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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UY80qr2YO3nF1kYy-yEj5_kPYDU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UY80qr2YO3nF1kYy-yEj5_kPYDU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UY80qr2YO3nF1kYy-yEj5_kPYDU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UY80qr2YO3nF1kYy-yEj5_kPYDU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SpQNgrMc8XM/TxwtxCQvurI/AAAAAAAABRs/tfQM3LVd47w/s1600/mack%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bsnow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SpQNgrMc8XM/TxwtxCQvurI/AAAAAAAABRs/tfQM3LVd47w/s400/mack%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bsnow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700481548788153010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;than cross the Mighty Mack in the conditions pictured above. That photo comes from &lt;a href="http://www.mackinacbridge.org/bridge-cam-20/"&gt;the bridge authorities traffic cam&lt;/a&gt;. If you click on the highlighted link, you can view the current conditions on the bridge. They also have some interesting history about the Mighty Mack. Early last year, &lt;a href="http://7plus8.blogspot.com/"&gt;Red &lt;/a&gt;proposed a bike trip to Canada so he could add getting his "Canada Card" to his list of endeavors. He invited &lt;a href="http://crazyuncle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Unk&lt;/a&gt; and myself to Join him, but through a series of circumstances, his wife broke her ankle, I wound up being needed on an emergency project at work, the trip never happened.. Luckily, &lt;a href="http://crazyuncle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Unk &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://surlycamera.blogspot.com/2011/08/tour-of-indiana.html"&gt;Surly&lt;/a&gt; did wind up going on a adventure of their own so all was not lost. The four of us have had a Internet kinship going for quite some time, and I would like nothing better than meeting these folks face to face and going on a ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-48yxXXrlGMw/Txw-UNnR7bI/AAAAAAAABR4/1_RaJC_VY4k/s1600/mac.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-48yxXXrlGMw/Txw-UNnR7bI/AAAAAAAABR4/1_RaJC_VY4k/s400/mac.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700499745316924850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we were in the planning stages I pointed out we would have to cross a couple of bridges some find pretty intimidating. &lt;a href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-not-too-bad.html"&gt;First being the Mackinac bridge&lt;/a&gt;, it is five miles long and spans the straits of Mackinac. Riding the bridge can be somewhat of a challenge, it seems to always be pretty windy up there. Second, the bridge authority paints the bridge from one end to the other May until October. The painting itself is no big deal in a car, but if you are on a bike and crossing the bridge between nine am, and five pm. Monday through Friday, the outside lanes are closed to traffic and you have to ride the grate. What is the grate you ask, it is a metal grate that spans 3,800 hundred feet and is 199 feet above the water. It was put there by design to allow wind to pass through the bridge so it remains stable instead of acting like a sail and leading to it’s failure like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge that collapsed in spectacular fashion on November seventh 1940 due to high winds. The wind had no way of passing through the bridge and it began an irreversible gyration and came apart. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j-zczJXSxnw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine being the guy rescuing the dog from the car and walking off the bridge, that must have been awesome. I digress, the whole point of this post is about “riding the grate” and crossing the bridge in less than ideal conditions. On a motorcycle, it can be about as much fun as pulling your own teeth with a pair of pliers. Your bike starts to gyrate like &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Rose_Lee"&gt;Gypsy Rose Lee&lt;/a&gt; and makes you want to clamp on the handle bars with a death grip. This only makes it worse. You have to have kinda have a light touch on the bars to lessen the effect and still maintain control. Then you have the added pleasure of having a front row view to the straits that lie two hundred feet below. Combine the two and you have a pretty hair raising experience on your hands. Maybe this year, if all the planets align, we can do the trip or at least something close to it. I guess we’ll have to see what kinda cards we are dealt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-7642745592370609304?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/6b11mPYJmIg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/7642745592370609304/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=7642745592370609304&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/7642745592370609304?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/7642745592370609304?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/6b11mPYJmIg/i-think-i-would-rather-be-shot-across.html" title="I Think I Would Rather Be Shot Across The Straits From A Cannon" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SpQNgrMc8XM/TxwtxCQvurI/AAAAAAAABRs/tfQM3LVd47w/s72-c/mack%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bsnow.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-think-i-would-rather-be-shot-across.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0YFSX4-cCp7ImA9WhRUEEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-1939955660063734594</id><published>2012-01-20T16:00:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T16:31:58.058-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-20T16:31:58.058-05:00</app:edited><title>Compare Bikes Side by Side</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pHRo3AWYCR2KX9D58z1G7HXCirM/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pHRo3AWYCR2KX9D58z1G7HXCirM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pHRo3AWYCR2KX9D58z1G7HXCirM/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pHRo3AWYCR2KX9D58z1G7HXCirM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Find the best has come up with an comparison site that allows you to compare all types of consumables. What does that mean to us in the motorcycling community, well they have a very easy to use side by side page that allows you to &lt;a href="http://motorcycles.findthebest.com/"&gt;directly compare bikes&lt;/a&gt; from any category at a glance. Trevor contacted me and inquired if I would like to add my blog to the blog section of &lt;a href="http://www.findthebest.com/"&gt;FindTheBest.com&lt;/a&gt;. After reviewing the site, I have to say I was more than happy to. If any of the other "motorcycle bloggers" that stop by here from time to time would like to do the same, you can contact Trevor below and get started. I'm now going to turn the reigns over to Trevor and let him tell you a little more about what they have happening at &lt;a href="http://www.findthebest.com/"&gt;FindThe Best.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In today’s endless sea of websites, the pursuit of information can be a nightmare. The search to find the best motorcycles can lead you you on a wild goose chase through this mayhem and will often leave you empty handed. FindTheBest recognizes this problem and created a smart, organized, and easy to use tool that allows you to find exactly what you need quickly and efficiently. You now have a place to compare dirt bikes side by side and filter them by the facts that actually matter to you. Never before has there been a way to design a search around your personal needs in such a user friendly format. Here’s a side by side of some top performing sport bikes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://motorcycles.findthebest.com/sites/all/modules/custom/main/ftb-slideshow-new.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="500" height="400" name="ftb-slideshow" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="xml_source=motorcycles.findthebest.com&amp;cinco=1510" /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://motorcycles.findthebest.com"&gt;Compare All Motorcycles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We don’t stop with bikes, either. We cover everything from cars to blogs, and if you are interested in being added to our database please contact Trevor Salas at tsalas@findthebest.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-1939955660063734594?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/k0n_3qHuudM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/1939955660063734594/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=1939955660063734594&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/1939955660063734594?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/1939955660063734594?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/k0n_3qHuudM/compare-bikes-side-by-side.html" title="Compare Bikes Side by Side" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2012/01/compare-bikes-side-by-side.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0ENSHg4fSp7ImA9WhRUFU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-3409398715339076659</id><published>2012-01-16T20:02:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T09:28:19.635-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-25T09:28:19.635-05:00</app:edited><title>Progressive International Motorcycle Shows 2012</title><content type="html">
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pYYUICZYY7RlE_m-oJ_5_nhCpDc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pYYUICZYY7RlE_m-oJ_5_nhCpDc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The good people at the &lt;a href="http://www.motorcycleshows.com/buytickets"&gt;Progressive International Motorcycle Shows&lt;/a&gt; have asked me to pass on some savings on the remaining shows to the readers of my blog. Clicking on the picture below will take you to their website where you will receive a $3.00 discount on tickets purchased in advance using this code, MOTOINF. &lt;a href="http://www.motorcycleshows.com/buytickets"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6711554157_208a797662.jpg" width="500" height="372" alt="Screen Shot 2012-01-16 at 12.27.13 PM"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The remaining stops on the tour are as follows:&lt;br /&gt;January 20-22, 2012 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center New York, NY&lt;br /&gt;January 27-29, 2012 I-X Center Cleveland, OH&lt;br /&gt;February 3-5, 2012 Minneapolis Convention Center Minneapolis, MN &lt;br /&gt;February 10-12, 2012 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Chicago, IL&lt;br /&gt;February 24-26, 2012 Charlotte Convention Center Charlotte, NC&lt;br /&gt;March 14-17, 2012 Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I missed the stop here in Detroit cause of the bum foot. I have been to a few in the past and they are always a good time. So if the show is coming to a town near you, save a couple bucks, Check out the Dream Pavilion, Smage Bros Stunt Show, Ultimate Builder Custom Bike show with a $90k prize and Kawasaki Design-a-Bike. The Marketplace is a showcase to find the latest aftermarket parts and accessories for your bike, and the main exhibit floor features what’s new with your favorite motorcycle manufacturers. Even though I couldn't make it, hope Y'all can stop by, it's a great way to spend an day or two.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-3409398715339076659?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/hvxelPFSCNo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/3409398715339076659/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=3409398715339076659&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/3409398715339076659?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/3409398715339076659?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/hvxelPFSCNo/progressive-international-motorcycle.html" title="Progressive International Motorcycle Shows 2012" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2012/01/progressive-international-motorcycle.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEcNRn47fSp7ImA9WhRVF04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-6667195608732322082</id><published>2012-01-16T12:40:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T12:48:17.005-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-16T12:48:17.005-05:00</app:edited><title>These Boys Have More Talent in Their Pinky Nails Than I have In My Whole Bloodline</title><content type="html">
