Bike week in Daytona !

I haven't been to bike week since I was a kid way back in the 70 s ! I know most all  bike rallies are the same , But I would love to go to this one , being in the sun shine state would really be great ! Not that I don't love Tennessee mountains and all the good places to ride here but it sure would be nice to see a palm tree and fill the sand on my feet ! Just not going to happen for me this year ! Some of my buddy's are going and I know there going to have a great time and that's what it is all about ! You guys need to take lots of picture for me ! Ha Ha !   I drew one just like I was there !                                                  

                                                                                                     Be cool !

Spring comes early !

We had no winter this year maybe two weeks of cold weather. It is only 21 st of Feb. and we had warm weather here for 2 or three weeks ! The flowers are coming up and the trees are budding . So I've got the trike out to clean the dust off, not ready to ride cause of my circumstances and money . It seems to be running good .The day is coming that I will be able to do what I love , God willing !                       

70 s in February

Been a long time since I had been even able to post a on this blog ! Today the weather is really weird for sure ! The nice thing about it was seeing a sign from God !

chopper update pictures

I've been getting all my wiring done on the chopper . Got all my lights working the only part I haven't got yet is a horn and a housing for my oil light , Needed to space out my rear fender 3/4" got theses made up . Now I'll be prepping the parts up more be for painting .                                                                                                                                          

Spacers made for fender and looks pretty close to what I was looking for .

Old stuff that brings the past back

I found some old center caps in a box in my shed . They were covered with mud and I had no idea that they were any good at all . I hadn't seen any of these old ET center caps since the 70's . I was needing a set after I lost my spinners a few years ago so this was a nice find for the trike , doesn't look have bad ether ! Some times you got so much junk you don't know what you got til you start going though it !                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Now that's bring back the 70's

Harley recalls

Harley-Davidson is recalling nearly 46,000 motorcycles in the U.S. because they could stay in gear due to clutches that won't fully disengage.
The recall covers certain Electra Glide, Ultra Limited, Police Electra Glide, Street Glide, Road Glide and Road King models from the 2014 and 2015 model years.
Harley says in documents that gas bubbles can cause the clutch master cylinder to lose its ability to fully disengage the clutch, especially if the bike has been parked for a long time. This could cause a rider to lose control of the motorcycle if it's started in gear.
The problem was found through customer complaints. Harley reported 27 crashes and four minor injuries.
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Dealers will flush the clutch and rebuild the master cylinder. The recall was to start April 23.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               What can I say ! Harley's are the reason I started riding street bikes in the first place but for this big of a recall on there top dollar bikes ? WTF have you guys lost it or what ! I think your trying to much to up grade with out enough R and D besides if you would leave it alone for more than a year or two you won't have stuff like this happening !                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            You could chop it and ride it and work out all the bugs first !                                                                                                                                 

Hard Times !

A friend of mine and a great artist on Deviant Art has been evicted from his home and is needing some help so I thought I would share a link for him !   www.gofundme.com/jp5wmc Times seem hard for everybody around me and I'm having my own trouble's but with the man up stairs we will all get by with a little help from our friends. I have heard that song some where before :)                                              

Easter

Went on my Easter ride but the camera messed up and  I didn't  get any of it record . The trike ran ok but still not there . surging and acting like it's not getting gas , I was told it could be my electronic ignition so I'll think I will go back to points just to see if it is . This will be my easy and cheapest way of finding out for sure . If it's not the ignition it's got to be that old carburetor we'll find out tomorrow. Hope you had a great Easter with your Family and friends My niece brought some grub and candy down witch was very nice . Thanks to Donna, Raysha  and Ray and Trula  for the thought . Lets not for get what the day is all about a big thanks to Jesus for my life. In these times were people are being killed for saying they know him it time more than every to stand your ground. I will never have a man tell me what to believe one way or the other !  I don't care who you are or how tuff you think you are I fear no evil !                                                                                                                                          

Seen this on the web thought it was really cool !
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                             

Some more of my art work I done some years ago

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Well !

Got new plugs and wires for the trike! This made it run a lot better . The old lady and I took it for a test ride last week. Still needs just a little more carb adjusting but you can tell that it is almost back to normal . The weather turned cold again and snowed yesterday so no riding this weekend . Worked on a shovel for a friend this week I put an oil cooler on and fixed a few oil leaks . Not much going on with the chopper project yet but it will be getting nice soon and I'm sure a lot things will be picking up.  I did have my bro Tim come up and check on me last weekend he was on his street and trail bike ,. !          

Well !!!!!! May be get to ride next weekend !

Some of my art work !!

      

This I found on the net to help me out with the oil line routing . Was not up to snuff on the shovels any more getting old and for get a lot Ha Ha !!!!              

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                           

REBELS MC MALTA - NATIONAL RUN 2014

Cabin Fever

  Not a good time for a biker for sure , I had the water freeze with the  3 below temp and the high winds a couple of days ago and was with out water for a day or two . A big shout out to my father in law Ray !!!!
He helped me fix that mess ! I hate the cold , never did like it . I don't ski or snow board or build snow men ! Ha Ha !!!. Cabin Fever is setting in , So if you are having this bad weather you know were I'm coming from. If your like my bro mulliedog1 on you tube he is still having a few good days of riding !!!. I should have some more work started on the chopper and trike here soon ! Maybe I'll be able  post some new pictures and video soon.                                                                                                                                                                      

On the good side ! On the bad side !

On the good side ! Happy Valentine's Day to my Baby !                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    On the bad side ! Why is this guy getting away with it !                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               On the good side ! I really had this happen to me !                                                                                              

                                                                                         On the bad side ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                               On the good side !                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        On the bad side !                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   On the good side !                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                           

Choppers

70's style

Classic

Big rear tire style chopper

Bobber

        The chopper and Bobber have been around for a long time. The Bobber was the first style that seem to start after WW2 , returning service men were buying the used baggers and stripping them down. This made them lighter and faster than the old AMA Bagger types. The out law clubs liked this style for some time then in the late 60's early 70's the chopper came in to being .maybe the movie Easy Rider had some thing to do with this or not ! I am sure it was a west coast style to begin with. Both  styles have come and gone over the decades. The trend now seems to be the Bagger again. I my self care nothing for the Bagger style. My father always called them garbage trucks I guess because they had all that junk on them. All these style come and go but for me the real cool style is laid back cursing of the chopper.It is real nice with your Ole lady on the back up against the sissy bar and you laid back with pull back bars flying down the interstate . Just kooool !!!! 

Art

Been on the net checking out the cool art work ! Thought I would share what I found that I liked ! You can check these artist and more of there art at this link       http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/?q=bike&offset=2664