love-hate

my relationship with my xs is very love hate...here is one pic of me loving it and one pic of me hating it, about 10 mins after my loving it shot...i love riding it, i hate working on it...maybe if i was able to spend as much time riding it as i did working on it or paying to have it worked on...so far my freedom machine has been more like a ball and chain, with me having to work extra to pay for it to get worked on, or spending too long stabbing in the dark (working on it myself) and missing all that time with the fam...grrr, i'm getting super frustrated....but man, those 2 hours it was running was SO fun

pray that i get this thing working right for this coming moto monday...and if that doesn't work, then pray that its ready for the salt flat social...p.s to my wife...i know you would've prefered that i censor my bird, i was just to lazy to get that creative

poor bradlito

my brother complained that i didn't put up a link to his video from our trip to virginia...so here is this http://www.vimeo.com/12541664 and switch to HTML5 player ...but guess what bradlito, you and brad hall are the only people that even read this blog...maybe the trhee of us should team up and do a blog together...whatever, i am at work, better get back to it...

wiring weekend

got the garage all set up to get busy on wiring the bike up this weekend... nick the number one neighbor is helping me...super anxious about getting this done...everyday this bike is not running, i go a little bit more insane....3 posts in one week...what!

ghostbusters hotwheels...jealous?

strappers wedding

didn't realize i had already loaded these pictures on the computer, that makes life easier...2 posts in one week!!!...

before and after, jerm and josh

mr. and mrs. strapper

harrisonburg, va...homesweethometown

bradhall and is beautiful cb750, he is my only "follower" for my blog...maybe i should save myself the hassle and just text him my thoughts and pictures

how do you all do it?

i have so much stuff i could post about...but its probably not going to be today...just got a second here, with my little girl as my side kick talking about getting some "cute ice cream"...i got to go to go skate day with the bolts crew and met some new awesome people, finally got a bike registered and my license, picked up my xs650 from andy at pangea, my brother bought a bike '79cb650, a fun trip back to VA... all of which i could show you pictures of and talk about more IF, my computer wasnt destined to freeze any minute now, i didn't have a little wifey and 2 amazing kids, a job, an xs to get up and running and who knows what else. all of which are good for me, but not for the blog...ohwell, no one reads it anyways...except brad hall...thank bhall

for now enjoy these sweet pics that andy took.... www.pangeaspeed.com

judgmental me

so i try to not be so judgmental, but this guy bugged me on my commute to work this morning, maybe it was because i was driving to work on a saturday morning and maybe it was because he had a bike that he could drive on the freeway and i don't...part of it was definitely his tuck and over-exaggerated-look-how-much-i'm-gunning-it-throttle arm, going 85 for 2 minutes in the fast lane then 65 in the far right lane for 5 minutes; repeat...i'm all for having a good time on your bike, getting extreme, yada yada....but i feel (self-righteously) that i have the ability to tell who is just young at heart having a good time and who is a male nurse out to prove something... i don't know what his bike was, but it looks like a sportbike ninja thing with forward controls...not surprisingly he exited at the lindon harley davidson exit, but not before he down shifted twice, and used that over-exaggerated throttle arm to sportbike down the exit ramp...with love, judgmental me

beginning of my brat

so here is the start to my bratstyle 650...bought it off ebay from a guy in clearfield area last year, sat in the shed untill just a few days ago...so far i'm pulling the wiring (miles of wire), cutting stuff off, changes the wheels to an 18in rear and still a 19 in front but they are from an old tx yamaha or something and have those different walls (can't remember what they're called now) and i put the honda rebel shocks on...i'm planning on this build taking THREE YEARS, so i won't be too bummed when it actually takes me 2.5years...there is a DIY bratstyle seat kit that i plan on buying, tacking into place and having pangea speed finishwelding for me...that is if he doesn't mind working around my horrible welding (lack of) skills...if you didn't already know, andy carter of pangea speed is the man!