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QaXc5LulsJeHNbpe_wrLdOFp96w/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QaXc5LulsJeHNbpe_wrLdOFp96w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All I can say is, Don't try this at home kids. For your viewing pleasure, please view in fullscreen.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Te0V71sGoxA" frameborder="0" width="500"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-6667195608732322082?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/h0jAk80h6Kc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/6667195608732322082/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=6667195608732322082&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/6667195608732322082?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/6667195608732322082?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/h0jAk80h6Kc/these-boys-have-more-talent-in-their.html" title="These Boys Have More Talent in Their Pinky Nails Than I have In My Whole Bloodline" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/Te0V71sGoxA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2012/01/these-boys-have-more-talent-in-their.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEcCRnw6fyp7ImA9WhRVFko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-4589909936210799853</id><published>2012-01-15T20:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T20:07:47.217-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-15T20:07:47.217-05:00</app:edited><title>An Exercise In Clutch Control</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WCHloUxnuhKC5-eg-7rMS41wlCw/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WCHloUxnuhKC5-eg-7rMS41wlCw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WCHloUxnuhKC5-eg-7rMS41wlCw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WCHloUxnuhKC5-eg-7rMS41wlCw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xcoAUpcb-So" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My guess he was trying to compensate for the extra weight of having a passenger on his bike.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-4589909936210799853?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/4H-aD-Ucb_I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/4589909936210799853/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=4589909936210799853&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/4589909936210799853?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/4589909936210799853?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/4H-aD-Ucb_I/exercise-in-clutch-control.html" title="An Exercise In Clutch Control" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/xcoAUpcb-So/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2012/01/exercise-in-clutch-control.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DE4BQXY6eSp7ImA9WhRWGE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-2326984833862443559</id><published>2012-01-05T18:23:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T18:42:30.811-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-05T18:42:30.811-05:00</app:edited><title>'82-'83 Suzuki Katana</title><content type="html">
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_l5BJKFmhCT2-UBZpHevfpC8m-o/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_l5BJKFmhCT2-UBZpHevfpC8m-o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEeIS_mqmzg/TwTwxO8v73I/AAAAAAAABRE/fegbiV_qFec/s1600/Steve%2Badams%2Bkat1%2B%25282%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693940557520301938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEeIS_mqmzg/TwTwxO8v73I/AAAAAAAABRE/fegbiV_qFec/s400/Steve%2Badams%2Bkat1%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there is another bike I would trade the Fj for besides the VF1000R it would be Suzuki's original Katana. The styling of this bike is always been a love, hate affair for most, guess what side of the argument you'll find me on. Originally &lt;a href="http://www.katanacentral.co.uk/history/targetdesign.asp"&gt;Hans Muth of target design&lt;/a&gt; drew up the design for MV Agusta, they were not crazy about it and a modified version found a home at Suzuki. It only sold for two years here in the States and are scarce as hens teeth. They loved the design so much in Japan, it rolled off the assembly line until 2000. The first incarnation was the GS1000S Katana, You could have it in 1000 or 1100cc flavors depending on you country of origin. the specs for this bike are as follows, Overall Length: 2 260 mm (89.0 in)&lt;br /&gt;Overall Width: 715 mm (28.1 in)&lt;br /&gt;Overall Height: 1 195 mm (47.0 in)&lt;br /&gt;Seat Height: 775 mm (30.5 in)&lt;br /&gt;Ground Clearance: 175 mm (6.9 in)&lt;br /&gt;Wheelbase 1 520 mm (59.8 in)&lt;br /&gt;Dry Weight: 232 kg (511 lbs)&lt;br /&gt;Engine type: Air-cooled 998 cc inline-4,&lt;br /&gt;DOHC, 16 valves. 108 hp/ 8,500 rpm, 9,3 kg-m/ 6,500 rpm.&lt;br /&gt;It had my eyes poppin' out of my head the first time I saw one. There was an '83 model for sale in the Columbus Ohio area two years ago. I'm still kicking myself in the ass over that bike as it was only three grand and an original unmolested bike in pristine condition. Suzuki for '83 added a blue racing stripe down the tank, but still sported that hair raising body work.&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dZ3VjIaqDzs/TwX6Y3geKZI/AAAAAAAABRQ/bmBFG6NDQHg/s1600/Steve%2Badams%2Bkat1%2B%25281%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694232609003809170" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dZ3VjIaqDzs/TwX6Y3geKZI/AAAAAAAABRQ/bmBFG6NDQHg/s400/Steve%2Badams%2Bkat1%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I keep my eye out for an nice example to pop up in my gun sites, the only ones of late have carried a hefty tariff. last fall a fellow in the Chicago area was asking eight grand for his SV model. I bit steep by my standards, the ad has been taken down so it may have been worth that sum to somebody or simply had no takers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just recived the latest issue of &lt;a href="http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/motorcycles/practical-sportsbikes-magazine.html"&gt;Practical Sports bikes&lt;/a&gt; and found they had the Katana as the bike of choice for their 5 best section. Every month, they do a profile on five classic sports bikes that the lucky owners have modified to suite their individual taste. The number one choice among the editors topped my own personal list. It is owned by a gent named of Steve Adams. He bought it as a basket case and gave it what I like to call the "resto-mod" treatment. He has sold off the bits he didn't want and went about adding a raft of modern hardware in it's stead. He was going to use a 1200cc mill from a bandit, but used a 1000cc unit punched out to 1170cc. Topped it off with standard valves, GSX1100EFE cams and had the heads flowed. Chose a set of 37mm keihin smooth bores to do the breathing. A generous friend dropped a set of Dymag wheels in his lap. So to hold them to the bike he fitted a 1200 bandit swingarm suspended by a set of Ohlins piggy back shocks. Went with GSX-R750 K4 forks fitted into a Fireblade yoke. Bringing the party to a stop is a set of 320mm front discs sourced from a 1200 Bandit, squeezed by a set of 4 piston radial calipers yanked off a '04 R1. I sniped these photos from &lt;a href="http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/motorcycle-news/suzuki-katana-1100-by-steve-adams-ar82060.html"&gt;TopSpeed.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w8iQqCiyVo/TwYxnwMNkSI/AAAAAAAABRc/GvWwWJV_D5M/s1600/steve%2Badams%2Bkat2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w8iQqCiyVo/TwYxnwMNkSI/AAAAAAAABRc/GvWwWJV_D5M/s400/steve%2Badams%2Bkat2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694293337877352738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mixed all together makes my breathing shallow, beads of perspiration form on my fore head and I have to take a seat because I'm light headed. If I got within ten feet of this bike I would probably need CPR or have my heart restarted with a defibrillator. I am a true fan of attention to detail and the less is more philosophy. Mr. Adams more than achieved this with his master piece of a Katana, well done sir.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-2326984833862443559?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/HAKb4vc2ur4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/2326984833862443559/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=2326984833862443559&amp;isPopup=true" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/2326984833862443559?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/2326984833862443559?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/HAKb4vc2ur4/82-83-suzuki-katana.html" title="'82-'83 Suzuki Katana" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEeIS_mqmzg/TwTwxO8v73I/AAAAAAAABRE/fegbiV_qFec/s72-c/Steve%2Badams%2Bkat1%2B%25282%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2012/01/82-83-suzuki-katana.