So Now I Have Begun

I've been busy these last couple days between doing repair work on the concrete in front of my garage to the electrical work on the 71 R5. Last night I drove my wife to her sisters house so she can fly down to Florida with them in the morning for a week and visit family. This frees me up to work on my bike but it's always something and last night was no exception. We headed out and all of a sudden my little 2000 Chevy S10 pick up has no heat. I'm looking at the gauges and the engine isn't warming up. I just said the hell with it and continued on the 30 mile ride. Got her delivered and turned around for home. Still no heat and a cold engine. Very puzzled I went online when I got home. I figured it was a bad thermostat that is stuck in the open position. If it was stuck closed I would have overheated in short order so luck was riding with me. I go on a couple of sites and read all these horror stories and got ready for the worst. This morning I dug out the service manual and am reading low coolant level can cause this too. I go out and pop the radiator cap and sure enough it's low so I put in 2 qts of fresh anti freeze, take it out for a ride and it's all good again! So I used it all afternoon to run errands and fully tested it. By early afternoon I was back at it on the R5. Pulled out the old harness and the instruments, the ignition switch,the battery,and totally disconnected all the other electrical stuff. After this I was out of the garage and down in my basement shop digging through boxes of parts getting all the little bits and pieces I need. So now I have a week to get this done and do a transmission and engine oil change on my wife's car. It's nice being able to focus like this with no interuptions.

So now I get to spend a week playing with my toys in my play room down in the basement and the other one outside with the kerosene heater blasting away keeping me warm as I dive into this job on one of my most favorite things,MOTORCYCLE REPAIR! I really do love this shit.I sure hope this is the start of a very productive winter of motorcycle restoration. I have a nice little 1970 Yamaha DS6 with only 5000 miles on it waiting for me in my storage garage and it's next on my list.Aint she sweet!