Yea I know I just did Course 6. No I didn't fail anything. The school has our group of 60 students broken up into blocks of 2 courses at a time. Half of us go to, for example, Course 5 and half to Course 6. Then we flip.
Course 5 is a maintenence course. Mostly its focused on carbs and not the kind you eat either. We're learning how to sync them, rebuild them, vacuum test them and hook em up to an EGA (Exhaust Gas Analyzer) and adjust them accordingly. They're also throwing a few tire changes, safety inspections and some tune up stuff at us too. The 2 stroke tune up section is kind of a joke to be honest with you though seeing as we haven't touched a 2 stroke motor to date. All our learning on that has been book learning.
I got a 90 on the first test. It wasn't exactly fair that they gave us the test the minute we walked back in the door from Thanksgiving break. Nothing like a total of 30 hours of driving, family headaches and general holiday stuff to get you ready for a test. I'm surprised I only got one question wrong.
I worked the EGA machine yesterday, did 2 safety inspections, did two valve adjustments and some paperwork. It was the first day of labwork. We have 3 more days of practice labs for the stuff gets graded. We sort of got the shaft on this as compared to a lot of other classes in that school was closed 2 days last week and we don't get the chance to make that time up or anything and we still have to finish the same amount of work. It definatly puts the pressure on but right now we don't need pressure. We need to be able to learn how to do the work RIGHT, then get our speed up. So far I've gotten everything pretty good but I feel so rushed and the information isn't sinking in like it does when I can take my time and soak it all up. Which brings me to my next point........
THE PROJECT! I should have just about all my equipment by the end of the week so this weekend will bring pictures of the bike as it sits right now before I do ANYTHING to it aside from having the battery on a trickle charger for the last 2 weeks. It should be good and charged up and ready to get going on these electrical systems tests. I think I'll be succesful in my goal to become a full on recluse once this gets started. The only way you'll see me is at the parts store or if you happen to drive by the garage and say hi.