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUcFQn48eip7ImA9WhRWEE4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-5794493311606791373</id><published>2011-12-27T18:37:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-27T19:43:33.072-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-27T19:43:33.072-05:00</app:edited><title>Extended Riding Season Cut Short</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VBPa1ce0Cqh-VZt0F0EnprpvNR0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VBPa1ce0Cqh-VZt0F0EnprpvNR0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VBPa1ce0Cqh-VZt0F0EnprpvNR0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VBPa1ce0Cqh-VZt0F0EnprpvNR0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;We have been enjoying an unusually mild fall here in Michigan that has extended the riding season deep into December. While I normally ride in the winter as long as the weather allows, it has been tough to get any winter riding in the last two years. Too many snow storms and freezing and thawing has made riding difficult the last two winters. I do not like riding after salt and chloride have been used to clear the roads, way too corrosive. Way too much of those two compounds spread around for my liking the last two years, does awful things to your bike. &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4Dwkfdq_Qo/TvpZYPFVGmI/AAAAAAAABQg/dnKRSPJn_R8/s1600/Rollabout.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4Dwkfdq_Qo/TvpZYPFVGmI/AAAAAAAABQg/dnKRSPJn_R8/s400/Rollabout.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690959352036661858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weather has nothing to do with my premature exit from winter riding this year. My doctor says I can still ride, just not my bike, but the crazy contraption pictured above. It's called a rollabout, and you use it to get around when you have an injury that you have to keep weight off of. After the wife brought it home and I got a look it, I won't be riding it either. Not unless I can mount a motor on it, it is a rental, so there will be none of that. It's heading back to the hospital supply.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ydZFtI3ZtmE/TvpbE24UQQI/AAAAAAAABQs/g2n8-QI7w84/s1600/My%2BXray.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ydZFtI3ZtmE/TvpbE24UQQI/AAAAAAAABQs/g2n8-QI7w84/s400/My%2BXray.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690961218145370370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The photo pictured here is of my left foot. You see, my dumb ass went out and fractured my fifth metatarsal. I rolled my left foot as I walked out of a wet environment onto a painted porch with a fresh dusting of snow on it. I knew it wasn't good when I looked down and my foot was at a ninety degree angle to my leg and heard a sound like a twig snapping. Now all I have to look forward to is a six week vacation from work and a lot of sitting on my ass. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ETqlKRxieag/TvpisYn32BI/AAAAAAAABQ4/ecO6ri9e_9A/s1600/Gymi%2527s%2BTelecoustic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ETqlKRxieag/TvpisYn32BI/AAAAAAAABQ4/ecO6ri9e_9A/s400/Gymi%2527s%2BTelecoustic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690969593799497746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a silver lining in this black cloud though. I will have a lot of time to spend learning to play the blues. I have played the guitar for some years now and am basically a rhythm player. I have always wanted to learn scales and modes, this injury presents the perfect opportunity to head down that road. While I didn't get my VF1000R for Christmas, I did get a new Fender Telecoustic. I have to say, the timing of that gift could not have been better. It is a great addition to my Standard and Thinline Telecasters. So it looks like the only thing I'll be riding for a while is the couch, at least I have something to keep me busy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time...................&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-5794493311606791373?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/mpRtg9tOJ04" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/5794493311606791373/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=5794493311606791373&amp;isPopup=true" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5794493311606791373?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5794493311606791373?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/mpRtg9tOJ04/extended-riding-season-cut-short.html" title="Extended Riding Season Cut Short" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4Dwkfdq_Qo/TvpZYPFVGmI/AAAAAAAABQg/dnKRSPJn_R8/s72-c/Rollabout.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/12/extended-riding-season-cut-short.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkUEQ3s7fCp7ImA9WhRXF0k.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-552127796205498148</id><published>2011-12-24T12:08:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T12:36:42.504-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-24T12:36:42.504-05:00</app:edited><title>How About A Duc For The Holidays</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xfo7pZ69oojAlYZPM48HTGycu5g/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xfo7pZ69oojAlYZPM48HTGycu5g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xfo7pZ69oojAlYZPM48HTGycu5g/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Xfo7pZ69oojAlYZPM48HTGycu5g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Even if it doesn't look like my Christmas wish isn't going to come true this year, at least I get to see a good friend get his stocking stuffed. My buddy Felix, A.K.A. Bayou Boy just picked himself up a '05 Ducati 999. He already owns a Road King and was considering giving it up in favor of the Duc. He called me to get my thoughts. I advised him while the Ducati is certainly a work of art, riding it is going to be a bit painful. Designed as a no holds barred track weapon, rider comfort is sacrificed for all out performance. I told him he may find this bike too uncomfortable after his Road King and Triumph Scrambler. So he kept the Road King and added the 999 to his stable. He decided this bike was just to sexy and too much of a bargain to pass up. So he now has the best of both worlds, a bike he can ride coast to coast in total comfort and a finely honed sporting tool at his beck and call.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iO1oBEYfVj0/TvUWl7ThU_I/AAAAAAAABP8/up1XVGESW3I/s1600/felix%2Bduc1%2B%25281%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689478545083028466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iO1oBEYfVj0/TvUWl7ThU_I/AAAAAAAABP8/up1XVGESW3I/s400/felix%2Bduc1%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The styling of this bike was somewhat controversial, following the 916/998, which is considered by many to be the most striking Ducati design. Myself, I prefer the 999 looks over the 916/998. I would have a hard time keeping this bike out of my house. I would enjoy looking at it as much as riding it, I just love it's lines. For Felix, this bike is his first dip into the sport bike pool. I believe he is going to find this bike to be completely alien to ride at first. Not that he hasn't rode bikes like this, he hasn't lived with one yet. My guess, he will find it's combination of light weight, handling and power to be overwhelmingly addictive. He won't be alone when he ventures out, he has quite a few riding buddies who are Ducati owners. I am sure they will take him to the best roads they know to make his riding experience with his new mount a good one. Being that riding a sport bike will be a totally new riding experience to him after riding heavy metal all these years he told me he will send me a couple post relaying his thoughts on the bike.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JL2lu6vSwGU/TvYHdCzr-9I/AAAAAAAABQI/wAcq8TRDxBI/s1600/felix%2Bduc2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689743374780464082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JL2lu6vSwGU/TvYHdCzr-9I/AAAAAAAABQI/wAcq8TRDxBI/s400/felix%2Bduc2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; He is in for a totally new riding experience, and to me, that's a good thing. He chose to skip the frying pan and jump strait into the fire on this one. Will he like the heat of that fire, only time with the bike will tell. I think once he gets used to the riding position and different riding dynamics he will be hooked for good. Especially when he is presented with the right riding environment, maybe even a couple track days. I hope you love your 999 Felix, and I have to admit, I am jealous as hell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f6403mqtaWk/TvYHtQa-6RI/AAAAAAAABQU/7BEFDsdMqrE/s1600/Felix%2Bw%2Bduc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689743653312850194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f6403mqtaWk/TvYHtQa-6RI/AAAAAAAABQU/7BEFDsdMqrE/s400/Felix%2Bw%2Bduc.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next time.......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-552127796205498148?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/KDcqsBTLLvw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/552127796205498148/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=552127796205498148&amp;isPopup=true" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/552127796205498148?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/552127796205498148?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/KDcqsBTLLvw/how-about-duc-for-holidays.html" title="How About A Duc For The Holidays" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iO1oBEYfVj0/TvUWl7ThU_I/AAAAAAAABP8/up1XVGESW3I/s72-c/felix%2Bduc1%2B%25281%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-about-duc-for-holidays.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcASX08eyp7ImA9WhRXEE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-5742459808594843847</id><published>2011-12-15T20:15:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T21:20:48.373-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-15T21:20:48.373-05:00</app:edited><title>All I Want For Christmas is........</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JvHzWFgrh2PSruhGeQHB4lx4yNk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JvHzWFgrh2PSruhGeQHB4lx4yNk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JvHzWFgrh2PSruhGeQHB4lx4yNk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JvHzWFgrh2PSruhGeQHB4lx4yNk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;A VF1000R. With ten days left till Christmas, it looks like my wish will not be fulfilled this year. That is unless someone out there has grown tired of their 1000R and is willing to donate it to me. I'm not holding my breath though. The 1000R was not most sharply honed back road weapon of it's time. It is heavy,even in it's heyday, but still handled well at speed, although it's weight becomes more apparent at low speeds. It also was hampered by a stiff price tag for it's day. It was built in the guise of "FWS" HRC works bikes that Freddie Spencer, Mike Baldwin and Joey Dunlop were using to tear up the competition.