Teardown begins

I met with the insurance person yesterday. It will be another week til I know the outcome. Now it's time to get ready for the obvious; the rebuild.
Got the front end off. Took the battery out and put on the tender. Then I started surfing the net for pics of Ironheads.

Got the bike home

Drove from East Bay to Grass Valley to pick up the Sportster. It was snowing pretty hard. I'm glad. I wasn't jealous about people riding.

Wrecked

Took the turn and hit gravel. Slid it out. Shoulda had gloves on. Didn't get hurt too bad. Ego bruised more than body.

Unfinished Projects Art Show

You gotta be there!

FOR THE ONE TIME OUT NOW!!!

My son Eugene has a skate movie out now. Get it.

Rode to Grass Valley today

I was gonna do this to my tank...

...but some DeadHead in Japan already did. These were posted by Mochi on the Church Of Choppers blog.

I like bikes ...

...and all that comes with them. The 2010 Dirtbag Challenge. I have no idea who won. I do know that last years winner, Turk, did not finish his bike because they ran out of welding wire. Sucks. Great party. I was actually surprised at how many people I knew.

The mayhem from a distance.

 

   It's not a dirtbag party til a tire burns.

 I actually hate the smell of burning rubber.

He told me to give him a hand...

...brought me on the bus, and dug out a blacklight from a box. I helped him put it up on the fence outside the Fillmore in SF. Then I went back to the bus and hung out for about an hour or so to stay out of the crowd. Had a great time, miss him.

This could be the reason the bike failed to start.

 

 This is the ground cable from my battery. It's all kinds of bad, and was hanging from a sliver of wire on the frame. Yeah, that'll mess things up.

This would look good on my chopper

In a back alley of San Francisco...

This bird likes bikes

Rain Ride 10/17/10

CC and Company

Joe Namath and Anne Margaret in...