The worst thing you ever did in life

[Rodcx500z]

Me sold my old Honda cx500 v twin. it was 25 years old when I bought it for 500 quid an 37 years old when I sold it, 70,000 miles of fun I had lenth and breath of this fair land france and numerus other places, had some bikes in my time but none of them touched the little 500 v twin, longest ride in a day 442 miles from Alber in france to were I live in 2008, she on sorn somewere in the Whitchurch area, MCA 968T God I miss that bike, just had a quick look on dvla still on sorn she was 40 years old in may

 

[Gerryjo]

Bought a GS650GTD in 2001 after missing out on a VFR750 and still have it today.Just passed the MOT a few weeks ago though have not not been riding it for the best part of the year but that's going to change this week.....

 

[Gunge]

Moving from a home of 32 years. Others have come and gone, still miss that place. As for bikes, I've badly regretted parting with a few. I've learned from that so the best of all has now been in my hands for 17 years and I will never sell. It's a 1988 FJ12 in mint mechanical and cosmetic condition. I know every single nut, bolt and washer, internally and externally. You could say it's a part of me. Still get out on it whenever weather and time permits, still as enthralled now as the day I bought it. I'm sure it will outlive me, or maybe we will die together...
Gerryjo... I had a GS650M Katana in the early 90s. Sold that to get through a period of financial woe. One of the big regrets for sure.

 

[GerritT]

Well, that's an interesting way to start the week :/

 

[Gerryjo]

Moving from a home of 32 years. Others have come and gone, still miss that place. As for bikes, I've badly regretted parting with a few. I've learned from that so the best of all has now been in my hands for 17 years and I will never sell. It's a 1988 FJ12 in mint mechanical and cosmetic condition. I know every single nut, bolt and washer, internally and externally. You could say it's a part of me. Still get out on it whenever weather and time permits, still as enthralled now as the day I bought it. I'm sure it will outlive me, or maybe we will die together...
Gerryjo... I had a GS650M Katana in the early 90s. Sold that to get through a period of financial woe. One of the big regrets for sure.

It's heartbreaking when you have to part with something like that and for the wrong reasons as you'll always regret and still wonder how it could have been prevented.
On another note my GS although listed as a GTD on the logbook is actually a GTZ.Found this out a few years back when replacing the fork seals as both bikes have different diameters which I never new.

 

[Alex.mc]

Lost interest in formal education. I had a great early primary school life, an appalling segment in the middle that I won't go into detail on, picked up strongly in the second half of secondary education, scoring very highly, getting A's etc... then just lost it completely before O levels. I managed to retain enough forced interest to do OK in my O levels, but the motivation had utterly gone and I just wanted out of education.
I am self-taught in most things, and (this honestly isn't meant to be a brag of any sort) people often say to me "you really know your stuff/You have so many skills/You're a clever dude mate!" but....... looking back I really wish I'd stuck at education. I've done many things I regretted, but if I could travel back in time and grab my young self by the scruff of the neck and give myself a bloody good talking to.... it would be about education.
Ack! regrets..... time for a beer!

 

[Gerryjo]

Lost interest in formal education. I had a great early primary school life, an appalling segment in the middle that I won't go into detail on, picked up strongly in the second half of secondary education, scoring very highly, getting A's etc... then just lost it completely before O levels. I managed to retain enough forced interest to do OK in my O levels, but the motivation had utterly gone and I just wanted out of education.
I am self-taught in most things, and (this honestly isn't meant to be a brag of any sort) people often say to me "you really know your stuff/You have so many skills/You're a clever dude mate!" but....... looking back I really wish I'd stuck at education. I've done many things I regretted, but if I could travel back in time and grab my young self by the scruff of the neck and give myself a bloody good talking to.... it would be about education.
Ack! regrets..... time for a beer!

Your not on your own there.I done the same as I got into a rut in secondary as I had lost interest due too various things and was certainly smart enough to go to UNI but didn't even bother sitting my O'levels though did go back to college a few years later and qualified as an electrician then went into telecoms structured installation and finally ended up as a maintenance technician for the last 13 years.Loads of regrets but life goes on....

 

[dad_of_jon]

Getting rid of all my synthesizers just after getting married as they were taking up too much room

My CAT SRM II , Roland SH101 , Bontempi with programmable drum patterns, CX5M.

