Been there..... doing thatSidecar Bob wrote:Before I retired a bunch of guys who were told me they couldn't figure out how they ever found time to go to work every day. It took me about 3 months after I retired to figure out what they meant...
Dead battery, cause?
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Re: Dead battery, cause?
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Re: Dead battery, cause?
Yes, I have heard this from many people who have retired. Even from my own parents. Perhaps the switch from having to do something (like a job) to doing things (for the most part) one wants to do and the concept of time getting compressed as you age induces one to do more, hence, being more busy arfer retirement. The mystery awaits me. My biggest fear is the day I can no longer get the GL on the center stand and I'll have to have a 1" board under the rear wheel to cheat gravity. LOL.CYBORG wrote:Been there..... doing thatSidecar Bob wrote:Before I retired a bunch of guys who were told me they couldn't figure out how they ever found time to go to work every day. It took me about 3 months after I retired to figure out what they meant...
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Re: Dead battery, cause?
Took the center stands off of my bikes years ago....... now I await the day I can't get them off the side stands
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Re: Dead battery, cause?
Yes brother ....
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Re: Dead battery, cause?
My bikes don't have any stands. I have them and can bolt them on when needed but most of the time they would just be dead weight. Moving forward on the assumption that getting a bike off the stand will never be an issue for me
Re retirement: It is mostly because if you have a life outside of work you will fill your day with all of the stuff you wanted to do but never had time for when you were working and eventually you find a balance between your "To Do" list and taking as long a break as you want.
This is a good thing because many of those who do not have much of a life outside of work don't survive long without it.
BTW: One of the greatest things about not having to go to work is that you can sleep until you are finished. 8 hours per night leaves you in much better shape to face the new day. I find I don't require coffee to get me started anymore...
Re retirement: It is mostly because if you have a life outside of work you will fill your day with all of the stuff you wanted to do but never had time for when you were working and eventually you find a balance between your "To Do" list and taking as long a break as you want.
This is a good thing because many of those who do not have much of a life outside of work don't survive long without it.
BTW: One of the greatest things about not having to go to work is that you can sleep until you are finished. 8 hours per night leaves you in much better shape to face the new day. I find I don't require coffee to get me started anymore...
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Click: Colour schematics for all GL1000 & GL1100 and GL1200 standard models plus instructions on how to download the full size version
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Another guy with two sidecars..... Hmmmm... must be something to that....
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Click: Colour schematics for all GL1000 & GL1100 and GL1200 standard models plus instructions on how to download the full size version
"A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad." - Cookie
Another guy with two sidecars..... Hmmmm... must be something to that....
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