&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pRz_Ds9Gnlk/TuqfFIzdZQI/AAAAAAAABPE/VDRtPsE3Nsw/s1600/1982_Baldwin_FWS1000_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686532390120154370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pRz_Ds9Gnlk/TuqfFIzdZQI/AAAAAAAABPE/VDRtPsE3Nsw/s400/1982_Baldwin_FWS1000_1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That bike was a beast, the road going version didn't quite live up to it's legend. It did have a bit of grunt though, pumping out around 122 hp. Also sports gear driven cams. The specs are as follows,&lt;br /&gt;Engine...............................DOHC 4stroke 16 valve v4&lt;br /&gt;Bore &amp;amp; stroke.................77 x 53.6 mm&lt;br /&gt;Displacement...............998 cubic centimetres Compression Ratio........10.5 : 1&lt;br /&gt;Carburetors.................4 x 36 mm cv type&lt;br /&gt;Max Horsepower...........122 ps/10500 rpm&lt;br /&gt;Max torque..................9.4 kg-m/8000 rpm&lt;br /&gt;Ignition......................electronic advance&lt;br /&gt;Transmission...............5 speed&lt;br /&gt;Final Drive..................O ring lubrication sealed chain&lt;br /&gt;Wheelbase..................1505 mm&lt;br /&gt;Seat Height.................810 mm&lt;br /&gt;Ground Clearance.......130 mm&lt;br /&gt;Fuel Capacity.............25 L including 4.5 reserve Wheels......................NS-type aluminium Com Star&lt;br /&gt;Tires.........................120/80 v16-v250,140/80 vr17-v25&lt;br /&gt;Front suspension.......41mm 3way adj. rebound damping 155 mm travel&lt;br /&gt;Rear suspension.........Pro-link 3way remote adj. rebound 123mm travel&lt;br /&gt;Front Brakes..............duel floating disks with duel piston calipers&lt;br /&gt;Rear Brakes...............ventilated discs with opposed piston calipers&lt;br /&gt;Dry Weight................238 kg&lt;br /&gt;I have been using &lt;a href="http://craigspal.com/Download-CraigsPal"&gt;craigspal&lt;/a&gt; to track down a suitable unit for the last few months. I can search All of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio at the same time with this program. Or the whole country if I care to. A couple have popped up on my radar, but were not the best examples. For a low production bike, they seem to pop up for sale round these parts more than one would expect. I can't really tell you why, but I have always lusted after this bike. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand at attention, and gives me goose bumps I could remove ten coats of paint with.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9UkD42xYRFE/TuqmxoflNrI/AAAAAAAABPQ/oe5Q3MqJZp4/s1600/9782.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686540851122353842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9UkD42xYRFE/TuqmxoflNrI/AAAAAAAABPQ/oe5Q3MqJZp4/s400/9782.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_XfcPkRhKJI/Tuqoj4GnCMI/AAAAAAAABPc/IPvkHBw3nPk/s1600/VF1000-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686542813817669826" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_XfcPkRhKJI/Tuqoj4GnCMI/AAAAAAAABPc/IPvkHBw3nPk/s400/VF1000-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MwaQhjTrgHE/TuqpAU9oijI/AAAAAAAABPo/NWWuUJpTUiE/s1600/3vfkr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 293px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686543302600985138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MwaQhjTrgHE/TuqpAU9oijI/AAAAAAAABPo/NWWuUJpTUiE/s400/3vfkr.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time is running out fast for Santa to slip one of these beauties under my tree. But I will continue my search until the right example shows up in my gun sight. Until then, I will be have to be content to feed my midlife hunger with the FJ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time............&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-5742459808594843847?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/xk7K2ShLeT8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/5742459808594843847/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=5742459808594843847&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5742459808594843847?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5742459808594843847?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/xk7K2ShLeT8/all-i-want-for-christmas-is.html" title="All I Want For Christmas is........" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pRz_Ds9Gnlk/TuqfFIzdZQI/AAAAAAAABPE/VDRtPsE3Nsw/s72-c/1982_Baldwin_FWS1000_1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-i-want-for-christmas-is.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkQHQHc6fip7ImA9WhRRFUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-5544626253784931736</id><published>2011-11-27T18:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T14:58:51.916-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-28T14:58:51.916-05:00</app:edited><title>All I Can Say Is WOW</title><content type="html">
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jLbdU8aScVcsOglGUR8eWuX0_uI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jLbdU8aScVcsOglGUR8eWuX0_uI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;This Guy is the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btViXvIDsi0"&gt;Ken Block&lt;/a&gt; of motorcycling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width="500" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/20XsaHpRQC8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-5544626253784931736?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/SlyMhDtyBeM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/5544626253784931736/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=5544626253784931736&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5544626253784931736?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5544626253784931736?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/SlyMhDtyBeM/all-i-can-say-is-wow.html" title="All I Can Say Is WOW" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/20XsaHpRQC8/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/11/all-i-can-say-is-wow.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUYCRHwyeyp7ImA9WhRTGUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-4939295961448155104</id><published>2011-11-10T21:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T21:06:05.293-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-10T21:06:05.293-05:00</app:edited><title>Talk About Talent,</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-RbTKkQK4Jssht9qaFOUViKra50/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-RbTKkQK4Jssht9qaFOUViKra50/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-RbTKkQK4Jssht9qaFOUViKra50/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-RbTKkQK4Jssht9qaFOUViKra50/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I have always been amazed at the level of skill possessed by trials riders. These boys make it look like child's play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aiS44Tw6Gy0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;img src='http://youcastcorp.com/influencers/images/clear.gif?vaid=2316' border='0' alt='' /&gt;&lt;img src='http://ycin.net/cimage.php?a=1&amp;aid=2316&amp;ts=0&amp;nid=1' width='1' height='1' border='0' alt='' /&gt;&lt;script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='http://cdn.nprove.com/npcore.js?id=cpma-n75xa7srgjpr1278471204560'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;_qoptions={qacct:'p-f4QCdDOj56EYA'};&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;img src='http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-f4QCdDOj56EYA.gif' style='display: none;' border='0' height='1' width='1' alt='Quantcast' /&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;script src='http://ycst.netmng.com/?aid=1074' type='text/javascript' defer='defer'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-4939295961448155104?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/6Qlk6JIDKhY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/4939295961448155104/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=4939295961448155104&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/4939295961448155104?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/4939295961448155104?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/6Qlk6JIDKhY/talk-about-talent.html" title="Talk About Talent," /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/aiS44Tw6Gy0/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/11/talk-about-talent.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0ICRnczfip7ImA9WhRTEUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-6138587600187356727</id><published>2011-11-01T19:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T19:52:47.986-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-01T19:52:47.986-04:00</app:edited><title>Coming Soon to a City Near You</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sMwUPOeCv9_M_e7VApSSWl5lxps/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sMwUPOeCv9_M_e7VApSSWl5lxps/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sMwUPOeCv9_M_e7VApSSWl5lxps/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sMwUPOeCv9_M_e7VApSSWl5lxps/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe width="500" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2Vv7s-c7jog" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2011-2012 Progressive International Motorcycle Shows 12-city tour schedule is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; November 18-20, 2011 San Mateo County Event Center  San Mateo, CA&lt;br /&gt; December 2-4, 2011 Dallas Convention Center   Dallas, TX&lt;br /&gt; December 9-11, 2011 Long Beach Convention Center  Long Beach, CA&lt;br /&gt; December 16-18, 2011 Washington State Convention Center Seattle, WA&lt;br /&gt; January 6-8, 2012 Suburban Collection Showplace  Novi, MI &lt;br /&gt; January 13-15, 2012 Washington Convention Center  Washington D.C.&lt;br /&gt; January 20-22, 2012 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center  New York, NY&lt;br /&gt;  January 27-29, 2012 I-X Center     Cleveland, OH&lt;br /&gt;  February 3-5, 2012 Minneapolis Convention Center  Minneapolis, MN &lt;br /&gt;  February 10-12, 2012 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Chicago, IL&lt;br /&gt;  February 24-26, 2012 Charlotte Convention Center  Charlotte, NC&lt;br /&gt;March 14-17, 2012 Ocean Center     Daytona Beach, FL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://ycin.net/ct.php?ctaid=2344' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='http://youcastcorp.com/influencers/campaign_assets/165/sas_2344_1319592978.png?vaid=2344' border='0' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src='http://ycin.net/cimage.php?a=1&amp;aid=2344&amp;ts=0&amp;nid=1' width='1' height='1' border='0' alt='' /&gt;&lt;script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='http://cdn.nprove.com/npcore.js?id=cpma-n75xa7srgjpr1278471204560'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;_qoptions={qacct:'p-f4QCdDOj56EYA'};&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;img src='http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-f4QCdDOj56EYA.gif' style='display: none;' border='0' height='1' width='1' alt='Quantcast' /&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;script src='http://ycst.netmng.com/?aid=1074' type='text/javascript' defer='defer'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-6138587600187356727?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/S9VHTwLqqEE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/6138587600187356727/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=6138587600187356727&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/6138587600187356727?