3 out of 4 TOP posts about pistons and such:

[tripledog]

[QUOTE=El Camexican;1408397]

Dad always said: "If you're sure you'll only use a tool once in your life, buy the cheapest one. If you think you might need it again buy the best one you can afford".


Now your avatar makes sense to me.

[onformula1]

[QUOTE=tripledog;1408402]

Dad always said: "If you're sure you'll only use a tool once in your life, buy the cheapest one. If you think you might need it again buy the best one you can afford".


Now your avatar makes sense to me.

And he's playing here all week- folks!

[Dirtcrasher]

Can you guys advise on a 2 stroke oil for my Hondaster??

[El Camexican]

I have spent tens of thousands on tools over the years and I love every single one of them, for me there is no better feeling then to work on something with the proper tools.

The one thing my wife never complains about is my tool collection, since I have never taken a vehicle into a shop for work she knows they have paid for themselves in Spades.

So true. Once I met my wife and decided to move down here I flew back to get my truck, sell off all but one bike and drove back South. When I arrived and started unpacking the wife (GF at the time) noticed only 2 of the boxes had clothes and the rest were full of tools. She said; "These are all tools, where's all your stuff?". I said; "This is all my stuff". Whatever I'm missing like clothes and furniture I can buy here, but I need THESE tools. She's always happy when something breaks and it can be fixed without calling a repair man.

[onformula1]

So true. Once I met my wife and decided to move down here I flew back to get my truck, sell off all but one bike and drove back South. When I arrived and started unpacking the wife (GF at the time) noticed only 2 of the boxes had clothes and the rest were full of tools. She said; "These are all tools, where's all your stuff?". I said; "This is all my stuff". Whatever I'm missing like clothes and furniture I can buy here, but I need THESE tools. She's always happy when something breaks and it can be fixed without calling a repair man.

Great story.

I have a rack in my shop that has 116 different screwdrivers, the other day I came home and a bunch were missing, my wife bought a shelf for her project room and was trying to find that perfect fit, I was proud of her.....but then had to tell her it was a Allen....The training continues.

[El Camexican]

Great story.

I have a rack in my shop that has 116 different screwdrivers, the other day I came home and a bunch were missing, my wife bought a shelf for her project room and was trying to find that perfect fit, I was proud of her.....but then had to tell her it was a Allen....The training continues.

My wife had a small metal tool box in her apartment when I met her. It had a claw , Vice Grip, 2 screw drivers and some plastic and wood inserts and some sheet metal screws for hanging photos. I asker her where her drill was and said that if she needs to hang a picture she calls a contractor.

I try to teach her, but she's too smart for me, does that; "oh but you do it so good baby" woman crap on me and convinces my ego that I should drill all the holes for her. Never did met her contractor

[onformula1]

Can you guys advise on a 2 stroke oil for my Hondaster??

Yes, STP- It makes it run leaner!

[86T3]

So true. Once I met my wife and decided to move down here I flew back to get my truck, sell off all but one bike and drove back South. When I arrived and started unpacking the wife (GF at the time) noticed only 2 of the boxes had clothes and the rest were full of tools. She said; "These are all tools, where's all your stuff?". I said; "This is all my stuff". Whatever I'm missing like clothes and furniture I can buy here, but I need THESE tools. She's always happy when something breaks and it can be fixed without calling a repair man.

I can't help but ask, are you a mail order husband?

[bkm]

I can't help but ask, are you a mail order husband?

I think he falls into the "Exotic" category.

[El Camexican]

I can't help but ask, are you a mail order husband?

LOL! The guys have a saying down here when they find out you married a Mexican woman. They say: "You robbed us!" I always respond: "No, I did you a big favor".

[El Camexican]

Met my wife when she was on vacation `76 in Fla. she went back to MTY (sad) .....hit a 9-7-5 tri-feckta $475 at the track !..... hopped a jet ....got lic. in Laredo........ball & chain ever since !......just celebrated our 40th. yeah i`m that evil !

Cool! We did Vegas. Mexican marriage licenses take forever to get. Did you at least spring for a room at the La Posada?

[John Tice]

For you folks who aren’t afraid to take a leap; Purchase a cylinder boring machine. You’ll never regret your investment. Give me a call, I’ll help you with the purchase & if you’re not a knucklehead I can teach you how to use it $$$$$$$$$$$.

John Tice
503-593-2908

[bkm]

John, I'm curious about how much $ a guy is looking at to get started.
BTW, thank you for your knowledge and your willingness to share it here. Trust me it doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated!

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[John Tice]

Crag's list & EBay are good places to look. An FWS is the best bet for starters. 1-3/4” to 3-½”; 2-3 grand with a stand. I should have something put together in a couple of weeks.

