What did you do on or to your CB 1100 today

[pdedse]

Been a busy week here for me

On Monday I officially became a full fledged firefighter and had my pinning ceremony where I received my firefighter badge. Over 200+ hours of work put into this over the past year and a half. Felt very good to be done, yet now the real learning really begins.

Last night detailed and adjusted/cleaned my CB chain for the second time since I replaced chain and sprockets this past winter. I haven't been able to ride as much as I'd like to this year, as of now I am at 981 miles for the year. (Attached photo is from last year, I am terrible at remembering to take photos)

And today, picked up an engagement ring   , gonna pop that question when we go up north to my families cabin at the end of september!

Congrats! on becoming full fledged, that's awesome.

Does your CB1100 suspect that you're going to pop the question?  

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Sorry, that was bad.     Last summer my son got engaged and now we're 6 weeks away from the wedding.  Fun times.

[Gone in 60]

Wow, Magna! Congratulations on all fronts. I hope all of your efforts to become a firefighter lead to an awesome new career. One of my best friends recently retired from FDNY. It was an amazing journey for him, and I was always kinda jealous. Mostly because he knows how to steer the back end of a hook and ladder truck.

And congrats on the upcoming engagement! I still remember all of the excitement and anticipation that welled up on the day I bended knee and held up what was the equivalent of a Corolla in a very small box.

And speaking of jealousy, I want your shop space. I could put that to very good use.

[peterbaron]

Magna, congratulations on this great achievement... do you always carry a portable fire extinguisher with you? 

[the Ferret]

Congrats. my younger brother is a retired Firefighter, although in the sleep little brick building'd village he worked in, he mostly put out car fires and made emergency medical runs on old people (our age now lol).

Congrats too on the engagement. Been married to a wonderful lady for 52 years now. Picking the right one can be a blessing.

[Frenchie]

Congrats, MagnaRider! And let's cross fingers for September 

[Cormanus]

Congratulations on both fronts, MagnaRider. I hope your intended doesn't follow you on this forum. Might spoil the surprise.

[Nachodaddy]

Congratulations, MagnaRider and best wishes for a very happy life together with your intended.

[rdprdp01]

Congratulations. What a week!! We are proud of you and wish you the very best. David

[the Ferret]

This was actually yesterday. Went to change oil and filter in the CB for the 21st time. Put it on the centerstand. Warmed it up. Put cardboard under it to protect the floor of the garage. Put my drain pan under it. Put on some rubber gloves. Removed the fill plug. Took a ratchet, extension and 17 mm socket and removed the drain plug. Took drain plug over to the workbench to clean old oil off and check crush washer while the old oil drained drained. Got new oil filter unwrapped. got oil filter cup and extension put together, turned around and saw an ever-increasing size puddle of oil spreading on the floor. Apparently, my plastic drain pan had a crack in the bottom of it. Arrgghhh. Removed the oil filter and began mopping up oil with paper towels. Waited until oil filter boss and engine sump quit draining. Cleaned surface and screwed on new oil filter hand tight, then installed drain plug and new crush washer, then carried drain pan and cardboard out of garage dribbling oil all the way arrggg. Paper towels, contact cleaner and kitty litter was used on spilled oil. What a mess! Added 4 qts 3 oz of GN4 10W30. Screwed the filler cap back on. Fired it up and watched the oil light go out, then checked for leaks. None observed. In another day or so I'll sweep up and throw out the kitty litter which is all over the garage floor with bikes parked on it.

Dang, I HATE oil!

[Gone in 60]

You know, Ferret, you can always go EV. I know some folks in Finland turning out some nice $34,000 motorcycles that claim to have more range than a normal car.

Bleh. That really is a mess. A heck of a way to find out your drain pan is cracked. I had a similar thing happen recently with the coolant collector I use, but that was just coolant, not oil.
One of the blessings of living in a large condo complex is that before I embark on any fluid-draining exercise in the garage, I can fish through our nearby dumpsters and always find yards of discarded cardboard to put on the garage floor. And, when I'm done, the flat sheets of cardboard store neatly under my car, which rarely goes anywhere. I find that if I'm impatient and don't let the oil cool just a bit, the CRV has a wonderful way of shooting oil onto the nearest crossmember and projecting it in a wide splash pattern.

Reminds me of my lowest mental point with my last job. The last thing I do before I go to bed is prep coffee for the morning. I grind the beans, put them in the hopper, fill the water container, wash the pot and put it under the machine, and hit the timer button. At 6:30 am, you can hear a faint beep from the kitchen, followed by the sound of coffee dribbling into the pot. One morning, we discovered that I had forgotten to put the pot under the machine, and the coffee had dumped onto the counter, down the wall to the living room, and into the floorboards. Ended up sanding and repainting the wall and baseboard. Would think that would teach me not to do it again, but I did, two weeks later.