Mechanic/Rider .......which are you better at? [Archive]

Huffa

01-11-2007, 06:39 PM

Which are you better at, riding your trike or working on it?

I'd say riding for sure.

I'm pretty good at working on mine and give my self just an average rating and above average for the cleaness of the machine when it comes time to work on it but quite sure I could keep up with any of you young ones out there, if we were both on = machines. I give myself an A+ as a rider, B-/C+ as a mechanic.

chris200x

01-11-2007, 06:58 PM

I can't do either! :wondering :rolleyes:

Huffa

01-11-2007, 07:03 PM

:lol: :lol: I know!

I'm just kidding, you ride within your skill level most of the times but work beyond your skill level (carbs :lol: ) a lot of the times :lol: :lol:

Your honesty gets an A+ :beer

smyers33

01-11-2007, 07:14 PM

I would definately say that I'm a better rider than a mechanic. Although I just love wrenching and shining my machines up after I get them dirty. I should've shined it up before I tore the motor apart though.... So C- for mechanic, and A for riding.

oldsking86

01-11-2007, 07:39 PM

For a mechanic I'm way better at cars then my R, but I get around no problem because it's pretty much the same stuff kinda.. Riding I can do with my eyes closed lol

firefirefire90

01-11-2007, 07:43 PM

brapp

01-11-2007, 07:47 PM

chris you do whatever your blood alcahol lever willlet you do.

chris200x

01-11-2007, 07:49 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :naughty:

In all seriousness.. I like the wrenching part of it. I can't hurt myself that way!? :D

brapp

01-11-2007, 07:49 PM

i can hold my own on a trike and quad just as well but i can make and fabricate anything.

Huffa

01-11-2007, 08:12 PM

chris you do whatever your blood alcahol lever willlet you do.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Now that Brapp was the funniest thing I heard in a long time, that absolutly cracked me up!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's almost true!! (sorry chris:lol: )

Huffa

01-11-2007, 08:14 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :naughty:

In all seriousness.. I like the wrenching part of it. I can't hurt myself that way!? :D

Your the pro at river crossings though, sometimes I think you would be more happy in a boat.

Huffa

01-11-2007, 08:18 PM

Honestly, I suck at riding. Just because I wrench more on all of my rides then I ever get a chance to work on them. Not to be an pompous ass, but I am pretty meticulous with all of my toys. Everything has to be perfect(cleanlyness is a major) and everything I do has to be by the books.

Nothing wrong with that except that sometimes ya got to watch, as the books can be wrong!

" Just because I wrench more on all of my rides then I ever get a chance to work on them."

don't you mean : Just because I wrench more on all of my rides then I ever get a chance to ride them."..........don't you?

super90

01-11-2007, 08:22 PM

Im definatly better at riding trikes. Sometimes when theres nothing to work on i just randomly take my X apart to work on somthing stupid. But if theres something wrong I can usually fix it with a little help from you guys. :cool:

firefirefire90

01-11-2007, 08:24 PM

Nothing wrong with that except that sometimes ya got to watch, as the books can be wrong!

" Just because I wrench more on all of my rides then I ever get a chance to work on them."

don't you mean : Just because I wrench more on all of my rides then I ever get a chance to ride them."..........don't you?

Ooops. Cought my good. :Bounce

Little brain fart there. Cheers. :beer

rally4x4racer

01-11-2007, 08:28 PM

I seem to tear stuff up wether im working on it or riding it.. so not real sure..

Im pretty good at tearin stuff up!! (oh, thats not a category?)

B+ mechanic, B riding , A- bullshitting - my personal assesment
(not an A because there is ALWAYS room to improve)

chris200x

01-11-2007, 08:46 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol: Now that Brapp was the funniest thing I heard in a long time, that absolutly cracked me up!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's almost true!! (sorry chris:lol: )

I'm glad your all having fun at my expense. :D I have no trouble taking things apart... it's putting it all back together correctly that I have problems with..

