@hifiside said:
I got roped into working on paint again. The super charger was a little tall so he needed a cowl induction hood so I painted that for him. And now I got roped into buffing out the whole car. Boo.
Nice! Old school small block chebby with a 6-71. Strange blower drive setup though. The idler actually reduces the belt rap instead of increasing it. Any idea what's he running for fuel?
Love this: it sounds live, too not just a mime. Hard rock without being 'heavy metal', opening track of 'Machine Head' and (I think) the Made in Japan albums. That track and 'Lazy' are just great!
Love this: it sounds live, too not just a mime. Hard rock without being 'heavy metal', opening track of 'Machine Head' and (I think) the Made in Japan albums. That track and 'Lazy' are just great!
Geoff
100 % live unadulterated raw power from the beginning of my favorite line up! Glenn and David were fantastic together, but this is DP, to me. Machine Head and Made In Japan are just simply killer, no filler!
Been lax on speaker stuff. A work buddy from years ago that I stayed in contact with recently got a Honda trail. So I've been working on getting my little Chinese 200cc road worthy after years in mothballs.
Looks like fun to me! I would love to have a dual sport, but I'm afraid my brain would tell me to tackle something my body just can't do anymore. Probably safer if I stick to the pavement. Tear one up for me!
It was originally sold as a "Supermotard" with street tires. Hence the fat, small diameter front wheel/tire. I use it mostly on-road, but when driving around I'm often on the lookout for interesting nooks or foot paths off the side of the road. I put the dual sport tires on so I'm a bit more prepared if the pavement ends or I need to hop a curb and trek through some grass or gravel to get to an interesting spot during urban exploration. This can at least get me there reasonably safely if I'm careful. I'm not getting any younger either and my offroad experience is minimal.
I've got a Vstrom 1000 too. Though it needs maintenance also. I just would rather work on a bike with one head. It is also too big and heavy for my tastes. A Versys 650 is probably the sweet spot for me, but those were still too expensive at the time and I have too much fun playing with cheap stuff. The vstrom came up for cheap as a salvage so I had to atleast try. Also if my wife realy does want to ride with me the vstrom does reasonably well.
I started out with an ex500. Always wanted a gs500e too for some reason. Ultra simple air cooled parallel twin. Just enough power to have some fun, but still small enough to get good MPG. Pretty light to throw around in the twisties. New enough that finding second hand parts is still pretty easy. One came up locally for $1k. Trying hard to ignore.
That's a good looking bike, Drew. I like the Vstroms. Great go fast all day bikes, for decent money. I keep this at my buddies place. He has 5 acres of woods trails with berms, and a few smaller jumps. Hitting the ground hard keeps sucking more as the years accumulate!
Wifee on my old Tecate4 in a gravel pit we frequented.
Local track circa 89'ish on an 85' cr125
xx
1995'ish. Muddy Creek Raceway, Blountville TN IIRC, that's Doug Debach, Ricky Johnson, and me on the right. Have you ever met a person whom you felt was a superstar ... well, this was the time.
2010 Local track crf450r
Went riding at St. Joe state park a couple weeks ago. First time this year. Really need to find a job with decent pay where I don't have to live there.
Kornbread, that is awesome! My buddy Rich has ran against some of the guys in Sr. open class. I ride dirt just for fun, once in a while. I've never gotten good enough to feel like I wanted to compete. Pavement is a different story, and I've had friends try to talk me into racing with them, but I never had the time, or the desire to have another hole to throw money into. I love quads, but again, the time that I have extra always goes to weekend band gigs. Glenn.
Happy birthday, Turn2! I need to get back to taking my mountain bike out. In my 20's I was obsessed with it, then marriage and kids came along. I was in the best shape of my life when I rode 5 days a week. That's a great looking bike. Is it a city/ road hybrid? Glenn.
@Drummer said:
Kornbread, that is awesome! My buddy Rich has ran against some of the guys in Sr. open class. I ride dirt just for fun, once in a while. I've never gotten good enough to feel like I wanted to compete. Pavement is a different story, and I've had friends try to talk me into racing with them, but I never had the time, or the desire to have another hole to throw money into. I love quads, but again, the time that I have extra always goes to weekend band gigs. Glenn.
I've always done it just for fun, except for maybe my younger days when it seemed I had something to prove. Then it got serious, not so much fun, and I had to step back for a while, but it kept me in decent shape and out of the other bad things the other kids were into. 50+ and still love it. When I'm riding, there is a serenity, a cleaning of every single thing, big or small, out of my head with the only thoughts being the bike, dirt, and me.
Everybody has their Happy Gilmore place, and riding is mine ... especially if you throw in a couple buddies.
I wish I would have started riding motorcycles earlier in life. I didn't think I had enough money during my first marriage, then the along came the kids and that sucked it all out of my wallet. When the youngest turned 16, he traded a junk car for a junk Honda Shadow without telling us. My wife was ticked, but that opened the door for me. A few years and 4 bikes later, I think I found a keeper! Yeah, it's a "Dad Bike" but it's so much more fun than the Street Glide was, at least for me.
