Stay at home hobbies
04-03-2020, 12:58 PM
#21
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Joined APC: Mar 2019
Posts: 229
Originally Posted by CX500T
I got to have the pleasure of getting my ass kicked by Doug Henry and John Dowd in the NESC 125 and 200+ A classes when they would do some local races once the nationals were done.
The YZ is mid servicing. Lubing everything. Then going to take to the track and see what breaks. 22 years old and the valve cover is the only thing that's ever been open on the motor to adjust valves. Started getting aluminum in the filter last time I rode it, going to take it out and see what happens.
KX had a mouse move into the airbox and eat the filter. Bike has been sitting since 1988. Put new filter in, clean carb and see where it goes. Have enough spares to do 3 top ends and a crank, no cylinders though so it may go out for a replating.
The turbo Honda had its air filter disintegrate over the winter. Hard to get parts for, have to make one most likely.
Just took my T100 Bonneville around the block. Changing the oil on it today.
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The YZ is mid servicing. Lubing everything. Then going to take to the track and see what breaks. 22 years old and the valve cover is the only thing that's ever been open on the motor to adjust valves. Started getting aluminum in the filter last time I rode it, going to take it out and see what happens.
KX had a mouse move into the airbox and eat the filter. Bike has been sitting since 1988. Put new filter in, clean carb and see where it goes. Have enough spares to do 3 top ends and a crank, no cylinders though so it may go out for a replating.
The turbo Honda had its air filter disintegrate over the winter. Hard to get parts for, have to make one most likely.
Just took my T100 Bonneville around the block. Changing the oil on it today.
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04-03-2020, 02:34 PM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,026
Originally Posted by CX500T
I got to have the pleasure of getting my ass kicked by Doug Henry and John Dowd in the NESC 125 and 200+ A classes when they would do some local races once the nationals were done.
The YZ is mid servicing. Lubing everything. Then going to take to the track and see what breaks. 22 years old and the valve cover is the only thing that's ever been open on the motor to adjust valves. Started getting aluminum in the filter last time I rode it, going to take it out and see what happens.
KX had a mouse move into the airbox and eat the filter. Bike has been sitting since 1988. Put new filter in, clean carb and see where it goes. Have enough spares to do 3 top ends and a crank, no cylinders though so it may go out for a replating.
The turbo Honda had its air filter disintegrate over the winter. Hard to get parts for, have to make one most likely.
Just took my T100 Bonneville around the block. Changing the oil on it today.
Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
The YZ is mid servicing. Lubing everything. Then going to take to the track and see what breaks. 22 years old and the valve cover is the only thing that's ever been open on the motor to adjust valves. Started getting aluminum in the filter last time I rode it, going to take it out and see what happens.
KX had a mouse move into the airbox and eat the filter. Bike has been sitting since 1988. Put new filter in, clean carb and see where it goes. Have enough spares to do 3 top ends and a crank, no cylinders though so it may go out for a replating.
The turbo Honda had its air filter disintegrate over the winter. Hard to get parts for, have to make one most likely.
Just took my T100 Bonneville around the block. Changing the oil on it today.
Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
04-03-2020, 03:36 PM
#24
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 1,966
My dad had a bunch of CX nonbturnos in the late 70s through 90s. I flat tracked one.
Always wanted one. Back in 2012, I was the night engineer on an oil rig in Big Piney, Wyoming. Basically waiting on something to happen.
Browsing Ebay. Threw in CX500 Turbo. Found it in Minneapolis. Paid $2500 plus $500 to ship.
There is another 7ER guy who lives in Maine who has a CX650 Turbo.
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Always wanted one. Back in 2012, I was the night engineer on an oil rig in Big Piney, Wyoming. Basically waiting on something to happen.
Browsing Ebay. Threw in CX500 Turbo. Found it in Minneapolis. Paid $2500 plus $500 to ship.
There is another 7ER guy who lives in Maine who has a CX650 Turbo.
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04-03-2020, 09:58 PM
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2017
Position: Retired NJA & AA
Posts: 1,918
I have no mechanical or home repair skills, just a computer nerd here. Now I've been home on LTD for about 3 years so this is not a big difference to me, other than having my "at risk" wife stuck here with me. She normally stays busy away from the house but hasn't been able to leave for about 15 days now. If she get CV-19 and it goes to pneumonia she probably won't survive.