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/6138587600187356727?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/S9VHTwLqqEE/coming-soon-to-city-near-you_01.html" title="Coming Soon to a City Near You" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/2Vv7s-c7jog/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/11/coming-soon-to-city-near-you_01.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUAQ344cSp7ImA9WhRUFk0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-5412796229173011569</id><published>2011-10-29T19:17:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T13:24:02.039-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-26T13:24:02.039-05:00</app:edited><title>Jeremiah</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CqXIwB9KzTQhgkxvNoArbkHpTSU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CqXIwB9KzTQhgkxvNoArbkHpTSU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CqXIwB9KzTQhgkxvNoArbkHpTSU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CqXIwB9KzTQhgkxvNoArbkHpTSU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ed is just one of those people that can transfer the images in his mind into tangible objects. Or fix just about anything he lays his hands on. About six or seven years ago, he built his first guitar, in the classic Martin style dreadnought. That guitar turned out incredible. I have a friend that is a professional Blue Grass musician, when he played this guitar, he said he couldn't believe it. Ed's guitar had the feel and sound of his classic Martin's and he has a couple valued in the twenty to thirty thousand dollar range. High praise indeed, but Ed, always modest, was like, I did nothing special, anyone can do it. This was not a kit guitar, he built it from scratch.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5WV3vx_2HXg/TyGaIneOmgI/AAAAAAAABSE/_u5bDr3cdqY/s1600/Handler.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5WV3vx_2HXg/TyGaIneOmgI/AAAAAAAABSE/_u5bDr3cdqY/s400/Handler.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702008076053158402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Enter Ed's first attempt at a arch top guitar. He has always admired the style and craftsmanship of the &lt;a href="http://www.archtop.com/ac_38dany.html"&gt;D'Angelico New Yorker&lt;/a&gt;. So it was a New Yorker or nothing for Ed. The guitar pictured above is an Original 1947 New Yorker. Originals are highly prized and worth a fortune. John D'Angelico hand made 1164 guitars in four different designs New Yorker, Excel, Style A and Style B before he passed away in 1964. The New Yorker is copied by several guitar makers and some of the high end builders get large sums of money for their versions.&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp_CWfoWjOg/TqyQSkqeK2I/AAAAAAAABNo/feW2JTZWjTU/s1600/Eds%2Bfront%2B%25281%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669064679706471266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp_CWfoWjOg/TqyQSkqeK2I/AAAAAAAABNo/feW2JTZWjTU/s400/Eds%2Bfront%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money was the last thing on Ed's mind when he decided to take on the challenge of building an arch top. He had more selfless ambitions in mind, but we will get to that later. He started this project, again, not from a kit but from a storm damaged maple tree. He did buy the sitka spruce as a solid piece from Alaska, and hand formed it for the top of the guitar. As any luthier will tell you, this is no simple task. It has to be shaped to not only the right form, but the right thickness or you will not be able to get the proper vibration to produce the sweet tone you are striving to achieve.&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YbK8Bb89Nc/TqySnVQi8EI/AAAAAAAABN0/50Guw7luOk4/s1600/Eds%2Bback%2B%25281%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669067235371708482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YbK8Bb89Nc/TqySnVQi8EI/AAAAAAAABN0/50Guw7luOk4/s400/Eds%2Bback%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; He took the best pieces of the maple and quarter sawn it and then book matched and carved the back. He also made veneer from the same cuts of wood to make the sides. And made the neck from a solid piece. He used ebony for the fretboard and hand carved all the inlays and abalone he filled them with no dremel tool for Ed.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yq9CnJLVUHM/TqyUfQrk2HI/AAAAAAAABOA/jLhrU234_Zo/s1600/Eds%2Bfront%2B%25282%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669069295727204466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yq9CnJLVUHM/TqyUfQrk2HI/AAAAAAAABOA/jLhrU234_Zo/s400/Eds%2Bfront%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m1Rc-3-DhEI/TqyUnB0FnPI/AAAAAAAABOM/nlkCzLrpO8o/s1600/Eds%2Bback%2B%25282%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669069429175327986" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m1Rc-3-DhEI/TqyUnB0FnPI/AAAAAAAABOM/nlkCzLrpO8o/s400/Eds%2Bback%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sorry about the quality of the pictures, I only had my cell phone on me at the time. I will post better pics later as these don't do the instrument justice. It took him about two years to build this beauty and the results are stunning. I had a chance to play it yesterday and have to say, it plays as smooth as butter, and sounds as good as any hollow body arch top I have ever played. I'm not in the same league as our buddy Richard, hell, I'm not even in the same sport when it comes to the quality of my playing ability. But I can play fairly well and have been playing for more years than I care to remember. I am truly impressed by the quality and sound of both guitars Ed has made. Oh yeah, I almost forgot I got so caught up in hyping Ed's latest creation. The reason Ed was compelled to build this guitar in the first place, He built it for his son Jeremiah's eighteenth birthday. Happy Birthday Jeremiah, here is one present you will never forget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time...........&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-5412796229173011569?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/CNTT1PTb5z0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/5412796229173011569/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=5412796229173011569&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5412796229173011569?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5412796229173011569?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/CNTT1PTb5z0/jeremiah.html" title="Jeremiah" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5WV3vx_2HXg/TyGaIneOmgI/AAAAAAAABSE/_u5bDr3cdqY/s72-c/Handler.jpeg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/10/jeremiah.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEcDSXg8eSp7ImA9WhdaE04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-502463555245948745</id><published>2011-10-22T16:53:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T21:07:58.671-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-10-22T21:07:58.671-04:00</app:edited><title>Eldorado Barn Find</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W4IXUIHfa2q6GeD3-I_GwbtpVvU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W4IXUIHfa2q6GeD3-I_GwbtpVvU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W4IXUIHfa2q6GeD3-I_GwbtpVvU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W4IXUIHfa2q6GeD3-I_GwbtpVvU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Well not actually a barn, more like a garage. My buddy Todd got a line on a '72 Moto Guzzi Eldorado 850 back in July. This is a true survivor bike, it had not been modified in any way since new. Todd was friends with the owner, who bought the bike new way back in'72.He rode the bike for a few years, and as with a lot of people, parked it after a small accident. That was way back in 1986, and it has stood silent in a corner of his garage ever since. Todd's friend passed away this spring. His widow, not knowing what to do with the bike turned to Todd. They weighed several options, and decided the best course of action would be to sell the bike to Todd for a price they both felt comfortable with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWHaRjHUno/TqMwxxjsg8I/AAAAAAAABLg/5O-6IsJ6v6A/s1600/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666426387836994498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWHaRjHUno/TqMwxxjsg8I/AAAAAAAABLg/5O-6IsJ6v6A/s400/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I went with him to check out the bike, and could tell, under all that dust and cob webs there lurked one fine example of a vintage Guzzi. The bike showing only 13,616 original miles bristled with promise. We loaded her up and headed for the hills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iv6Rw0GsQdc/TqM0rLK5d6I/AAAAAAAABLs/O5DfFO93HGk/s1600/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666430672499734434" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iv6Rw0GsQdc/TqM0rLK5d6I/AAAAAAAABLs/O5DfFO93HGk/s400/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pwptoZ8SmoA/TqM02AibPeI/AAAAAAAABL4/ecu6FiuhQ1c/s1600/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666430858624187874" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pwptoZ8SmoA/TqM02AibPeI/AAAAAAAABL4/ecu6FiuhQ1c/s400/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is exactly how we found the bike and where it had rested for the last quarter century. Todd's friend always intended to get his old Eldorado back on the road. But as is with a lot of things in life, time passed him by before he could get her road worthy again. Todd would see that she was brought back to her former glory. He immediately set about diagnosing the problems and setting them strait.&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lTrkh_AUejo/TqM398RV67I/AAAAAAAABME/f4oBzJHgEiA/s1600/guzzi%2Bleft%2Bside.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666434293452630962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lTrkh_AUejo/TqM398RV67I/AAAAAAAABME/f4oBzJHgEiA/s400/guzzi%2Bleft%2Bside.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As with anything that had sat in one place for so long, there was a laundry list of items that needed either changing or replaced. First on that long list would be all the fluids and tires. The coil was out to lunch, along with the cables and a few of the seals. The Dell'Orto carbs were in need of a thorough cleaning and tuning. As I have absolutely no experience with Dell'Ortos or flat slides, Todd turned to a professional to sort them out. The pro even had a bit of trouble with them, but after a while she was running like a champ.&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dbPdd3rBALU/TqM8PqJuYBI/AAAAAAAABMQ/Aki6z6v6cUs/s1600/Guzzi%2Bright%2Bside.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666438995872997394" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dbPdd3rBALU/TqM8PqJuYBI/AAAAAAAABMQ/Aki6z6v6cUs/s400/Guzzi%2Bright%2Bside.