Redneck GPS...

My buddy's bachelor party was last night. I wanted to ride because it was a nice way around the backroads of north Georgia. Since there was a chance for rain, and since the directions were all kinda screwy, I took something from the enduro crowd...voila:

Beer and bikes...

Sometimes you have to drink beer...and sometimes you have to rebuild forks.

Servi-cars and trikes...

For some reason I have the hankerin' to build a servi-car framed trike. Something that just looks sick as fuck. I don't know who owns these, but props to them:

Ride To Work Day...

Yesterday was Ride To Work Day. It was posted on the JJ. I thought it was a pretty funny concept...especially since every day is Ride To Work Day for me.

Garage Time Is Fun!!!

I decided to completely redo my garages a few weeks ago. I am not even close to done, but this is what I have done with the main garage for now. This side is the "bar." There is a beer fridge, kegerator, those hanging cabinets store my extensive draft glass collection and the floor cabinet to the right has my CO2 tank and storage for pitchers/large mugs/das boot. The kegerator is being replaced thanks to the warranty department at Avanti, so it will be back in between the two floor cabinets: I epoxied the floor and painted the walls to kinda match. That whole back wall will receive the same Gladiator Garageworks (http://www.gladiatorgw.com/) cabinetry as the bar side did. Yeah...that's an electronic paper towel dispenser.
I need to put up blinds on this side and set up a few more things, but it looks a helluva lot better than it did in my single car garage. Oh yeah, I was changing the oil in my bike, so that wasn't just some kind of posing shit.

Smoke Out laugh...

How did I know that when I saw these pics from the Smoke Out, that I would find one of the idiots in them...and there he is. Brian Jackson to the top right with the Jack Daniels Bandana on.

Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills...

I think I know what Phil Anselmo was talking about now. Jason and Emily decided to throw a pool party last Saturday.

Jason decided to dance (shortly after he realized that it wasn't the smartest idea to challenge me to a chugging contest):

Jason's sister decided to wear Cobb's home made coconut bikini:

Jason had to hose off Chris after he hacked up the 13 Molson Canadians he finished in about 2 hours:

The Cuntry...

When you live in the country, you are liable to see some funny shit. Well how about a compact pickup towing a trailer...a trailer made from the back half of a full size pickup (look left).

The Smoke Out...

I missed it this year. With a three week old at home, rain, and a birthday party the night before I had planned on leaving, I just decided to skip it. I found some pics on the JJ though that cracked me up. Someone actually took pictures of Cobb's bike and two that Bubba (http://www.twistedthrottlechoppers.com/) built.

Cobb's bike:

Bubba's two:

Seth...

My buddy Seth invited me over tonight to look at his garage full of killer parts. I need to raid this shit. He was trying to figure out what kind of intake to run on his '57 Pan. He apparently has an original S&S velocity stack with bell cover as well as a REAL DEAL Roth bird deflector (with Roth cast into it by Randy Smith from CCE). Fuck, I gotta take pictures of this shit.

His everyday ride is a '74 Shovel in a '52 wishbone (with flattened downtubes for the horn).

Neglect...

It's what I have been doing to this site, and it is what I have been doing to my CFL...change is inevitable.

Had something come up over the weekend...

Enter Jake:

Another fucking bike night...

Here is Tim Quick, owner of Oultlaw Custom Seats. He made my tank panel and tool bag for me. He also made this Shovelhead. Look out for it in The Horse after The Smoke Out.

Here's the ugly mother fucker Cobb again.

Frydizzle

Finally got to ride the R1 to work today. I was excited about finally leaving the car at home and saving some money on gas. I get about 5 miles from the house and the bikes fuel light comes on haha. So much for that.

It was a nice ride into work, had an altercation with a new Z06. After he caught up I gave him a thumbs up, those are really nice cars and I'm not really a "domestic" type of guy. I'd own the hell out of the 2009 Dodge Challenger though. Hmm.

Saw some disheartening news about a 22 year old guy and a 20 year old passenger that died last night while running from the cops. It's just sad really. Senseless to run. If they get you for speeding who cares, pay the ticket and do what you need to do, grow up, they got you and you had it coming. I'm guessing these kids thought Georgia had a no pursuit policy until the pursuit began and by that time they were screwed, so it was get away or die trying. Well, you didn't get away. I don't get it. I don't ever do anything stupid when I have a passenger on the back especially. I may cut loose now and then but its always within control and not to show off, its becuase I enjoy it and it feeds the adrenaline a little bit. I've also got the race license to back it up and probably over 200+ hours of on-track experience. This isn't about me though. My heart goes out to the family of the girl that died, it surely wasn't her choice to run, I bet she was scared for her life the entire time but thought "It could never happen to me". Poor thing. Rest in peace.

This weekend looks boring again. Time for beer and movies and some riding.

Teeters out.

Give me some head!!!

Just for the fuck of it...a little pinstriping. This is my e'ryday helmet:

Welcome Rob...

Since Rob brought up guns, I'll show some too. Here's my carry piece...Walther PPS 9mm:

Compared to the size of the bear paw:

No riding tonight....

So it's pretty crap weather tonight which means the new bike will have to stay in the stable tonight. Instead I decided to partake in some other beer drinking adventures. I'm sampling some of Trader Joe's house brand beer, this one is the Vienna style and quite good stuff. Also, my belgian ale is in the keg now so I sampled it a little as well. Not quite mature, still a little young in flavor, but should be pretty good with another week or so. I went shooting the other day so the Kimber is due for a little cleanup as well. Tomorrow should be better weather so we'll get back to some riding!

So here's a thought....

I haven't been out on the R1 in a little while. It's going to be a year old in August and it just turned 1200 miles. I haven't been making the 1 hour commute to my office on the bike lately, I've been driving my car. I'm standing at the pump today and have an interesting thought as it closes on the 70 dollar mark.

I scan the sky all around me and notice how it doesn't look like rain one bit. In fact, it is clear as can be and a light blue sky as the sun comes up. I start to realize that I put way too much stock in the weather man. I mean, I've raced in the rain, why am I not interested in riding in the rain?

My thought progression continues. Due to the weatherman telling me it was going to rain today and most of the week, I left the beautiful blue R1 power monger in the garage. I left its fuel efficiency behind me in order to stay dry. That doesn't make much sense as my money is far more important than my clothing lately.

I think the weathermen around the world have a deal with the fuel companies. They tell all of the world its always going to rain or have "scattered thunderstorms" so a lot of riders leave the bikes at home in leu of less hassle and more comfort.... This, in turn makes them drive their cars, use more gas and thus continue to drive the price of fuel upwards towards the stratosphere.

Probably just a conspiracy theory, but it sure could hold water in a Mel Gibson movie.

Guess its time to buy some rain tires.

Suckerpunch Sally's...

I like the bikes these guys make for themselves. They just come out clean as shit. Here was their entry in The Smokeout last year.

DAAAAAS BOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!

Sometimes it's best to show your friends how to drink some fucking beer (even if you have to start them out small)!