How was your day

[Muzz]

Last May Rodekyll and I met a gal from New Zealand while Rk was here on her Suzuki 650 V twin.  She had started her trip across the USA in Seattle solo. 

Us Kiwis get around when we can. Those 650 Suzis aren't a bad bike.

[troyhamilton]

good so far. dropped the points type dizzy in my 98 ev motor....now to do the rest...now i gotta get back to my laboratory. dr frankie.

[davedel44]

During Hurricane Harvey, Galveston Beach Patrol made over a hundred rescues in Dickson, a town between Galveston and Houston.




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To recognize their extraordinary efforts the Wave Watchers Beach Patrol Volunteers treated the guards and supervisors to lunch.

15 lbs of Cuban Pulled Pork
60 french rolls
12 lbs of Texas Caviar
6 loaves of dessert breads
Numerous bags of chips
Soft drinks, tea, coffee.
Protein bars and other snacks to take to the towers.

An Epic Feed!

Those boys can swim like sharks and eat like them too!

Dave  (Wavy)
Galveston

[Lannis]

Texas Caviar

Dave  (Wavy)
Galveston

Glad to hear that the hard-working guys are getting fed with food that will stick to their ribs!

I had to look up Texas Caviar; sounds pretty good.

At first I thought someone had served up 12 pounds of potted meat!

Lannis

[blu guzz]

Couldn't be better, got my new to me `15 cali custom back from its first service first thing in the morning, practically talked my buddy into a new v7iii, weather was 70 and sunny, my son surprised me by showing up on his old air head that he finally got running so we went to a british and euro bike show about 20 miles from home, saw cool old bikes and rode some more, came home had beer and chips.  Can't get too much better.

[Testarossa]

Friday was classic. Went out with the Ouray NAR guys, but split off after lunch in Dolores and rode straight home.

Day began badly: I dropped the bike at 0 mph leaving my parking spot. Just stupid. MOTOgeezer helped me pick it up and off we went -- ten bikes in all led by AlanP. Perfect weather up the Million Dollar Highway and Red Mountain Pass south to Silverton and Durango, then west to Dolores. Ten miles of rain northbound to Rico, then dry over Lizard Head Pass to Telluride, around to Ridgway and home at 5pm.




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[Arizona Wayne]

Us Kiwis get around when we can. Those 650 Suzis aren't a bad bike.

Suzze said she normally rides a Ducati.   Don't know if she rented the Suzuki or bought it.

[roadscum]

My day is going down hill fast. In about 3 hours the eye of Hurricane Irma will be directly overhead with
wind of 100-125 mph.

It'll be another first in my life. After 73 years without being visited by the eye of a major hurricane I would have been ok not having the experience. Powers been out for a little over an hour. Nut'n worse then warm been, gotta gussle now.   boozing:

Paul

[Muzz]

All the best Paul.

You guys over there are getting hit pretty bad. Leading our news every night.

[davedel44]

My day is going down hill fast. In about 3 hours the eye of Hurricane Irma will be directly overhead with
wind of 100-125 mph.

It'll be another first in my life. After 73 years without being visited by the eye of a major hurricane I would have been ok not having the experience. Powers been out for a little over an hour. Nut'n worse then warm been, gotta gussle now.   boozing:

Paul

God Bless and Good Luck!

Being in the eye is an strange experience, the quiet is astounding after the howling of the storm.  Like looking through a cloud-lined tunnel up to heaven.

Sending prayers and good thought to you and yours. Stay safe!

Dave
Galveston

[Lannis]

It was a disappointing day yesterday. I took the honey from my hives. Unfortunately, the last three weeks have been wet more often than dry, and the bees have stayed at home partying and eating my share. I've ended up with about two thirds of what I was expecting.

Went through the BSA A10 post-rally, and finishing up the "To Buy" list of things I need. Crimping pliers for bullets, crimping pliers for terminals. Selection of terminals and bullets. Ammeter, pilot bulb holder, instrument light holder, magneto leads, plug caps, Lucas reflector (rear fender).

Son Alec has the Norton at an old-bike get-together near Richmond today, I thought I would be at the beach so he took the bike for the week.