So true!! Here are a couple more of my other therapy machines. Riding with the right friends is right up there with playing music with the right people!
Looks like a KZ of some sort. The engines of all the different displacement look pretty much the same so hard to tell. Makes me wonder if they all used the same block just different bore/stroke.
My Vstrom and another buddy's cb500x at the old Peters Cartridge factory building.
A stock 1978 Kawasaki KZ650, with spoked wheels. The mags and front end are from an Ltd. I cut the rear section of the frame off, and had a buddy bend new tube and slugs. then every useless mounting tab was cut and ground. The number plates are recycled sheet metal from a retail shelving unit, and the rear cowl is cut and widened from an old Yamaha tank. The inside is carpeted with an industrial velcro attachment on the back of the seat pad. I shot it with airborne base paint, and cleared with a catalyzed urethane with matte flattener added. It's a blast to take out and rip the twisties on!
Tom, those FJRs are killer machines! Comfortable and great motors! I can't allow myself bikes with that much go on the twisty Mcfun meter.( throttle) ๐ I had to make a no more sport bikes, or hp machines, because I have far more balls than common sense. Those bikes make me go much faster than I need to. Beautiful bike.
Drew, that's a great picture! Glenn.
@Drummer said:
Happy birthday, Turn2! I need to get back to taking my mountain bike out. In my 20's I was obsessed with it, then marriage and kids came along. I was in the best shape of my life when I rode 5 days a week. That's a great looking bike. Is it a city/ road hybrid? Glenn.
Thanks, man. These days I think you'd call it a straight bar gravel bike. It can basically go most places where the grade isn't real steep. 30cc tires and around 21 lbs. total, so pretty capable without being race ready. Around here (DSM area) there are plenty of paved and crushed limestone trails.
@Drummer said:
Tom, those FJRs are killer machines! Comfortable and great motors! I can't allow myself bikes with that much go on the twisty Mcfun meter.( throttle) ๐ I had to make a no more sport bikes, or hp machines, because I have far more balls than common sense. Those bikes make me go much faster than I need to. Beautiful bike.
Drew, that's a great picture! Glenn.
I know what you mean. I've become a little addicted to the torque on demand, so I have to leave it in touring mode to keep myself out of trouble! I still have my V-Star 1100, but it feels so strange now with the forward controls and wider bars. It's still fun, but I should probably sell it and pick up a nice used standard/naked bike. I like the look of the Vstroms. Never ridden one, but that might be ideal for my 10 minute commute in town. I just like trying different bikes!
I can't allow myself bikes with that much go on the twisty Mcfun meter.( throttle) ๐ I had to make a no more sport bikes, or hp machines, because I have far more balls than common sense.
As the saying goes "Wide open until you see God......then brake".
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Well then quit being so damn good at it.
He says premium pump gas.
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Love this: it sounds live, too not just a mime. Hard rock without being 'heavy metal', opening track of 'Machine Head' and (I think) the Made in Japan albums. That track and 'Lazy' are just great!
Geoff
not OT, but did not want to make a new thread:
100 % live unadulterated raw power from the beginning of my favorite line up! Glenn and David were fantastic together, but this is DP, to me. Machine Head and Made In Japan are just simply killer, no filler!
I watched that the other day. Pretty neat.
Not the best sound, but this Deep Purple show is available on CD with better quality; check Ian Gillan's hair!
Geoff
Remember the TV show "Kung Fu"?
Here's an Australian send-up from the 1980s, apologies if I've already put it up before:
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Geoff
Shitty week at work, two vendors took a header over a trip hazard our contractor failed to address.
Just wanted to vent.
Been lax on speaker stuff. A work buddy from years ago that I stayed in contact with recently got a Honda trail. So I've been working on getting my little Chinese 200cc road worthy after years in mothballs.
Looks like fun to me! I would love to have a dual sport, but I'm afraid my brain would tell me to tackle something my body just can't do anymore. Probably safer if I stick to the pavement. Tear one up for me!
It was originally sold as a "Supermotard" with street tires. Hence the fat, small diameter front wheel/tire. I use it mostly on-road, but when driving around I'm often on the lookout for interesting nooks or foot paths off the side of the road. I put the dual sport tires on so I'm a bit more prepared if the pavement ends or I need to hop a curb and trek through some grass or gravel to get to an interesting spot during urban exploration. This can at least get me there reasonably safely if I'm careful. I'm not getting any younger either and my offroad experience is minimal.
I've got a Vstrom 1000 too. Though it needs maintenance also. I just would rather work on a bike with one head. It is also too big and heavy for my tastes. A Versys 650 is probably the sweet spot for me, but those were still too expensive at the time and I have too much fun playing with cheap stuff. The vstrom came up for cheap as a salvage so I had to atleast try. Also if my wife realy does want to ride with me the vstrom does reasonably well.
