Yes, yes, I AM pissed off thank you very much. Further, thank you or having this section.

(ahem)

****! You stupid ******* piece of ******* **** bike, I SO wanna take a baseball bat to you it's NOT funny.

I'm a gearhead. I like to **** around with stuff. Sometimes to see what makes it tick and others to actually fix whatever it is that might need fixing. I've worked on cars for over a decade now, with projects ranging from nitrous oxide installs to EFI tuning and all kinda of other ****, so I kinda get insulted when someone insinuates that I don't know how to turn a wrench, especially when it's some dumb **** moron that only knows how to drop his drawers and open his wallet what he/she is at the dealer. NO, i'm NOt god's gift to man when it comes this sort of thing as I DO make mistakes (see, i'm not arrogant!) and i'm not an engineer, either, so don't yap at me.

Anyway, my bike and I are not seeing eye-tyo-eye. It seems that whenever I have a wrench in my hand it's being a pitfa. A simple PAIR system removal project winds up with both valve covers off the bike because of two stupid little broken ******* bolts. Like come ON, gimme a ******* break! Okay, chalk that one up to a "freebie".

GPS install #1. Go to install and I don't have any mounting stuff that works "just so" (because your's truly is picky), so I get more bits I think will work and that's that.

GPS install #2. Go to install and I still don't like what I have. "Okay, leave it. You're being a ******* piece of **** again. What the **** is your problem, anyway?!?!??!"

GPS install #3. This time it's GONNA ******* happen. I look, play, tinker and - YES! **** you bitch, you're taking it wether you want it or not! Right THERE! Great, go t get it mounted and it's nearly done. Just gotta route the power wire now. Look, tinker, okay, this will work. Battery hook up is next. Unscrew the battery clamps ..... hmmmm, crappy, one of the PO's almost totally fucked up the terminals. Okay, they'll still work, just gotta be careful. Ewwww, it's all corroded. Okay, pull it out and clean it. Let's do this right .....

then stupid idea #1 comes along .....

i'll dry-fit my undertail, swap sub-frames and install my shock. Wrong, wrong, WRONG! Undertals don't have a battery box provision. ****! WTF is that?!?!??!? People buy these because ..... ? Shock didn't get installed because it's PO didn't include wrenches to swap the springs, and even then I don't wanna chance mangling the rings, so I didn't touch it (saving race episode #1 right there!). Sub-frame ..... sub-frame ..... I swapped the entire rear end over for NOTHING because it wouldn't fit right!!!!!My factory undertail wasn't co-operating. AND it was a pitfa!

Now it's DARK outside. I've WASTED the day ******* around getting NOWHERE with anything (except the GPS mount, thankfully). I'm cold, tired, hugry, pissed off and I can't even have a beer in my agony because when i'm done i'm GOING for a damn ******* ride!


My CBR doesn't pull this **** on me. It's happy when I give it attention. Well, it needs it - we both know it - and i'm happy to do it. Today's projects were to install a replacement rear shock, do a little clean up and put back whatever I can that doesn't involve the chain (because it and the sprockets needs to be replaced). Guess what I got done? ALL of it, in ONE shot, with NO swearing. I only need to have the chain ends put together and I can finish and ride. I don't have that tool (yet) and would rather put a few bucks into a friend's pocket (he's a pro mech).


So, anyway, after I got done I sat for a bit, cleared my head and went for a ride for about 40 minutes with the VTR. Nothing special, just playing on the local highways. First stop was the gas station. Of course when I pull the nozzle out of the pump ..... SPILL. Gas EVERYWHERE!

****!

 

Hey, I feel a lot better now. THANKS!


Oh, btw, now that I have my GPS installed (it's a Garmin Zumo 550, btw, for any that might care) I can get a SpeedoHealer and play around with gear combos to find what will scare me best.