Archives: 2003 June
28 June 2003
We pulled gears out. We think we can see the problem, but we are not convinced it is the problem. First gear shifter fork has been really gouged. First and fourth gears on the driven shaft have scraped dogs, little sticky-up pieces that interlock. Don is puzzled and disappointed because he wanted to see broken [...]
25-27 June 2003
The weather has been disgustingly hot. We could not get anywhere near the house until the late evening. My early-bird body clock is gone, gone, gone. All that rising early, wasted.
24 June 2003
Did some footwork so Don could get an oil pressure gauge. He wanted to check the oil pressure of his bike, which he had noticed was interesting last Friday. Turns out the oil pressure is not great and he will probably have to pull the engine out anyway. We are having mild arguments about whose [...]
23 June 2003
Got the cyclinders off. I did most of the labour. Phew! I will have muscles before this is all done. Heaved the engine into the house, and it is now on the kitchen table. Lo. Didn’t know the cylinders were stuck on great big bolts.
22 June 2003
More work on the bike. Sharon, a neighbour, noticed us and came and chatted. Got to a point where the engine could be removed from the bike, and did so, but we were too tired to take off the cylinders.
21 June 2003
‘m experiencing a strange juxtaposition of where I am versus where I should have been. It’s weird, like living two lives. I’m starting to get my sense of perspective back. Started pulling apart the bike today. It’s hard work and there is a lot to do. Don made me do most of the wrenching.
20 June 2003
Pauline and I went out doing retail therapy – bookshops and coffee. ;-) I got a copy of Blue Highways which I have heard good things about. I bought myself a brilliant greetings card with a picture of a sweet shih-tzu on a white carpet surrounded by black footprints. Inside: “shit-zu happens.” I found myself [...]
18 June 2003
Raven’s Roads departed without me. Barb came around to get her tank bag back. She’s a bit down too because her own bike is in the shop. But we had a nice chat.
