...she lives again...
 

Eileen just fired up for the first time since the second engine went pop.

As much as I've hated the bike ever since it happened, it sounded glorious.

Re: ...she lives again...
 

There's your problem, you gave it a human's name.

It's a friggin' machine, made of metal plastic and rubber... it is not a human being. If it dies you kick it and fix it or buy a new one, not get sentimental about it.

Re: ...she lives again...
 

Look carefully at the name and think about it. There's nothing sentimental about it - it's a joke ;)

Re: ...she lives again...
 

It's a dole-bike :D

Re: ...she lives again...
 

I'm not following.

Either way it's getting sold in the near future. After being on the RR for the last few weeks I'm looking at getting an F4i.

Re: ...she lives again...
 

Good decision :)

Re: ...she lives again...
 

Good news Neeja.

...And it is possible to get sentimental over a bike. You can decide to work harder to kep it going rather than selling it...:D

Re: ...she lives again...
 

It spends most of its time not working, hence it's a dole-bike

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D'oh, getcha now ;)

To be fair to the poor critter it's only been off the road for 2 months in the last 2 years, so it's not too bad.

Oh, and it's all now completely back together and running. I was a little concerned about how it was pulling at first...before I realised I'd connected the gear lever the wrong way around and was actually riding it in second instead of first ;)

Full test ride in a minute...

Re: ...she lives again...
 

there's nowt like the feeling of satisfaction when you have the first ride of a bike you've rebuilt and its all good.