i'm giving up motorcycles. i think i'm gonna be a dog groomer instead.

slow and steady wins the race.

hmm... it's really hard to get a motor to run.... if you can't find your pushrods. hmmm....

she's getting there. slowly yet surely.

there was a herbie marathon on AMC this weekend. i forget how much i used to love those movies. i think i've seen the first one a million times and this was the first time ive seen it since elementary school. its the reason i have a mild obsession with one day owning a beetle that scrubs the bumper on wheelstands.

http://sparetime.jp/

let it flow...

let yourself go. slow and low, that is the tem-po.

yea. they we're yoinked from the jj.
frame goes in the blaster tomorrow morning.

so i had to take a break from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in order to pick up another book for my history class. the professor wanted us to do a book report on something that pertains to the curriculum: history post 1945. since we just covered the "counter-culture" of the sixties, i chose "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". it's about Ken Kesey (author of "Cuckoo's Nest") and a bunch of hippies, bikers, and musicians that jumped on a bus and ran around the country dropping LSD as often as possible. definitely an interesting read, espcially when Tom Wolfe, author, attempts to describe the feeling of an acid trip.

same dance, different ballroom.

so here we go again.... she's torn down, headed for the sandblaster, then my homemade basement spray booth, then on to re-assembly... deja vu. done this the last two years, and i'm actually excited for it! it's kinda like legos. this year things will be a tad different... the dooosh is leaving for FL tomorrow morning, so i won't have the extra hand to help, but oh well.... not the first time. and i won't be at the shed assembling it either... gonna do it at my work this year. so close yet so far....

it's time's like these i'm thankful for my dad showing me the basics of turning wrenches. (oh c'mon, i'm allowed to get sentimental every once in a while.) that's him on my shovel when i rode down to visit. so, pardon if the posts get slim, I'll be busy busting my ass. thanks for staying tuned.

and she's back on the road, just in time for a trip. ride safe out there big guy! love you and wish i was riding with you both!

so i stop by warren's shop yesterday to drop off a part, and he's got an evo project sitting out front that's just itching to get flogged.

15 minutes later and it's WHEELIE TIME!!!

Scott "Wino" Weinrich, formerly of St.Vitus has a new album out and it is killer. definitely worth checking out.

and i never knew this, but he played with a buddy of mine, Rob, in the group Solace. very cool. AND LOOK ROB!!! YOU'RE FAMOUS!!! YOU'RE ON WIKIPEDIA!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solace_(band)#Current_members