Cycle shop finally got into my old Honda this week and had me stop up to discuss repairs. If we were to fix everything needed it would be over $3000, but fortunately, much of it isn't critical so I can skip it.
The main repairs needed are to replace the rubber intake ports, all the fuel/vacuum lines, and do a total rebuild of the carburetors - estimated cost, around $1500 (retail). The service manager (my buddy, guess I'll call him JP since I talk about him so much) always takes care of me though, and hooks me up with a discount because I've been a loyal customer for almost 20 years now. I expect it might come in closer to $1000, but who knows? I still love the bike, so I'm going to repair it, regardless.
Unfortunately, there's a big question of whether parts to rebuild the carbs will be available. My mechanic said he'd probably get them ordered on Monday and then will know if he can get them or not. I really hope they can get this repaired & back on the road before the end of the month.
Another thing that I forgot to mention is that I started learning another language this week. I'm already working on Spanish, German (both of which I'm fairly good at), Dutch (very similar to German), and now I've started learning Japanese. Japanese is intimidating because it's so different from the rest of them, being syllabary-based rather than alphabet-based. Interestingly though, I'm finding it quite intuitive, and not as difficult as I thought! I've gotten through the beginnings of the hiragana syllabary (base for natural Japanese sounds), and have gotten into katakana (base for "Americanized" sounds, for foreign words adopted into the language). The katakana lessons have also begun to include some kanji, which as far as I can tell, will require simple rote memorization - I haven't been able to discern a pattern between the hiragana/katakana used, and the kanji images. I'm obviously still a beginner, but it's actually a bit of fun! I( also printed out a few worksheets so I can learn to write it, but that's an entirely different creature - some of the differences in pronunciation are determined solely by how large a loop is between two sounds, or something like upper/lower case, etc. It looks somewhat intimidating, but I'm fine with only speaking/reading it for now.
Installing the dual seat on the new bike this weekend, and hopefully I'll get a few rides in. Still wish I had some company on these rides, but at least the weather is nice enough that I can get out for a while.
4:24 p.m. - 2020-07-17
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