Kawasaki 350 S2. . . . . and a problem .

[Arbornaut]

I'm here to admit that I have a problem. I'm a bit of a hoarder and to prove the point, I have three Kawasaki 350 S2's.

I wanted a garage filled with the three bikes that captured my imagination in my youth. They were a Triumph 650, a Kawaasaki 350 S2 and a CCM 500.

The Triumph iis still there after all these years. I have so far missed the CCM but ended up with three very nice Kawasaki 350 S2's and by any stretch of the imagination, that's one, maybe 2 too many.

So this is part of my therapy... One, ... maybe even two, have to go            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cf-YeD8VYU&feature=relmfu

Do not mock me because I have a feeling that there may be many more hoarders lurking this forum with problems equal to and possibly even far larger than my little foible.

[Arbornaut]

I just pulled them all out of the workshop to swap the engine on the Triumph.

Here is a picture ....

[johnnyboy-wonder57]

Hi,
I have a problem too, about letting stuff go, but now I need the money, not for further projects, but for paying the bills! I didn't see this difficult time coming, until it was almost too late, we have just about hung onto our house, but every month is a battle to survive the onslaught.

Cheers


JBW

[Arbornaut]

I'm in the same boat. Self employed 28 years in an industry that relies on work that can in times like these, be put off for a year or five.

Selling my bikes is one of my last options although while quiet at work, I have numerous projects (inc products that I have invented, see www.energisedalert.co.uk for an example) that I have been focussing my attention on in the hope that they can be turned into financial successes. It's all very well getting development grants and design accolades but right now I need somebody to "Show Me The Money".

The problem is that projects in development don't make money NOW, but like yours, my mortgage company want another instalment every month so I feel like one of those plate spinners that used to be on the Morecome and Wise show only I have too many plates in the air and they are all wobbling ready to drop.

Maybe I'm unusual but I never feel so alive as when my heart is beating out of my chest (hence the continued interest in bikes), or when my back is against the wall. Just as well eh?

[johnnyboy-wonder57]

Yep,
My wife comes alive with a challenge, I'm just de-constructing my head to adjust to flexible living, rather than the 8 till 6 forum I use to believe would last till I retired, takes some doing, but I will get there in the end!


Cheers


JBW

[Arbornaut]

It's times like these that I'm reminded of playing rugby and one aspect of that in particular. It was a shout that was used very sparingly so as not to diminish the effect that it had.

It was used when the team was battered, bruised and tired, when we were on our try line attempting to resist a power ply or indeed anywhere when it was perceived that the whole team needed to focus and lift our collective game to survive an onslaught or alternatively to drive a psychological attack on a team that we were trying to overrun.

It forced us all to face up to where we were in the game and succinctly got everybody on  the same page pushing forward however battered we were. The effect was nothing short of inspirational.

That shout was "We Go From Here!".