I've played so many online games for so long that I burned out on them about 6 months ago. I just switched out my Win10 gaming rig for a 2012 Mac Mini that hadn't been started up in 4 years. It fired right up, I upgraded the RAM and hard drive and got the latest OS and I'm in business. The Gaming rig needed a clean install of Win10 for the nth time and I just got tired of it. The Mac Mini does everything I need it to, although I can't max out my dual monitor's resolution. I'm thinking about an iMac if they have a good sale on them.
There's nothing better to kill time than online gaming. I speak from over 20 years of experience. Most of the games are money pits, in theory they may be free but really you need to spend some coin on them to have a good experience. I could drop $200-$300/month with no problem. These games fall in that category: World of Tanks; World of Warships; Armored Warfare & Star Trek Online.
There is one game called Elite Dangerous that is not "pay to win". You buy the game for around $60 I think and that's it. The only in game items you can spend money on are "eye candy" stuff like ship paint jobs and uniforms for your character. The game is very immersive. You can make a living as an asteroid miner, buy and sell goods, bounty hunting, pirating (short life expectancy) or exploring and selling exploration data on your return to the "bubble". The galaxy in Elite has over 400M suns. So if you buy a long range ship you can go out to the great unknown, explore strange new worlds, and find Earth like planets and have your name attached to it as "found by". That's even thou there are 10's of thousands of players who've been in the game since 2014. The galaxy in Elite is that big.
The visuals are stunning and the game supports VR headsets. Looks very good when you're trying to find a landing spot on a planet and then deploy the buggy which can mine rare minerals you may find. The are thousands of videos on YouTube about the game, check them out if you think you'd like it. You can also join a squadron, setup voice comms via Discord or Teamspeak, and do joint missions while chatting with the other players.
I've played so many online games for so long that I burned out on them about 6 months ago. I just switched out my Win10 gaming rig for a 2012 Mac Mini that hadn't been started up in 4 years. It fired right up, I upgraded the RAM and hard drive and got the latest OS and I'm in business. The Gaming rig needed a clean install of Win10 for the nth time and I just got tired of it. The Mac Mini does everything I need it to, although I can't max out my dual monitor's resolution. I'm thinking about an iMac if they have a good sale on them.
There's nothing better to kill time than online gaming. I speak from over 20 years of experience. Most of the games are money pits, in theory they may be free but really you need to spend some coin on them to have a good experience. I could drop $200-$300/month with no problem. These games fall in that category: World of Tanks; World of Warships; Armored Warfare & Star Trek Online.
There is one game called Elite Dangerous that is not "pay to win". You buy the game for around $60 I think and that's it. The only in game items you can spend money on are "eye candy" stuff like ship paint jobs and uniforms for your character. The game is very immersive. You can make a living as an asteroid miner, buy and sell goods, bounty hunting, pirating (short life expectancy) or exploring and selling exploration data on your return to the "bubble". The galaxy in Elite has over 400M suns. So if you buy a long range ship you can go out to the great unknown, explore strange new worlds, and find Earth like planets and have your name attached to it as "found by". That's even thou there are 10's of thousands of players who've been in the game since 2014. The galaxy in Elite is that big.
The visuals are stunning and the game supports VR headsets. Looks very good when you're trying to find a landing spot on a planet and then deploy the buggy which can mine rare minerals you may find. The are thousands of videos on YouTube about the game, check them out if you think you'd like it. You can also join a squadron, setup voice comms via Discord or Teamspeak, and do joint missions while chatting with the other players.
04-04-2020, 09:24 PM
#27
New Hire
Joined APC: Apr 2020
Posts: 4
My wife and I built a raised vegetable garden bed on our balcony. All the starter kits were 4x4 which are great, except when you only have a 3 wide balcony. So we got some brackets and cedar fencing, went to town with a reciprocating saw and built ourselves a couple of 1x3 boxes and filled it up.
Our zucchini, radishes, and tomato plants just sprouted and the cucumbers should pop up anytime now!
Our zucchini, radishes, and tomato plants just sprouted and the cucumbers should pop up anytime now!
04-06-2020, 05:59 AM
#28
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,277
Originally Posted by BeenJammin
My wife and I built a raised vegetable garden bed on our balcony. All the starter kits were 4x4 which are great, except when you only have a 3 wide balcony. So we got some brackets and cedar fencing, went to town with a reciprocating saw and built ourselves a couple of 1x3 boxes and filled it up.
Our zucchini, radishes, and tomato plants just sprouted and the cucumbers should pop up anytime now!
Our zucchini, radishes, and tomato plants just sprouted and the cucumbers should pop up anytime now!
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