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Posted by pcarrell
- September 22, 2014, 12:20:49 PMNO, NO!!!!!! My wife knows exactly where I sleep! 
Posted by kawasaki.addict
- September 22, 2014, 11:14:28 AMLmao as it turned out there is a queen air matress a 50" flat screen and a playstation3 in the garage lmfao . So you move south in my garage till spring then when my wife is ready to kill me we both move in with pc!!!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 22, 2014, 10:42:59 AMHey he said cold beer, Canadian / Beer / what more can you say and I'll be there....
Posted by pcarrell
- September 22, 2014, 09:52:49 AMLook man, KA is new here, and we don't want to scare him off! 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 22, 2014, 08:24:54 AMnow you are putting conditions on my moving.........oh man........
Posted by pcarrell
- September 22, 2014, 06:19:22 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on September 21, 2014, 18:55:42 PMI don't remember using the word "leach" when I said you needed to move south.and of course PC said move south so K-A blame him on me moving in with you........send the bill to him
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 21, 2014, 18:55:42 PMOk California, cold beer, mmmmmmmmmm if I leave in the morning be there about the 26th.....4 days to drink beer and rest, relax, check out the area......would not make it back before it snows, so would have to stay and live in K-A's garage, of course I seen TV and they don't need heat in the garage, and would have a big screen TV in there for me, and food, and a fridge.......ok so good plan......
and of course PC said move south so K-A blame him on me moving in with you........send the bill to him
Posted by kawasaki.addict
- September 21, 2014, 17:46:17 PMAnyone in the so cal area who would like to see it or just meet a fellow enthusiasts I live in garden grove an have cold beer sitting next to all the bike pieces lol ive probly got a few weeks before I can ride her again
Posted by kawasaki.addict
- September 21, 2014, 17:42:36 PMYeah that is why I drive a 94 silverado. Push button locks hand crank windows. Nothing fancy nothing missing I do not need electrical bs going wrong I need reliable powerful transportation. That being said I do build diesel electric locomotives for a living qq an do all the major work on my wife's gas electric prius. I just like the knowing that if my truck needs work it is simple an bc I drive a chevy my truck never needs work lmao
Posted by 2beers
- September 21, 2014, 17:24:59 PMCan't wait to see it finished! Lookin' good. Good luck with the rest of the restoration.
Posted by 49Reo
- September 21, 2014, 16:15:23 PMA person can't have all the skill; we all eventually run into something we just can't do well. I have the utmost respect for people who know how to paint and to do it well. I can paint, but not well. I would never attempt to paint my own bike or vehicle; just would not be able to do a nice job, so if it is something I want nice, off to a buddy who is real good. As to wrenching, I have been doing all my own work for too many years to count; that being said, these new vehicles where it is a computer on wheels, with miles of wiring with ma and mv, forget it. That is what the dealers are for, and the guys(like Troll and GB) who have the required expertise to do such work.
So, I guess the point of this whole diatribe is to say "good on you" for doing all your own work restoring your Drifter. You will be understandably proud of your accomplishment. And hats off to the rest of you out there in Drifterland who are accomplished "do-it-yourselfers".
Have fun. 
Posted by Troll
- September 21, 2014, 14:46:58 PMI can't paint... I've tried, just won't work, but I do most of my own mechanical work. Nobody to blame but myself for mistakes...
Posted by kawasaki.addict
- September 21, 2014, 14:43:00 PMThabks guys. Yeah I learned the hard way with my meanstreak 1600 paid $700 to habe it painted an when I got it back. The guy put tye fuel tank on incorrectly so the fuel return line was hooked to the vapor line I flooded the engine going down the highwaybin my furst 5 miles to the point of hydro lock an all the guy had to say was im not a mechanic!!!!?! by the time I got a lawyer involved he had 30 people sueing him an come to find out he put all his shop account bs in his dying mother in laws name so no one ever got compensated. Fucking douche bag. So this time it is all on me for $300 an hope for the best
Posted by DC
- September 21, 2014, 01:50:52 AMYou can never get quality work like that taking a bike to some hack shop. Doing it yourself, for someone with the right skills, will guarantee to get exactly what you want and you know that no corners were cut in the process.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 20, 2014, 12:29:18 PMah quit your whinning........GB