Scoot'n Art

eBay Buy, Fly and Ride.

2011-12-05T18:00:00.000-06:00

Way back in September I posted a short video about making room in the garage, but do to computer issues I was never able to bring you the rest of the story, until today that is. No matter how unlikely you think it is that you will win an auction, only place a bid if you are prepared to pay. I did just that, I can't really tell you what was going through my head when I set up auction sniper

The Seven Day Challenge. Bike a day for Seven days.

2011-11-14T12:55:00.000-06:00

After much thought I have been able to put together a list and accept the Challenge. I shall not give the bikes a certain day of the week as you just never know when the need will arise. I will begin with my wish list and end with my current rides. Bike One: Honda Z50 Monkey or a CT70, I Just can't make up my mind. Or the CT70 Bike 2: 1986 Yamaha SRX6, the high school fantasy that

Making room...

2011-09-20T09:36:00.000-05:00

Gateway BMW GS Challenge May, 2011 Update.

2011-05-17T10:12:00.000-05:00

I'll keep this short and sweet... I just wanted to share a couple of video's and some photos from the event. I strapped my GoPro onto Bob Honz the Ringleader of this event when he took his R1200GSA around the Challenge time trial course. Typical of Honz he finished in a very spectacular fashion. See for your self. I also put the GoPro on Adam, one of the guys from Gateway BMW while he rode

Gateway BMW GS Challenge May, 2011

2011-05-16T02:02:00.000-05:00

I have had a busy weekend getting my bike dirty and then giving it a swamp water shower. It was great fun, even thought it rained more or less non-stop for the whole event. Sorry but I used up all the batterys on Saturday so I can't show you the really wicked trails we rode on Sunday. Taking a break Sunday, before the tough stuff. Big thanks to Gateway BMW and all the guys who worked

Gateway BMW Open House, May 7th, 2011.

2011-05-09T03:00:00.004-05:00

Gateway BMW (The Best BMW Dealer...IMHO) had their spring Open House this past Saturday. In addition to the great food, great deals (on bikes and gear) and tire kicking, they had Chris "Teach" McNeil. They let him take the shops new $23,000 K1600GTL for a spin. Really! Chris had to wait for the Demo bike to get back from test rides to put on his show. Below is the result. I have some more

ABCD - A Bloggers Centerline Day.

2011-05-01T23:39:00.000-05:00

Back on April 12, blogger Gary France posted what I will call a challenge. He asked fellow bloggers to particapate in ABCD - A Bloggers Centerline Day (link to post). It sounded like a great idea and I was looking forward to it. But if there is one thing that I excell at it's procrastination, I had planned to do as he asked and copy his post to my blog, but before I knew it, it was already

Waiting...

2011-03-22T10:44:00.000-05:00

Waiting... It seems that is all I do. I wait in the garage, ready to go. Pointed out the door. Gas in my tank. My chain lubed. My tires filled. But I wait. Today though, I felt the key, then my heart came alive, I could feel the pressure in my veins. I could barely contain myself, he pushed my button... I Roared to life! The promised adventure had arrived. Off we went into the cool

Vintage Honda.

2011-02-02T16:48:00.001-06:00

I finally started to scan the old photos I found at my fathers home, one shoe box down and way to many to go. I still haven't found the photo of my father on a bike, but this photo was taken around September 1965. It shows a cousin astride what I believe is a CB160. I wish it was still in the family and in the same shape, but wishing don't make it so... As I find them I will post them. GAW

The Current project.

2011-02-02T16:34:00.000-06:00

I haven't had a lot to share on the motorcycle front lately, but we (my 7 year old daughter and myself) started a project recently. The photo above is after an hour or two of work, doesn't look like much at the moment, as it progress's I'll share some more photos. GAW.

Vintage motorcycle ad's.

2010-12-12T02:02:00.002-06:00

I recently came into a large collection of photos and a small collection of 1972 magazines. The photos present a huge undertaking, so I have chosen to take the easy route first and scan the car and motorcycle ads. Looking at the photo above, I can only assume the rider and passenger were moments away from a ambulance ride given the wet conditions, tire quality (of 1972), the pivot points about

My First Motorcycle.

2010-12-04T01:41:00.001-06:00

My first motorcycle. The above image is a cropped scan of a Polaroid photo taken in January of 1980. I'm astride my new 1979 Yamaha DT100 Enduro, and yes that's a smoke bubble visor. The photo was taken at my grandparents farm. I would have been 11 years old, just a month shy of 12. If not for this little green motorcycle, you probably wouldn't be reading this blog. My father was responsible

DCOD

2010-10-14T13:43:00.000-05:00

I recently purchased 3 DVD’s each with 4 movies on them, not just any movies, but classics like: Forbidden Planet, Time Machine, Soylent Green, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Strangers on a Train and The Wrong Man just to name a few. Since I purchased them it has dawned on me that there is no chance in hell that I will ever get to watch them, Because...I have come down with a bad

Falling leaf Rally, Crash testing the BMW G650 XCountry.

