Friday I had stress at work, fought with my boss, broke the kick-starter lever off my GT500 on the first day of great weather, couldn't find my spare kick-starter lever. Drank some beer and went to bed.
Saturday morning I finally found the spare kicker, the lever was a mess, but the bottom piece that bolts onto the engine was perfect (the pin on the top of that was what sheared off). I matched the old and older lever parts together, bolted them on, and got the hell outta Dodge.
It was a beautiful day, I took a winding road that I like that follows the lakes and just went where ever the bike pointed. I drove about 70 miles as the stress just melted away. Stopped at a lake in the middle of no where, saw some deer, and watched some beavers. The bike ran like a top, the closest thing to an issue was a partridge that almost suicided on my right boot.
This is why I love my bike.
Stress relief
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Stress relief
Tim Skidmore
1977 Suzuki GT500B - Day to day runner
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1977 Suzuki GT500B - Day to day runner
1976 Suzuki GT500A - Cafe project
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Re: Stress relief
skids wrote:and watched some beavers.




Really - It happens to all of us and it's good you could get out and decompress..
Tom
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Being Canadian, that's MY favourite INDOOR sport!!!and watched some beavers.

Glad to hear you had a great getaway, Skids.
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Additional H2 projects In Boxes.....
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