That's OK, though, because today was "finish up the garden" day. Picked the last of the tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, watermelon, and okra. Cut the gourds and set them out to dry for fall decorating. Pulled up all the stakes (12 steel fence poles, 30 long tomato/pepper stakes, and dozens of row markers), cleaned up the tomato ties, knocked down the watermelon hills. Ran the bush-hog over it all to chop the cornstalks and get it ready to turn under the old plants at the winter plowing.

Planning next year's garden - No beets, more potatoes, fewer zucchini, fewer tomatoes and peppers, same amount of corn, no green beans or cucumbers (we'll still have plenty of canned ones next year), same amount of black-eyed peas, same eggplant and okra, a few carrots and radishes, figure out why NONE of my spinach or lettuce germinated, and find a better way to kill vine-borers. I've got control of the Japanese beetles, aphids and stink-bugs, but the vine-borers get in amongst me every year and kill my watermelons and canteloupes .... Same amount of summer squash, canteloupes, and watermelons. No wild-flower patch this time, too many bugs besides pollinators come to visit. Probably will be about 2/3 of what I did this year .....

Lannis

[lorazepam]

Sitting at home, recovering from a heart attack. Never had any high blood pressure or cholesterol issues, ever.  Only gripe from the doc was lose weight, and quit the half pack a day habit.
Contemplating going from semi healthy to heart attack survivor. It has been a crappy last few months.

[oldbike54]

Sitting at home, recovering from a heart attack. Never had any high blood pressure or cholesterol issues, ever.  Only gripe from the doc was lose weight, and quit the half pack a day habit.
Contemplating going from semi healthy to heart attack survivor. It has been a crappy last few months.

 The key word being "survivor" . Good luck .

 Dusty

[ohiorider]

Sitting at home, recovering from a heart attack. Never had any high blood pressure or cholesterol issues, ever.  Only gripe from the doc was lose weight, and quit the half pack a day habit.
Contemplating going from semi healthy to heart attack survivor. It has been a crappy last few months.

Hope you are on the mend.  I had aortic valve replaced May, 2016, at age 73.  All went well until staph + sepsis kicked in, and I was back in hospital and rehab for another 6 weeks, and not feeling too good for another couple of months.

Prior to the aortic valve replacement operation, I underwent 6 bypasses 15 years earlier, and fortunately, came through that one, too

Good news is ....... it is over 16 months since heart surgery and staph, and fortunately, I feel like I've recovered fairly well. 

I imagine the time involved in your recovery will be based on the seriousness of the heart attack, and the rehab activity you go through.

I'm wishing you the same level of success (minus the staph and sepsis!) that I've experienced.

Best wishes,

Bob

[motormike131]

   Great.. The 71' Ambo fired straight away and the wife and I started the day with sidewalk breakfast... Great homemade sausages with blue berry pancakes. Followed with a stop at the local m/cycle watering hole. A bottle of root beer and a discussion with another fellow about Norton's and other Euro makes we should have kept. I agree'd and add'd that besides certain m/c's, the 67' SS Nova and a coupe of ex girl friends should be on my list.
   Then.. " Wheels of Italy "... a yearly even that celebrates anything Italian that rolls.. and this year, floats.. old and new, on sight vendors, food and entertainment.
   :)

[troyhamilton]

 :bike-037:How was my day? friday not so good. i had my dizzy in but a tooth off. so i redropped it, the monster of frankie lives! 98 ev motor in a 850-t and i done it all myself.

[Lannis]

You'll have to consider changing your signature block soon, although from one point of view, a bike is never really "finished".   Good feeling when it's actually RUNNING though!

Looking over your pics, is the rear brake pedal where you like it?   Looks really high to me but folks have different tastes .....

Lannis

[troyhamilton]

dully noted and its lower. i built some homemade feet pegs last week...

[Chuck in Indiana]

*Really* good. The grass is still green on this side..  <shrug>

[Guzzistajohn]

GOOD! Put on a pair of riding pants I haven't been able to wear in 10 years, found $14.92 in the pocket AND got in 200 miles on a BEAUTIFUL Ozarks fall day! 

