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    Maintenance vs Morale

    Admittedly I'm a bit down at moment after finding out I will be living hard for a couple of months after my two bikes(one mx, one road) racked up over 1k of bills in the last two weeks. Probably just my luck that the mx bike would reach time for a rebuild at the same time as the road bike needing reg and wof. Mostly it was just that there were a few surprise issues, I wasn't counting on having to get a new intake valve kit for the mx bike, on having to buy extra tools including a butane torch to get some of the bolts off (though I probably did save a bit by doing the top end rebuild myself as I already had most of the tools I needed, and I will have the extra ones for next time), or the road bike have misaligned steering which neither I or 3 of my friends who rode the bike noticed.

    I am pretty sure the answer is just to suck it up but I'm open to any ideas that don't include selling body organs...
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    It sucks - looks like you will be living on toast and baked beans for a while.
    Worth it though...........

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    Perhaps you could try your luck down at the docks. "Hello, sailor. Have you been blown ashore?".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Preload View Post
    Perhaps you could try your luck down at the docks. "Hello, sailor. Have you been blown ashore?".
    LOL!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hellokitty View Post
    It sucks - looks like you will be living on toast and baked beans for a while.
    Worth it though...........
    Mmmmm. Baked beans on toast (with grated cheese and a poached egg on top). Yum
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    I'm missin something.If you can't afford to fix both then fix the urgent one or the cheaper one to fix.
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    Know the feeling this month, bike needs a set of tyres for a warrent, then reg for a year (before the 1st july), van needs reg (before 1st july) and i'm behind by a couple thou in miles so there's another few hundy ! Prolly wont get much change out of 1500 sheeesh ! Where's them docks ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Preload View Post
    Perhaps you could try your luck down at the docks. "Hello, sailor. Have you been blown ashore?".
    I wouldn't want to steal your market . I'll just stick to driving computers.

    Quote Originally Posted by FROSTY View Post
    I'm missin something.If you can't afford to fix both then fix the urgent one or the cheaper one to fix.
    Unfortuantely I started fixing the non urgent one first because I didn't know the urgent one would require anything to be fixed. Turns out I won't be as bad as I thought but still a lot to shell out in a month
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    They are both urgent!! They are both priorities! You wont feel down once your two babies are in 100% cond and ready to go, and any weight lost on your 'enforced' economy drive will see you in great shape for that mx beast.!

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    Quote Originally Posted by motor_mayhem View Post
    Unfortuantely I started fixing the non urgent one first because I didn't know the urgent one would require anything to be fixed. Turns out I won't be as bad as I thought but still a lot to shell out in a month
    If it makes you feel any better my Jap agent made a big error with shipping and I have from yesterday till monday to monkey up with 100k ($100000) or I pay demarage fees of $50 a day per unit (16 units).--Doesn't that make $1000 seem easy
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