finaly went for a ride

[pmelah]

finaly took the 84 VR on 2 4.4mi test rides oh it felt good to ride again honestly i was scared to death on the first ride since i havent been on a bike since my m/c accident in November but that only lasted 500 feet. still dont have word on the RSTD as far as the frame is concerned a witness said he seen the bike land on the left side and then did a couple of flips and landing on the right side hard before it stopped anyway getting the 84 ready for a trip up to Tupelo on tuesday for my job interview with Toyota and i got 2 gal. of 5 month old gas with 3 gal. of fresh gas mixed in and half can of seafoam that was put in 5 months ago so now it idles high at 2000 rpm will adjust idle screw and gona drain that gas into a gas can thru the filter change the filter and put the gas back in i hope to be able to change the oil and filter when im done with my 600mi. round trip i hope to make this treck every 2 weeks weather permiting once i start working there (Toyota ) as the wife and kids dont want to move.

[muffinman]

Great news We hope the interview goes well I start back to work in 10 days myself in Pa 6 hours from home I know the feeling. Good luck with everything.

 

 

 

 

Jeff

[Red Ryder]

Always Good to Ride. After falling 23' out of the Hunting Stand in 09, I went back up, not as high, but like you was scared to death for a bit, then felt like Great. Keep Riding. Later

[Flyinfool]

Good luck on your interview.

 

I finally got mine out today for the fist time. It sure does feel good.

 

Even though the dust is thick enough to plow and plant corn........

 

My skills are certainly rusty as all get out. I never got close to dropping it but I do need more practice.

I sent a half hour in a local parking lot using the painted lines as a guide to practice slow speed handling. then took a quick blast thru the park to get the feel for some medium speed curves.

 

Then I had to beat feet home cuz it started to rain, all of the covers are still off the bike so there is a lot of exposed wiring that I did not want wet.

[dueyk1111]

Pmelah, good to here your doing better! good luck with the job interview, and nabove all , enjoy the ride and be safe!!!!

[bongobobny]

Glad life is looking up for you!!!

[pmelah]

thank you everybody for your kind words of encouragement prayers and morale support i did manage to get one pic of the bike in the parking lot of our local country store the first day i rode it

[pmelah]

Great news We hope the interview goes well I start back to work in 10 days myself in Pa 6 hours from home I know the feeling. Good luck with everything.

 

 

 

 

Jeff

 

 

thanks Jeff just watch you dont have any lost puppies following you home on the trailer like you did last week:confused24: they may not look as good or as rare as the last one :rotf:

[muffinman]

Well if I come across a 350 dream in good shape I might be tempted

 

 

Jeff

[Flyinfool]

FWIW

 

There was a recent story on the local news where they interviewed a person that used to be part of the HR department for a large corporation. She now works for the state in the unemployment office teaching people that are on unemployment about the interview process. She quit her HR job because she thought that some of the criteria used were very unfair.

 

Some of the things that she mentioned;

They will send someone out to look at the vehicle you drive in. A child seat means that you have small children and will be missing days of work to deal with illness or other child issues, a mark against you.

Riding a motorcycle was also a red flag due to the potential higher health care costs because if you get in an accident, with the bike you are more likely to get injured than if you were in a car.

Your vehicle must look like a reliable piece of year round transportation, An old junker that looks like a breakdown waiting to happen is a red flag but yet a new car is not a bonus.

 

While none of these will disqualify you from the job, It will give another applicant that is equal to your skills the edge and likely the job. She did say that they still will hire a more qualified person, even with some of these other red flags.

 

I may have had that happen to me once, rode my bike to an interview and did not get the job, the other person that did get the job had identical qualifications.

 

Just some food for thought.

 

Good luck.

I know I hate interviews.

[dacheedah]

FWIW

 

There was a recent story on the local news where they interviewed a person that used to be part of the HR department for a large corporation. She now works for the state in the unemployment office teaching people that are on unemployment about the interview process. She quit her HR job because she thought that some of the criteria used were very unfair.

 

Some of the things that she mentioned;

They will send someone out to look at the vehicle you drive in. A child seat means that you have small children and will be missing days of work to deal with illness or other child issues, a mark against you.

Riding a motorcycle was also a red flag due to the potential higher health care costs because if you get in an accident, with the bike you are more likely to get injured than if you were in a car.

Your vehicle must look like a reliable piece of year round transportation, An old junker that looks like a breakdown waiting to happen is a red flag but yet a new car is not a bonus.

 

While none of these will disqualify you from the job, It will give another applicant that is equal to your skills the edge and likely the job. She did say that they still will hire a more qualified person, even with some of these other red flags.

 

I may have had that happen to me once, rode my bike to an interview and did not get the job, the other person that did get the job had identical qualifications.

 

Just some food for thought.

 

Good luck.

I know I hate interviews.

 

We used to walk by and check out the condition of a cars interior when an applicant came for an interview, neat and orderly or trashed.