Sparking the curiousity

I can always tell this about myself. When I get back in the saddle, back into being interested in a project, it gets infectious. It gets in my thoughts and can't get out. I get fired up about getting back to it, making progress and all that.

Slow going with some things, and per usual with this build I end up going backward to a step once trodden before, or a decision made before that needs to be un-made and re-made. It's OK, as I said there's little reason to not do it thoughtfully and correctly now. If the idea was to just get it on the road (which was the singular objective at once point) that's one thing. But to make it stay on the road, what's another.

The weekend consisted of getting the front end 'stuff wired' or progress to that end. That headlight with the integrated turn signals I was so hot and bothered about when I first ordered it, only to discover upon it's arrival that it's plastic construction, was the first thing to figure out. Should work fine, but again, that lasting part has me concerned. Better ones cost more though, and I already have this one, and on and on.

You can see my thought processes on this one already.

At one point I was saying screw it I won't need or use the front turn signals, and wired the headlight accordingly. Now with M-Unit in hand and the fact that all original wiring is going in the garbage means I'm starting everything from scratch. So why not take advantage of the turn signals and use them?

No reason I can think of. Plus, I'm back to enjoying working in the garage. Having all the right bits to actually do it right- makes a big difference in the desire department.

And I only shocked myself once all weekend, so that's a win.

Turn signals; welcome back in the fold. Glad you're with us.

And with that aforementioned 'back two steps to correctly dance' part, a lot of this weekend's progress meant not a lot of things working much different or activating and such. In fact in many ways, the bike build looks like it's more a just a few steps backward.

It actually made me laugh when a passer-by stopped for a minute to chat. She was commenting on how it's nice to see me back in the garage and working on the project once more. And then asked how come it looks worse than it did a few months ago. Funny. She meant well.

Gotta fix what's underneath so the outsides can go.

A side note that's struck me as strange lately. There's less of that mental-ness of the previous year. Yeah, I still have my personal struggles about this or that, but it no longer hurts to be in the garage working. Listening to those same playlists that before gave me chills in the brain, no longer do.

So perhaps the heart and mind are getting wired better now, too.