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Gordon R
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I need to slow down. Instead of doing a few hours and taking a couple of months, I have been doing 8-9 hour non-stop spells in the garage.

I thought retirement was about slowing down. I have an almost compulsive urge to finish things off, which I need to sort out.

Still need to remove the side stand and paint it, plus sort out the broken bolt.

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11 hours ago, Gordon R said:

Dismantled the Honda yesterday - will strip the engine today. Hardest part was separating electrical connectors.

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Cool thing about mx/enduro bikes it’s only 5/6 hours to rebuild or a day with new bearings everywhere. 

I used to spend hours on end after each race , stripping, rebuilding, racing then starting over again. 

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When my lads were racing, fellow riders moaned about changing suspension bearings. I became a dab hand and find it quite satisfying. The electrical connectors were fiddly and I managed to stab myself in two fingers with a sharp pick.

Dismantling is way easier than re-building, though.

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7 hours ago, Gordon R said:

When my lads were racing, fellow riders moaned about changing suspension bearings. I became a dab hand and find it quite satisfying. The electrical connectors were fiddly and I managed to stab myself in two fingers with a sharp pick.

Dismantling is way easier than re-building, though.

I hated doing the linkage but more because the kits weren’t cheap so I bought a ktm :) . No linkage was wonderful.

all I used was an old socket and a vice

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