Originally Posted by Imold

Little bit of bike wrenching the past couple days, might get to take some grandkids for a ride this weekend. Seems like life has been getting in the way of doing things like that. So far can't figure out how to get the seat off the Ural so I can put a new battery in, manuals don't say and youtube videos are all different kinds of seats from what I have. I'll figure it out eventually. Some Harleys aren't exactly obvious, either. Every brand of motorcycle has a few "what the hell were the engineers thinking of?" features. The amount of motorcycle that has to be removed to replace an air filter on one of my Hondas is ridiculous. I have a map for installing/removing plastic on my Honda sidecar rig with pieces numbered up to 12. If you have to remove #7 to reach something, you have to remove 8-12 to remove 7. They're mostly layered instead of just butting up to each other. Sorry Honda, I think that's a bit on the stupid side. At least on a Ural most pieces can be removed by themselves. Honda Goldwings and Sabres (80's V4s) are the worst I've ever worked on.

Originally Posted by Imold

Biggest part of the drama in my life went away with the ex. Then when I retired, seemed like most of what was left retired, too. Been more contented the past 13 years (retired '09) than any other period in my life.

Originally Posted by OKMICK

Mornin, Chuck. Is today departure day?