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With everything in it's right order, Todd found himself in a quandary. He really liked the bike, but was not sure if he wanted to keep it. He had been out of the riding game for quite some time and as much as he wanted to keep the Eldorado, he decided to sell her instead. So with mixed emotions, he placed an ad on both eBay and craigslist. A bidder soon won the bike on eBay, and the bike will be picked up Monday by a vehicle transport company. The new owner has already sold it to a collector in Japan. Too bad, it would have been nice to keep such a unmolested example of a Vintage Guzzi here in the states where it had spent it's entire existence. I'm sure it's new owner will lavish all the care and attention on her that she deserves. Even though it's not my bike, I'm sad to see it go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DRbxCS6h6QM/TqNCkpRTLtI/AAAAAAAABMc/HnDnBPR0Uyc/s1600/two%2Bsurvivors.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666445953483353810" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DRbxCS6h6QM/TqNCkpRTLtI/AAAAAAAABMc/HnDnBPR0Uyc/s400/two%2Bsurvivors.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time..............&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-502463555245948745?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/5GUBqkNIIuE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/502463555245948745/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=502463555245948745&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/502463555245948745?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/502463555245948745?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/5GUBqkNIIuE/eldorado-barn-find.html" title="Eldorado Barn Find" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWHaRjHUno/TqMwxxjsg8I/AAAAAAAABLg/5O-6IsJ6v6A/s72-c/guzzi%2Bin%2Bstorage.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/10/eldorado-barn-find.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEAHQnY9eyp7ImA9WhdbGUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-5089918193501279886</id><published>2011-10-18T16:58:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T17:18:53.863-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-10-18T17:18:53.863-04:00</app:edited><title>It is Beautiful</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IO_RnOfIcGVpo1e-9nVIgErtVsQ/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IO_RnOfIcGVpo1e-9nVIgErtVsQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IO_RnOfIcGVpo1e-9nVIgErtVsQ/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IO_RnOfIcGVpo1e-9nVIgErtVsQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I wish I had the extra cash to spend on a 1000 Monster to just sit around and look at. I do find motorcycles to be objects of beauty, and yes I do spend time just looking at my bikes from different angles. but what I really like about motorcycles besides working on them, is riding them. So when a desirable bike such as a 2006 model Ducati S2R1000 come up for sale with only 684 miles on it, I find it hard to wrap my head around it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2006 Ducati S2R1000 600 Miles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d5IGlVR8uis/Tp3qTks6LrI/AAAAAAAABK8/WfCC_TrbgiA/s1600/sr2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664941528292404914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d5IGlVR8uis/Tp3qTks6LrI/AAAAAAAABK8/WfCC_TrbgiA/s400/sr2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the ad copy "Mint condition 2006 Ducati S2R1000. Awesome bike only has 600 miles! Not a scratch or a flaw. No time to ride hate to sell:("&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d9LV6Y1q6i8/Tp3q8mCqbWI/AAAAAAAABLI/b_EuT0M3WP4/s1600/s2e.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d9LV6Y1q6i8/Tp3q8mCqbWI/AAAAAAAABLI/b_EuT0M3WP4/s400/s2e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664942233026719074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would hate to sell such a nice bike too. But better he sell it to someone who will appreciate her for the fine instrument she is and not only drink in her sensual good looks. But ride her like she deserves to be ridden. To me, it's a crime to leave such a Thoroughbred tied to the hitching post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ttHi1lM9lxk/Tp3tIwa4SYI/AAAAAAAABLU/C4WRqhnM-Ok/s1600/s2r%2Bclocks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ttHi1lM9lxk/Tp3tIwa4SYI/AAAAAAAABLU/C4WRqhnM-Ok/s400/s2r%2Bclocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664944640994331010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time.........&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-5089918193501279886?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/Cp0zqMl3ViM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/5089918193501279886/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=5089918193501279886&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5089918193501279886?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5089918193501279886?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/Cp0zqMl3ViM/it-is-beautiful.html" title="It is Beautiful" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d5IGlVR8uis/Tp3qTks6LrI/AAAAAAAABK8/WfCC_TrbgiA/s72-c/sr2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/10/it-is-beautiful.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0UHRX84eyp7ImA9WhdVGE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-131629334768775250</id><published>2011-09-23T17:53:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T19:40:34.133-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-23T19:40:34.133-04:00</app:edited><title>For Shame</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uk7oL9pLb2m58AfVOc0ngUidtaQ/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uk7oL9pLb2m58AfVOc0ngUidtaQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uk7oL9pLb2m58AfVOc0ngUidtaQ/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uk7oL9pLb2m58AfVOc0ngUidtaQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;A while back I wrote a post I titled &lt;a href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-motorcycle-porn.html"&gt;"More Motorcycle Porn"&lt;/a&gt;. Little did I know at the time it would cause a rush of surfers looking for "Motorcycle Porn" to start stopping by in hopes of finding some sort of filthy activity involving motorcycles having sex of some sort or other. Lord knows, I do love naked bikes. Far be it from me to judge others on the type of entertainment they seek to er, um, entertain themselves. Well, not wanting to completely disappoint those who have stopped by hoping to find some form illicit content I offer up the folllowing photo.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OM6DVylMU4k/Tn0DWl6CTaI/AAAAAAAABJs/0wUWka03NSY/s1600/Motorcycle%2Bchick.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OM6DVylMU4k/Tn0DWl6CTaI/AAAAAAAABJs/0wUWka03NSY/s400/Motorcycle%2Bchick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655680393714748834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While it may not fulfill the void you were looking to fill, I hope it goes a little way in making your stop at my crappy little blog less of a complete waste of your time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time.................&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-131629334768775250?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/aiPnXSQuRjA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/131629334768775250/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=131629334768775250&amp;isPopup=true" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/131629334768775250?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/131629334768775250?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/aiPnXSQuRjA/for-shame.html" title="For Shame" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OM6DVylMU4k/Tn0DWl6CTaI/AAAAAAAABJs/0wUWka03NSY/s72-c/Motorcycle%2Bchick.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/09/for-shame.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEQFSHc8fSp7ImA9WhdWFU8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-2808501625104994719</id><published>2011-09-08T18:37:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T18:51:59.975-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-08T18:51:59.975-04:00</app:edited><title>Sunday, Sunday, Sunday</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3fmcLnrt1TePfcLWr2-2hoChUg/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3fmcLnrt1TePfcLWr2-2hoChUg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3fmcLnrt1TePfcLWr2-2hoChUg/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_3fmcLnrt1TePfcLWr2-2hoChUg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aXgFL-PAZjM/TmlDyoBJ3nI/AAAAAAAABJc/Z4Z5OHhTfbI/s1600/thundredrome.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aXgFL-PAZjM/TmlDyoBJ3nI/AAAAAAAABJc/Z4Z5OHhTfbI/s400/thundredrome.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650121744527777394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Sunday, September 11th brings to a close the three race &lt;a href="http://thunderdrome.com/event-info/"&gt;Thunderdrome series&lt;/a&gt;. The racing should be good as always and a good time will be had by all. Hope to see Y'all there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S1q46miNdos/TmlG9qcLedI/AAAAAAAABJk/lCNvLjfmNfc/s1600/ThunderdromeEventMap.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S1q46miNdos/TmlG9qcLedI/AAAAAAAABJk/lCNvLjfmNfc/s400/ThunderdromeEventMap.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650125232691444178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-2808501625104994719?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/11z7eZwKvkY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/2808501625104994719/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=2808501625104994719&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/2808501625104994719?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/2808501625104994719?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/11z7eZwKvkY/sunday-sunday-sunday.html" title="Sunday, Sunday, Sunday" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aXgFL-PAZjM/TmlDyoBJ3nI/AAAAAAAABJc/Z4Z5OHhTfbI/s72-c/thundredrome.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/09/sunday-sunday-sunday.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkMDSH06cSp7ImA9WhdXGUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-7712864861815479182</id><published>2011-09-01T18:57:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T19:07:59.319-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-01T19:07:59.319-04:00</app:edited><title>Man I Miss This Shit</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18s7QZIpxo1IF-NgjakrIVXroZ0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18s7QZIpxo1IF-NgjakrIVXroZ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18s7QZIpxo1IF-NgjakrIVXroZ0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18s7QZIpxo1IF-NgjakrIVXroZ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Can't tell most of the cars apart nowadays, 'cept the Pro Stock class. I miss the old &lt;a href="http://dearbornflashback.com/detroitdragway.asp"&gt;Detroit Dragway&lt;/a&gt;. Property values turned into a industrial Complex. Those were the days.
