What did you BUY today? - Page 263

**cheesy** · 04-21-2024, 04:24 PM

I needed another bicycle project like I needed another hole in my head, but here we are. I picked up a mid range late 60s, early 70s French Mercier frame set and boxes full of parts for $25. Everybody goes to motorcycle swap meets to buy bicycle parts. Right?

Emerikol · 04-21-2024, 05:26 PM

So. Today's life lesson is to NEVER buy two MG's at the same time. They will reproduce when you're not looking! I must have forgotten to lift their little MG skirts and make sure they were the same sex...

Darkrider · 04-22-2024, 01:20 AM

So you are now the proud owner of two RB Bs eh? Hopefully i will be getting my B back on the road come July. Chances are pretty high i might go looking for another B next spring. Currently closing in on the pick up date on the TR7. As for recent purchases...that would be the Nikon D5000 DSLR camera kit i got yesterday as well as an older set of CA computer speakers with subwoofer for my editing desk. On that note i also picked up some ram for that side to upgrade the main tower to 16gb, another 16 gb ram kit for a server project as well as a Ryzen processor for that same server.

Emerikol · 04-22-2024, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkrider

So you are now the proud owner of two RB Bs eh? Hopefully i will be getting my B back on the road come July. Chances are pretty high i might go looking for another B next spring. Currently closing in on the pick up date on the TR7. As for recent purchases...that would be the Nikon D5000 DSLR camera kit i got yesterday as well as an older set of CA computer speakers with subwoofer for my editing desk. On that note i also picked up some ram for that side to upgrade the main tower to 16gb, another 16 gb ram kit for a server project as well as a Ryzen processor for that same server.

I'm the proud owner of two MGB's, and one MG Midget. And for some reason, I feel better about having a garage full of classic British roadsters than I do having it full of a hodge-podge of motorcycles. I think my meat nuggets are getting too fat to work on the motorcycles anymore.

Darkrider · 04-22-2024, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Emerikol

I'm the proud owner of two MGB's, and one MG Midget. And for some reason, I feel better about having a garage full of classic British roadsters than I do having it full of a hodge-podge of motorcycles. I think my meat nuggets are getting too fat to work on the motorcycles anymore.

I kinda reached a similar point when i let the Harley go. I essentially transitioned to my current B at that point and enjoyed it more then i did the bike. Now that i am finally mostly clear of debts caused by the ex i can finally enjoy it more and do the work i wanted to do to it. I am not sure how long the TR7 may stick around but time will tell on that one.

**JerryHawk250** · 04-24-2024, 09:04 AM

New valve cover for my daughters Chevy Cruze. GM's piss poor design of integrating the PCV with the Valve cover. What idiot engineer designed that?

Thumper · 04-24-2024, 09:46 AM

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New valve cover for my daughters Chevy Cruze. GM's piss poor design of integrating the PCV with the Valve cover. What idiot engineer designed that?

The same brilliant engineer that got promoted for eliminating the hose connecting the valve cover to the PCV valve, thereby creating the need for a new higher profit replacement part.

**JerryHawk250** · 04-24-2024, 09:50 AM

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The same brilliant engineer that got promoted for eliminating the hose connecting the valve cover to the PCV valve, thereby creating the need for a new higher profit replacement part.

There is a kit out there to convert it. I would of went that route but needed to get her car up and running for this morning. Hopefully the new one last long enough until she gets a newer car.

Magician16 · 04-25-2024, 12:23 PM

Wrote a check for renewing my passport. This one didn't have a single stamp in it. The one before had to be renewed because there weren't enough blank pages left in it. I guess I don't travel as much since retirement.

2LZ · 04-25-2024, 01:25 PM

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I guess I don't travel as much since retirement.

I go between the Humble 2LZ Abode and our local store for a beer every evening with the Boyz. No more airports or three hours a day in a car for me.

J4Fun · 04-25-2024, 03:24 PM

Nothing because I was saving for this years taxes, but I see the same answer coming up again soon because of homeowners ins. raising faster than my retirement. I live in FL…

**JerryHawk250** · 04-25-2024, 03:41 PM

More motorcycle parts and pieces just because i felt i need them. lol

Bruces · 04-25-2024, 05:49 PM

2006 Yamaha vmax 1200 ,and a 1985 Yamaha maxim x ,both very mint ,very low miles,original owner passed away and he lost his licence in 2009 ,$600.00/pr. .The vmax is pretty good at smoking the tires so far ,should start on the Maxim in a few days .

