now back in the good old "olden" days w e n c h i n g and men meant a whole different thing......................oh thats different spelling isn't it *lmao*
My Poor Ole Wrenches and Sockets are probably the most neglected of anyone's here, they just sit in that big ole stainless steel roll around cabinet on the back porch week after week after week. Couple times a year I do go out and wipe them down so they don't rust though. I need to find another hobby with metric nuts and bolts so I can use them, got some really cool stuff sittin there. I even bought a second Honda last year and it never needs nuthin done to it either, maybe some year one of them will need a wrenchin.
I think wrenching on your machines is like communication in a relationship it improves the intimacy between you and your machine...when you think of all the miles you didn't have to walk its worth ever ounce of maintenance...
The funny thing with bikes and cars now days seems like there is less wrenching and more programming.
I have a 63 micro bus that needs valve adjustments every 6K with a feeler guage..old bikes had a rotor, condenser and point gap that had to be set correctly...
Now it is a crank case position sensor and a manifold pressure sensor tiend into an electronic computer that sets the timing based on these two sensors.
So I am not really sure what people are talking about wrenching on with a newer model bikes...the old ones yes.
I have a 2004 88b and when it did seem to have a timing issue after 15K+ it was the MAP sensor seal that proved the solution.
I think wrenching on your machines is like communication in a relationship it improves the intimacy between you and your machine...when you think of all the miles you didn't have to walk its worth ever ounce of maintenance...
soloridergal... that convention sounds very interesting. Do you have any more information on it or a website URL? I would love to go if I can. Went to a woman's motorcycling conference sponsored by AMA in West Virginia a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. They didn't get into wrenching but they covered quite a few other things that were very helpful. Really enjoyed getting together with all those women riders too. Made me proud!!!
chesshirecat... You are my hero! Wish I had gotten into bikes years ago. Always carry a tool kit and cell "just in case". So far, I've only had to use them for the Harley's I've been riding with. LOL! Don't get me wrong. I would LOVE to own a Harley but I can't help picking on them the way they pick on me and my Honda.
locoloco.. thanks for the offer of help. I DO have a Clymer manual as well as the original owner's manual for my bike. Use them both too. However, I just feel better having someone there with me when I try wrenching on something for the first time. There always seem to be things to watch for that aren't in the manual or easier ways to do things. Still looking by the way.
YESSS ThighSyn !! a lady wrenching on her own bike is sexy , that's just one more area that a man and woman can have common interests , a woman isn't helpless anymore like soiciety thought she was. A woman that knows her way around the toolbox or woodshop is very sexy . If I'm doing atuneup or making a wooden toy it's always good to have another set of hands to help create something out of nothing . Take pride in wrenching , cutting , and creating, it will always put a smile on my face !!
Oh Baby put the wrench on it..LOL Sorry ..yes I am impressed by a lady or man that does his own tinkering on their bike to make it their own. No Dealer touches my bikes..I want to be able to ride at high speed and tell myself yes I did torque the front fork bolts..It makes you feel so much better to know your bike inside out. and I would coach or help anyone that wants to learn. I subscrbe to several Tech sites and help anyone I can...I am sure anyone can ask any question and one of us Wrenchers can help you and will help you..
I do my own wrenching most of the time. Ladyhawk, if ya can't find man willing to be just friends as fellow riders, there is a womens motorcycle convention held i believe every two yrs, sponsored by all major mc companies, which has seminars, hands on wrenching, etc all gear for the lady riders of the world. Its a pretty fun time. Last one i attended was in OH, but the move the location around. You might check it out.
locoloco... LOL sorry but I have a full house with 2 little foster kids... can't do any more "adoptions!"
When my mom was 50, I took her to the local high school with a lowrider that I borrowed off the showroom floor from the HD shop I worked at. This was back in '79. I put her on the back of the brandywine new Low Rider, and told her how the controls worked... hand and foot, then let her rip around the course for three hours. Once she felt good about that, I told it it was time for a road trip. We took US 1 North for a 75 mile trip to Daytona... I took her to the Boothill. She backed into the curb like a pro... after only 4 hours on a bike. She rode with confidence... and showed it in her abilities to handle the big 80CI motor...all this and she had never even ridden as a passenger on a bike! She rode well into her sixties... then she develouped a bleeding condition... and couldn't ride again. (She could bleed to death with anything more then a scratch.. bruises can kill her.) She still talks very fondly of her days riding... She rode cross country haulin a trailer behind her bike! My folks are soooo cool!
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