Wednesday, January 4, 2012

:2012:








 Rode down to Philly to Derek and Jesse's for NYE, ate a ton of whiskey,woke up on the floor on a deflated air mattress with a stray cat staring at me, bike shoved in a 2 1/2 ft wide alley and had to stop twice on the way home before i puked in my helmet. But the city streets were empty and the bike was running strong, was fun dodging the lost heels and broken glass, nice first day of 2012. 

- 2 Winter Projects 250cc total-




Bob asked me to finish his CB 200T when he moved to Chicago, left me a few boxes full of nice new parts and none of them fit his bike, he said pretty please so we'll see how it turns out. But first on the list is to finish the Vespa and make it proper for Melissa's long rides to the liquor store.

Monday, December 12, 2011

-71 CB 350-





Dads first bike, when i dug it out from the back corner of the garage the case was cracked by one of the motor mounts, the gas tank was rusted out, and I'm pretty sure i broke the kicker stop when i was 11 or 12 trying to start it one day for 5 hours straight.  Can still remember limping around school the next day from where the pedal was digging into my shoe.  Years later i found out from a local bike shop that some guy near by had a spare 350 motor sitting in his basement and was willing to sell it for almost nothing. Called him up and swapped all the good parts off that onto my dads bike. Rode it around all summer, mostly at night to avoid the cops and cars. Its been sitting for the past 6 or 7 years, starting to rot away again ever since i bought a bike of my own. Might be bringing it to the garage for some attention before it gets too bad again.