When my son was around 10 years old took him and his mother to a mud bog run, an hour later my son is complaining that he's bored. So I handed in a burlap sack and told him to go and pick beer bottles and cans to which he complained about but went grudgingly.
When he had the trunk of the car full I ran him over to a bottle dept, $40.00 later no more complaining. I'm not sure how much he made that day but it kept me busy running him back and forth to the bottle depot.
At the end of the day my boy is asking if we can come back, I told him that I had already seen the mud boggers do their thing a second day would be boring but if he paid my admission I would help him pick bottles. to which he agreed.
The event was for 3 days, on the second day some guy is telling me what I jerk I am by having the boy picking bottles for me - child labor. When I told this guy that he had it wrong that it was I who was helping and that the boy was getting all the proceeds from our combined efforts.
On the last day my son took his mother and I out for a Chinese dinner and still had slightly over $800.00 to the good from which he wanted to buy a motorcycle. The next weekend we went to several dealerships seeking out a cycle with engine problems.
Finally we found a sweet Kawasaki KX-80 with a seized piston that we got for a song, we dissembled the engine then sent the cylinder over to Mongoose in Coquitlam to have it sleeved with a Wiseco then mated up a piston and connecting rod from the same manufacture who are well known for their high performance after-market parts.
Wiseco:
http://www.wiseco.com/
Mongoose Engine:
http://www.mongoosemachine.com/
With the connecting rod and piston installed slid the cylinder into place then scribed the ports, removed the cylinder then did some porting and polishing before the final assembly. One day riding at the pit another kid with a KDX-80 water cooled wanted to swap bikes for awhile, when the KDX kid came back he was all smiles asking all sorts of questions on how and the why my sons KD-80 bike had such an impressive power band.
The secret of course was in the time spent porting and polishing, which paid off in spades.
At the time I had a Can Am 175, which can turn your hair prematurely gray. My son and I spent many pleasurable weekends riding up in the mountains near Chilliwhack and Hope B.C..
Live your own life as you see fit and don't let it bother you with what others think - screw em.
Register To Reply
Originally Posted by ParkerFlyer4
for the record there's absolutely no shame in picking! In a few months I will have my first degree in business, and begin my bachelors..
Bookmarks