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Started by 11Bravo, April 12, 2018, 07:49:33 PM

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11Bravo

My buddy passed this site onto me today. I may be able to add a little of my knowledge here since I have been turning wrenches for more than 5 decades.  I might be 71 but I still have much to learn. Background is pipe fitting and welding for a pay check, hobbies vintage motorcycles.
Wayne

mikeswrenches

Hi Wayne, welcome to o Tool Talk from warm and sunny Florida. Great bunch of helpful folks here. Don't hesitate to ask questions...we're pretty good at answering them.

Mike
Check out my ETSY store at: OldeTymeTools

turnnut

 welcome from Massachusetts, hope that you enjoy your visits here, good folks at tool talk.

questions & answers are always welcome, Frank

john k

Welcome from Nebraska.   Turned wrenches at auto repair real close to 50 years. 
Member of PHARTS - Perfect Handle Admiration, Restoration and Torturing Society

Papaw

Welcome to Tool Talk !

I spent a lot of time fixing bikes and cars, and a bunch of years at a large HD dealership as Service Manager.
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11Bravo

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Today was the first day over 65* in months, looking forward to trying out my new ride. A 1954 NSU Max I bought in October and recently got running after it's sleep since 1982.

p_toad

Wayne, welcome to the tool forums here from beautiful Ohio (actually warm today  :smiley:).   My experience with wrenches is to figure out which end to hit things with (just kidding  :tongue:).     

Yadda

Welcome!  Feel free to share some pictures of your motorcycles.
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

coolford

Welcome from the Missouri Ozarks!

11Bravo

Quote from: coolford on April 14, 2018, 08:14:25 AM
Welcome from the Missouri Ozarks!
Believe or not, each summer when I was young my parents would put me on a bus alone and tell the driver he's going to St. Louis. I guess either my Dad wanted me to learn about his birthplace or they just wanted me gone for a few months. I spent time in the Ozarks and Perryville on a farm. I sure learned a lot! 

11Bravo

Quote from: Yadda on April 13, 2018, 09:24:37 PM
Welcome!  Feel free to share some pictures of your motorcycles.
I do have photos of most of the bikes I have owned or restored over the years. The problem is the pics are on a memory stick and the file size way too big for here, and I'm too old to learn resizing. So here is a today picture of the 54 NSU, I only did mechanical work on it and it's staying a survivor with it's dents and rust. The first test drive went fine today, and typical like my 47 Indian. If you want to stop, start stopping a day earlier.  250cc single over head cam.

gibsontool

Nice old ride. Hello and welcome from British Columbia Canada.

Papaw

You can resize easily with a program called Irfanview, and it is free ! https://www.irfanview.com/
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Northwoods

Welcome from the great north woods of NE Kansas.   Good folks here.
The ORIGINAL Northwoods.

Plyerman

My friends call me Bob. My wife calls me a lot worse.