rule #0, never assume you can spend one weekend working on your car or bike if you work from home. it will drag over the week for sure, and will seem way too m

rule #0, never assume you can spend one weekend working on your car or bike if you work from home. it will drag over the week for sure, and will seem way too much more fun/important than work. my stories are from a younger me, but include: taking the engine of a motorcycle (a vintage honda trail) out to take it to a shop to redo some threads and get rid of an oil leak... ended up dismantling the entire bike to re-paint it. taking one sunday to fix the horn of a car (a vintage bmw e34)... ended up dismantling the dashboard and rear firewall of engine compartment to fix/clean all the A/C components bought an old bicycle on craigslist (bike had some 12yr) to get in shape while biking to work... ended up dismantling the whole thing and restoring it to brand new state. I even opened up the derailleurs and freewheel to properly restore it with original components.