Touring by motorbike

[Nudielad]

More than likely get stopped, plus bare bum on leather seats is nasty during any season. In the summer you get burned and in the winter you freeze 

[ToneBender]

Oh the bike has a name.
It's f$%*&#! g^%$%m piece of f$%*&#! s^%$

[Nudielad]

Oh the bike has a name.
It's f$%*&#! g^%$%m piece of f$%*&#! s^%$

Strangely enough, I give that name to anything when it doesn't work. 

[closetnudist]

Oh the bike has a name.
It's f$%*&#! g^%$%m piece of f$%*&#! s^%$

Strangely enough, I give that name to anything when it doesn't work. 

Hahahaha! Lol. I think issues arise to anything that has moving gears and stuff. I bet you guys at least have some basic mechanical skills to fix your car/bike like i do, right?.

[ToneBender]

Yeah - that's the problem. I like doing it and I'm too cheap to pay anyone else to do it and I don't usually have a lot of time to work on it so by the time I get one thing done (carbs) something else (fork seals) is gone on it.

I'm behind the 8-ball so I might just take it to a mechanic come spring.

[Nudielad]

Yeah done a full restoration on a Mini and a CB750 K6. Currently restoring a 1974 Triumph Spitfire. 

[closetnudist]

^ Is it expensive?

[ToneBender]

1974 Triumph Spitfire

 

Is what expensive?
The cars? Not usually
Restoring them? Yep

Parts are difficult to find - then when you get them you still have to repair them and polish them. Upholstery usually needs to be redone and then body work and paint. Restoring cars is something you do for love because (as a rule) you aren't going to get your money back out of them.

[closetnudist]

1974 Triumph Spitfire

 

Is what expensive?
The cars? Not usually
Restoring them? Yep

Parts are difficult to find - then when you get them you still have to repair them and polish them. Upholstery usually needs to be redone and then body work and paint. Restoring cars is something you do for love because (as a rule) you aren't going to get your money back out of them.

no, the repairs.

[ToneBender]

The idea is you do the repairs (most of them anyway) yourself so other than tracking down the parts (not cheap) the only expense is your time and the skin on your knuckles.

[Nudielad]

The idea is you do the repairs (most of them anyway) yourself so other than tracking down the parts (not cheap) the only expense is your time and the skin on your knuckles.

Done this more times than I care to remember 

[AJM64]

I don't even know how to ride a motorcycle but i really want to learn how.

[Paul]

I love roadtrips on my motorcycle!  I did a cross-country trip last year, and I intend to do another this May, after the spring semester lets out.

[JOE]

I'd love to do this! Im planning on getting my motorcycle license this summer!

[Paul]

I'd love to do this! Im planning on getting my motorcycle license this summer!

Cool, and good luck!  It's very enjoyable and rewarding.  Just be careful out there!  Ride safe, and keep it rubber-side down!