Good times in the garage on Saturday. Music was appropriately cranked, as much as the little bluetooth speaker that could, did. Not a ton of it was accomplished, that to-do list to conquer all to-do lists, since, well it never seems to get any shorter. Well, it does get shorter, only for a moment before one thing gets crossed off and replaced with another.
Maybe that's the way all these kind of builds go... dunno. This is my first. Perhaps my last, perhaps not. It has had value and interest to me beyond the occupy the mind agenda or keep busy types of idle mind activities, so who knows. Actually, I think once it's a rideable machine I will find much more value in it. Go figure. I know, sometimes the lunacy just spills out of my pores and I cannot stop making sense.
So the original harness came back off, along with all my "good try! good try! we'll get 'em next time, Tiger" banter and well wishing and supportive praise. I'm still a little bit in the dark (very dark) about why it actually wouldn't work, all these wires and such. It started to feel a little bit like trying to win at chess without actually knowing the rules. Looks simple enough, what could go wrong? I'll never know just how close I did come to it actually getting connected correctly. I may have indeed been a single wire away from completion... However most occasions and scenarios involved other critical elements, such as patience, or understanding, or running out of beer... who knows. Any of them will do. Excuses- I have boxes full of 'em, it would seem.
I will be excited to start fresh with this M-Unit I have in mind, once that's able to find it's way into a shopping cart. One part at a time, one connection at a time, check, recheck, working? Move on to the next. Not working? Call someone, read a manual, go walk to get another beer or sangria, ask Murphy the Wonder Dog, then try again. Funny how success brings excitement... maybe it's a little like a participant medal or something, but I remember a few weeks ago when I flipped the headlight switch and - alas, lights came on. That was it's own special moment of smiles that only winning brings.
Perhaps it the removal of the old and the tarnished and the faded that needs to be had here, and perhaps in my own personal deal, too. Take off what's holding you back and keeping you from making those connections solid and light up. OK, sorry, enough of that mushy stuff. This is a motorcycle build dammit. I'm gonna go get another tattoo for that one. Punishment.
So, back into garage D we go, and hopefully will have some spark happening soon. Most of the mechanicals are solid and ready to go. Sure, there are things to dial-in and firm up, like brakes and linkages and such, so until I'm able to tackle the electrical in the manner it should, I can revisit those things. I still have to figure out the center stand thing, but I think that's gonna go soon. It's far easier working on the bike whilst level and not feeling like it's gonna fall over at any moment, but the stand is gonna be in the way of the shifter lever and probably other things, too. So it's gonna have to go as soon as I get to that part. Which then I gotta solve the front forks thing; the rebound isn't right and will not only make for a crappy ride, but might even be slightly dangerous. Maybe. I'd love to do a front end swap with some R6 materials, but that's an entirely new box of worms to open up, so I'm gonna make what I've got here work. Probably just need to shorten the kickstand an inch or so and that will solve many other problems.
And I do have a grinder....
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