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Worked on bike... photos!
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Piper Performance called today to tell me my cylinder and parts
were ready. So me and the youngest (6) jumped in the van and made the
100-mile round trip to retrieve them.
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Based on my 2 years experience living in your fair state.....every dang
place you need to go is a 100 mile round trip....that's why folks always run
120 on the freeways.
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My cylinder head studs aren't due to arrive until tomorrow, so I
worked on what I could in the time being. Took lots of photos and
worked tonight on a webpage to showcase them.
For those who might be interested, the wrenching pictures are under
"CTD's Project Top-End" in the pull-down menu, and if you just want a
general idea of my work space check out "CTD's Workshop." Comments
welcomed.
Hopefully we'll have more ride photos to put on the site soon too!
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Great pictures! I always wanted to put pictures of the mechanics
interventions on my bikes, but never did...
Well, I know I don't have such a great website and all and I know I
should not criticize of things I can't do better, but on yours, took a
few moments to realize that there was text under the pictures. I don't
know if it is because my monitor here @ work is a piece of junk with
almost 10 years of being turned on 24x7 or if it is because the
letters are too dark... Anyway, I had to mark them with the mouse, so
they turned white and I could read'em...
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Hey, I really appreciate comments like these, Tiago! I know that
things look different on different monitors and it's nice to be aware
when something doesn't look right for others. I'll try to fix it
tonight. :-)
Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
f.j.bradfordREMOVE@verizon.net
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Fred,
What's the story on the Michigan license plates?
Jerry France
Clio, Michigan
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Funny you should ask, Jerry. I acquired a couple of old Texas
plates from dad's barn several years ago and thought they made neat
decoration. So I put out the word (on an email list I belong to) that
I collected old license plates. Next thing I know my good buddy in
Grand Junction, Michigan (SW) sends me four or five old plates!
He collected custom diecast and I used to airbrush diecast so we
were always swapping stuff. He probably has over three dozen customs
that I did for him (among other stuff). He's a Christmas tree farmer
and he actually sent me some sapplings one time. Unfortunately they
were spruce and not pine, so they didn't fare well down here in Texas.
Btw, I collect old license plates if anyone has extras ;->
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I only have several dozen. I got rid of lots of newer ones, kept the older
ones.
Lots of different states and a few from abroad.
I was going to dump most of them on ebay but they don't pull well.
The 1928 Mass plate hangs in my living room because if has a fish on it.
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Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
f.j.bradfordREMOVE@verizon.net
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Keep updating the website, that's a great thing and easiest way to
show your trail pictures for those friends that live far far far away
from you... :-)
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Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
f.j.bradfordREMOVE@verizon.net
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Fred,
Awesome progress.... you should have her back playing the ring-ding song
soon. Cool pics too BTW!
I like the shop and I'd say it looks like mine, but you actually have floor
space that is walkable. My shop currently looks like the aftermath of a
tornado, but will soon be put back in shape. I've got 7 young men in my
son's Boy Scout that want me to teach the Auto Mechanics Merit Badge which
requires hands-on training in all kinds of maintenance and repair items.
We've decided to use their/our bikes as guinea pigs and the *great shop
cleanout of '07* will just be another small part of their training regimen
The positive side to the current condition is that whenever I do
venture into the shop, I invariably find a *new* tool that I forgot I had!
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