No bike to ride... One with a broken head bolt, and the other with... I don't know... problems.
Losing my patience. Then I think of pressure to finish my college degree, honeybees that are probably making a mess of their hive, dread of searching the Internet over for the best deal on parts.
That Honda Shadow has been the most aggravating of the two bikes in our garage. Almost an athletic event just getting the gas tank back on. Went through such trouble putting oily rags on the air filter (which may not even fit it) to try to seal it in its airbox. Then I find out the snorkle isn't in its proper groove, thereby letting in an air leak past the filter. I wonder if I should use rubber cement on the airbox or just toss it and put on clamp-ons. I wanted to get the inspection sticker on it and ride, but it was too late in the day. Pretty much lost my marbles with frustration when I had trouble getting the tank set in. That sorry thing has two tanks with two fuel lines going between them. To make it worse, they're two different sizes. I had to use 5/8 inch PCV vapor hose on one of them. Dual Keihin carbs. Now, I was happy with some of Keihin's designs. Quite frankly, I wish Mikuni's were that easy to disassemble/reassemble. Mikuni should learn from them. Then again, the bike is hard to crank. Maybe it's the carbs; maybe its the weak battery that we keep running dead trying to crank the stubborn thing. At least it runs decently now, provided you can actually get it started.
The hydraulically actuated clutch drags, making it nearly impossible to find neutral. I fixed this problem to a manageable point by replacing a missing bolt in the slave cylinder which was causing the cylinder to move outward during its stroke. I also flushed the system extensively. Maybe it needs more bleeding? The clutch fluid system was pretty dirty when we bought the bike. When the PO first demonstrated it, he had a difficult time getting the clutch to work. He had to pump the lever many times to get it to work.
The lever still has a bit of play in it, a bit more than the brakes do. Is this common, or is this a sign that the master cylinder is not performing at its best and needs rebuilding? It's as if Honda designed this sorry thing so that it would
just barely work, that the slightest problem would cause the clutch to drag. Makes me want to bore out the master cylinder and oversize it or something. Any ideas? Do master cylinders come in different sizes? Can clutch cylinders be exchanged with brake cylinders?
I want to have something to Dad and I to ride while the weather is still good. Pressure, pressure, pressure. Getting impatient. You know what else is a problem? Even at work I am being pressured to go faster. My boss wants me to make pizzas between 2x and 4x faster than is typical for me.
Everything I do in that restaurant is too slow.
I pay so much attention to detail.
I haven't taken classes at my college in so long that I'll probably have to reapply just to finish my degree. And guess what? I didn't even plan on taking any more classes. I just have to study for a CLEP and take it to graduate, but I'm even hung up on that.
How can I just go out and enjoy my work and life without all of it turning around and enslaving or full-on attacking me? I quit on education because I was fed up with the pressure and having to pay for it.
How do I live a decent life relaxed and not some stressed out discipline nazi working like a nut beating my fists against a brick wall?
I've seen this before on other forums as avatars or little personal memes or something. Seems fitting.
Ever feel like you're punching a brick wall in life, or maybe something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9wNT21c_sDon't like the pressure, Don't like the pain. Not good at what I do. Not happy.
Just one of those days I get reminded of how personally unsuccessful I am. Frustrating.