Things were different in the past. Easier, more defined. Anymore you really gotta watch where you step. Things aren’t always what you think they are. Sometimes they aren’t even what you could imagine on the worst black worley drunkfest night. Are you smelling what I’m stepping in here?
Ya know, just when things start getting interesting they fool you and get REAL interesting. It’s those times when you have that Ah Hah! moment that just after that you have that “What the heck is going on?” moment. Ah well, stay tuned for things to get real interesting.
Does anybody remember those guys who use to ride around with Teddy Bears strapped to the back of their bikes? Yeah, me either. No really, I don’t remember thank god. Was that some crazy shit or what? I never got it, still don’t. I did see a guy riding around with a toy poodle in his lap. Pretty sure that was somewhere in northern Idaho. You know, it can get pretty lonely in some places. I haven’t seen those bears around in a while. There’s something you can be thankful that didn’t stick around. You don’t remember those guys either huh? Good.
I swear I see guys who spend more cash on riding accessories than gas and rubber. I’ve got some bad news for some of you, the riding season is on the back side now. We’re heading towards those days with less daylight and colder temps. Forget about what set of assless chaps you’re going to wear this week. Go burn your money on gas, beer and burgers. Let’s ride, finish the season strong.
What a week from hell. Tried to upgrade the comic software on my server and BAM! Lost most of the site. Oh well, live and learn. But if it happens again I don’t think I’ll live thru it, so much for living or learning. I’ve spent so much time trying to figure out how to adjust the look of things with the CSS override, I think I’ve got the CuSSing down real well now. I’ve got a few more design things to do before I’ll be happy with the new look but I’ll take care of those soon enough. Let make some ‘toons! Oh yeah, don’t worry about Big O having to pay more for his suds, Betty hasn’t charged him for beer since they met. Do the math, two times nothing is still nothing.
Do you remember the first time you climbed aboard a big bore bike, fired it up, let out the clutch, gave it some throttle and the next thing you thought was one of two things. It was either “Holy Crap! This things going to kill me!” or “Son of a Gun! I gotta get me one of THESE!” Well if you are in the latter category welcome to the tribe. You’re a motobasturd.
The rule among most bikers is you don’t ride another man’s scooter. Although I suppose it’s ok to help kick start a buddy’s bike if he’s feeling a little weak and unable to preform. 62% of all bike accidents are when a guy is riding someone else’s bike. Don’t believe me? Try it. Let someone ride your bike, find out for yourself.
Form over function, it’s been that way for a little too long if you ask me. We spend enormous amounts of money to make our bikes look good but hardly worry about ride characteristics and comfort. Tons of effort is spent on producing horsepower and yet how often do we even think about riding at WOT. Some of us live life at wide open throttle but never see it on the bike. My attitude is put as much into the bike as it needs so that you can put plenty of miles on that sucker. Spend money on gas, oil and tires. Oh yeah, and beer and pizza. Speaking of function have any of you guys seen the Williams Helical Camshaft, talk about a game changer if this thing works. WOW! http://helicalcamshaft.com/
Use to be if you couldn’t kick it to get it started you couldn’t ride it. Kept the pretenders off the scooters. Now a days every new bike has a starter. Even the girly guys get to ride. Ahhh, how times change.
Some of these shows about building bikes are ridicules. Shiny clean shops, guys who don’t know TIG welder from a acetylene torch. To top it off how can you do a build with beer and pizza? No way, I call bullshit. The first rule of any serious athletic endeavor is stay hydrated. How you suppose to do that without at least a sixpack?