2010-10-11T09:32:00.000-05:00

I attended the 2010 Falling Leaf Rally this weekend and partook in the GS/gravel road ride. After Lunch in Bixby, MO 5 of us decided to take in a few more gravel roads instead of taking tarmac back to the rally grounds. I must say the part I like the best is my feet pointing toward the sky. It would seem I have a thing for low water bridges, this is twice in as many months. No harm

Gateway BMW Open House

2010-09-12T21:42:00.000-05:00

From Gateway Open House 9_11_2010 Gateway BMW, my local (and the Greatest) BMW dealer had a Open House this weekend, and as they always do, they put on a pretty good show. Quite the spread of food and drink, the homemade cookies and pie are to die for... Discounts galore, test rides and door prize's ( I never seem to win anything). They also had entertainment this year in the form of Chris

The Score is even, 1 and 1.

2010-08-23T23:04:00.000-05:00

Not much to talk about lately, my family returned from and extended stay abroad recently and they have kept me busy. Until today that is. Today was my day off, the little one had school and my better half had plans. I was off to ride the Creeks of Warren County with my Trusty GoPro HD Hero. It was a Great day of riding, I put about 200 miles on the clock mostly on gravel and I shot 16 GB of

I'm Back!

2010-07-28T00:36:00.000-05:00

It's been a long eight weeks, but I was finally given my release early last week. So I set to planning my weekend travels. I decided to visit my father and of course there would be pizza. Saturday I was up early, but didn't leave until after 10 A.M. due to a craigslist appointment (that way I had money for pizza and gas). I took what would normally take about 2 hours and extended it to over 6

1986 Yamaha SRX6, one more kick start fantasy.

2010-07-02T11:26:00.000-05:00

This bike is the one that really gets me down deep. Although it was produced from 1985-1997, It was only imported to the U.S. for one year, 1986 (for more info see WIKI). Yamaha states that 19,000 SRX6's were sold in the U.S. That means there has to be one out there with my name on it, right? This particular bike listed on Cycle Trader is located in Chicago, just a short plane, train or car

2003 Honda Ruckus, more kick start fantasy.

2010-06-30T12:35:00.001-05:00

Another bike that I have a thing for buried deep in the gray matter. This 2003 Honda Ruckus has one day left for bidding on eBay, currently the bid is up to $710 (reserve not met). It only has 3500 miles on it and other than a dent on top of the front fender looks to be in excellent shape. This Ruckus is located about 450 miles from my home, so I easily pick it up and be home in a day, and I

1980 Yamaha XT 500

2010-06-28T14:49:00.001-05:00

I have wanted one of these bikes since I first saw them in the 1981 James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. The one pictured above is listed on eBay and will end in 2 days time. Do you think my wife would notice, if I parked it in the corner? Currently the price is $1200 and the reserve has not been met, so luckily if it sells it will be more than I would be willing to pay. If all the parts were

Six more weeks.

2010-06-22T09:09:00.000-05:00

I had my check up for my clavicle fracture yesterday and was given 6 more weeks for it to heal completely. If I'm really lucky it may be good in about 4 weeks, but I was told not to hold my breath. The Doc says that a clavicle typically takes about 9 weeks to heal, which puts it out to Aug 2nd for me. I guess the problem is that with a clavicle there is no way to completely immobilize it, and

Is it toast yet?

2010-06-19T01:51:00.000-05:00

Getting some time behind the wheel of PEL-8 (Adobe Premier Elements 8), I just need to be out riding collecting raw data, but that will have to wait for now... I shot the video and photos this morning and had it edited by lunch, but when I used PEL to upload directly to YouTube only the first 18 seconds of footage would get uploaded. So I spent several hours trying to get it to work, so that I

A ride in the woods Part 2 the prequel and other stuff.

2010-06-07T12:45:00.003-05:00

I was feeling better this weekend so I ended up doing some work around the house that I had put off during the week so I didn't spend much time working on fun stuff. I did finish putting together this video I shot the week before my small get off. I was riding alone on a more difficult trail than the one that took me down. I hesitate to state where this trail is, I rode it on my way to lunch

It's all in the Laning! The aftermath.

2010-06-01T21:17:00.000-05:00

I look a bit something like the photo above, just add 30 years. Way back in the summer of 1982 I was riding Yamaha 125 and crashed it for almost no reason breaking my Left collar bone. By today's standard I would have already had surgery to repair it, but back then they just put a brace on and said good luck. My recent fracture isn't all that bad so in the brace I am. I get check up in about

It's all in the Landing!

2010-05-29T23:01:00.001-05:00

The video pretty much says it all. I performed a similar stunt about almost 25 or 30 years ago, with nearly the exact same results. It looks like I will have some time to hone my video editing skills, and treasure hunting skills on eBay. I'll update in a day or two, between typing one handed and the vicodin it's time to call it a night... See you on the road. GAW