Well actually the CX5M was a naff poor mans DX7.

Still I have a Korg R3 Now and a whole load of VST's to ease the pain.

 

[pms67]

I once bought a four pack of Carling........

 

[Graz]

Got married (just kidding ).

Kind of lucky I guess, don't have any major regrets, probably wish I'd spent a bit more time with my Dad before he passed away.

On the petrol front kind of wish I'd kept my BMW E30 325i for a track car but had nowhere to keep it at the time, traded it in for not much money against an Impreza Turbo which in itself wasn't a bad thing.

 

[phildo79]

Bought a new phone that didn't have predictive text. Texting soon turned into a chore so I sent a message using abbreviations, e.g. C U L8R?.

Doesn't matter how many hot showers I have, I still feel dirty.

 

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[Justin Dean]

The lost 20's when I wasted so much effort and time and money. It is a learning experience. I have spent much of my time since then trying to be a better person, still learning!

 

[pms67]

I once bought a four pack of Carling........

And then

I drank one

 

[BridgeBrew]

Sold many bikes i wish i had kept, including a Honda vf500f11, and a mint Ducati 750ss DOOOH ! Oh forgot about making the Boot's kits back in the day, cant believe i actually drank that *****, but i'm still here

 

[Rodcx500z]

Moving from a home of 32 years. Others have come and gone, still miss that place. As for bikes, I've badly regretted parting with a few. I've learned from that so the best of all has now been in my hands for 17 years and I will never sell. It's a 1988 FJ12 in mint mechanical and cosmetic condition. I know every single nut, bolt and washer, internally and externally. You could say it's a part of me. Still get out on it whenever weather and time permits, still as enthralled now as the day I bought it. I'm sure it will outlive me, or maybe we will die together...
Gerryjo... I had a GS650M Katana in the early 90s. Sold that to get through a period of financial woe. One of the big regrets for sure.

Gunge like you I knew every nut bolt washer wiring inside and out, I once dropped the motor complete with oil and water in 35 minutes the cx is an absolute joy to work on

 

[BridgeBrew]

Have you ever replaced a water pump on a CX ?

Gunge like you I knew every nut bolt washer wiring inside and out, I once dropped the motor complete with oil and water in 35 minutes the cx is an absolute joy to work on

 

[Rodcx500z]

Yes I have, back cover off the engine, there is a 1mm washer behind it you need a jewlers screw driver to dig it out if you don't and put another in as per manual the engine will not turn over, also while the cover is off do a triple bypass, mech seal, camchain, and stator or better install an ignitech ignition if its a cdi bike, this means the stator is just charging the battery, the iggy takes over powering the low and high speed coils, put it back together and ride for 50,000 miles with loads of smiles, Hope this anwers your ? its a 1mm shim same as the gear change omit them at your peril

 

[BridgeBrew]

Just asking, as i was talking to a guy with a CX on Sunday at a bike show. He said the water pump job was hell.

Yes I have, back cover off the engine, there is a 1mm washer behind it you need a jewlers screw driver to dig it out if you don't and put another in as per manual the engine will not turn over, also while the cover is off do a triple bypass, mech seal, camchain, and stator or better install an ignitech ignition if its a cdi bike, this means the stator is just charging the battery, the iggy takes over powering the low and high speed coils, put it back together and ride for 50,000 miles with loads of smiles, Hope this anwers your ? its a 1mm shim same as the gear change omit them at your peril

 

[Rodcx500z]

Just asking, as i was talking to a guy with a CX on Sunday at a bike show. He said the water pump job was hell.

The hard bit is the Mech seal, this is the bit that's keeps oil and water separate, with the right tools and puller it's straight forward, o and there are 2 sizes this you need to know before you order one also you need to use pink anti freeze which is silicate free or you will damage the ceramic washer, like I said if you do a triple bypass these bikes will run 60 thousand miles before they need touching again, if you meet him again tell to you tube the cx rally at Vecta in Germany he will be amazed, the ultimate cx is the mighty 650 turbo they are good for 145mph, if look at a schematic drawing of the ST1100 V4 its 2 cx 500s even uses the same drive shaft as do the early goldwings