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-7712864861815479182?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/enFulis-VHE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/7712864861815479182/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=7712864861815479182&amp;isPopup=true" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/7712864861815479182?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/7712864861815479182?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/enFulis-VHE/httpwww.html" title="Man I Miss This Shit" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/Nzkr4F_4Xlo/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/09/httpwww.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk8AQ3s4fyp7ImA9WhdXFE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-2899650424146456983</id><published>2011-08-26T20:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T20:27:22.537-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-08-26T20:27:22.537-04:00</app:edited><title>Home Sweet Home</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MKK6EOGJoOmanar8xxF6ORKpVqE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MKK6EOGJoOmanar8xxF6ORKpVqE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MKK6EOGJoOmanar8xxF6ORKpVqE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MKK6EOGJoOmanar8xxF6ORKpVqE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mknP9XvHhuM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-2899650424146456983?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/1aKdXwoW7jM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/2899650424146456983/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=2899650424146456983&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/2899650424146456983?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/2899650424146456983?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/1aKdXwoW7jM/home-sweet-home.html" title="Home Sweet Home" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/mknP9XvHhuM/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/08/home-sweet-home.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D08DQ38yfyp7ImA9WhdXEE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-6361642051243846342</id><published>2011-08-20T16:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T11:11:12.197-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-08-22T11:11:12.197-04:00</app:edited><title>The Dream Cruise</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhtBthq9Y_0kvkclYguppx8i7_U/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhtBthq9Y_0kvkclYguppx8i7_U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhtBthq9Y_0kvkclYguppx8i7_U/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AhtBthq9Y_0kvkclYguppx8i7_U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The month leading up to the cruise is a pretty good time. Lots of nice rides, good people and tales told. The Dream Cruise it's self, not so much, unless you really like being in traffic jams.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KygGqaUY19KWGXWgdetR8HQFES0/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KygGqaUY19KWGXWgdetR8HQFES0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KygGqaUY19KWGXWgdetR8HQFES0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KygGqaUY19KWGXWgdetR8HQFES0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MHpmiHeEEis/TkBm9aHuRtI/AAAAAAAABJU/J3Aq-KIFuZM/s1600/streetrackergp39.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MHpmiHeEEis/TkBm9aHuRtI/AAAAAAAABJU/J3Aq-KIFuZM/s400/streetrackergp39.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638619938637629138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;For those of you out there that love speedway, you have to check out &lt;a href="http://streetracker.blogspot.com/"&gt;Streetracker.&lt;/a&gt; Raffaele takes some fantastic shots. I sniped the photo above to give you a taste.
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&lt;br /&gt;Till Next Time...............
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-5383245224024808477?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/-d6I1wNZvn8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/5383245224024808477/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=5383245224024808477&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5383245224024808477?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/5383245224024808477?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/-d6I1wNZvn8/street-tracker.html" title="Streetracker" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MHpmiHeEEis/TkBm9aHuRtI/AAAAAAAABJU/J3Aq-KIFuZM/s72-c/streetrackergp39.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/08/street-tracker.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D08HRH0_fSp7ImA9WhdRFks.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-7046922886572785180</id><published>2011-08-06T16:26:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T17:23:55.345-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-08-06T17:23:55.345-04:00</app:edited><title>The FJ May Be In Trouble</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PkVHTc0dUr3048wNzKyLZCz419Q/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PkVHTc0dUr3048wNzKyLZCz419Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PkVHTc0dUr3048wNzKyLZCz419Q/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PkVHTc0dUr3048wNzKyLZCz419Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A pair of sexy new ladies have caught my eye. Hmmmmmmm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DqkfNsyFOBM/Tj2jsNgQM_I/AAAAAAAABJE/Y3T7Qvv8voU/s1600/VTR1000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DqkfNsyFOBM/Tj2jsNgQM_I/AAAAAAAABJE/Y3T7Qvv8voU/s400/VTR1000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637842288472241138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                                                           &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;        OR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZk81tp6gKM/Tj2uVknZBOI/AAAAAAAABJM/gfmMce_FoQg/s1600/triumph%2B955i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZk81tp6gKM/Tj2uVknZBOI/AAAAAAAABJM/gfmMce_FoQg/s400/triumph%2B955i.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637853994167108834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;They definitely have me rubbing my chin and tapping my toe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-7046922886572785180?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/aatutHlCzJc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/7046922886572785180/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=7046922886572785180&amp;isPopup=true" title="7 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/7046922886572785180?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/7046922886572785180?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/aatutHlCzJc/fj-may-be-in-trouble.html" title="The FJ May Be In Trouble" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DqkfNsyFOBM/Tj2jsNgQM_I/AAAAAAAABJE/Y3T7Qvv8voU/s72-c/VTR1000.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/08/fj-may-be-in-trouble.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0cCQno6cSp7ImA9WhdRE04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-3973992908539966544</id><published>2011-08-02T14:44:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T20:24:23.419-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-08-02T20:24:23.419-04:00</app:edited><title>Some Random VMD Shots</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SQRkqe91Fui-2kVzPD4SwRfaKFY/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SQRkqe91Fui-2kVzPD4SwRfaKFY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SQRkqe91Fui-2kVzPD4SwRfaKFY/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SQRkqe91Fui-2kVzPD4SwRfaKFY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I1W838MYmE/TjhHshID17I/AAAAAAAABI0/Fc3Um-H9vmo/s1600/IMG_3332.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I1W838MYmE/TjhHshID17I/AAAAAAAABI0/Fc3Um-H9vmo/s400/IMG_3332.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636333763786168242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GbK4e1bHGsM/TjiVF2z1iBI/AAAAAAAABI8/I7JEbaMwmJg/s1600/Super%2BTraps.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GbK4e1bHGsM/TjiVF2z1iBI/AAAAAAAABI8/I7JEbaMwmJg/s400/Super%2BTraps.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636418861498992658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B6CLA82CghQ/TjhHlMWMqOI/AAAAAAAABIs/WI8BTTvOpTA/s1600/IMG_3338.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B6CLA82CghQ/TjhHlMWMqOI/AAAAAAAABIs/WI8BTTvOpTA/s400/IMG_3338.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636333637949237474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9WHrWtCERWk/TjhHeNwoVZI/AAAAAAAABIk/4igVnpZFX4Y/s1600/IMG_3394.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9WHrWtCERWk/TjhHeNwoVZI/AAAAAAAABIk/4igVnpZFX4Y/s400/IMG_3394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636333518069454226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SPOm4T6aCwY/TjhGsvloIHI/AAAAAAAABIc/Otafyf-xOuQ/s1600/IMG_3354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SPOm4T6aCwY/TjhGsvloIHI/AAAAAAAABIc/Otafyf-xOuQ/s400/IMG_3354.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636332668156649586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gzwpQ7qwP6Q/TjhGWUF4HeI/AAAAAAAABIU/QIl5NYwgt0o/s1600/IMG_3351.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gzwpQ7qwP6Q/TjhGWUF4HeI/AAAAAAAABIU/QIl5NYwgt0o/s400/IMG_3351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636332282818600418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H7S1mU3NFsE/TjhGCWCC21I/AAAAAAAABIM/U0suWI1vuu8/s1600/IMG_3392.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H7S1mU3NFsE/TjhGCWCC21I/AAAAAAAABIM/U0suWI1vuu8/s400/IMG_3392.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636331939742014290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j4_jASl_6eA/TjhF45JytHI/AAAAAAAABIE/0NT5aDbLBhY/s1600/IMG_3346.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j4_jASl_6eA/TjhF45JytHI/AAAAAAAABIE/0NT5aDbLBhY/s400/IMG_3346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636331777371059314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGzZnCLbVRc/TjhFuOV-MDI/AAAAAAAABH8/3zHkAOTfPKw/s1600/IMG_3390.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGzZnCLbVRc/TjhFuOV-MDI/AAAAAAAABH8/3zHkAOTfPKw/s400/IMG_3390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636331594080727090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-3973992908539966544?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/K8uf5o7Hppk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/3973992908539966544/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=3973992908539966544&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/3973992908539966544?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/3973992908539966544?