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Message: <blockquote data-quote="oldhack62" data-source="post: 15636" data-attributes="member: 501">To be honest, I'm broke! Between unexpected summer costs -- and a local budget impasse between the county commission and school board that almost caused my last paycheck to be rubber (saved by a loan to the school system) and the next one rendered moot altogether, finally settled just today -- I'm still bikeless, at least in any rideable form.I have made a cashless trade for a 1980 Honda CX500 Deluxe, which I had running within 48 yours of arrival on premises, and on which I made a single tour of my neighborhood. But, about the time I was beginning to make some progress diagnosing an engine noise, the starter motor and/or starter relay (or related electronics) went defunct, and the bike has just sat for two weeks now while I await some stable financials. The darned thing might have bad coils, bent valves, lousy plug wires, or need a new engine altogether -- but I'll never know until I can afford to spend some money replacing some parts in order to hear it run again.So, it's looking more and more like it'll be spring before I actually get back on a bike to ride for real. (Sigh) My mechanical skills are getting better, though.</blockquote>