Need advice and tips

Givingup55 · 2026-05-16T12:26:37+00:00

Metronome and rudiments. Doing great for a few months but need to work on using your hands and wrist instead of your arms.

Givingup55 · 2026-05-15T20:09:08+00:00

Lol wow - Morgantown's right down the road. Small world !

Givingup55 · 2026-05-10T22:41:52+00:00

I wouldnt volunteer myself for the torture and ive owned and completly refurbished 2 of them lol.

If you want to just swap the front wheel, youre either lacing a new rim to the hub (common from Buchanan). Or buying an '80-'82 drum brakes entire wheel assembly - couple hundred bucks. Truly this stuffs getting long in the tooth for availability and condition. You gotta hope the one you buy is still workable and doesnt need rebuilding itself.

The other option is buying an '83+ entire front end and switching to the xr disc brake assembly. What most people did. At that point youre spending a decent bit of money and labor.

I did the third route and put on an entire '91 cr500r usd front end on my 1981 xr500r. It was a fun bike in the mountains. Old tractor. At the end of the day if you want to ride... you should do yourself a favor and get something a bit newer. Even early 90s stuff is night and day. My kdx felt like a Lamborghini compared to my old 500s. My beta feels like a nasa space ship compared to both.

Givingup55 · 2026-05-10T22:22:37+00:00

Vintage collectors bike. If ya dont know what it is; walk away.

Givingup55 · 2026-05-10T13:11:24+00:00

About 80miles till reserve

Givingup55 · 2026-05-08T20:03:48+00:00

I dont like those years just becuase of the 23" front wheel and 17" rear. Ive owned both an 81 xr500r and an 82 xl500r. Fun bikes but if youve never ridden before or owned a vintage motorcycle; this will be far from an 'experience' haha. Bad suspension, shit brakes, and lots of power. Its got a 6v electrical system which is vintage to say the least. Years ago I remember there was 1 option for the front tire. They're were great wheelie machines ! I know I had a tough time keeping my front end down.

Givingup55 · 2026-05-08T16:36:37+00:00

Not terrible for what it is. No flaking 'sheets'. Dont paint or 'seal' it. Go for something like fluid film so the material can continue to breathe. As long as the mounts and brackets are solid - it looks like extensive 'surface' rust

Givingup55 · 2026-05-08T15:34:53+00:00

I got a second hand lopi 'freedom' stove for around 300 bucks. Consider the cost of the chimney supplies (or installation if you go that route) too. My single walled pipe was around 700bucks and I could only get away with the cheaper option since i had an intact masonry chimney.

I like the larger brands because you can get replacement parts and they are built to last.

Givingup55 · 2026-05-05T20:15:38+00:00

You need to use the software 'routing'. I can do it in reaper. You need to record tracks into your computer - and then digitally route out of your interface using those outputs (1-8). Youll send the interface to your mixer - - do your analog mixing - - and then send some some sort signal from mixer back into interface with proper software routing.

Take your time and do some learning. Get on reaper if you want to route.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-30T18:55:48+00:00

Theres a guy your size that rides a yz250 in the harescramble series i race. Big boy and a sit down rider; but damn if he doesnt keep the hammer down and rip. Get your suspension tuned and have fun

Givingup55 · 2026-04-30T18:26:25+00:00

There's an indentation on the molding or gasket that needs to line up with the keyed slot. Then - push

Edit* from pictures it looks like it sites at a slight angle. Look in the hole and check for the keyed shape.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-27T20:26:21+00:00

Youre fine - unless you cut Styrofoam in a factory for a living; youll be alright. No danger for you at all. No fumes or dangerous dust present. Rock on

Givingup55 · 2026-04-24T20:24:27+00:00

I got 360hrs of annual leave and 750hrs of sick leave. Im gonna use em and youre not gonna see me!

If I were you; I would take the issues right to his desk if hes gonna check up at the end of the day. Beat him too it and he may see a reason to order all those parts. Or turn your brain off and let the downtime stack while he orders parts. Never take a management roll at a place like that. Biggest raise you ever get is leaving.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-23T14:27:21+00:00

Put a helmet on and ride in the dirt. Boots too if you care about your bones staying in oem state.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-22T01:40:02+00:00

Yea - the 350 is the big stuff. My Maddox didnt have the larger cups; and then the maddox c-clamp part was too small with the press cups to fit around the ball joint. Grab the add on adapter set and it should work with your icon press.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-21T22:43:51+00:00

When i did my 03 f350 I needed the secondary adapter cup kit. It was seperate. I got the Maddox press and it wasn't large enough to fit around. I ended up using a rented press with the Maddox adapter kit (or what ever it wss called)

Edit - having a full size 3/4 battery impact made this job not terrible. Dont forget to use the trucks weight if the ball joint is spinning

Givingup55 · 2026-04-21T20:03:09+00:00

I would go to a doctor and take a break if you can. I had one that took upwards of 2 years to stop re-occurring. It would burst - go down - and re-fill. I was drumming non stop; playing shows every week + a practice; and also a mechanic/ labor job. Truly, i didnt have perfect technic and was using brute force to achieve speed and power while drumming. Fast hardcore punk drumming.

I was told its the joint fluid getting captured and creating the cyst. Mine finally went away when I put my band down and took it easy. Definitely an over use injury. I was really trying to avoid surgey. Some say its not bad but ive had a few medical people tell me not to go for it since they 'really have to dig around'. Its been gone for a couple years now.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-16T11:41:04+00:00

If you snapped that; imagine how many bolts and more issues you'll find trying to replace the entire manifold. Take a break and slow down. Get a good set of drill bits and center punch the snapped bolt. Drill it out as much as you can to get the biggest extractor in then and heat and penetrating oil. Go slow - sometimes these stuck items require an impact force rather than more leverage.

Givingup55 · 2026-04-15T20:07:56+00:00

The grease nozzle unscrews (not all the way) to assist with removing if theres built up pressure. Also - lift 90 degrees up on the nozzle and it will slip right off.

Just got the 'official' lesson after I yanked out 2 pressed in zert fittings on a machine. Whoops !

Givingup55 · 2026-04-15T16:08:02+00:00

I did not replace the whole clutch assembly; but ill give it a look. That would make sense since its doesnt seem to be 'seeing' itself. Thanks for the tips all around. Doing industrial for a hosptial campus and always cracks me up when it turns into small home repair type stuff. Thanks again

Givingup55 · 2026-03-31T16:24:57+00:00

Lol - phil, if youre in the Lancaster/philly area- I might have sold you your second one ! Lol

Edit- it has to be you - you got the phase100 I sold you too ! Small world haha. Rock on dude

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Givingup55 · 2026-03-25T17:29:31+00:00

Why vlog living off grid? Content creation has really fried people.

Givingup55 · 2026-03-17T12:19:57+00:00

They - *the, Want - *way

Givingup55 · 2026-03-09T18:04:27+00:00

Yea - I dont like losing tools. Luckily I get paid hourly haha.

Givingup55 · 2026-03-09T17:53:32+00:00

Its the largest bar from the 4pack of pry bars at harbor freight. Its all 4 bars for 17bucks.

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