Bike Troubles

Posted on February 22, 2010
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It’s been a rough few days on the bike lately. After giving my SV650 a wash on Thursday the bike began acting up. Idle wouldn’t stay normal and it kept dying on me. I tried to take it for a ride on Thursday and ended up walking it back home through downtown West Palm. Fun fun.

After talking to my Dad I checked all the hoses, vacuum lines, lifted the tank and checked the airbox and air filter. Once cleaned up it seemed to run fine until today when it began acting up once again. Geez.

So after taking a quick ride it began acting like it had bad gas, bad idle but luckily I had a screwdriver so I was able to adjust the idle enough to get me home. Tried to take it apart once again but the idle still wouldn’t stay below 3k without dying.

So now it was time for run out to the bike shop. The guy at the shop said it was probably a fouled idle plug. After catching a cab back I’d just have to wait for a call.

Luckily a few hours later he called and said it was all good. He just took the hoses off, sprayed out all elements with air, put it back together and adjust the idle and it’s back to running fine. Hopefully all will still be well tomorrow so I’m crossing my fingers.

Thanks to Spencer for giving me a ride out to the shop. The guy only charged me $80 to take a look at it and make the necessary adjustments / cleanings.

New lesson I guess…don’t use a self car wash to clean the bike off. Hand wash everything and watch what gets wet. Who’d of thought getting a bike wet would foul out the damn thing. I’ve ridden in a monsoon before with no issues.

More Surf On The Way

Posted on February 17, 2010
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Looks like we’re going to enjoy more surf over the next few days. I made an evening run out to the beach before sundown yesterday and caught a few guys out at La Puerta on Palm beach catching some nice clean 3-4 beauties. Mild offshore breeze and glassy rollers…makes me wish I had four wheels again to get the board to the beach.

Hopefully Spencer is heading out later today; maybe I’ll see if I can catch a ride out if so. It’s a little chilly this morning at 43 degrees but I’m sure it’ll warm up as the day goes on.

Surfs up!

Finally Got To Go Surfing Again!

Posted on February 15, 2010
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This really made my month. Early Saturday morning I got the call from Spencer, a neighbor kid in the building, to see if I’d be up for hitting the surf. The forecast looked good but the temperature was right around 49 degrees. Screw it, I’m not passing up the opportunity and I’m glad I didn’t.

The air was a bit chilly but with the wetsuit on it wasn’t too bad. I grabbed my 8′4″ Robert August long board and we hit the beach on Palm Beach Island. I think it was near Puerto (street name) and it was awesome.

Big 5-6 foot sets with 7-9 foot standout sets. Amazing clear blue skies and offshore winds just held the waves up, some even barreled in. I dropped into a few beauties. Wow, that felt good. We haven’t had much in the way of surf lately but this was pristine.

After surfing for hours we headed back to the building, grabbed some beers and hung out in the hot tub just thawing out. What a great day to get in the water.

Only two gnarly wipeouts but I’ve had much worse. Thanks for the call Spence!

Another Valentines Day

Posted on February 13, 2010
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Let’s hope yours is going to be better than mine.

Yeah, It’s Been One Of Those Weeks

Posted on February 12, 2010
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Not sure what it is but things just haven’t been looking up around here. I honestly can’t remember the last “good” day I’ve had. I’ve been keeping busy with work and making sure I can pay the bills but honestly it all just seems like an uphill battle. I’m still hoping there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Just waiting for something better to happen. We all go through these downtimes.

I just keep telling myself there are better days around the corner…I just hope that’s true.

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