Dirt Bike Journals
September 21 2022
What I'm going to do for my senior project is how to maintain my dirt bike but it is not broken. My hardest thing on my senior project is finding a mentor which is on the top of my head and that is the first thing to get done about this senior project and then i can get started right away the mentor. And i have been doing research on my senior project so far is what I’ve done.
September 23 2022
Somehow my email isn’t working because it’s probably my computer doesn’t want corporate with me thats what i would say. Why i need my email because i need to find a mentor soon before i graduate this year. What i have been doing in senior english is working on it and everything else seems to be going good with my senior project so far.
10/5/22
Journal about still needing a mentor:
On Monday, Mr. Finley and I talked for about 30 minutes first thing in the morning before classes. It was just really me and Mr. Finley. Mr. Scott was there but didn’t really talk much.
Mr. Finley thinks my project is a good idea. We talked about finding a mentor and that maybe my dad can ask Casey Griffin to help me with my senior project. Casey Griffin is a guy who works on lawn mowers and stuff. I think he has a web page? He lives and works from his house, which I think is in Bethel. My dad knows for sure.
Right now I am feeling frustrated because it’s hard to find a mentor. I wish I could just get my senior project done with. I really just want to find a mentor so I know how to work on my dirt bike and fix it. It’s hard to focus in other classes because all I can think about is not having a mentor.
I have been trying to research how to fix dirt bikes on my own. I have looked at how to change oil, and how to repair an engine. I looked at a couple websites. I really wish I had someone like a mentor to help me understand.
10/18/22
Everything i have been working on for my senior project is watching videos and take notes what is more important information and still trying to find a mentor for my senior project and ms heidi is helping me on a script for finding mentors the script will help me remember what i need to know and need to say. And im am feeling a little bit nervous about talking on the phone and telling them about how to get help to fix my dirt bike and everything else i need help with on my dirt bike. I feel kind of nervous about my senior project and and passing and graduate high school and getting my diploma to graduate.
4/10/23
Now that I am used to my dirt bike, I am not afraid of how fast it goes now because I am attracted to the bike. It’s like me and the bike are working together to be more used to it while riding the bike. Sometimes I have lost my balance on the bike because I rode the corner too short and steep or fast so my dirt bike got loose in the dirt. That's how I lost my balance. One time when I was putting my dirt bike back in the trailer I usually put the bike I let go of the clutch and the bike drove off with out me and it fell over on the ground. One time my dad’s friend drove my dirt bike and broke the clutch that shifts the bike into gears. I forgot to put the bike in neutral.
I don’t really go into any gear except first and second gear, even though my bike has five gears. When I drove my dirt bike for the first time it scared me so much it frightened me because it was fun because of how fast the bike can go. Sometimes my dirt bike lifts up in the front because of how much torque
the bike has when you take off when you pull the throttle back. Torque is provides the power and force to make the pistons move. And the engine has a fan to cool the engine down when the bike usually over heats. But my 4 stroke dirt bike engine consists of a piston and barrel. My 4 stroke dirt bike has 4 pistons in the dirt bike. A 2 stroke dirt bike engine has pistons as well as a 4 stroke dirt bike.
4/17/2023
This weekend i lost my balance on my dirt bike because i forgot i was in 2nd gear and not in 1st gear. This weekend I rode my dirt bike and when I was riding my dirt bike I was going a little fast on the corner and lost my balance like everybody has been there. And gotten back up because when you lose your balance it doesn’t really hurt when you lose your balance. When i lost my balance my dirt bike was kind of heavy to pick up off the ground because the bike weighs more than me by a lot. I also rode my dirt bike much faster than i have ever before. I think i have been into third gear before i really can’t remember.
5/1/23
What I did this weekend I changed my dirt bike oil and changed the old spark plug the old spark plug was black because it was my dad took pictures of me changing the spark plug and the oil out of my dirt bike. When I rode my dirt bike the sound of the dirt bike was a bit more quieter with the new spark plug when I rode my dirt bike before I changed the spark plug it was a bit louder when the old spark plug was still in the dirt bike. When I rode my dirt bike after changing the spark plug and the oil my dirt bike never backed fired when the new spark plug was in the dirt bike.