Crazycarts crap. #2

[bigfootrules31]

how big is the town you live in? with all these bargans you get therel be nothing left soon

 

[jr dragster T]

He's abusing your good nature boy.

Yeah I know, Alot of my friends say "Well dont charge me alot I'm your friend. Its nice that there my friend but when welding wire and gas is not cheap then I have to make something off my work. The town I live in is actually fairly large but we go into the next town to get all the good deals.

 

[crazycart]

Neighbor just gave me a Yamaha 650 Maxim 4 cyl street bike. My dad previously owned it, and sold it to him, then he gave it to me. Only 10,XXX miles on it. Just needs carbs cleaned from sitting.

I can already feel the hate coming my way...

 

[jr dragster T]

You lucky little......This one sounds good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23pNFxGWkE

 

[bigfootrules31]

Ahhhhhhh, Go Away

 

[crazycart]

She runs great! After some agonizing quad carb cleaning...

Went down a back road and decided to open her up. Doing 65 i let off (intersection) and it died, and because it has a dead battery, i was like....OH $%!& still coasting at about 40, i popped it into second and let out the clutch and she fired back up and i got back home. Took a look and the gas was shut off. lol...

 

[jr dragster T]

Nice bike crazycart. I noticed on my 125 if the fuel is shut off for more then 3 seconds it starts to run funny. Almost like it needs a bit of pressure?

 

[crazycart]

Yeah this was weird...either my bike gets amazing mileage or the shutoff leaks a bit...

 

[jr dragster T]

I'd say the shutoff leaks a bit. I dont see it stalling and restarting without turning the fuel back on. Once it stalls thats pretty well it.

 

[crazycart]

I think the stalling may have been an electrical problem. It wasn't revving out past 5K, hence only 65-70 mph. It was getting to dark to mess with it, tomorrow ill dig. This thing redlines at like 12k

 

[jr dragster T]

A motorcycle mechanic once told me if there is no battery or the battery is dead at higher revs it may cut out. May apply here? Just trying to give you a idea.

 

[crazycart]

I'm sure that's the problem.

 

[jr dragster T]

So did the battery fix it?

 

[crazycart]

IDK, have to pick one up.

 

[crazycart]

Trading the bike for 2 ATC250R's....one has a Hondaline 300 bigbore kit

 

[newrider3]

***. Hole.

 

[frederic]

Yeah I know, Alot of my friends say "Well dont charge me alot I'm your friend. Its nice that there my friend but when welding wire and gas is not cheap then I have to make something off my work.

You're young so you're ripe to learn a life lesson here:

"If you have a capability that your acquaintances do not have, you are instantly labelled a "friend" by those acquaintances."

It will teach you to differentiate between a friend and an acquaintance.

There's no problem helping people out, but I found more often than not a simple favor eventually becomes an ongoing expectation.

I have an IT business and I cannot count the number of my friends and neighbors who have the balls to call my business help desk, log a call, and expect FREE service the same day.

I have another friend who cannot weld so he "drops by" at least once a week to find I'm not home and drops off his unassembled project with a note "weld these three places please" and he leaves a $5 in the mailbox. I keep refusing and he keeps begging. I offered to teach him how to weld using my welder and my wire, and he doesn't quite get the message.

My cousin is in the process of remodeling their home in northern NJ. He calls me every weekend (just about anyway) asking for advice on what to buy, how to do a particular job, etc. I can hear it in is voice that he would much prefer I not explain it and simply drive up there and do the job for him in exchange for his wife's cooking.

I used to do this, however once I reached 500 manhours a year on his house while my house is overgrown with 6' high weeds and various other issues, enough is enough.

The moral of the story is learning to set boundaries, and that's the life lesson - how to do that.

Again, no harm no foul helping a guy out, but just make sure you don't become their sole lifeline for 2000 things that eventually will sour that friendship.

 

[jr dragster T]

You are right, I'm starting to make some money off the things I do now. I find once you let them know I don't work for free they stop coming to me for small things.

 

[crazycart]

***. Hole.

Ha. Ha.

 

[jr dragster T]

Hes just Jealous crazycart. Cant say I'm not but I wont call you names