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.
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/
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?
Shit happens. It sure does. Guaranteed. It’s not that it happens, it’s what are you gonna do about it once it’s there sitting right in front of you stinking up the whole joint. For some of us it’s important to find a stick and stir the shit so that the stink stays with us for a long time. Yup. We all know those folks. Don’t help. Don’t offer constructive ideas. Just stir the shit so whole place stinks for as long as possible. Others, usually very few, get busy cleaning up the mess. That usually means getting their hands dirty. That’s the way it works. What are you going to do with your shit pile?
It’s time to take a break from worrying about the bike thing and think about how good most of us have it. There’s a lot of people hurting pretty bad right now. The economy is in the dumper, the Gulf is looking like a sewage pond and plenty of folks don’t know where their next meal is coming from. If you don’t fall into one of those situations and you’re riding your scooter this summer know that you’re in pretty good shape. You might try to help out a little where ever you can. Even if you are a dipstick.
As a friend once told me “There’s no cheaper or better therapy than a motorbike.” We spend a lot of time and money on our bikes and riding. And I don’t know any bikers that ride their bikes to the psychiatrists office. I suppose even if you did have an appointment with the head shrink once you got on your bike you’d blow that appointment off real quick.