Oh and huffa... I'm a self proclamed carb expert these days. :D

Yamahondaman

01-11-2007, 08:50 PM

BOTH ....................or ALL Three !!>>>>>>:beer <<<<<< :naughty:

edog

01-11-2007, 08:59 PM

There is always room for improvment.

brapp

01-11-2007, 09:00 PM

chris if you coudl ride as good as you post you woudl be able to beat me onthe coalhills lol

Tri-ZNate

01-11-2007, 09:02 PM

c+ mechanic, B+ rider, A+ bull shitter. Cant wait till the bon fire at brapp's :lol:

Huffa

01-11-2007, 09:48 PM

c+ mechanic, B+ rider, A+ bull shitter. Cant wait till the bon fire at brapp's :lol:

What about poppin wheelies, wheeliepop? Now no BS, since you rated yourself an A+ at that! :lol:

Huffa

01-11-2007, 09:49 PM

There is always room for improvment.

Well yea, of course there is!

Huffa

01-11-2007, 09:54 PM

I'm glad your all having fun at my expense. :D I have no trouble taking things apart... it's putting it all back together correctly that I have problems with..

Oh and huffa... I'm a self proclamed carb expert these days. :D

I'm sure at one time or another we all had that happen. What I hate though is when your real careful working on something, clean it real nice, pick it up and you hear a dink- dinkada- dink on the floor, pick it up and have no idea where it came from. Then you throw it in the "no idea container" to figure out for later.

85deathride

01-11-2007, 10:08 PM

I have almost no mechanical ability, so definitely riding!!

Tri-ZNate

01-11-2007, 10:11 PM

What about poppin wheelies, wheeliepop? Now no BS, since you rated yourself an A+ at that! :lol:

lol, I can pop wheelies but I'm getting worse and sorse at holding them

mnnmaz

01-11-2007, 10:18 PM

I say Im a B+ rider and a B+ at wrenching Mechanical Engineer :D so I should know how to wrench.... and riding... doing it for 25 years....:Bounce

p26575r16

01-11-2007, 10:25 PM

Much better at working on automobiles (master technician) than atv's. Great at riding smaller trikes, really suck at riding my 350x. I am a great bull****** though!

NOS_350X

01-12-2007, 12:33 AM

I'm an above avgerage rider, and an ok mechanic, who wants to race an ok 350x with an above avgerage rider????LOL HA HA

Yamahauler

01-12-2007, 12:44 AM

I would say im a pretty good mechanic..Still learning. But im not afraid to take anything apart. I havent tore anything apart that I couldnt put back together. Might take a few threads on 3ww but I get it.

I can ride my hauler like no one else ;) Havent rode the tri-z's much...still got to fix the main rider one. And my other 2 are on-going projects.

thefox

01-12-2007, 01:08 AM

I would say I am better at wrenching then riding. Of course I don't ride much so that is no surprise. I spend the school year on 3ww learning and reading manuals, and then at home I spend free time in the garage with whatever the current project is. The only place around to ride is small so I don't get to ride often, but that’s ok, I bought a motorcycle for when I want to ride. Lol actually I ride the bike a lot but don’t work on it much, if something needs to be done I do it but it is not like the trikes where they are apart for some improvement all the time.

I say Im a B+ rider and a B+ at wrenching Mechanical Engineer :D so I should know how to wrench.... and riding... doing it for 25 years....:Bounce

I don't know about that, plenty of my engineering friends here don't know their way around the shop but yet can figure out homework problems that take me forever. Too bad we don't get graded on our shop skills, I would clean up!

crazy_casey

01-12-2007, 01:17 AM

Well im new to the trike seen ive rode quads for a long time but never owned one i know my way around cars very well but this is no car as far as riding the 3 wheeler goes ill get back at ya this is my first to buld and ride:w00t:

mnnmaz

01-12-2007, 11:20 AM

LOL! thats very truebut, I have to say I can wrench pretty good! and Ride I can hold my one thats for sure :) If you need help with homework let me know...:) I was an A+ student in colllege ....

sandpuppi101

01-12-2007, 11:44 AM

thefox

01-12-2007, 03:30 PM

LOL! thats very truebut, I have to say I can wrench pretty good! and Ride I can hold my one thats for sure :) If you need help with homework let me know...:) I was an A+ student in colllege ....

