Saturday, January 15, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Homemade sin 4 and the new one
Well to make a long story short I love this bike. It took me places I had never been. I met some good friends on this bike. It really took on its own identity and shaped mine. Some people would argue that the bike did not make me (at least part) who I am today, but I think it did. It taught me that with hard work and determination you can reach personal goals. It taught me about a sub-culture that I now enjoy and am accepted into by many in it. It taught me how to clear my head with a long ride on the back roads of N.C. It taught me how to take pride in something you have made. It taught me no matter how big and complex a puzzle is when all the pieces are in the right spot...it just works.
Now that you know the story of this bike it would be easy to assume that I still ride it with pride. I still take pride in it but I no longer own it. I sold it to a friend to start his journey into motorcycles. Its been gone since July 2009 and I have yet to see him ride it. He says he has put around a 100 miles on it since then, just around his neighborhood though. If I would have known the bike I built to be RIDDEN was gonna sit in someones garage and collect dust, I would never have sold it to him. I wish he would take it out and ride it. 2011 brings a new year and a new riding season hopefully I can see it on the streets this year, in all its glory. Hear it singing through the straight pipes at 8000rpm's, see its front end dance when he lays it into a curve just a little to hot. I would love to see it smoke another Harley that thinks its hot shit, But more than anything I want to see it with a rider that enjoys riding it as much as I did.
Now that I am married an settling into life in general after the year of planning and partys and the awesome honeymoon. I start back on the project that I started when I sold the 71. The new bike is a 80 cb750 DOHC it has a few more ponys than the Sohc. I have hand built the frame and mounted the engine for mock up. Now I just need to get out there in the cold building and finish it. I hope to have it goin in time for warm weather but I still have alot to do. With that being said, I cant get anything done sitting here on the computer so.........talk to ya later I'm goin to get dirty.
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