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From: Sean_Q_ on 24 Feb 2010 13:16 TOG(a)Toil wrote: >> Meanwhile I'm planning to build a Bonneville around >> an '07 Scrambler frame > Just out of interest, how is this project coming along now? I put the frame in storage and I'm waiting for a donor bike to show up (which is more likely during or just after the riding season). I'd prefer a complete, running (if bent) bike to buying parts, since I think I'd learn how it goes together by taking one apart (despite S'mee's helpful comment). * However, the project is giving me an ethical dilemma, since it essentially puts me in the position of hoping for a bike accident severe enough for it to be written off, which of course means a better than even chance some biker getting hurt -- both of which of course I hope don't happen -- but realistically I have to assume they will... Opinions invited on this point. My "Bonneville" would have a rake angle slightly higher than normal and a 50 mm longer wheelbase with unknown (to me) effects on steering and handling. Unfortunately this query has resulted in far more heat and flames than helpful advice. Sigh. * My original version: > Naturally I'll take lots of pix with the digital camera > as a record of where and how things bolt on as I remove them. * S'mee's revision, demonstrating his level of confidence in my technical expertise: >> Naturally I'll take lots of pix with the digital camera >> as a record of where and how things went wrong. > > Fixed that for you. ;^) SQ '07 Triumph Bonneville (under construction) '06 Zuk S40 '85 Dnepr MT-11 The usual collection of retirees awaiting rejuvination
From: Mark Olson on 24 Feb 2010 13:31 Sean_Q_ wrote: > However, the project is giving me an ethical dilemma, since it > essentially puts me in the position of hoping for a bike accident > severe enough for it to be written off, which of course means > a better than even chance some biker getting hurt -- both of which > of course I hope don't happen -- but realistically I have to assume > they will... Opinions invited on this point. It's not an ethical dilemma until you find yourself actively trying to cause an accident. Merely hoping for one so you can benefit won't actually make one happen. Do you avoid stepping on cracks in the sidewalk for fear of breaking your mother's back?
From: Rusty Hinge on 13 Mar 2010 14:54
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember "TOG(a)Toil" > <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> saying something like: > >> Just out of interest, how is this project coming along now? > > It's only twelve days ago. > Just about long enough to decide on what spanners to use. > Time slows down on a rebuild /special. Vigra merchants seem popular. Oh, as you were - *SPANNERS*. -- Rusty |