Motivation

Ok, it's been quite some time since I posted, so here is an update.

Last week had me doing a LOT of thinking on the 550 project bike, and since I had stated earlier in the year that if no major progress had been made I was just going to scratch the project by passing it on to someone that would complete it. So, I contacted a gentleman who I knew would have the desire and ability to give this project the attention it required.

After a short conversation on the phone with him, it was decided he would stop by to take a look at where things stand, and make a decision (or help me make a decision) on Sunday. Well he arrived at my place around 11ish on Sunday and we started going through the bits and pieces. He had been thinking and decided that his wife would not allow him to take on another personal bike project, so that option was out. However after looking at everything I had we talked about things and he asked if I had a running engine would it motivate me enough to put the thing back together. After a bit of thought and some more talking I decided that that probably is the big show stopper for me. So then he generously offered to take all my engine bits and build an engine for me. Also he knows of a guy who works at a motorcycle shop who would press the bearings into the swing arm and wheels.

Well, get up this morning and have a message from the engine builder (the kind and generous person mentioned above) asking if I can come down this Friday on my day off to get a jump start on the project. Unfortunately, I already promised Jodi that I would watch Karissa this Friday, so that scratches that opportunity. Oh, well at least there is some light at the end of the tunnel, as faint as it may be.

So, all that being said.. It looks like life is being breathed back into the project.