm operating on books and commonsense. Anytime I see myself mucking up, (usually cos I don't have the tool), I take the part down to the shop and watch what the mechanic does. He gets paid, and next time I know what I'm doing. He'll always get the big infrequent jobs - I know my limits.
The biggest benefit is if something is going wrong while you're riding, you have a very good idea what it might be, cos you put it together.