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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Sun, 11 Nov 2007I made a little breakthrough today: I discovered another adjustment on the old Honda, which means that the clutch cable I bought (and which appeared to be the wrong size) actually does fit just fine. That was an immense relief, and considerably elevated my mood. Yesterday, I actually got a good amount done, too. I pulled off the swingarm, in order to lubricate it, and ended up lubricating the pivot, but also wire-brushing the whole thing and repainting it. It's hardly perfect, but it looks better now, and is less likely to rust. I also cleaned and painted the chainguard, which has obviously seen a lot of splatter activity from the battery (delicious sulphuric acid!). While I had the swingarm off, I took the opportunity to drill out the lower shock mounts, so that I can put the new shocks on. Even now, the bike is looking much better with its shiny new shocks in place. I ended up using pieces of plastic bottle as shims in the upper mounts -- the same material i've been using for rim guards while working on tires. It's handy stuff. Good thing I like the contents so much (Karam's Garlic Sauce). I am going to see about putting together another video update today. Hopefully it'll be less time consuming this time, since I've already got a lot of the work started. I'll certainly post here once it's done. Posted at 12:12 permanent link category: /motorcycle I have been alerted that the link I originally posted about my novel was wrong. Indeed it was. I'll correct it in the old entry, but the correct link is here: my novelling progress. That's just a page showing my wordcount progress. If you'd like to read some of my text, you can read an excerpt at my NaNoWriMo.org page (click on the "Novel Excerpt" tab). If you really want to see the whole thing in its unorganized glory, click here. That link will be updated every night with new text as I write. Be warned that you are looking at absolutely raw, unedited and poorly-conceived writing. As I've mentioned, I'm having trouble with the concepts, and I honestly have no idea what direction the story will take over the next few days. I had more dreams about the breakdown of civilization last night, trying to trace out all the paths of effect that the changes in the story will take. Posted at 10:33 permanent link category: /misc Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater Written by Ian Johnston. Software is Blosxom. Questions? Please mail me at reaper at obairlann dot net. |