It was a beautiful day yesterday. The sun was shining and the temperature got up close to 60. Surly came down to work on a project but before he got started on his I had him give me a hand installing the motor in the vintage trials bike. While I was getting it bolted up, one of his buddies came by with a aluminum job for me to weld up. It's an aluminum dirt bike radiator that needs some remodeling. The welding should be easy enough, but I'm concerned about getting the tank so hot that it'll melt any sealer that might be between the tank and the core. Need to look into that before I screw the job up.
I scroll through Marketplace on a somewhat regular basis and came across this rag-tag Moto Guzzi. I've always had a hankerin' for one but not this one. The asking price is $1,500 but I'm thinking that's about $1,000 more than it's worth. I've enjoyed working on the two Sportsters and I'm sure I'd enjoy working on this one, but I would need to finish another 10 projects before I would consider dragging something like this one home. However, the guy with the radiator job said he's got a couple of VW fenders that I can have. Actually, it wouldn't take all that much to finish the bug.
Now that I'm enrolled in rehab three days per week, I need to pull the rag out of my ass and get myself a decent schedule. Since the rehab is in the morning, just set the afternoons aside for project work and follow through. Open weekdays and weekends for chores - dishes, laundry, outside things. Once again, the heart attack has brought things more into focus for me. Times running out if I actually want to see a few of these bikes and cars move under their own power.
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