Yes, I fully agree.. he's taken a lot of time to figure out a lot about these engines and is always helpful. I talked to him on Facebook about a week ago and he's doing ok, just too busy to mess with the bikes or come on the forum as often as he would like to. I think he works the graveyard shift but he's been putting in a lot of overtime this summer. He lives about 150 miles away from me so we pass parts to each other thru the mail from time to time if I want him to try out something I made or if he wants me to try out something he made etc. But he usually messages me about once a month or so when he can't visit the forum.
I'm kinda in the same boat because business at my shop took off really good a few months ago and I end up working more than 12 hours a day 6 days a week, but I still have time to visit the forum since I keep a tablet in the bedroom and have a pc in my office so I get on sometimes during the day when I'm looking stuff up or taking a short break etc... I think I'm going on 2 months for building my newest bike since I'm either too busy to mess with it or too tired when I'm done for the day... and it may be November or December before I will have any time to mess with that Morini engine I got. I've been itching to put that engine in something for almost a year now... lol, but eventually I will find a decent mechanic to take my place and I'll have a little more free time....