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/K8uf5o7Hppk/some-random-vmd-shots.html" title="Some Random VMD Shots" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I1W838MYmE/TjhHshID17I/AAAAAAAABI0/Fc3Um-H9vmo/s72-c/IMG_3332.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/08/some-random-vmd-shots.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0YHR3c8eCp7ImA9WhdSF00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-4190238998745729899</id><published>2011-07-24T15:46:00.023-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T15:38:56.970-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-07-26T15:38:56.970-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vintage bikes" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2011 Vintage Motorcycle Days" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="racing" /><title>Some Folks Call It Hell, I Call It Hades</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LKMQK8eDQB4edfk8Yd4qS6G1JaM/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LKMQK8eDQB4edfk8Yd4qS6G1JaM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LKMQK8eDQB4edfk8Yd4qS6G1JaM/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LKMQK8eDQB4edfk8Yd4qS6G1JaM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;It was hot yesterday at Vintage Motorcycle Days. It wasn't just hot, it was &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;BLISTERING HOT!&lt;/span&gt; Instead of a racetrack located in Lexington Ohio, I believe the event, through a tear in the space time continuum, was some how taking place in Central Angola. Let's just say the heat and humidity was just a tad uncomfortable. There was so much chaffing going on, half of those in attendance, appeared as if they were on their way to a gunfight. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this years event, the swap meet was as crowded as ever, and there was no lack of vendors. J.J. made out like a bandit, scoring several hundred dollars worth of bits and pieces for his various Harley's. But on the bike side of things, there just didn't seem to be as many "interesting" bikes as in years past. You can usually find a ton of clean bikes in the swap area, but there were few to be found. Even in the Concourse section, there seemed to be less. There was still plenty to do, bikes to check out and parts to find though. Here are a few that caught my eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBB5jFWwJU/TiyBEKMO1hI/AAAAAAAABH0/0V8_KZAHKbI/s1600/H2+Racebike.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633019142388766226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBB5jFWwJU/TiyBEKMO1hI/AAAAAAAABH0/0V8_KZAHKbI/s400/H2%2BRacebike.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fastfromthepast.com/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;A very trick H2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NVdcwz0tQ10/TiyA3nuNMdI/AAAAAAAABHs/Kyr7lgdKx6A/s1600/H2+Rear.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633018926977593810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NVdcwz0tQ10/TiyA3nuNMdI/AAAAAAAABHs/Kyr7lgdKx6A/s400/H2%2BRear.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fk0fVeYskOk/TiyAT02X_nI/AAAAAAAABHk/jnxujhYfsh0/s1600/350.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633018312026226290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fk0fVeYskOk/TiyAT02X_nI/AAAAAAAABHk/jnxujhYfsh0/s400/350.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A KH350 I believe, If anyone knows for sure, straiten me out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9bxayijmYs/TiyAHxPDo0I/AAAAAAAABHc/KPcY1BK12ec/s1600/Sporty+Tracker.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633018104897577794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9bxayijmYs/TiyAHxPDo0I/AAAAAAAABHc/KPcY1BK12ec/s400/Sporty%2BTracker.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A very nice Sporty Tracker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pruhgDaqws8/Tix__7gjmCI/AAAAAAAABHU/sUAckWS7hmY/s1600/XS650+Tracker.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633017970216376354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pruhgDaqws8/Tix__7gjmCI/AAAAAAAABHU/sUAckWS7hmY/s400/XS650%2BTracker.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As well as a sweet XS650 Tracker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pm_UbM032p8/Tix_yI1qN1I/AAAAAAAABHM/xv31qdG9JiY/s1600/Wes+Cooley+Replica+GS100S.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633017733276383058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pm_UbM032p8/Tix_yI1qN1I/AAAAAAAABHM/xv31qdG9JiY/s400/Wes%2BCooley%2BReplica%2BGS100S.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toss in a GS1000S Wes Cooley Replica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N1ZazWprwoQ/Tix_kWq9_PI/AAAAAAAABHE/Cof8xE3XS00/s1600/Nice+CBX.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633017496471469298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N1ZazWprwoQ/Tix_kWq9_PI/AAAAAAAABHE/Cof8xE3XS00/s400/Nice%2BCBX.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A CBX in Super Bike Trim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bRGPpZINh50/Tix_TlZV9eI/AAAAAAAABG8/zsrd81-hz3k/s1600/A+Very+Trick+CBX.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633017208366298594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bRGPpZINh50/Tix_TlZV9eI/AAAAAAAABG8/zsrd81-hz3k/s400/A%2BVery%2BTrick%2BCBX.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A very trick CBX, the detail put into this bike is incredible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;it looked factory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OanuKL3QvWg/Tix_IIQz4tI/AAAAAAAABG0/uwWbKbv3hoQ/s1600/Trick+CBX+Rear.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633017011567321810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 361px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OanuKL3QvWg/Tix_IIQz4tI/AAAAAAAABG0/uwWbKbv3hoQ/s400/Trick%2BCBX%2BRear.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DzxojV1oOhw/Tix-kZCTscI/AAAAAAAABGs/IJmpOJqyodY/s1600/Streched+Z1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633016397594603970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DzxojV1oOhw/Tix-kZCTscI/AAAAAAAABGs/IJmpOJqyodY/s400/Streched%2BZ1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A well thought out Z1 pro streeter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jmacm78ErJw/Tix-T3piD_I/AAAAAAAABGk/i7BSQisAbDM/s1600/Z1+rear.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633016113754410994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jmacm78ErJw/Tix-T3piD_I/AAAAAAAABGk/i7BSQisAbDM/s400/Z1%2Brear.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VJ2c8O_18jw/Tix9_n6gV_I/AAAAAAAABGc/XRLbrCMKncA/s1600/ELR+Tank.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633015765933250546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VJ2c8O_18jw/Tix9_n6gV_I/AAAAAAAABGc/XRLbrCMKncA/s400/ELR%2BTank.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A tatty ELR, but a true ELR none the less.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1LllQ-H_DDk/Tix90RdjukI/AAAAAAAABGU/H2Ygp4UGz68/s1600/ELR.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633015570927696450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1LllQ-H_DDk/Tix90RdjukI/AAAAAAAABGU/H2Ygp4UGz68/s400/ELR.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ucauAlLV8Us/Tix9kxt2RvI/AAAAAAAABGM/7Ex0w6WzsU4/s1600/SR+Shiter+linkage+adjustments.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633015304708048626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 371px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ucauAlLV8Us/Tix9kxt2RvI/AAAAAAAABGM/7Ex0w6WzsU4/s400/SR%2BShiter%2Blinkage%2Badjustments.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the racers sorting his shift linkage in the pits on his&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;very tidy SR.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-csMSLjPLtmM/Tix9XD0639I/AAAAAAAABGE/yDXjtrnXJlU/s1600/Crazy+Vetter+FLH.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633015069051379666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-csMSLjPLtmM/Tix9XD0639I/AAAAAAAABGE/yDXjtrnXJlU/s400/Crazy%2BVetter%2BFLH.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A FLH with a wild ass Vetter fairing that looks to be an&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;AMF production piece, neither J.J. or I had ever seen one &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;of these. Any one with info on this fairing, please drop me a line. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-217I2tqAP48/Tix9Cs3DrhI/AAAAAAAABF8/XJyOR21bo1s/s1600/Custom+Honda+50.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633014719288946194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-217I2tqAP48/Tix9Cs3DrhI/AAAAAAAABF8/XJyOR21bo1s/s400/Custom%2BHonda%2B50.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, a nice retro job on a Honda 50.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;more to come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Till Next Time.............................&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7230647115225641781-4190238998745729899?l=vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~4/MsPRwYBJhDw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/feeds/4190238998745729899/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230647115225641781&amp;postID=4190238998745729899&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/4190238998745729899?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230647115225641781/posts/default/4190238998745729899?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/fTRkQ/~3/MsPRwYBJhDw/some-folks-call-it-hell-i-call-it-hades.html" title="Some Folks Call It Hell, I Call It Hades" /><author><name>Gymi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10779702640188273134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="21" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xe6w-UBoHWQ/TA_wDZA9tvI/AAAAAAAAAjc/cxNnTXUjWMw/S220/Me+and+my+dancin%27+partner+(Medium).JPG" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IlBB5jFWwJU/TiyBEKMO1hI/AAAAAAAABH0/0V8_KZAHKbI/s72-c/H2%2BRacebike.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://vintagedirtbikes.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-folks-call-it-hell-i-call-it-hades.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0cEQn84fyp7ImA9WhdSFUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230647115225641781.post-5605093917171899605</id><published>2011-07-22T10:14:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T16:56:43.137-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-07-24T16:56:43.137-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vintage bikes" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2011 Vintage Motorcycle Days" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="racing" /><title>It's That Time Of Year Again</title><content type="html">
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