u/Asternpolecat

I bought a used 300l two days ago, I’ve ridden a tw200 for 6 years and decided it was time for an upgrade.

I rode the bike before buying it, started first try then, ran great, zero issues. Rolled the bike out of tue garage yesterday to give it a wash, finished the wash and tried to start it.

Bike would not start, it’s cranked and cranked and cranked until the battery died. It did back fire once but never even sputtered. Replaced the battery today and it just kept turning over until it died again. New battery is now on the charger.

I ordered a new spark plug, but any other suggestions of things to check would be super helpful! I’m pretty heart broken right now because I just moved half way across the country for a new job, and I missed riding so much I spent most of what I had left on this bike to hopefully have a little fun up here.

I’m (22M) have always really loved the idea of flying, so much so I graduated about a month ago with a degree in aerospace engineering and will be starting a master in aerospace engineering this fall at the university of Washington.

The thing is when I was 10-12 years old I hard a very hard time in my life, my dad had a severe drinking problem and ended up dying of alcohol poisoning when I was 12. During this time I acted out at school a time or two and was going through a lot of struggles in my life. My mom wanted to try and get me help because I was struggling and kept taking me to different psychiatrists, initially they tested me for all sorts of things and actually didn’t really initially say there was anything different just that I was having normal reaction to things going on at home.

Eventually my mom really trying to get me help kept going from doctor to doctor until one eventually diagnosed me with “impulsive explosive disorder” and generalized anxiety and medicated me for it (I was 11). Took the medication for like 6 months and my dad ended up passing away at that point and home life started to get a lot better. I decided I didn’t want to take the meds any more at 12 and started to refuse them.

Anyways after that literally never had another problem again in my life with that, it’s not been a decade, haven’t taken any medication for any mental health things, haven’t seen a counselor or therapist. Successfully made it through middle school and high school with good grades, have held two jobs for 5+ years and left on great terms with both. Actually even graduated number one in my engineering program (of about 200 people)

All in all I’m probably the poster child of, yeah kid had a hard life at home, it showed at school and mom took him to doctors and because they’re doctors they thought they found something wrong. But turns out really nothing was off, and now I’ve got a decade of proof.

But anyways do I have any shot of getting a medical, I know it would be special issuance, I’m just debating if maybe I just say fuck it and stick with a sport license.

I’m a 22 year old college student, and I have actually never drank in my life. My dad was an alcoholic and died of alcohol poisoning when I was a kid and since then made the decision to never start drinking.

One of the difficulties I’ve had with this though is dating. I don’t mind dating someone who does consume alcohol but I’ve really struggled with them seeing me not drinking as an issue and have had multiple girls bring up in the past that they wish I would drink with them, just have one, ect. The other end is I’ve struggle a lot to meet girls as most college kids my age are spending their Friday nights out at the bars.

I just want to ask if any of you have had similar experiences in this regard and how you’ve overcome this.

Also sorry if this is absolutely the wrong sub reddit for this. If it is please feel free to remove the post.