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Summer skies, tall clouds, country lanes. Today is perfect; take the time now and tomorrow you can deal with tomorrow. For instance, maybe tomorrow I'll finally get around to painting that silly crate black to match the rest of the bike...

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[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for a shoulder to cry on! This is a 19 year old Vespa - simple separate brake lines sans frills, but two hours of disassembly to get to them (shop rate is 90 € / hour). Guess it's sensible to let a pro look at the whole system...

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

And alas, based on your local currency being Euros I predict it'll be a rather long swim for you to bring the thing over here so I can mess with it. Oh well.