**JerryHawk250** · 04-25-2024, 06:07 PM

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2006 Yamaha vmax 1200 ,and a 1985 Yamaha maxim x ,both very mint ,very low miles,original owner passed away and he lost his licence in 2009 ,$600.00/pr. .The vmax is pretty good at smoking the tires so far ,should start on the Maxim in a few days .

Great Deal! The Vmax has always been my dream bike. A buddy of mine had one that i drove regularly. Fast bike.

Bruces · 04-25-2024, 07:52 PM

I have no interest in either of them Jerry ,the maxim is an x ,apparently Canada only ,you guys didn’t get the 750 liquid version ? It’s said to be a rocket from what am reading but it’s just an ugly bike to me .
Hopefully they will both be someone else’s problem in a week

04-21-2024, 04:24 PM	#3931
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,980	I needed another bicycle project like I needed another hole in my head, but here we are. I picked up a mid range late 60s, early 70s French Mercier frame set and boxes full of parts for $25. Everybody goes to motorcycle swap meets to buy bicycle parts. Right? __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-24-2024, 09:04 AM	#3936
JerryHawk250 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 11,714	New valve cover for my daughters Chevy Cruze. GM's piss poor design of integrating the PCV with the Valve cover. What idiot engineer designed that? __________________ 2024 Linhai 300 ATV 4x4 2023 Lifan Lycan 250 Chopper 2023 Venom Evader 2022 Lifan KPX250 2020 Kawasaki Vulcan S (Sold) 2004 Honda ST 1300 2016 Black Hawk 250 (sold) Keihin PE30 carb,125 main,38 slow.Pod filter,ported & decked head 10:1 CR,Direct Ignition Coil,15/40Sprockets,NGK DPR8EIX-9,De-Cat,Dual Oil Cooler,Digital Cluster 2016 Cazador180 XL 2014 Coolster150 JerryHawk250.com My YouTube Channel
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04-25-2024, 12:23 PM	#3939
Magician16 Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 472	Wrote a check for renewing my passport. This one didn't have a single stamp in it. The one before had to be renewed because there weren't enough blank pages left in it. I guess I don't travel as much since retirement. __________________ 2018 Bashan Storm(sold) 2016 Magician 250
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04-25-2024, 03:41 PM	#3942
JerryHawk250 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 11,714	More motorcycle parts and pieces just because i felt i need them. lol __________________ 2024 Linhai 300 ATV 4x4 2023 Lifan Lycan 250 Chopper 2023 Venom Evader 2022 Lifan KPX250 2020 Kawasaki Vulcan S (Sold) 2004 Honda ST 1300 2016 Black Hawk 250 (sold) Keihin PE30 carb,125 main,38 slow.Pod filter,ported & decked head 10:1 CR,Direct Ignition Coil,15/40Sprockets,NGK DPR8EIX-9,De-Cat,Dual Oil Cooler,Digital Cluster 2016 Cazador180 XL 2014 Coolster150 JerryHawk250.com My YouTube Channel
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04-25-2024, 03:24 PM	#3941
J4Fun Join Date: May 2021 Posts: 358	Nothing because I was saving for this years taxes, but I see the same answer coming up again soon because of homeowners ins. raising faster than my retirement. I live in FL…
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04-25-2024, 05:49 PM	#3943
Bruces Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 1,650	2006 Yamaha vmax 1200 ,and a 1985 Yamaha maxim x ,both very mint ,very low miles,original owner passed away and he lost his licence in 2009 ,$600.00/pr. .The vmax is pretty good at smoking the tires so far ,should start on the Maxim in a few days .
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04-25-2024, 07:52 PM	#3945
Bruces Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 1,650	I have no interest in either of them Jerry ,the maxim is an x ,apparently Canada only ,you guys didn’t get the 750 liquid version ? It’s said to be a rocket from what am reading but it’s just an ugly bike to me . Hopefully they will both be someone else’s problem in a week
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