Am enjoying my current build more than past ones because I'm no longer pushing myself to get things done just to test it out. If I only accomplish one major task in a day, it's okay. And taking a couple of days away from the build after a difficult step allows me to recharge and regain perspective. Those who are driven to a fault will understand. Have been working on this build since the summer, a long stretch for MB build. Just fabricated a mount for the tail/brake light and that's probably all I will accomplish today. The only thing I accomplished yesterday was mounting the rear mudguard. Will probably take tomorrow off to watch football and spend Monday mounting the battery and building the wiring harness. This new outlook makes for a drawn out and relaxing pace with fewer mistakes and much less frustration. I can't believe I haven't even fired it up to check the gearing!
New Approach to Builds
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Very frustrating putting something together real fast then discovering a mistake and having to take it all back apart
You just described my entire tandem build, Jerry.
Working on things now means a backache. This makes it even more frustrating knowing you suffered physical pain for nothing.
Patience is part of a good build. Good things don't happen over night. Unfortunately most people think if you don't build these bikes one after the other that you don't know how to build one, but that's not true at all
I once had a helper who could quot you word for word in the National Electric Code book (pre-internet days) yet no matter how many times I showed him how to use a hand-bender to make a 90° in conduit he couldn't do it. Lesson here is some people have natural mechanical ability and some simply don't.
I'm laughing at that statement, Sidewinder Jerry. When I was in my mid teens my Dad told me that when I found what I wanted to do in life that I should remember that people won't ask what I know but they will ask what I can do.
Steve.
Steve.
Quite similar to some one I worked around. He had blamed a cheap mig welder to be a problem. He also said he was an electrician. When I said that you should not use a 100 ft extension to connect to the welder, his reply was that it did not matter. This he said was because it did not blow a circuit breaker. Duh!