VISIT FROM AN OLD FRIEND

HELLO TO ALL,

AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE STOPPED BY FOR A VISIT ON SUNDAY. MY BUDDY "BIKER" BOB AND HIS WIFE, CAME ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS. THEY WERE UP VISITING FAMILY AND HAD A FEW HOURS TO COME OUT AND VISIT.

WE HAD A GOOD LONG VISIT. TALKED ABOUT OLD TIMES, TALKED ABOUT NEW TIMES, TALKED ABOUT BIKES AND KIDS, IN GENERAL WE JUST TALKED, WHICH BY THE WAY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO!

GOT MY WINTER SHIELD A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND IT IS COOL. PICKED UP THE REAR MOUNT FOR THE SIDECAR AND I THINK I HAVE EVERYTHING TO HOOK IT UP. THINGS ARE SHAPING UP WELL FOR THE FALL.

JUST GOT THE TRACTOR STUCK TRYING TO GET THE TELEPHONE POLES ACROSS THE POND FOR THE BRIDGE, WHAT AN IDIOT! HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT OUT BEFORE WINTER SETS IN.

WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, TALK TO YOU SOON

TVI

P.S. I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE OF BOB THAT I CAN POST. I'LL TRY.

STILL PICKING UP PARTS

HELLO TO ALL,

I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M STILL BEHIND, BUT I'M TRYING. WORK IS INSANE, I'M WORKING AT HOME, TRYING TO GET THE HONEYDO LIST PARED DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LESS LIKE WAR AND PEACE. ON THE HOME FRONT THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG AT A SNAIL'S PACE, BUT THINGS ARE GETTING DONE. THE GARDEN IS IN AND DOING OK, MOST OF THE ROCK IS AROUND THE POND, THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE BACK OF THE POND IS NEXT ON MY LIST, AND BLACK DIRT IS SOON TO BE DELIVERED.

NOW TO THE BIKE. I'M STILL PICKING UP PARTS, IN THAT REGARD I'M DOING PRETTY WELL. BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES, MY DAD DID SOME WORK AT THE CAL CITY JAIL. WHILE WE WERE THERE I FIRST NOTICED HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES. THEY HAD A POLICE BIKE IN THE GARAGE, PROBABLY A PANHEAD, BUT IT HAD A CANVAS FAIRING ON IT. NOW I KNOW IT WAS A WINTER SHIELD. WHEN I STARTED THIS PROJECT I WANTED ONE OF THOSE BAD, AND I GOT ONE ON EBAY THE OTHER DAY. I HAVEN'T GOT IT YET BUT MAN WILL THAT LOOK COOL ON THE BIKE. I PICKED UP SOME NEW HANDLEBAR RISERS, A SET OF CMS YELLOW GRIPS, WHICH WAS AN ACCESSORY IN THE 50'S AND 60'S I PICKED UP A CIGARETTE LIGHTER THAT WAS ALSO AN ACCESSORY FROM THE FACTORY, THE LIST GOES ON!

WHEN FALL COMES I WILL HAVE ALOT OF PARTS TO START HANGING ON THIS THING, AND IF THINGS GO WELL, I'M HOPING FOR A RUNNING BIKE COME SPRING. I'LL STILL HAVE TO TAKE IT APART FOR PAINT AND CHROME BUT THAT'S THE PLAN. WHEN I GET A FEW MOMENTS I'LL POST SOME PICS OF SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE PICKED UP AND I'LL GO FROM THERE.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW AND I WILL TRY TO POST MORE OFTEN, BUT NO GUARANTEES.


TALK TO YOU ALL SOON,

TVI