I started out with an ex500. Always wanted a gs500e too for some reason. Ultra simple air cooled parallel twin. Just enough power to have some fun, but still small enough to get good MPG. Pretty light to throw around in the twisties. New enough that finding second hand parts is still pretty easy. One came up locally for $1k. Trying hard to ignore.
That's a good looking bike, Drew. I like the Vstroms. Great go fast all day bikes, for decent money. I keep this at my buddies place. He has 5 acres of woods trails with berms, and a few smaller jumps. Hitting the ground hard keeps sucking more as the years accumulate!
I like to play in the dirt ...
Wifee on my old Tecate4 in a gravel pit we frequented.
Local track circa 89'ish on an 85' cr125
xx
1995'ish. Muddy Creek Raceway, Blountville TN IIRC, that's Doug Debach, Ricky Johnson, and me on the right. Have you ever met a person whom you felt was a superstar ... well, this was the time.
2010 Local track crf450r
Went riding at St. Joe state park a couple weeks ago. First time this year. Really need to find a job with decent pay where I don't have to live there.
Kornbread, that is awesome! My buddy Rich has ran against some of the guys in Sr. open class. I ride dirt just for fun, once in a while. I've never gotten good enough to feel like I wanted to compete. Pavement is a different story, and I've had friends try to talk me into racing with them, but I never had the time, or the desire to have another hole to throw money into. I love quads, but again, the time that I have extra always goes to weekend band gigs. Glenn.
I certainly won't get that much air, but me and 'Merica have a birthday tomorrow, and my birthday present is a couple mods short of her maiden voyage.
Happy birthday, Turn2! I need to get back to taking my mountain bike out. In my 20's I was obsessed with it, then marriage and kids came along. I was in the best shape of my life when I rode 5 days a week. That's a great looking bike. Is it a city/ road hybrid? Glenn.
I've always done it just for fun, except for maybe my younger days when it seemed I had something to prove. Then it got serious, not so much fun, and I had to step back for a while, but it kept me in decent shape and out of the other bad things the other kids were into. 50+ and still love it. When I'm riding, there is a serenity, a cleaning of every single thing, big or small, out of my head with the only thoughts being the bike, dirt, and me.
Everybody has their Happy Gilmore place, and riding is mine ... especially if you throw in a couple buddies.
I wish I would have started riding motorcycles earlier in life. I didn't think I had enough money during my first marriage, then the along came the kids and that sucked it all out of my wallet. When the youngest turned 16, he traded a junk car for a junk Honda Shadow without telling us. My wife was ticked, but that opened the door for me. A few years and 4 bikes later, I think I found a keeper! Yeah, it's a "Dad Bike" but it's so much more fun than the Street Glide was, at least for me.
So true!! Here are a couple more of my other therapy machines. Riding with the right friends is right up there with playing music with the right people!
Now that's a cool cafe style bike! What did that start out as?
Looks like a KZ of some sort. The engines of all the different displacement look pretty much the same so hard to tell. Makes me wonder if they all used the same block just different bore/stroke.
My Vstrom and another buddy's cb500x at the old Peters Cartridge factory building.
A stock 1978 Kawasaki KZ650, with spoked wheels. The mags and front end are from an Ltd. I cut the rear section of the frame off, and had a buddy bend new tube and slugs. then every useless mounting tab was cut and ground. The number plates are recycled sheet metal from a retail shelving unit, and the rear cowl is cut and widened from an old Yamaha tank. The inside is carpeted with an industrial velcro attachment on the back of the seat pad. I shot it with airborne base paint, and cleared with a catalyzed urethane with matte flattener added. It's a blast to take out and rip the twisties on!
Tom, those FJRs are killer machines! Comfortable and great motors! I can't allow myself bikes with that much go on the twisty Mcfun meter.( throttle) ๐ I had to make a no more sport bikes, or hp machines, because I have far more balls than common sense. Those bikes make me go much faster than I need to. Beautiful bike.
Drew, that's a great picture! Glenn.
Ha, me too!
Thanks, man. These days I think you'd call it a straight bar gravel bike. It can basically go most places where the grade isn't real steep. 30cc tires and around 21 lbs. total, so pretty capable without being race ready. Around here (DSM area) there are plenty of paved and crushed limestone trails.
I know what you mean. I've become a little addicted to the torque on demand, so I have to leave it in touring mode to keep myself out of trouble! I still have my V-Star 1100, but it feels so strange now with the forward controls and wider bars. It's still fun, but I should probably sell it and pick up a nice used standard/naked bike. I like the look of the Vstroms. Never ridden one, but that might be ideal for my 10 minute commute in town. I just like trying different bikes!
I can't allow myself bikes with that much go on the twisty Mcfun meter.( throttle) ๐ I had to make a no more sport bikes, or hp machines, because I have far more balls than common sense.
As the saying goes "Wide open until you see God......then brake".
Everything was going great... until it wasn't.
It's hard to brake in time when your going 170+ mph. Even harder when you're going nearly 200. This happened recently in central IA.
https://kcci.com/article/iowa-kcci-investigates-deputies-release-video-in-deadly-multi-county-chase-and-crash/44348505