(03-05-2024, 05:35 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote: Well, he went out in the shed and built his own vehicle, the quadracycle, to kick things off in the automotive realm for himself before starting the company in 1903.... So, regardless, he got out there and figured it out as a 1st step

(03-04-2024, 01:39 AM)jtopiso_imp Wrote:

(03-03-2024, 07:39 AM)PowerDubs_imp Wrote:

(03-01-2024, 10:42 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: ... hopefully we all know our limits, but maybe that is asking too much from humanity.

If valve clearance maintenance has got one down, there are other options:

* No worries until the engine does not sound or behave (idle, start) just right. Then adjust. A lazy and passive approach.
* Acquire a legacy Honda CB inline-4 with hydraulic lifters.
* Get an electric motorcycle.
* Get a Moto Guzzi.
* Or gawd forbid, get a BMW opposed twin model.
* ... scraping the bottom: Get a single thumper.

I take the opposite view.

My whole life I have had no fear of taking anything apart and putting it back together.

I work in a different industry- but make a good living because of others fears of what I consider simple stuff- that a decent 12 year old could do if he was motivated enough- and can pay attention to detail.

The world would be a MUCH better place if people stopped thinking they have limits.

Not just mechanical- everything.

I just watched a video interviewing the girl that did Edge Of Tomorrow. (Great flick)

She said when she started- they put her into a program with a personal trainer.

She said she had worked out before… but once she started the program realized (paraphrasing)- “No. I’ve quickly realized I never worked out before”.

I loved watching the change in behavior of the people around me when I joined the Army.

Eye opening for many. Life changing both physical and mental for many. They will break you and reshape you.

There’s nothing whatsoever on a motorcycle that an average person can’t do, for some they just don’t want to learn, others don’t want to spend the time, so they spend the money.

I’m OK with both of those as long as they admit it. It’s when they say they can’t that I raise my eyebrow.

Want it on faster, OK. Don’t have garage space or tools, OK.

But don’t say you can’t because you are wrong.


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There is famous quote from Henry Ford:

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”

(03-05-2024, 05:18 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote:

(03-05-2024, 05:14 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote: no one ever said being a good human being was required to be brilliant. He wasn't here to make friends, he was here to revolutionize manufacturing, and, he did.

... and according to most modern historians, that "faster horse" quote was a fabrication.

I wonder if I'll ever be so famous that years after my death, people will make up quotes that I supposedly said.

(03-05-2024, 07:05 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote:

(03-05-2024, 05:18 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote:

(03-05-2024, 05:14 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote: no one ever said being a good human being was required to be brilliant. He wasn't here to make friends, he was here to revolutionize manufacturing, and, he did.

... and according to most modern historians, that "faster horse" quote was a fabrication.

I wonder if I'll ever be so famous that years after my death, people will make up quotes that I supposedly said.

Remember, kiddies, Mr Gone in 60, who invented the garage door, once said, “chopsticks? I smashed ’em!”

It’s started already mate.