that I work on my bike more then I do their bikes... Granted it wasn't a random person but man... I'm beginning to look into what 675's cost and wondering what I could get on mine as a trade-in after that...

 

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What do you have? Are you just nicer to your stuff than harley guys?

 

Him have Superhawk. Unga.

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Stop working on their bikes then.

Ask the Harley rider if he has to trailer his **** whenever there's a turn in the road.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thehondaguru &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What do you have? Are you just nicer to your stuff than harley guys?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no... I've just had extreme bad luck... got the bike and immediately had a regulator/rectifier issue. Done a bunch of stuff since. Some because I wanted to, some because I had to.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marmaladeboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Him have Superhawk. Unga.


Stop working on their bikes then.

Ask the Harley rider if he has to trailer his **** whenever there's a turn in the road. </TD></TR></TABLE>

blah. see how much the frustration has gotten to me. I swear I'm edumacated...

More then likely here I'll get it to a shop and ask them to fix my coolant leak (can't figure out where it's leaking...) and synch my carbs. Hopefully nothing else will pop up...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EngineNoO9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">blah. see how much the frustration has gotten to me. I swear I'm edumacated...

More then likely here I'll get it to a shop and ask them to fix my coolant leak (can't figure out where it's leaking...) and synch my carbs. Hopefully nothing else will pop up... </TD></TR></TABLE>
If it solves your coolant leak problem, then it's totally worth the money.

 

I thought he might have had a Triumph triple. That would require more work than a Harley. It is british after all

 

nah the new ones are fine maintenance wise. I'd love a triple or a 675. pretty much anything right now will be better then the superhawk right now....

 

harley owner: oh you ride too?
me: yah, just a '03 GSX-R600
harley owner: psshh i smoke those all the time.
me: *speechless*

 

considering the number of idiots I see riding these days I wouldn't be surprised...

 

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me: yah, just a '03 GSX-R600
harley owner: psshh i smoke those all the time.
me: *speechless*</TD></TR></TABLE>

are u serious??
Man that sounds like a way to make some money on a friendly wager

 

I had a neighbor tell me I work on my Integra more than I drive it.

It's a hobby - tell them to get over it.

 

just tell him that you dont work on your lawmowers engine much either.

 

i don't think you guys get it... I really do work on my bike all the time. there's been very few times where I've gone a good period of time without incident... And this is a honda that apparently are the most reliable machines ever...

When i got the bike I immediately had a charging issue where the r/r died. took forever to figure that out, got a new battery in the mean time thinking it was that. then once that was fixed it was fine for awhile. Then in the spring I the fork seals died, tires died, cam chain tensioners started to go, broke a valve cover bolt in the process of fixing that, then I had a tuning issue so got some new jets and played around a lil, then got a flat on my new rear tire, my plate light went out (found this out cause I got pulled over...), my headlight went out, blew a fuse while riding cause some wiring came loose, tune somehow got all weird again..., spent a good few weeks fixing all that, then got it running and got another coolant leak which is where I'm at now...


Modified by EngineNoO9 at 12:55 PM 11/2/2006

 

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I would be hating life if that were my situation. That's why I stopped wrenching on cages and started riding. Sooo much less work and way more actual seat time and fun!

 

believe me I'm not a happy camper right now when it comes to my bike. Half the reason lately it's sat is cause I don't have the energy to bother. It'd be one thing if it was winter and I was doing it, but I'm losing out on the last little bit of decent weather

 

considering that you bought a used bike, you more than likely are inheriting someone elses problems. i wouldnt worry too much. plus they drive slow tanks and you drive a far more refined performance machine. they use technology from the 80's, and thats the 1880's.

 

A more technologically advanced motorcycle probably does require more maintenance than a paper weight... it goes with the territory. I lost the point of this hogs comment.