Motorcycle and Tech

[mizarchivist]

Beatrix Thumper has been at the motorcycle doctor for a few weeks now and should be coming home if all goes according to plan. I'm very nervous that the problem isn't fixed. My non-mechanic understanding of it is that the hoses were too tight and making the vacuum through the petcock imperfect, which meant that fuel wasn't getting from tank to engine, hence the hack-hack-hack-DIE thing. According to guru master mechanic, Galen, this is a problem that is a gradual degeneration, so it makes sense that for a while it'd go along and eventually have problems, but by the time I gave up it couldn't go more than a quarter mile without acting like a wilting lily. Galen also said there was a log of gunk- sediment and rust- in the tank, which was certainly being pushed through and clogging up the works. He cleared out the tank this time, too. Because he'd seen a similar issue earlier this season (apparently between the first and second visit for me) and ... yeah. Fingers crossed?

ipod- I may have mentioned I tried to use my earlier ipod like a super bouncy ball and cracked the ever-loving hell out of the screen. Dad was awesome and agreed to fix it, but in doing so, the battery wouldn't last more than 2 hours- not useful. So, further tinkering yielded no results- he Ebayed a new-to-me one, which arrived last night. Sadly, the wipe and reboot hasn't been going too well. I left it hung and whirring away when I left this morning. Hopefully in its unplugged state, the battery will die soon and I can try again. :/

Comments

Stuff ought to just work

[drwex]

Yanno?

Re: Stuff ought to just work

[mizarchivist]

Totally.