I may have to take you up on that sometimes, Differential Equations sucks!

Russell 350X

01-12-2007, 04:15 PM

200x Basket

01-12-2007, 04:37 PM

i am really good mechanic and an ok rider :)

Huffa

01-12-2007, 06:17 PM

Well I can ride good and work on them good...so I say equal for me? lol I dont know, I say I'm pretty good at riding but I still need more practice. For the wrenching part I can do most anything on them within my level (which stops at the trannys, never dove into those), so yea.....

That's "scares" me too, all those gears and shims and springs in there.

I took one apart once, years ago, had to take it to the shop for them to put back together, I hate having to do that!

daputz

01-12-2007, 06:59 PM

I wrench at a dealership .................so obviously according to internet I can't do either:(

I should sell my thousands of $ in tools and thousands of $ in specialty and measurement equip, forget all my schooling, and leave the dealership and be a good human............................................. .............................................Yeah right:D

In the mean time I'll wrench to keep my riding fun and trouble free.

Huffa

01-12-2007, 07:09 PM

Good Thread Huffa,Did you start this one up just so you could take poke's at Chris,LOL. As far as my riding skills I used to be a B+ /A- ,but now days I would put myself in at a B- .... As far as wrenching on trikes and disimbouling them and at that good stuff,I give myself an A+ on that.. I guess my brain works better than my body does now Days !!!

:lol: Nah, I just got to thinking that most the threads are about how we work on them and no much at all on how we ride them.

Chris knows his limitations pretty well as a rider, quite rare that he screws up ......... :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/huffa/DSC03240.jpg

" As far as wrenching on trikes and disimbouling them "

That's (disimbouling) a new term to me, means the same as dismantle I suppose but for some reason it sounds worse, like your taking them apart to do good but your wrecking them? :lol:

chris200x

01-12-2007, 07:18 PM

Clearly... I was just checking the condition of my engine skidplate in that picture.. never can be too careful with all the rocks out at Paragon. :rolleyes:

huffa is a real good rider as well...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e137/chrisr200x/NewPhiladelphiaridingpics051.jpg
but lets ask if he could explain this picture?
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e137/chrisr200x/NewPhiladelphiaridingpics038-1.jpg :lol: :twisted:

In this pic... I was tuckered and just needed a little nap.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e137/chrisr200x/NPChrisrollingitinmud.jpg :D

Huffa

01-12-2007, 07:26 PM

I knew you would post that, just knew it! :lol:

On the way up the hill I hit a bear that ran in front of me.

I forgot about that last pic of you, that's a great shot! :beer

I think the bear was chasing you there, wasn't he?

chris200x

01-12-2007, 07:30 PM

Obviously My SX has waaay to much power for the old man to handle...

Was it bear or beer? :wondering

Huffa

01-12-2007, 07:35 PM

Obviously My SX has waaay to much power for the old man to handle...

Was it bear or beer? :wondering

Hey this is weird, how is it this appears in quote but not on your original thread?

It's on now, oh well.

It was a combo of the two.

chris200x

01-12-2007, 07:38 PM

Hey this is weird, how is it this appears in quote but not on your original thread?

It's on now, oh well.

you actually get a minute or two after hitting "submit" to edit your post without it showing on the bottom. ;)

brapp

01-12-2007, 10:56 PM

lol i was int he top pic lol i liek to take this oppertunity to show you all my captian morgan pose lol

http://w1.bikepics.com/pics/2006/04/25/bikepics-573024-800.jpg

and now and then i get stuck too lol i just wish i woudl have had the camera when chris almost lost the 250sx inthe bottomless mud lake thing the last tiem iwas with in bever meddows lolhttp://w1.bikepics.com/pics/2004/09/15/bikepics-212295-full.jpg

chris200x

01-13-2007, 08:45 AM

HAHAHAHA!!! Thank god there is no photograpic evidence of this so called mishap you speak of josh.. ;) However.. I think I do remember a few emtpy beer cans floating about.. :wondering :lol:

Speaking of mishaps out riding in beaver meadows.. I do recall when you decided to park your 450 on top of the wheeliepop's scrambler. :lol: :lol: :lol: Why not post up that pic?