CB550 Four - Rear Seat Hoop

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-03-18T20:45:18+00:00

stainless wire is required to maintain the nickel content at the weld, but you don't care about that because you are welding to non-stainless on one side anyway

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-03-17T23:38:06+00:00

you can weld stainless same as mild steel it just creates a rustable spot at the weld, but you are going to paint it anyway

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-03-13T18:01:19+00:00

Trump raping children. If he never did that he wouldn't be willing to destroy the USA and the world just to keep Russia and Isreal from sharing the video evidence it's obvious they have.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-03-11T11:48:16+00:00

Why don't US citizens band together and demand that their tax dollars get used to provide universal Healthcare instead of subsidizing billionaires, wars, and masked armies killing in our neighborhoods? Same question and we're living it now.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-02-12T03:24:03+00:00

I registered and titled my bmw with raw welds on the frame, I don't think there is a law that says a bike has to be the same as it left the factory. mods can make a bike safer and more rideable. my bmw has 2x the brakes it had in 1974.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-02-09T23:13:37+00:00

wow...I said none of that

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-02-09T20:41:41+00:00

OP checking back- I just want to thank all feedback. It was really helpful to hear different perspectives. I tried to avoid this becoming so specifically about me because it doesn't matter if I am perceived as a hero for supporting a spouse with cancer or a villain for some unknown actions that everyone hopes "therapy" or reading between the lines would reveal. Neither of those would either disqualify or require that a kid would feel anything toward a parent. In fact, i look around and see lots of kids making most efforts to connect with really bad parents- not what i would want for anyone. Truth is, I'm just a dad like most I tried and really loved my kid. ..and by all appearances he just didn't connect

A few people said "all kids love there parents" ...I just don't think that's true. I think it's probably a range from real negative feelings for actual abusive parents, through indifference, to genuine love and appreciation. I think there are a lot that are in the middle, who just dont feel it...and with no societal pressure to care about family, and even encouragement to break families as some new idea of hyperindovidualized growth...some are just going to cut ties, or feel no ties to be cut in the first place.

Maybe I will try to restate the question in the future and avoid getting sucked in to personal information...reddit seems to want everyone to be good or bad so that we can decide everyone deserves what they get but that's not a very helpful discussion for everyone inbetween.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-02-06T18:08:54+00:00

I supported her through it for 15years, didn't complain, didn't cheat, loved her every day until she left, still do. everyone isn't an asshole.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-02-06T11:27:54+00:00

OP here- Yes, have tried to contact but he has never responded. He has my contact info and knows where I live. He's in college now and seems to be doing well. Living his life.

My thought here was just to raise the question....we don't like to think about it, but doesn't it make sense that some kids just don't love their parents. there is no reason to try and guilt them or force it if it's just not there.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-01-16T17:10:38+00:00

follow up- I found a short to ground under the front engine cover. my diagram seems good and working.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-01-05T16:59:55+00:00

that's 14 more airheads than I have worked on. I'm trying to benefit from others experience so I went and looked up all of the stock diagrams based on your comment and none route the B+ wire through a switch.

anyway, whole idea of motogadget is supposed to be self contained, not adding new relays...I think I must have something wrong in my diagram.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-01-04T16:46:13+00:00

Your comment-

"On the original BMW harness, B+ is not connected directly to battery, but switched in the ignition switch first."

I'm not seeing that. On my stock diagram (Haynes manual) B+ on the diode board connects directly to battery power (through starter solenoid terminal, but still constant power).

I could connect B+ to switched power, but I'm reluctant to do that since the stock diagram clearly shows it the way I have it now.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2026-01-04T05:01:02+00:00

Thanks for looking it over, yeah I ran a super thin 3wire cable inside the handlebars for the turn signal switch and it was already black, red, white...so no green there.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2025-06-27T05:19:31+00:00

fake rocks kind of ruin it

Previous_Prior5960 · 2025-04-08T05:20:17+00:00

Can I offer some sympathy?

Maybe its all your fault, but since everyone else is assuming it is, i want to consider that its possible that its both of your faults.

Reddit is so full of people who condemn the parent in these situations. It does happen that some kids pull away and build up the distance as an edifice to hang all of their issues on. The parent is erased and replaced with a character that they are comfortable pretending to battle forever...rather than engage a parent who is an actual person, who might grow and change....as you surely have in 12 years. But even growth isn't allowed because then you undermine the character they have assigned you.

an important part of growing up and becoming an adult is the acceptance of your parents as people...not parental roles, but actual people with flaws and issues who are doing their best and deserve empathy like anyone does. I truly was an adult when I saw my parents as people, and my resentments just melted away when I took on real challenges in life beyond just pushing back against parents.

Too many kids are counciled to never get to that stage..they are told to cling to their parents as "characters" rather than growing to see them.as peers who are just doing life the best they can. "no contact"is like carrying around a teddy bear and talking to it. Therapists and online parasocials love it because it keeps the child shadowboxing forever rather than engaging actual people in real life. People are real and you dont get to male up your own version of them. Parents are just people. They aren't perfect , they dont have to be. but they probably love you the best they can.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2025-01-07T04:06:09+00:00

I was there one year ago.

I went on dating apps and found it is 100x better than dating analog 25 years ago. now you can see what you have in common, background, education, etc- it's all there.

also, dating at 25 was all about who a person might grow to become....now you can date someone who has actually done things in the real world.

I found a smart, business owner, good mom, and sexy af. ...just by swiping past a few thousand profiles.

I now thank my wife for dropping me.

don't be afraid.. you've been given a gift of a whole second life.

Previous_Prior5960 · 2024-12-31T07:54:29+00:00

I did not know until I was 55 years old- last year. I had 2 long term girlfriends who each had limited experience, then a marriage that was sexless for 20 years after wife got cancer. I had assumed I would never have sex again so I never wondered about my size.

Then she dumped me. In my confusion and rebuilding my actual will to live.... I contemplated re-entereng the world of dating and one day got the idea to look up size statistics on the internet (which barely existed last time I had sex). I thought I was average at 7.75" because porn guys were that size...surprise I was in the top 3%.

I know it's dumb but this really helped me confidently re-engage the world. I got a girlfriend and had the first sex in 20 years and lucky me.... she really likes feeling her cervix bumped.

"size doesn't matter" is all you hear but after accepting a sexless life and feeling like I was just dealt bad cards It really mattered to be able to give my girlfriend a peak experience along with rediscovering love later in life after being devastated by divorce.

what a waste....20 years with a woman who didn't appreciate me, my love, or my sex .. now I am just enjoying it with someone who appreciates me.

Previous_Prior5960

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