urbanduckman
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Yo fellow 6'ers,
I was helping a guy who works with my GF on his 2006 R6S. This dude dropped his bike trying to see his grandfather at the hospital. He got cut off going excessive speeds on the freeway trying to reach the hospital. Now, he must've been paid through his insurance or the driver because he ended up buying all the replacement parts and plastics to get this thing on the road again. So, I offered to help cause it was my chance to work on a bike. This guy though, I don't think he has the capabilities to ride though. He's what I like to call "scatter brain", maybe he has ADHD. It made putting this bike together so difficult because he had parts and pieces scattered throughout the garage. Every time he brought me something, he would drop bolts (constantly) or didn't have the right tools for the job (We're talking Leatherman Pliers for tightening bolts). New and old parts were being mixed into reassembling the bike. He was in a hurry too, like he needed to get it moving again that night. I kept trying to get him to slow down, that this isn't something you want to rush. He was missing parts to go on the front fairing and opted to just have it held in with the mirrors and 1 screw in. I don't even think he was putting in the right fairing bolts on the sides. Anyhoo, I helped him as much as I could and the bike was probably 90% done. I told him to bring the bike by so I can install the integrated tail light. He wanted me to modify the stock taillight to act as turn signals. I know its possible, I've done a mod similar on a car. But, I didn't want to break something and be responsible for it.
Out of all that, he gave me 50 bones and his old R6S headlights. I'm trying to think of what to do with these. I know one is for low beam and one for high beam. I'm thinking of retrofitting one to my 6'er. Or, I can mod them as my 91 240sx headlights. Or, I can make a really cool desk/work lamp. What would you do with them?
I was helping a guy who works with my GF on his 2006 R6S. This dude dropped his bike trying to see his grandfather at the hospital. He got cut off going excessive speeds on the freeway trying to reach the hospital. Now, he must've been paid through his insurance or the driver because he ended up buying all the replacement parts and plastics to get this thing on the road again. So, I offered to help cause it was my chance to work on a bike. This guy though, I don't think he has the capabilities to ride though. He's what I like to call "scatter brain", maybe he has ADHD. It made putting this bike together so difficult because he had parts and pieces scattered throughout the garage. Every time he brought me something, he would drop bolts (constantly) or didn't have the right tools for the job (We're talking Leatherman Pliers for tightening bolts). New and old parts were being mixed into reassembling the bike. He was in a hurry too, like he needed to get it moving again that night. I kept trying to get him to slow down, that this isn't something you want to rush. He was missing parts to go on the front fairing and opted to just have it held in with the mirrors and 1 screw in. I don't even think he was putting in the right fairing bolts on the sides. Anyhoo, I helped him as much as I could and the bike was probably 90% done. I told him to bring the bike by so I can install the integrated tail light. He wanted me to modify the stock taillight to act as turn signals. I know its possible, I've done a mod similar on a car. But, I didn't want to break something and be responsible for it.
Out of all that, he gave me 50 bones and his old R6S headlights. I'm trying to think of what to do with these. I know one is for low beam and one for high beam. I'm thinking of retrofitting one to my 6'er. Or, I can mod them as my 91 240sx headlights. Or, I can make a really cool desk/work lamp. What would you do with them?
