Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tallahassee 70-80's Bike Owners First Meeting...
will be Saturday, November 7, 2 PM at What-A-Burger on Thomasville Road. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the bikes the other guys ride. They all sound a lot cooler than mine.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
New name, new links, new look, same 1.4 posts per month!
A few weeks ago, I decided to see if I could find a few like minded people to ride with. I'm probably not the typical motorcycle rider. Rather, I'm not the typical motorcyclist that most of the magazines seem to think is the norm.
To sum it up, I like old, cheap, fun bikes.
I was sure there were other people like me that would be interested in meeting up and riding. So, I put this out on Craigslist:
"I have an old motorcycle. It won't do 160 mph or 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, but that's ok with me. It's not covered with $10,000 worth of chrome, but that's cool, too. It's not pretty, but it's mine and I love riding.
I wanted to see if there are any other like minded people that would like to meet up once in a while, stand around, look at bikes, talk old bikes and then maybe go for a ride somewhere.
No brand bias (if you have to wear the logo of your bike on your shirt or jacket, that's ok, we won't hold it against you....but it isn't a requirement)
No engine size bias ( smaller bikes are cooler, anyway)
No age bias ( just be ready to tell cool stories of the time you and your buddy __________ if you're older than me, ok?)
Heck, I guess we shouldn't really have an age bias on your bike either so even if you have a brand new bike, that's ok.
This is my second post about this and I've gotten some interest, some cool bikes, not too much chrome on them but still very cool bikes.
So if you're interested, send an email and we can all meet up some time soon. "
Several people have responded favorably to the post, so I decided that I needed to spruce up the blog, focus it a bit more on the Nighthawk and give me a place to post stuff pertaining to the idea.
Soirt of like what I did a couple of years ago with scooters, but with a bit more horsepower...
To sum it up, I like old, cheap, fun bikes.
I was sure there were other people like me that would be interested in meeting up and riding. So, I put this out on Craigslist:
"I have an old motorcycle. It won't do 160 mph or 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, but that's ok with me. It's not covered with $10,000 worth of chrome, but that's cool, too. It's not pretty, but it's mine and I love riding.
I wanted to see if there are any other like minded people that would like to meet up once in a while, stand around, look at bikes, talk old bikes and then maybe go for a ride somewhere.
No brand bias (if you have to wear the logo of your bike on your shirt or jacket, that's ok, we won't hold it against you....but it isn't a requirement)
No engine size bias ( smaller bikes are cooler, anyway)
No age bias ( just be ready to tell cool stories of the time you and your buddy __________ if you're older than me, ok?)
Heck, I guess we shouldn't really have an age bias on your bike either so even if you have a brand new bike, that's ok.
This is my second post about this and I've gotten some interest, some cool bikes, not too much chrome on them but still very cool bikes.
So if you're interested, send an email and we can all meet up some time soon. "
Several people have responded favorably to the post, so I decided that I needed to spruce up the blog, focus it a bit more on the Nighthawk and give me a place to post stuff pertaining to the idea.
Soirt of like what I did a couple of years ago with scooters, but with a bit more horsepower...
My logic is not logical...
Hindsight really is 20/20. On my last post, I had (and the other two guys hleping me who have a lot more motorcycle knowledge than me) decided that my slave cylinder needed to be replaced. So, I ordered one off Ebay. It was pretty cheap, so it was ok.
But, in the meantime, I met a guy who really knows bikes and loves working on them so he came over and come to find out, the clutch was ok, it just had approximately 200,309 air bubbles. The 200,309th air bubble was a particularly hard one to remove.
So, the bike runs, but it needs to be ridden a small bit so I can get some Sea Foam into the system to hopefully degunk the carbs.
Works going well, hopefully things will ease up soon (as in this month!) so I can have a minute or two to do some things so I can get to riding.
But, in the meantime, I met a guy who really knows bikes and loves working on them so he came over and come to find out, the clutch was ok, it just had approximately 200,309 air bubbles. The 200,309th air bubble was a particularly hard one to remove.
So, the bike runs, but it needs to be ridden a small bit so I can get some Sea Foam into the system to hopefully degunk the carbs.
Works going well, hopefully things will ease up soon (as in this month!) so I can have a minute or two to do some things so I can get to riding.
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