[oldbike54]

GOOD! Put on a pair of riding pants I haven't been able to wear in 10 years, found $14.92 in the pocket AND got in 200 miles on a BEAUTIFUL Ozarks fall day!

 Just think , if that $14.92 had been drawing interest you would have ... let's see , carry the 3 , about $18.00 

 Dusty

[Guzzistajohn]

Just think , if that $14.92 had been drawing interest you would have ... let's see , carry the 3 , about $18.00 

 Dusty

I would have just bought some herb anyway<shrug>

[wittangamo]

Yesterday was a perfect early fall day, and I celebrated by getting gloriously lost on some two-lane roads closer to home than I would have imagined. After a couple of hours of zen rolling through forests and farmland, I stopped to pull the phone from my tailbag and get my bearings.

A shirtless teen in a rusty pickup stopped to make sure I was OK.

Restored my faith in human nature, at least temporarily, and gave me even more reasons to love this new V9.

[oldbike54]

 

 Dusty

[Muzz]

Put 8 months rego on Guzzimodo and went for the first ride, just a short trip out to the Vintage Car Club grounds to help my bro put up his marquee ready for the annual Swap Meet. Although it happens Fri-Sunday we go out on Wed night to start setting up and camp out on site. The guys on the three adjacent sites have been mates for years, and it is always a great social time with beers and rum 'n cokes consumed.

Bike fired up and ran sweet. Great to have the wheels back underneath me. Hopefully, more riding to follow.

We have had 5 days! now of fine weather now and have been trying to get my waterlogged garden knocked in to shape. Still soggy but slowly drying out. Stawberrys  looking good, and have the lettuces and red onions in. Looks like a fine weekend for the swap meet as well for a change.

[johnr]

That swap meat is a big event. Wish I could make it Muzz.  Keep your eyes peeled for anyone selling new flying boots will you please, and get contact details should you find any.

[Lannis]

Working on bikes and equipment.   

Went to go for a ride with Fay, got on the Stelvio and remembered that it blew the right side front fork damper cartridge on the last ride, so we grabbed the Triumph and the battery was as flat as a strap (don't know why so now that's on the agenda), so we grabbed the Norton and the voltmeter was only showing 10 volts, the electric starter wouldn't work but the modern Pazon EI works even at low voltage (unlike older Boyers), one kick and we were off.

Had a nice ride, came home and ordered new fork parts from Curtis, then got to work on my project of either junking all my old lawn/garden/farm equipment, or getting it running.   Two new carburetors later I have the power washer and the wheeled string-trimmer going, next is the old BCS tiller and the Coleman 5KW generator ....

Took Jack the dog to the vet for a laser treatment for his elbow, he's got a stress fracture there.

Busy day, hoping for another one tomorrow.

Lannis

[Muzz]

That swap meat is a big event. Wish I could make it Muzz.  Keep your eyes peeled for anyone selling new flying boots will you please, and get contact details should you find any.

Will do John.

Rum, coke, whisky, gin all loaded in the truck. Pick up beers on the way out. I suppose I had better grab some food and a few clothes as well........

[Guzzi Gal]

The morning was perfect for a ride, so I took Anni on her first tour of South Mountain.  She attracted lots of attention, per usual.  One guy said he's been contemplating the 2017 Special, and another said he'd been trying to get his wife to look at the same.  I told them both to go for it, and spread Guzzi Gospel!   

 

[vstevens]

Since seriously burning my wrist last summer, I finally took a ride on the V7.  It is as sweet as ever.  My wife still wants me to sell it but I'm thinking I'll hang onto it a while longer.  In fact, I've even contemplated a larger bike like the Griso or Stelvio.  Love the look of the Griso but dislike poor mileage and smallish plastic tank.  The Stelvio weight is way up high and I have yet to get my strength back in my right hand after three months of 'convalescence'.  But the highway manners of the bigger bikes are more to my liking - the V7, though capable, does wear me out on the highway. 

Definitely 1st world problems, I'm thankful for what I have but can't help thinking about the Carc bikes and the 1400 Californias.