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

["Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

BMWMOA publishes annually a book with listed volunteers to help out and also
a list of dealers and their location and phone number.
Mike
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Garvin" <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] Feels like a new bike, continued


> 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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