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CVO Social => Other Topics => Topic started by: Chief on June 23, 2007, 03:40:45 PM
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Every now and again, I'll get asked "Where did you learn to do that?" I usually answer with something like "Just been doing it long enough time to know what I can and I can't do myself."
The attached picture was taken in the late sixties when I was four or five years old. This was an old B&S motor my dad brought home from the dump for me to play with. Of course it was a dead motor, but my dad showed me how to tear it down and build it back up. I cranked and cranked on that beast, but it wouldn't ever kick. Gas in the tank probably would have helped, but after the "gas siphoning incident" I wasn't allowed near the stuff for awhile.
For many years my parents probably wished I had never learned how to do it, because I was forever tearing everything apart. Most of the time I got it put back together without too many left over parts. Other times I wasn't so lucky.
From broken down lawn mower engines I moved into outboard motors and now it's tinkering with the Harley. I never went through a phase with cars, didn't have the resources, or garage space for that matter.
Anyway, this is where it all started for me. How about you?
Chief
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My Dad was into Trials, and he had a homemade minibike for me at age 4, it blew up and I got this bad boy at age 5 - the 1974 Yamaha TY-80. Never stopped riding...though I do miss Trials and dirt riding in general... :)
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Love seein' that old stuff you guys.
You've seen mine too.
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Love seein' that old stuff you guys.
You've seen mine too.
Roger, that's still one of my favorites of all time.
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Roger, that's still one of my favorites of all time.
Start 'em young, that's the ticket ;D