Might as well put this here. there's a thread on the lifestyles board entitled "Women who Kcked Ass" & I added this to it. If you know of other kick ass historical ladies go find the thread and share them with everyone. Enjoy:
Effie Hotchkiss (and her Ma) kicked ass.
In 1915 20 year old Effie gave the boss her resignation, loaded her mother Avis into the sidecar of her newly acquired motorsickle, and pointed it toward San Fransisco. That's a long way from Brooklyn especially with little pavement in between. Machines weren't even remotely expected to perform reliably yet. Plenty of 'now how to get this thing to the next town' adventures. I heard they once pulled a tire, stuffed a blanket in there & remounted it in order to carry on. I'd marry her corpse if she didn't wed a fella she ran over in San Fran. The lucky bastard. ^That picture^ is Effie pouring one ocean into the other.
Effie and Avis
Today a sizable portion of motorcycling men will opt to trailer their bikes from one motel to the next (or behind their luxury coach) on their way to the Big Motorcycling Experience. Upon arriving they will stand in awe of the awesome power of thousands of shirtless fat guys all blipping their throttles in unison. And a little bird will drop a turd on one of their bikes for Effie.
Effie Hotchkiss (and her Ma) kicked ass.
In 1915 20 year old Effie gave the boss her resignation, loaded her mother Avis into the sidecar of her newly acquired motorsickle, and pointed it toward San Fransisco. That's a long way from Brooklyn especially with little pavement in between. Machines weren't even remotely expected to perform reliably yet. Plenty of 'now how to get this thing to the next town' adventures. I heard they once pulled a tire, stuffed a blanket in there & remounted it in order to carry on. I'd marry her corpse if she didn't wed a fella she ran over in San Fran. The lucky bastard. ^That picture^ is Effie pouring one ocean into the other.
Effie and Avis
Today a sizable portion of motorcycling men will opt to trailer their bikes from one motel to the next (or behind their luxury coach) on their way to the Big Motorcycling Experience. Upon arriving they will stand in awe of the awesome power of thousands of shirtless fat guys all blipping their throttles in unison. And a little bird will drop a turd on one of their bikes for Effie.
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whoooeeee! Did you do much changing of shape/volume or is it mostly just smoothing and contouring?
Just knocked the casting flash off, smoothed everything up, stayed with the stock profile for the most part. I can't believe it ran so good with all that shit in there!
Same valves going back in?
Yessir, I cleaned 'em up tonight:
I think I remember you put new valves in a couple years ago, right?
No, you're thinking of Action Man's bike. Oddly enough, the valves that went into his bike came from the same engine from which I'm using the bottom end...
If you're gonna rent that blaster glass beads will put a nice clean finish on Aluminum, it would look more or less brand new.
I bought that blaster at Tractor Supply, got it home and somebody had stolen the nozzle and air chuck. Son of bitches. I also got a 50 lb bag of Black Diamond grit, which it turns out is coal slag that's been washed and sized. Very little free silica.
I thought today about maybe using clay cat litter as a blast medium for aluminum. The Black Diamond stuff would be a bit harsh, even though it's fine or extra fine cut. Kitty litter would take a pretty big nozzle, though, and I'd worry about it sticking to the aluminum...
Guess I'll find out!
Yes it is my first car. Previously my money was tied up in liquid assets, spoiling boys or friends, nice dinners, chemicals, costumes, and then school. So ya, it's pretty awesome