What a pita!

[marcmax]

So before I tried a sidecar I had a second hand Brown's sidestand and loved it. Then came the sidecar and seeing no need for a sidestand I sold it to one of our members.

Jump to the present and no sidecar and an iffey centerstand I dug through my box spare "stuff" and found the worn out oem sidestand that came with the bike. What a piece of cr@9.

Had to bite the bullet and pay the price for a new Browns from Ted Porter.

[nhmaf]

This is why I seldom sell stuff that is automotive or tool related - ya never know when it is going to be needed again!   I even have a backup for all my saxophones!

[motoboy66]

Half way through my "restoration"  I separated from my wife, ended up sleeping on a mates sofa, and threw out a ton of stuff I thought i wouldn't ever use (including the OEM side stand). Thought i'd kept it but looked every where to no avail. After you reminding how crap they are I don't feel quite as bad about it now!  Managed to pick up a second hand Surefoot from Motorworks here in the UK for not too much money. Half the paint had vanished so I decided to strip and lacquer the bare steel. Matches my tank and end seat piece pretty well! I was actually after a Brown's but no one in the uUK seems to sell them and it was going to end up £££. Surefoot is working great though.

[montmil]

This is why I seldom sell stuff that is automotive or tool related - ya never know when it is going to be needed again!   I even have a backup for all my saxophones!

After 30+ years in my shop, I pretty much know where my tools, left over motorcycle, and VW bits are stashed. Some even boxed up in a backyard shed. So I'm now asking myself why did I decide, just a couple months ago, to tidy up? Maybe the addition of a new 9-drawer tool chest and it's empty drawers caused me to go "off my meds". At any rate, I'm now spending time I don't have looking for my "organized" crap.

Mike, if I trip across a sax, I'll send it to you.

[thrang]

I'm pretty organised with my spares. I keep old bike bits that can be refurbished in boxes stashed at the back of the bikes shed. I guess I have most of the doner R65 in there, along with other odd bike parts that you never know might come in handy.

The only problem I have with my tools is when the wife who trained as a civil engineer (concrete jockey) wants say a screw driver or a spanner for something. If I'm not there I can pretty much guarantee that when I come home its looks like a bombsite with everything strewn higgledy-piggledy on the work bench!

[montmil]

The only problem I have with my tools is when the wife who trained as a civil engineer (concrete jockey) wants say a screw driver or a spanner for something. If I'm not there I can pretty much guarantee that when I come home its looks like a bombsite with everything strewn higgledy-piggledy on the work bench!

Complain too loudly and you'll have plenty of time to tidy that work bench as you'll be sleeping with those spanners and bike bits.

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[nhmaf]

I came home a while ago to find that my wife and some half-wit stone mason were using my set of expensive, European wood carving chisels as paint scrapers to scrape paint of concrete masonry...

It was not a good day.

[motoboy66]

I came home a while ago to find that my wife and some half-wit stone mason were using my set of expensive, European wood carving chisels as paint scrapers to scrape paint of concrete masonry...

 

+1 for lockable toolboxes... and hiding the keys!

[lucky]

Isn't that people always say "don't burn the bridge"?

I found myself just like most of us here. You don't really need it until you sold it "yesterday".

Maybe that's why the "parts department" is getting bigger.

[montmil]

I came home a while ago to find that my wife and some half-wit stone mason were using my set of expensive, European wood carving chisels as paint scrapers to scrape paint of concrete masonry...

It was not a good day.

Show wifey where your screwdrivers are stored. Everybody knows they make good chisels. Sorry man about the woodworking tools. I have some and know how they should be used.

I'd have fired the SOB on the spot... or did you find a dark spot to hide the body?  

[Justin B.]

Mike, are you now single and running from the law?