aliveagain
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posted August 20, 2006 11:48 AM
Poll Question:
how did you learn?
Seems like a lot of knowlege here on this board,so I was wondering how everyone learned to work on bikes.I myself just tried to do what I can as I went along on my own bike.
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I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Poll Results:
 1 votes (5%)
formal car/bike schooling
1 votes (5%)
worked at a shop
13 votes (59%)
worked on your own bike
5 votes (23%)
hookers
0 votes (0%)
stayed at a Holiday Inn
2 votes (9%)
all of the above
  
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vozizm
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posted August 21, 2006 04:28 AM
No formal training {and it shows  }
But never been afraid to turn a wrench.. and with the help of Bikeland .one can do just about anything!!
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NOX
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posted August 21, 2006 05:24 AM
I learned ot ride when I was 14 on a XR 500r with a big bore kit..........lol
Talk about baptism by fire.........
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ninja12
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posted August 21, 2006 08:05 AM
Worked on my own stuff for years, car, bikes, mower, etc.
A few years back I started helping a buddy that owns a shop.
I still stop in to talk and turn a few wrench sometimes. It's cool
to have friends that KNOW what's going on. If I can't fix it myself
I can usually get it in and out the shop within a day or two.
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Y2KZX12R
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posted August 23, 2006 04:18 AM
 Edited By: Y2KZX12R on 23 Aug 2006 05:20
Had formal training, wrenched at chevy dealer thru the 80's, shop forman at another, wife drove a "C" dragster 1977-82, many hours developing heads on the flowbench, dyno etc. for all sorts of engines. Have balanced, bored, honed, sleved, cut, ported, milled, welded, resized, jetted, tuned, blown up  , just about everything.
Went back to school, and now I'm a design/engineer designing ultra pure water refining systems for semiconductor, and bio-pharm companies like Merck, Amgen,Pfizer,AMD,Intel, etc.
Now I just play in the machine shop and tinker with engines when I want to, and its fun again!!!! Its just a hobby now, no pressure!!!
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GUNNER
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posted August 23, 2006 07:09 AM
Edited By: GUNNER on 23 Aug 2006 11:11
Started at the age of 8 working on my XR75 Honda........Broke and fixed just about everything you can think of. Went to work and started buying motorcycles galore and modding the hell out of them. Did a lot of reading and watching. By 17 I built my first turbo bike 1980 model KZ750. It was 810cc with Carrillo rods (100 bucks a piece back then ) I did it all myself with some input from my new friend that just opened a shop George Bryce of StAR Racing fame. Still friends to this day. Mid 80's I built a Full blown Funny BIKE with a Martin Chassis,1426cc, KMS 3 speed Trans, BHP Hilborn Injection, Running 3 stages of Boost which at the time was very trick, and I owned the 3rd MTC cylinder Head ever sold. Built my own duel Mag drive set up for the two spark plug set up. (It was state of the ART at the time) Never had the cash to race the circuit so I raced it local until my son was born in 89. It got retired.(family first) Started back with bikes in 94 with a ZX11 and turboed it with my own home built system. During all this I met David Monday who is NOW my best life long friend and owns www.davidmondayracecars.com I learned to Tig weld and do my own machine work there. Built everything from ProStock to Pro Mod cars and a few Funny Cars to boot. Went to Mazak training school in there somewhere and learned to operated and program CNC machines. Went to work at a place called Oak Ridge Tool And Engineering running the largest 5 axis Horizonal Boring Mill for several states for a man named Terry Mullins. (Also a NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion) Machining cool shit for the international space station for a few years in the 90's. Met a man named Mike Thomas of NHRA ProStock fame and went to work in his engine shop(Finish Line Racing Engines) for several years hunting power from 500" motors. Traveled the country with that team and met many of my heros in life. There just average guys when you meet these guys. Went back to work Building cars with David for a while. Started this Gun Manufacturing business and have been fighting the BATF ever since. I'm about to decide to move on again fighting the GOV is a losing proposition  They're about to break my will to keep fighting them.
I've done many things that in one way or another can be adpted to working on motorcycles and motors. I sometimes don't believe it all myself. But it's all true. I'm now 43 and burned out. I think I'll get a job at WalMart as a door greeter. I should have become a dentist 
AND let's not leave out the part about during all this time away from home doing cool shit.............GOT DIVORCED and lost entire family..........Should have become a Door Greeter sooner .................................... Who Knew right?
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aliveagain
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posted August 23, 2006 07:36 AM
I knew we had a couple of professors!
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NINJA12
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posted August 24, 2006 05:32 PM
I'm glad i put my resume up before those two.
LOL
It's nice to have heavy weight on-board.
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GUNNER
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posted August 24, 2006 10:03 PM
That's the short version. Trust me there's a lot more. I still can't figure how I've worked it all into 25 years in the work force. No wonder I'm burned out with it
Welcome to WalMart 
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harryzx-12
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posted August 25, 2006 04:24 PM
I didn't have the money to pay someone to work on my stuff so i had to learn to do it myself. I'm pretty good on the mechanical stuff but not so good on the electrical side.... but i have friends who are.
I'd last about 30 seconds as a wal mart greeter "Welcome to wal mart get what you need and get the fuck out"
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posted August 25, 2006 11:39 PM
Edited By: junior s on 26 Aug 2006 00:42
I'm thinking most of us just can't stand to have someone else work on our scoots , so we learn to do it ourselves .....
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johnnycheese
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posted August 26, 2006 03:00 AM
I voted Hookers due to all the time I worked at Hollywood Kaw/Yam
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GUNNER
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posted August 26, 2006 07:12 AM
quote:
I'm thinking most of us just can't stand to have someone else work on our scoots , so we learn to do it ourselves .....
That to!!!!!!! For myself everytime I tried to get something done by someone else they never failed to fuck it up, and usually more shit to keep whatever they just fucked up company.
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eklipse636
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posted August 29, 2006 07:20 AM
i agree, i rather fuck up my bike than to pay someone to fuck it up.
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nightmare
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posted September 03, 2006 08:50 PM
that sounds good when you have the time and when you pay, If they screw it up, they have to either fix it or pay to have it done correctly. If you break it, you are shit out of luck!
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zx12adam
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posted September 27, 2006 11:20 PM
When I was 5 my dad bought me a KD80. It broke alot and he fixed it while I helped when I could, mostly just learning. That's how it started and just went up from there.
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