Hi everyone ... all these years of missing the old org and I've just found the new one :notworthy:
So, my name is Barry, known in the old org for restoring my trusty '03 (which another member said looked like a ship anchor, due to riding through multiple winters) back to pristine condition as well as bumping the power up to a respectable 125rwbhp.
So what have I been up to, life wise I died on 9th January 2021 due to a cardiac arrest, but some lovely people brought me back after performing CPR on me for 18 minutes ... still alive but now have heart failure and a few other things going wrong ... but hey, that's life.
Still got my first 14, but I took it off the road about 7 years ago (can't remember why) after having done over 103k on her, and she's sat in the garage all that time quietly rusting away ... but I've now pulled it out (ooer) and I'm looking at getting her running again. The rear frame is pretty rusted, the throttle bodies have jammed up (have a spare set), can't get the feckin fuel line off etc ... but it'll be worth all the hassle if I can get her running and on the road again.
Why after all this time I hear you ask, well my current '05 14 has decided that it wants to die, the noise coming from the top end of the engine is horrendous, I don't think it's big ends gone, only 25k on it and not a lot of vibration, but the rattles and clattering is truly dire (possibly cam cap bolts shearing) ... so basically it's dead.
I don't have a lot of strength or energy these days, so I'm not really up to taking the engine out and stripping/rebuilding.
Anyhoo, will be trawling through all the posts to remind myself all the hints/tips that I've forgotten about.
All the best ... Barry
Welcome Barry - sad your named after a grotty seaside resort in south Wales :rofl2:
Welcome to the forum Barry. :onya: Good luck with your project.
Hi Barry, I know its not as bad as you but after having 3 heart attacks and a stent fitted, i found tinkering away on a bike is good therapy, kept me going and better than doing nothing, good luck with the tidy up, :onya:
Tony.
Nice to have you back Barry, good luck with the (continuing) restoration, many of the hints and tips from the old org are still available, so plenty to read up on!
G'day Barry and welcome back to the nuthouse 🤣🤣
Good health is overrated by too many people. You only get one shot normally please utilise your second life wisely 🙏🙏
Quote from: hard road on Saturday, 02 September 2023, 10:23 PMHi Barry, I know its not as bad as you but after having 3 heart attacks and a stent fitted, i found tinkering away on a bike is good therapy, kept me going and better than doing nothing, good luck with the tidy up, :onya:
Tony.
What's bad to one person is nothing to another, so you could be in as bad a state as me ... I'm alive and that's what matters.
In September 2021, I had what I thought was indigestion for four days (for the first time in my life) and was sick a few times ... was only after my big sis said that it sounded like a heart attack that I got it checked.
There's a lovely little thing in your body called troponin, a normal level is around 10, mine was around 1300 for the first test and then 2300 for the second ... yep, I'd been having heart attacks for 4 days.
Given loads of tablets and sent on my way (my RCA was 100% blocked and LDA 50% blocked), fast forward to 9th January 2022 and I had gone out for a fish supper, got to within 15 yards of my front door and dropped dead. Luckily for me a midwife, trainee paramedic and an ex-lifeguard just happened to be passing and brought me back.
Got a pacemaker fitted and two stents in my LDA ... even started exercising and went from 30m for a mile down to 18m ... until April last year when it all went south ... which is probably when the heart failure started ... but not diagnosed until March this year ... urgent referral made to cardiology for October 24th!!
I can still do stuff, but it's like being the Duracell bunny with crap batteries, the energy just drains away very very quickly ... but as I said, I'm alive :)
All the best ... Barry
Everyone ... thanks for the welcome, both from old and new :clapping:
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Saturday, 02 September 2023, 11:30 PMNice to have you back Barry, good luck with the (continuing) restoration, many of the hints and tips from the old org are still available, so plenty to read up on!
Would've been nice to see my Resurrection thread again for the first time I did my original 14 up... maybe I can do a second Resurrection thread ... although it's in an even worse state now!!
Hi Barry, great to have you back on the forum, and the land of the living. I'll look forward to the new resurrection thread - with pic's. :cheers: :onya:
So we could say welcome back, in more ways than one :happy1:
Can remember your name from the old org though, good luck with everything
Wow , your name and topic is a blast from the past :hat:
Welcome back... twice from what i read ;)
Welcome Mate, maybe Lazarus a better user name😎
Thanks everyone ... hadn't thought of that coming back twice ... seems quite apt that my original 14 should also come back twice ... fingers crossed.
I now have two birthdays a year ... just hit 57 a few days ago and I'll then I'll be 2 in January :clapping:
It's great to be back ... back!
All the best ... Barry
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to the forum.
And life. :onya:
:welcome1:
Back home :cheers:
Ayup, I remember that avatar.
Quote from: Hooli on Tuesday, 05 September 2023, 10:44 PMAyup, I remember that avatar.
Only now it has more teeth than I do :clapping:
All the best ... Barry
Welcome back. Yours is a Good news story that looks as if it should only get better.
Pete.
Quote from: Rynglieder on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 12:51 AMWelcome back. Yours is a Good news story that looks as if it should only get better.
Pete.