[fabiodriven]

What an interesting thread. I'm not yet familiar with what has transpired to incite all of this so I will only respond to what I see here. Speaking freely, I am completely convinced that the younger generations are getting dumber as time passes. This is from my own real-world (or rw for you lazy kids I guess?), first hand experience. I am not the one leaving the impression in this scenario, I am the one to be impressed upon. Growing up I always left the best possible impression I could upon someone who's been there before and expected nothing in return, however most times I got a lot back. I like knowledge. Before there were cell phones I would call the parts guy down the street when I was in a jam and he would tell me what to do or if he didn't know he'd recommend someone who did. It doesn't work that way any more. These days the people are dumb and the phones are smart. Every little answer is in that phone, everyone already knows everything, and if they don't know you'll never hear them say that. Many people would rather give you an incorrect answer than say I don't know. My buddy that lived with me for about two years, he's about 7 or 8 years younger than I am (I'm 36 now), I never once heard him say "I don't know". He absolutely has an answer for anything and he is never wrong. He's considered a "mechanic". When I met this kid he hadn't picked up a wrench in his entire life, five years later he's in the union working on heavy equipment. When I tell you this kid doesn't know his arse from his elbow I mean it. I've attempted to work with him in the past side by side on things, actually we have spun a lot of wrenches together, and it's frustrating to no end how this kid works. He's completely backwards. He just destroys things and I had to give up trying to teach him. I am not exaggerating when I say that he will do the job any other way than the way I suggest, even if it takes longer and things get broken. I watched him spend an extra 20 minutes removing a part that I could have had off in 3. I stopped him, I told him he was doing it wrong, I told him the right way to do it, then he stopped what he was doing and took a different approach which was STILL THE WRONG WAY and still took way too long. He eventually succeeded in removing what it was he was trying to remove but it took way longer than it should have and was not the correct way to do the job, and this was a paying job on a customer's vehicle. Upon "succeeding" at removing the part he said "Ha! See?" I couldn't believe it. His drive for doing the job completely wrong was to show me he could do it his way. He was SATISFIED IN NOT LEARNING FROM ME! I started a thread a long time ago, "When did learning become insulting". The answer to that is, most likely within the last ten years. Everyone gets a trophy, nobody is wrong, you are always right, and if you're offended someone else must be doing something wrong. Children raised by TV's and computers, handed every little thing and never punished, no threat of retribution and no understanding of how it works if you attempt to dish it to them. Fawk, our gall-danged language is quickly turning into a lost art (or la for you kids). Now seeing as I don't have any children the fault is clearly not on my hands, but to every one of you breeders out there shame on you! Of course your kid has ADD and won't shut the frig up at school because there are NO CONSEQUENCES if he/she doesn't. Put them on drugs and take them to the doctor for hang nails. Drive your car 1/32nd of a mile up the road and wait every morning with them at the bus stop and then hold their hand as you walk them across the street to the bus. We live in a nation of pussies my friends (or for the retards that keep making the shirts, "pussys" I guess), and it is going to get worse. Our people are soft. Encouraged to hold yourself in high regard with no reason at all, encouraged to get fat and accept those who choose to balloon as well, encouraged for "just trying" and turning that into a success, and not allowing individuals to soar, to succeed truly and be an individual, to be better than everyone else at something. These people are raised to be stupid, and it is working. I know very few young people that can look you in the eye and have a true back-and-forth without looking at their phone every 30 seconds, and god forbid you take it from them. You're liable to get arrested and then hit with charges these days. This is what is to be expected of the generations to come, so you all should get used to it.

Now the flip side of that coin is, we're codgers. We're balding and grey and shaking our fists in the air at the audacity of these kids who refuse to listen. To them I say, fack you. You have two ears and one mouth so use them proportionally. I have been everywhere you have plus many, many more places and I'll learn from you clowns any day. I'll gladly take your knowledge happy that you refuse to take mine in return. Knowledge is power, and what do you think is going to happen to someone who enjoys taking knowledge as opposed to someone that doesn't?

It's no secret that the forum has much lower traffic these days. I don't come on enough now to be familiar with the current "crew". I saw a big change in the kinds of people posting on here and found less people posting who I can relate to. Someone had said they didn't think Facebook has had a huge impact on the forum traffic and I wholeheartedly beg to differ. Facebook has thousands of trike groups and they all have one thing in common. All of those fools posting in those groups are experts, every one of them, just ask them. For those of you who haven't yet taken notice, our formerly dorky and outcast machines are now chic. Trikes are en vogue all of a sudden. There has been a massive influx of people jumping into the community and I for one do not like it. What they have managed to do is drive the prices of our machines through the roof via facebook and Ebay. Because Billy Bob Bozo sold his SX for $1500 then my SX must be worth $1500. That's just how it is now, and the battle is over, they've already won! They've successfully made it so a $700 machine is now worth $1500 because they see someone else's machine go for that so they stick to their guns for months until some other nitwit is willing to give them what they want, essentially and literally making their bike now worth $1500. I know because I've been looking for an SX for my brother in law for months now and I am blown away by what these nikkas want for their turds.

So to my fellow codgers, get used to it. This is who we're going to be taking care of when we're older because they sure as shite won't be taking care of us. They don't know how to take care of themselves and aren't interested in learning so I'm sure the future is going to be interesting. To touch very briefly on a subject that may seem very far removed at this point, if there were ever to be an uprising we're screwed. If someone were to try to lead a group of younger people in a military style situation it's just not going to work. If you can't tell someone how to install a piston without insulting them, how could you expect someone to react any different after being told to "flank the rear from the left". And who do you suppose might benefit from a general public who is just that soft?