Rode the Bike to work today

I almost got caught in a parade. Is it homecoming already?
After having ridden for a full week (sad really, but I think that's a record) I'm really getting the motorcycle juices flowing again. I used to own several motorcycles at a time. I only have the two right now. There was a time that I had the local Bargain Finder out circling all the odd named and low priced weird stuff. Times have changed and that stuff is not so common now. With the internet everyone things their Honda CM400 is a collectors item or they just threw it away a few years ago. All the good stuff is in the garages of the Peter Egan set. Empty nest Baby Boomers who are buying all that stuff because they have a little money to spend and the time to work on it. Don't get me wrong I'm friends with many of these guys and when the time comes to sell the stuff I might be in a position to actually buy something. I have a house that needs a little of everything and two wonderful children who need my attention, so I'll focus on riding my S-Wee and working on the Sprint as time allows and one of these days I need to get started on the Ducati.

It's a cool little bike, I really should commit to working on this over the winter. I have it on the stand in the new garage. Oh, but back to the Bargain Finder. As you may have guessed, if you are a regular reader of this here web log, from time to time I get a hankerin' for a specific kind of bike. As I get older and my tastes change I keep finding myself gravitating toward motorcycles with blue and white propellers on them. I like to have a new(ish) bike and I really dig the old stuff too. Since I sold the Honda and I'm actually leaning on turning the Suzuki into a light sport-tourer (not really - I'm just looking at a pair of bags) I'd like to have some sort of nifty old BMW to parade about from time to time. Not an R32 mind you but perhaps a toaster tank /5 or one of these. I was looking at bag sites and saw that pic. I could see me on that. And then starting to take longer routes to work. Buying TourMaster boots. Trading the S-Wee in on a R1200ST. Buying a silver flip-front helmet!!! Oh no make it stop! Sorry, having a nightmare. My Dad's only had two bikes he ever regretted selling, an SR500 Yamaha and a /5 Beemer. It was copper and had a white Windjammer. Ugly as hell but he always remarks about he should not have sold that bike. I have a pic of it but no way to scan it at the moment. I found a cool video though. Getting sleepy, gotta go.

Rode the bike to work today

The baby's been getting up at 4:30 so I have too. Makes it easier to gear up and get out the door when you have more than 45 seconds to prepare. Momma's pissed however, due to the fact that the baby also got up at 10,11,12,1,2,3 o'clock as well. Girl's a trooper I tells ya.

Rode the bike to work today.

So, I've got that going for me.

Rode the bike to work today

Another awesome day to be on a bike. That's all for now. Here's a teaser pic I took at the MotoGP.
The place was lousy with Ducati's.

Rode the bike to work today

Man, it's been too damn long since I rode my bike. According to my posts, the last time I rode to work was June 19th. Disgraceful. We've got mild desert weather going on here, 50's on the morning and mid - high 80's on the ride home. I like it. The cards were stacked against me this morning but I rode in anyway. Running late, forgot my keys and had to wake up the wife to let me back in. I made it. Going to try riding as long as I can for the rest of the season.
My computer at home seems to be working again, so I'll try to get the MotoGP pics up soon.

Sunday, Soggy Sunday

I'm settling in from a weekend at the 2nd U.S. round of MotoGP at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 'puter at home is on the fritz so when I get that back in action I'll do a detailed account of the goings on in Indy. What that means is lots of pictures of motorcycles I'll never own. More later.

A few of my friends call me "Two Sheds"

We've been settling in to the new compound nicely. The new baby and all the family, for that matter, are doing fine. As I have mentioned storage is a big issue here. To that end, I have been keeping myself busy with a bit of light carpentry (that's sarcasm, folks). I've been called lots of things, carpenter is not one of them. Maybe Karen, I do play the drums...I digress. The Chief gave me some pointers and a mornings worth of help but other than that, I did this by myself. Not bad for a...whatever the hell I am. Now that I have a shed, I've removed some of the clutter from the car-hole and (not that I want to) I could park a car in there. Two if I was to move the Suzuki and Ducati, but that's not gong to happen. So phase one of "find a place to put all this shit" is almost complete. A little more trim and a whole lot of paint and the shed should be done. I will then have one shed. A few years ago I was thinking about getting a second shed...
It's just an ordinary - garden - shed.