Yep, being alive is definitely being better than not ... things take a little longer now, but at least I can still do them :boogie2:
All the best ... Barry
Quote from: BanditsHigh on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 04:21 AMQuote from: Rynglieder on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 12:51 AMWelcome back. Yours is a Good news story that looks as if it should only get better.
Pete.
Yep, being alive is definitely being better than not ... things take a little longer now, but at least I can still do them :boogie2:
All the best ... Barry
yeah being alive is a bonus, but just had the news one of my oldest mates just had a heart attack and a stroke, its not looking good for him right now, I hope he pulls through. I don't get it ? i had 3 attacks and im fine, luck of the draw I think.
Quote from: hard road on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 06:38 AMyeah being alive is a bonus, but just had the news one of my oldest mates just had a heart attack and a stroke, its not looking good for him right now, I hope he pulls through. I don't get it ? i had 3 attacks and im fine, luck of the draw I think.
Sorry to hear about that and yes it's luck of the draw.
I had zero pain from four (or more) days of heart attacks, just a little indigestion and was sick a few times. It was only because my big sister said that sounded like a heart attack that I got checked out.
Then the cardiac arrest, if I hadn't gone out, if I'd been in the long side street going to the chippy and back, if I'd made it back to the house instead of fifteen yards away, if those three appropriately trained people hadn't been passing by etc ... then I'd be dead.
Back in May, my brothers daughter Iona, 24 years old, had a bad headache for a week, then all of a sudden was in intensive care and shortly after passed away, leaving behind a three year old daughter. We're still waiting on the autopsy report to find out what happened.
Fingers crossed and hope for the best, it's all you can do.
All the best ... Barry
Quote from: BanditsHigh on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 05:00 PMQuote from: hard road on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 06:38 AMyeah being alive is a bonus, but just had the news one of my oldest mates just had a heart attack and a stroke, its not looking good for him right now, I hope he pulls through. I don't get it ? i had 3 attacks and im fine, luck of the draw I think.
Sorry to hear about that and yes it's luck of the draw.
I had zero pain from four (or more) days of heart attacks, just a little indigestion and was sick a few times. It was only because my big sister said that sounded like a heart attack that I got checked out.
Then the cardiac arrest, if I hadn't gone out, if I'd been in the long side street going to the chippy and back, if I'd made it back to the house instead of fifteen yards away, if those three appropriately trained people hadn't been passing by etc ... then I'd be dead.
Back in May, my brothers daughter Iona, 24 years old, had a bad headache for a week, then all of a sudden was in intensive care and shortly after passed away, leaving behind a three year old daughter. We're still waiting on the autopsy report to find out what happened.
Fingers crossed and hope for the best, it's all you can do.
All the best ... Barry
im afraid he didn't make it, he was my oldest mate (48 years) RIP Mark.
Quote from: hard road on Monday, 11 September 2023, 01:03 AMim afraid he didn't make it, he was my oldest mate (48 years) RIP Mark.
My sincerest condolences ... a mate for 48 years that's something.
All the best ... Barry
Quote from: BanditsHigh on Monday, 11 September 2023, 01:33 AMQuote from: hard road on Monday, 11 September 2023, 01:03 AMim afraid he didn't make it, he was my oldest mate (48 years) RIP Mark.
My sincerest condolences ... a mate for 48 years that's something.
All the best ... Barry
thanks Barry, it was only yesterday he was walking his dog, had a funny turn and ended up in Blackpool hospital. you just don't know when its your time.
Tony.
Quote from: hard road on Monday, 11 September 2023, 02:18 AMthanks Barry, it was only yesterday he was walking his dog, had a funny turn and ended up in Blackpool hospital. you just don't know when its your time.
Tony.
Hi Tony, it's life, you just never know what it's going to throw at you, sometimes it's good, sometimes crap ... can only hope that he didn't suffer.
My own hospital stay was strange, after I was released from intensive care to the cardiac ward my memory seemed to be frazzled, I'd forget things almost immediately. Seemingly each day I was calling people and saying "you'll never guess what happened to me".
I remember nothing about the first 10 days in hospital, the first day I actually remember is the day I got my pacemaker fitted.
It certainly brings a new perspective on life, long gone are the days of thinking I was invincible, now it's a matter of taking each day one at a time.
Take care ... Barry
My dad had his first stroke in 2001 it changed his personality to a Kranky Old Bastard. No loss of physical ability 🤞
He's just had another and lost the sight in his right eye. He will turn 89 in December if he survives, his words.
So live life to your fullest you just never know 🙏🙏🙏
Quote from: GSXKING on Monday, 11 September 2023, 09:30 AMMy dad had his first stroke in 2001 it changed his personality to a Kranky Old Bastard. No loss of physical ability 🤞
He's just had another and lost the sight in his right eye. He will turn 89 in December if he survives, his words.
So live life to your fullest you just never know 🙏🙏🙏
Sorry to hear about your dad ... my mum had quite a few but luckily left her reasonably ok ... it's a frightening thing to watch someone have a stroke, but not much you can do apart from called an ambulance.
And yes, you never know what's around the corner, I've always had a kinda "it might be shit just now but it'll get better" sort of outlook on life ... for example, I might have bad health now, but at least I'm still around :cheers:
All the best ... Barry