Rising prices/labour

[AFJ]

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Having started motorcycling in 1958 as a cheaper, quicker way to commute to school than using the Toronto bus and streetcars every day. 5 days of travel by TTC was $1.25 a week and total time about 5 hours/week whereas the second hand Ariel "Colt" cost about 20 cents worth of gasoline and about 1.25 hours of riding a week, I would point out - respectfully - that times and the value of money have changed. Gasoline was 9 cents a litre, and my part-time grocery clerk's job paid 75 cents an hour. I bought the little Ariel 199cc bike for $325 and a year later sold it for $275. Insurance was $32/year.
I think a spark plug for the bike was either 75 or 95 cents.
AFJ

 

[MacDoc]

Damn you got me beat by almost a decade.

 

[Dirty Frank]

As for the measuring device, if that is the requirement, I would be working on a measuring device I could use in-situ. Something like an L shaped ruler or gauge blocks that I can get in the picture. Audits apparently may happen but do not happen for every safety. Wait for them to tell me that my method is not acceptable and why.

JSP97844, 8 pc. Manual Brake Gauge - Mopar Essential Tools and Service Equipment

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[Brian P]

I put in CR9EIA-9 spark plugs when I built this race bike in 2018 and I haven't touched them since. I've put 5000-ish km on it, almost all of which is way up there in the rev range ... I probably should change them at some point ...

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