jdbiggers
New Member
Hello. I've been building these bikes for quite awhile...maybe 7 years or so. I don't do much online activity because, despite the fact that I made a very decent, almost obscene, living developing software for all platforms (desktop and portable devices...still waiting for iOS and Android to match the capabilities of Windows CE 3.0 from a developers perspective), I really abhor technology. I think it makes us lazy and we spend too much time interfacing with a screen rather than other people. So, that's me.
I originally wanted to join because I wanted to cast a vote on the BikeBerry review which I found as a search result. Thought I' add my experience, which was extremely negative, but apparently I cannot post or vote in that form yet.
Anyway, as I said, I've been doing this for a while and enjoy it very much. It gives me something physical to do rather than sitting in front of a computer all day. I also like designing and building improvements to the engines and even the bikes themselves. I retired a bit too early and got fat...really fat, which is even worse since I'm short (I looked like an umpa lumpa from Charley and the Chocolate Factory). I find building these bikes I dropped more than 200 pounds in less than a year and I actually eat MORE. I try to build at least 3 a week, but sometimes have a bit more demand. But I try not to do more than 8 so that I can spend time with family. I really enjoy these things and, although I am a devout Harley man (I have a 2002 Softail Deuce and a 2013 Dyna Lowrider), I find these little things are quite fun to ride and build, and because I throw in so many extras (lighting, speedometers, vinyl lined tires, custom welded racks with hickory decks, etc..), word of mouth usually has me selling them before I can finish them.
I am a bit disconcerted about all the mixed information there is for support or just basic settings. For example, one aforementioned site has a detailed PDF for testing the CDI and the Magneto, and in the SAME spec sheet they have TWO different Ohm readings. The same company also recommends 0.020-0.023 AND 0.038 for spark-plug gaps. Well, WHICH IS IT!!! And don't get me started on the torque settings for bolts!
Luckily, although I was in software for many years, my degrees were in engineering and economics, so I can kind of figure things out, though it would be nice to have consistent sources of information (at least one company should be consistent with itself).
I look forward to being part of this online community and hope to learn as well as contribute.
Kind Regards:
John-David Biggers
I originally wanted to join because I wanted to cast a vote on the BikeBerry review which I found as a search result. Thought I' add my experience, which was extremely negative, but apparently I cannot post or vote in that form yet.
Anyway, as I said, I've been doing this for a while and enjoy it very much. It gives me something physical to do rather than sitting in front of a computer all day. I also like designing and building improvements to the engines and even the bikes themselves. I retired a bit too early and got fat...really fat, which is even worse since I'm short (I looked like an umpa lumpa from Charley and the Chocolate Factory). I find building these bikes I dropped more than 200 pounds in less than a year and I actually eat MORE. I try to build at least 3 a week, but sometimes have a bit more demand. But I try not to do more than 8 so that I can spend time with family. I really enjoy these things and, although I am a devout Harley man (I have a 2002 Softail Deuce and a 2013 Dyna Lowrider), I find these little things are quite fun to ride and build, and because I throw in so many extras (lighting, speedometers, vinyl lined tires, custom welded racks with hickory decks, etc..), word of mouth usually has me selling them before I can finish them.
I am a bit disconcerted about all the mixed information there is for support or just basic settings. For example, one aforementioned site has a detailed PDF for testing the CDI and the Magneto, and in the SAME spec sheet they have TWO different Ohm readings. The same company also recommends 0.020-0.023 AND 0.038 for spark-plug gaps. Well, WHICH IS IT!!! And don't get me started on the torque settings for bolts!
Luckily, although I was in software for many years, my degrees were in engineering and economics, so I can kind of figure things out, though it would be nice to have consistent sources of information (at least one company should be consistent with itself).
I look forward to being part of this online community and hope to learn as well as contribute.
Kind Regards:
John-David Biggers
