Re: [ST] Feels like a new bike, continued

["Albert Garvin" <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,
  Sounds like a great idea to me. I do most of my own work and have some of
the special tools and would be willing to help anyone who needs it. When I
was into street rodding we had a thing called the fellow pages which was a
listing of people all over the USA that would be willing to help a fellow
street rodder if he broke down far from home, I helped a guy from Denver put
a complete lower end in his 30 Chevy when he broke down in San Jose about 20
years ago. Picked him up off the freeway with my buddies trailer and rebuilt
his car in my garage. Good way to meet nice people. I live in the SF bay
area by the way.
Al "Double Dawg" Garvin

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: [ST] Feels like a new bike, continued


> I think one of the major benefits of my decisions to do my head repair
> myself, is the overcoming of the fear of taking my bike apart. It was not
> nearly as complicated as I thought and in fact, I enjoyed the experience.
> While there are lots of wires and tubes to deal with, the design of the
bike
> is fascinating and fun to work with. I feel proud to own such a work of
art.
> I also feel much more in touch with the bike having a deeper knowledge of
> its inner workings. I am looking forward to performing more work, such as
> the throttle sync, rebuilding the front forks, taking apart the rear swing
> arm assembly to lube the pivot points. This brings up an idea I think
needs
> mentioning on this site. The BMW crowd organizes what they call tech days.
> At these events they find mechanical experts (mostly just regular riders
who
> do their own maintenance) and gather at some volunteer's house teach each
> other how to do mostly routine maintenance. This includes valve
adjustments,
> throttle synchronizing, zero-to-zero synchronizing, body panel removal,
> cable lube and replacement, tire changing. Many times the riders perform
> their scheduled maintenance at these events. I am wondering if this could
> work for this group. Typically the beemer guys will travel a days ride to
> attend one of these, such as from the SF area to southern CA. I was
thinking
> there could be a SF bay area tech day if there was any interest, or maybe
> Sacramento?
> Mike Benzon
> Burney CA
>
>
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