Nice job Bill! There's always hope for each of us. Pretty much why we
are here.
Allen
On Aug 10, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Bill Babcock wrote:
> I have had numerous folks ask me about posters for the CRC. SOVREN
> prints an event poster for the CRC, and I just got 15 of them to
> post around Portland. I can't give any of these away, they are to
> promote the event, but I'll ask for the remainders if there are any
> extra after the event, and I'll see if our buddy Kas will autograph
> them. They are really a knockout, featuring Jeff Quick's TR4.
>
> If you want a poster, send me an email and I'll try to set one aside
> for you. No promises, but I'll do my best. No charge directly, just
> donate twenty bucks or more to your favorite charity. Consider it a
> "pay it forward" favor.
>
> While I'm feeling all soap-boxy, let me tell you about something I
> did recently that was completely out of character.
>
> My sister in law has a long-time boyfriend that drives me nuts. He's
> not the sharpest knife in the drawer and his chatter is sometimes
> more than I can bear, but he's a good man from a bad background who
> has never had people do anything nice for him, and yet he's kind
> hearted. Much more kind hearted than I am. He's been looking for a
> motorcycle to replace his ratty Honda cruiser that kind of just quit
> running. I was going to fix his bike for him, but it was so nasty
> that I couldn't bring myself to do it. I had an old BMW R75/5
> airhead basket case I bought with an idea of building my own GS. So
> I helped him restore it into a slightly tatty but very clean-running
> bike.
>
> He tried my patience with great regularity, stripping threads out of
> aluminum with astonishing speed. One time he couldn't get the oil
> filter out so he pulled the sump which is held on my about 20 6mm
> screws. I had just put the engine back in after helicoiling half of
> them. He stripped out pretty much all the ones I didn't helicoil
> putting the sump cover back on. All because he didn't want to
> interrupt me to ask how to get the filter out (a wire hook and ten
> seconds of effort).
>
> Somehow, every time I managed to hold my temper and told him not to
> beat himself up. I told him being a mechanic takes time and everyone
> makes these mistakes at first (though usually not with so little
> interval).
>
> We finished the bike a few days ago. He drove it home, blew a fuse
> on the way and I had to go rescue him. Spent a few hours the next
> day fixing wiring faults. Off he went again, with the biggest grin
> you'll ever see.
>
> The guy works ten hour days six days a week. I don't know when he's
> sleeping now, because he's on the bike all the time. We came home
> from a weekend in Hood River and found our yard weeded, lawn mowed,
> and my shop cleaned.
>
> I've got to tell you, I got the better part of this deal. I'm not a
> particularly kind guy, and as far as patience goes, well, anyone who
> knows me is marveling at this story. But helping this guy have a
> bike that's really worth owning and showing him how to put it
> together with his own hands was incredibly satisfying. I know that
> no good deed goes unpunished. But they're still worth
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Allen & Jody Washatko
1971 TR6 - Number 6
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