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Sidecar Bob
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Re: It aint pretty.....

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I've had the opposite problem. The young kids they hire to work at our local Canadian Tire are usually interested in the job and want to help yo figure stuff out but some of the middle aged guys are just there for the paycheque and it shows. I've been buying the same thermostat from them for all of my water cooled Honda bikes since I bought my first 'Wing in '91. One of those old-enough-to-have-a-clue guys tried to refuse to go and get the part number I gave him because he couldn't find it in the computer. I think the computer would have told him which shelf and he was too lazy to look for it. He wasn't there long...
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Re: It aint pretty.....

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We were all young and dumb too. I figure the old guys we dealt with likely felt the same at times. But we seem to be on a steeper downhill slide with the parts kids with so little experience and only a computer in front of them for all the answers. Each place still needs one old grey beard to pass on the knowledge if they will only listen.
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Re: It aint pretty.....

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salukispeed wrote:Each place still needs one old grey beard to pass on the knowledge
Luckily for the majority, we have plenty of those here!

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Previous Rides,
1980 CB250N Good to learn on
1981 CX500 good mid range tourer, went to Austria on it!
1983 GL1100C Pride and joy, sold when I bought my 1st house, big mistake
1985 GL650 Silverwing another mistake, horrible bike
1986 CBX550 Good commuter
1989 Suzuki GS750 (1976) cheap and cheerful until a dog ran out in front of me on Xmas Eve, 1991
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2010 CB1300 back on a bike after 19 years, two divorces, children grown up etc
1980 GL1100 NOW ON THE ROAD, still use CB1300.
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Re: It aint pretty.....

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Finally got around to putting the new tube in my 83's coolant reserve tank and figured I'd give you all a heads up on it. The original part # is NLA and is superseded by another part # which it too is superseded by yet another part # and I ended up with a part # of 19205-MF5-010. As you can see in the pic the new one on the right is a good 2 inches longer than the original one but no worries, a cut with a razor blade and it was good to go.
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Re: It aint pretty.....

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Another bit of info that is good to know
Honda 72 CL100 sold
74 CB750 K4 nice driver
1966 CA77/305 Dream nostalgic driver
84 GL1200I work in progress
1970 CT 70
1982 GL500 Interstate
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