Dork

OK, the last couple days I've been really pumped about the bike. No, nothing has changed in the checking account to warrant such excitement, but I'm getting excited again just the same. I'm feeling it. Can see the finish line, or at least the 'starting' line ahead.

See what I did there??

Yeah...

Yesterday I was so in the bike zone that, after visiting the garage and getting some thoughts and some measurements together for the next nuts and bolts aisle trip, I thought I should break in the helmet a little and make sure it fits and is OK to sit on the noggin for a bit at a time. I do have a ride coming up, after all.

I think I've got the remaining things into two categories. The first being things I can do that won't cost a lot. I still want to give this motor a good scrubbing and with the whole bike sort of just sitting in a garage for months, well, the whole thing could use a scrubbing, too. I need to add fluids and change the oil, and get the front brakes sorted. Which is something I've been talking about doing forever and still haven't. Guess I'm easily distracted by shiny objects floating near me.

The second category is the money pile. And due to my electrical discovery of late, it's an even bigger pile than it was. And honestly, after that excitement dies down I may come to accept that I won't be able to do that electrical wizardry part of this build right now, and that's OK and I can accept that. But the thing is, I gotta get it running and get out there on it. And if it proves I need that unit to make this happen, well then I'll have to find a way. Maybe selling a guitar or two, or some clever Cragislisting or eBaying objects... who knows. Plus my son is moving out (or so he says... last I heard it was going to be the 8th. Today's the 12th...) and he takes a decent chunk of the grocery budget with him, so there's maybe some savings on the ramen noodle aisle...

Anyway, the larger pile consists of the rear seats / linkages / levers kit. Then there's the battery itself. And, if I do or need to do this electrical M-Unit, then that's another big hit. In fact, adding the cost of those three things alone equals what I bought the whole bike for. In addition to the grand I've got in it otherwise, plus the not a small amount help from others along the way, well, it's adding up.

Which is sort of my mental point in my head lately. And one that I got excited about in a previous post- making this a bike that's reliable and good to go and can be counted on. Because it's getting to be not such an inexpensive ride, and getting this far and not making it solid... I'm not sure that's even something that makes sense.

Still, in the end I must do what I'm able to do, and that often times isn't something I can do much about and must toe the line and make the best I can with what I have.

But having said that, I still bought an old cheap motorcycle, I still had a vision to make it into something different, I've had a blast making it happen, and I can sit on my couch wearing a motorcycle helmet and smile.

And I love being called a dork.