My 950 Refresh or Mission Creep...

[CosentinoEngineering]

>>that was a little anticlimactic

Yes, we were just a little bummed out.

>>f you open-up the throttle slowly after cranking on choke....

Didn't do that but will check next time I try.

>>You guys have it all opened up and are playing with the fuses, pop that headlight fuse out and save a little battery life while cranking.

Yes, we were a bit tunnel visioned at that point.

The initial tyest was with an 85 starter jet, the same size as in the FCR-MX on my ktm 450. We also tried with no jet installed and definitely was getting fuel through the choke passage. Gregor how's that eye? Still burning? I'll try a 65 when I get a chance.


Chris

[sakurama]

It is bittersweet to leave Spannerland behind. I'll still have my friends but it's the end of an era. Here's my shop Friday morning:



And here it is Sunday afternoon:



Wow, was that a lot of work. If anyone is interested in some Kennedy tool boxes, a Craftsman roller box or a whole boat load of John Sterling Fast-Mount shelving drop me a PM. A lot of this stuff I don't want to transport so I'm going to try to sell it in NYC first.

Gregor

[Flanny]

Originally Posted by sakurama

[CosentinoEngineering]

A big box from christini arrived today..........



Fun fun fun!!!!

[Mr. Vintage]

[MortimerSickle]

This thread may have the most well-chosen title of all time.

It started as a wash job, right?

Originally Posted by sakurama

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I cleaned it but it was just beat. I thought about how I've always wanted to powdercoat the swingarm black and since it was still cold a few weeks ago I thought, "Why not?" and started pulling things off in a haphazard manner.
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Originally Posted by sakurama

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The onset of Mission Creep is often recognized by the famous and damning phrase, "While it's apart..."
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Originally Posted by CosentinoEngineering

A big box from christini arrived today..........



Fun fun fun!!!!

[35xj]

inspiring thread to be sure!

i was laughing hard about the "while its apart" qoute!

[snowhawk jockey]

Originally Posted by 35xj

inspiring thread to be sure!

i was laughing hard about the "while its apart" qoute!

Of course, many are getting sucked into the mission creep...

I stopped by sakurama's thread to just check out the motor swap and exhaust build, then ended up buying some amazing and magical velocity stacks. Integrating Chris's beautiful stacks have led me to discover a couple more "shortcomings" to my present bike setup and state of tune. So, naturally one thing leads to another and the next thing snowhawk jockey knows, he too is suffering from the chronic affliction. "While I was in there, I noticed that this didn't look right and had to attend to it..."

My buddies with clean bikes tease me about deferred maintenance. I don't get how cooking up new ways to thrash a perfectly good OEM design, gets referred to as "maintenance", when it is just a bit of mission creep.

[sakurama]

Originally Posted by MortimerSickle

This thread may have the most well-chosen title of all time.

It started as a wash job, right?

Hey Mortimer!

See you tonight at the big bike show? We got nice weather and I still have one bike that runs so I'm headed down.

If you think I'm bad with bikes ill post a shot of our new house later...

Gregor

[MortimerSickle]

Originally Posted by sakurama

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See you tonight at the big bike show?
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Can you make it tomorrow, too? A bunch of us are getting together for dinner after The One, on Saturday at about 5. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...2&postcount=86

Tonight, I already have a ticket for this: http://events.r20.constantcontact.co...of6yop302b3cfc

[sakurama]

Originally Posted by MortimerSickle

Can you make it tomorrow, too? A bunch of us are getting together for dinner after The One, on Saturday at about 5. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...2&postcount=86

Tonight, I already have a ticket for this: http://events.r20.constantcontact.co...of6yop302b3cfc

Probably not. I have a pistol match Sunday so my personal time has been accounted for. BMW Tigard is only 3 or so blocks from our house now though. We're actually going to take the kids tonight as they love motorcycles and then I'll stay later. Take notes for me tonight. I'd like to ride that this summer.

G

[sakurama]

Here's what I do to a house. This is the day we closed:



and then a week later:



But I promise this won't be a two year affair before we can move in. I want to move in more than anyone but some stuff you can't do while you're living there. That whole upper wall was taken out because I didn't want the sheet rock to protrude a 1/2" beyond the beam - that may be tweaky but it would bother me. Way too many dumb things were done to this house that need to be fixed but it will be worth it.

If you're curious I've started a garage thread over at Garage Journal. How many simultaneous rebuilds can I take on...

Gregor

[DRjoe]

but what about the trike?

[sakurama]

Originally Posted by DRjoe

but what about the trike?

That's not Mission Creep - that Mission Creepy.

[MortimerSickle]

Originally Posted by sakurama

Here's what I do to a house.
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