Monday, May 9. 2005
welder!!!
Yet another fun packed weekend in SLC. I decided all of my hardware hacking had hit a glass ceiling... so i ran out and bought a welder. Now i can cut, grind, polish AND weld. 
with my new toy, i started building a rack for the daytona so we can fit all the gear for the sport touring trips we have coming up. So far, it's coming together great, but my 1.0 design is going to need some tweaking so that it will actually carry a load. Mainly i just need some down-tube support, which should tie into the passenger footpegs and exhaust mount bracket just about right. And while it may not be the prettiest piece of luggage you've ever seen, it sure is gonna be tough and comfortable to ride with.
Bonnie and Lissa threw a party @ crystal's on sat nite to celebrate graduation and bonnie's birthday. it was a good time. Crystal managed to run over my Canon a40 digicam on the way home tho, but the thing still works! granted the screen is half shredded, but it'll be perfect for the upcomming camera mod for the motorcycle. Now i don't need to worry so much bout breaking it.
Went on a good lil ride with matt this morning. Bounced up to Mirror Lake Highway till the road ended at bridge construction. I rode the CBR back and matt rode the triumph. I REALLY LOVED that CBR, i hope i can find myself one sometime soon. Maybe with my next bonus for all this hard work i've been doing.
Onward i go to Houston. Teaching a CMS class this week. Should be nice not to have somebody babysitting me on the whole thing. When i get back i gotta finish up on the rack and order some new tires. maybe even some saddle bags if i'm really feeling adventurous, tho i think the new rack will allow me to put the wheelie bag up there as well as the tent, sleeping bags, etc. Psh, may even have some room for some of the stuff i mock dave/kris/eric/dawn about, like an air matress.
with my new toy, i started building a rack for the daytona so we can fit all the gear for the sport touring trips we have coming up. So far, it's coming together great, but my 1.0 design is going to need some tweaking so that it will actually carry a load. Mainly i just need some down-tube support, which should tie into the passenger footpegs and exhaust mount bracket just about right. And while it may not be the prettiest piece of luggage you've ever seen, it sure is gonna be tough and comfortable to ride with.Bonnie and Lissa threw a party @ crystal's on sat nite to celebrate graduation and bonnie's birthday. it was a good time. Crystal managed to run over my Canon a40 digicam on the way home tho, but the thing still works! granted the screen is half shredded, but it'll be perfect for the upcomming camera mod for the motorcycle. Now i don't need to worry so much bout breaking it.
Went on a good lil ride with matt this morning. Bounced up to Mirror Lake Highway till the road ended at bridge construction. I rode the CBR back and matt rode the triumph. I REALLY LOVED that CBR, i hope i can find myself one sometime soon. Maybe with my next bonus for all this hard work i've been doing.
Onward i go to Houston. Teaching a CMS class this week. Should be nice not to have somebody babysitting me on the whole thing. When i get back i gotta finish up on the rack and order some new tires. maybe even some saddle bags if i'm really feeling adventurous, tho i think the new rack will allow me to put the wheelie bag up there as well as the tent, sleeping bags, etc. Psh, may even have some room for some of the stuff i mock dave/kris/eric/dawn about, like an air matress.
Sunday, April 17. 2005
Motorbike season started
So i managed to start the riding off season off right. BMW/Triumph of Salt Lake had their open house yesterday, so the canyonchasers crew (Eric/Dawn, Dave, Matt, Scott/Makenzie and myself) bounced up there to check it out. Scott won a jacket and gloves for his daughter, Makenzie. Dave won a magnetic tank bag for the mighty hawk.
After the drawing, we all jumped on the bikes and headed into Morgan to check out the section of east canyon that was open. Matt impressed everyone with his riding and again kicked my butt and made it look effortless.
We managed to get about 200 miles of riding in and stopped at a coffee shop in Kimball Junction. I ran into CJ, who was my ultimate boss @ PF Chang's. We caught up and then he left us to hang out and sip our coffees.
Matt had a damn great time, but he had to head home. the rest of us followed shortly thereafter and grabbed a bite at Smoky Mountain Pizza in South Salt Lake. Had a great time. I love my friends. I can't wait to head to Torrey.
All in all, it's a great start to the season. And the changes to my bike make me very excited for the sport touring season to start
After the drawing, we all jumped on the bikes and headed into Morgan to check out the section of east canyon that was open. Matt impressed everyone with his riding and again kicked my butt and made it look effortless.
We managed to get about 200 miles of riding in and stopped at a coffee shop in Kimball Junction. I ran into CJ, who was my ultimate boss @ PF Chang's. We caught up and then he left us to hang out and sip our coffees.
Matt had a damn great time, but he had to head home. the rest of us followed shortly thereafter and grabbed a bite at Smoky Mountain Pizza in South Salt Lake. Had a great time. I love my friends. I can't wait to head to Torrey.
All in all, it's a great start to the season. And the changes to my bike make me very excited for the sport touring season to start
Tuesday, April 5. 2005
grips and block done!
so the grips are installed, and the distribution block is done. just buttoned the fairings back up and washed it. waiting for dave to get here so we can work on the Utah Rider Ed site; finish tweaking the gallery headers and footers, and make a blog template for it. should be cool. Pics to come for the grips and distribution block on CC.
A little spring sprucing
so i've been tossing together some changes on the bike for spring this week:
Heated Grips
Installed the 3 way switch in the turn signal housing, chopped all the wires down, installed the power leads inside the existing cable housing. looks pretty swank, pics to come on canyonchasers.
Pixie Hat
Built a set of brackets. Need to refabricate the left one to hit both screw holes instead of just one, then punch a mounting hole and paint the beast. never painted anything before. should be interesting
Distribution Block
Also whipped up a little 6 slot + / 6 slot - distribution block to power all my farkles. it lives in front of my gas tank and is powered by a 30A relay and a fuse. This thing will prove to be invaluable later for the vest, grips, gps, phone and coffee maker
Heated Grips
Installed the 3 way switch in the turn signal housing, chopped all the wires down, installed the power leads inside the existing cable housing. looks pretty swank, pics to come on canyonchasers.
Pixie Hat
Built a set of brackets. Need to refabricate the left one to hit both screw holes instead of just one, then punch a mounting hole and paint the beast. never painted anything before. should be interesting
Distribution Block
Also whipped up a little 6 slot + / 6 slot - distribution block to power all my farkles. it lives in front of my gas tank and is powered by a 30A relay and a fuse. This thing will prove to be invaluable later for the vest, grips, gps, phone and coffee maker
Saturday, March 19. 2005
random short update
so it's been quite a while, here's some of the stuff happenin in the world
-WTC went off smashingly
-loafing a lot
-Matt bought a 91 cbr 600
-finished the s3 conversion on the bike. it rides awesome
-massive root canal
there's a bunch more, but i don't really have the time or attention span to jot it all down
-WTC went off smashingly
-loafing a lot
-Matt bought a 91 cbr 600
-finished the s3 conversion on the bike. it rides awesome
-massive root canal
there's a bunch more, but i don't really have the time or attention span to jot it all down
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