Night Pan

Finish product, welded and band-aided over with flexi-pipe.

I Like! Sits away from the oil tank, turns up right behind transmixion, muffs tight, lower all around, and aiming backward more, for everyone else's hearing pleasure. Fahrradknugen.Schintzengruben Style.

So this is what I came up with for the exhaust.

Christmas Trip 2013

I have not posted since I left KY, so here is the short and dirty: I've been in CA since July, enjoying the weather. I got my bike runnning and put around 300 miles on it before I ran off the road and layed it down in some gravel. Luckily, me and old Lady Luck are both OK. (she earned her name that day)

I'm messing around with the pipes right now. I also put on a chopper seat that is way more comfortable. I'm also in the process of sorting out the front end a little better. I've never been quite happy with the handlebar set up and now I'm thinking I want an 18 or 19 inch rim up front. PLUS front brake, that could have helped a little on dead man's curve. 

So my buddy loaned me his d3000 Nikon, with which I took all of the afformentioned and here to come fotos.

I drove west on Hwy 20 ...

over Donner Pass...

around lake Donner...

Who ever owns this barn is a pure asthete to shore it up like this, it can serve no functional purpose.

North over the Little Truckee River...

to Sierraville.

Then further north to Vinton and Chilcoot CA

Before turning east again and past Border Town with a huge frozen lake at 5000 ft.

I eventually passed through Reno and made the loop back to Truckee on the I-80. The route from Reno to Truckee is along the Truckee River through the same gorge as the Railroad as well. It is BEAUTIFUL.

Near Farad, I looked to my left and saw a big bird flying along almost level with the HWY but still a hundred feet over the river. I was doing 65 and he was probably doing 55, so I slowly caught up and passed him as I did I finally saw his broad white tail and white head. It was thew first time I've ever seen a Bald Eagle on the wing so close to me. I slowed down to his speed and rode along with him for a little while until he turned off to make another pass over the river. Amazing. I heard his cry in my sleep later that night.  Sorry I didn't get a pic of that!

FTW

I haven't posted anything in over a year but I just had the most traffic ever! I don't know why, but here's the update:

Almost done with the panhead. Enough roadblocks and procrastination has put me out of reach for born free. Even if it was done tomorrow I'd never ride it there or even from Norcal because it is a fresh motor and needs broken in, not just BROKEN.

Here's the rant.

I've been wanting to leave this area for over a year now, for various reasons. I have been fucked out of my house by the mortgage company. Last year I asked if I could refinance. They said NO. Then I told them I was having trouble coming up with nearly $900 a month since I hadn't had a job in three years. I was hustling, doing anything I could (short of prostituting myself) to come up with cash. I sold everything I had that was valuable except my last bike and pistol. Anyway, they tricked me into signing an agreement that stated I would not have to make a house payment for 4 months, after which I would have the same payment with another $250 tacked on every month for two more years. Yeah, I know, Not much relief, plus why did I even sign the agreement? Well I was desperate, they had given me the runaround for over 6 months, and I listened to someone I shouldn't have.  So after the four months was up, I payed it all back in one lump sum, but the damage was done. Even though KY Housing Corp allowed me to not pay for 4 months (their idea, not mine!) They also reported me to the credit bureaus as 150 days late on my house payment. Now, NOONE!!!!! will refinance me for at least two years of on time payments. And guess what, I still can't afford it. As anyone else who bought a house in 2007 knows, You can't even sell your house for the payoff now. I've been trying to sell it by owner for 6 months, can't even get an offer over payoff. And if I go with a realtor  AKA: leach, then I have to sell it for 5-6% more than that!!!! Fucked. So, I'm not making any more payments so they can come and have it. 6 years of homeownership, payments, maintenance on the house, over $65,000 total flushed down the drain. All my guns and bikes and cars are gone. Probabaly 15,000 worth of savings and investments gone. No 401K.  No IRA.

What I do have:
1 Panhead chopper.
1 Ford Diesel truck.
2 Beautiful Boys (my cats)
All my tools and welders plus a few swap meet parts I hope to sell off in the future minus one Handy lift I sold at a $400 loss.

I'm painting the bike and assembling it after which I am packing up and moving to California within the month.  Got friends out there say the weather is great. Can't wait. Not much else to look forward to.

Hope everybody else is doing well, I'm not. No matter what they say, I don't see any signs of economic improvement around here. As a matter of fact, I see just the opposite. Minimum wages, even for skilled jobs. Temporary assignments, Part time employment with an irregular schedule, No health care, No Hope.

Good luck to everybody, I'm just wishing for a total economic collapse so we can all be in the same boat instead of having out heads held underwater by those clamoring to stay on top.

Peace.

Memorial Day Weekend

Took off on the XS scoot to L-Ville Sunday afternoon after waking up at noon from the night before. Nice backroad three hour tour each way. Bike ran great. Caught tail end of Beatersville Car show and snapped a few of the the couple bikes and cars I liked. Hope you like. Sorry about crappy pics: Its a cell fone!

Gasser Wagon, nice wheels.

Perfect.

I really like these two T's Esp the blue one. I like these nice finished period style rods more than most all rats. A good rat is great, but too often its an excuse to not finish your car!

 Clean Scoot

Woke up this morning and went to the Flea Mkt at the fairgrounds with some old friends.

Found some cool junk.  $30 Well spent

Pan on the ground