Happy D-Day.
God damn I love motorcycles... everything about them. I fixed the back brakes yesterday. I had to remove the entire caliper; take it apart and clean it. The pistons were DIRTY, and that's why they were sticking. The metal on metal damage to the brake disk is minimal. I don't think I will have to have them grinded smooth. So, $32 for new brake pads and a few hours work, brakes fixed. How much to fix a car's brake... I wonder.
Im going to gather the cameras, jump on the bike and go in search of interesting stuff to waste film on.
It is time for a road trip. I really need to find someone to ride with me, my buddy Darin is trying to get his new career in realty started and wont be able to ride with me during the week, which is when I like to go on long rides because there is little traffic to worry about. So Im taking applications girls I wont even ask you to chip in on gas!
~r
WARNING: BORING MOTORCYCLE STUFF
Why am I here writing instead of out riding? Well I'm watching motorcycle racing. AMA Supersport. Duhamel won all three races this weekend, not bad for a guy old enough to be my dad. Motorcycle is the best racing to watch. None of the redneck crap of nascar. Let's compare, shall we? Motorcycles: the skill needed to ride that bike around the track, different speed turn, left and right turns, eses, hard braking... coming out of a 185mph straight braking into a 50mph turn. The back wheel sliding all over the place, the front tire out there at the limit of traction. (YEAH, Nicky Haden just dumped it into a sand trap, I hate the Haden brothers) If it rains, the motorcycles race, those nascar wussies dont. Nascar you get dizzy watching those asshats drive around and around in a circle. Nascar; in the races Ive suffered through there is never much difference between the cars, its more about luck and position. Oh, and the draft Last race today, Zemke jumped out in front and raced to a 4 second lead, which is a huge gap. Then some poor privateer (poor unsponsored guys without a chance of winning out there racing there own bike just because its so damn fun) blew an engine IN A TURN, and the corner guys were a little slow in (Haden just had to RETIRE from the race, oh yeah you little punk) raising the danger flag. So 5 other rider dive into that turn without a clue there was oil on the track and go sliding off into a sand trap. (Jesus, Nekano just crashed at 210 mph and just kept rolling over and over and over forever till he came to rest against a concrete wall, that was even painful to watch) Where was I? Yeah, oil on the track, 5 riders down. What does that mean? Red flag, race is stopped so they can clean up the oil. Zemkes lead gone. So at the restart Zemke jumps out in front again. But this time Duhamel got around Bostrom and had a chance at Zemke. He caught up. Duhamel is the master of sticking on a guys rear tire to pass him on the final turn and win. Three laps to go and what happens? While I thought tires going to shit was going to make the difference, it was Zemkes brakes that went and Duhamel ran away with first. That was the price of Zemkes 4 second lead. If there had been no red flag no one would have caught him. Thems the brakes (breaks
).
God damn I love motorcycles... everything about them. I fixed the back brakes yesterday. I had to remove the entire caliper; take it apart and clean it. The pistons were DIRTY, and that's why they were sticking. The metal on metal damage to the brake disk is minimal. I don't think I will have to have them grinded smooth. So, $32 for new brake pads and a few hours work, brakes fixed. How much to fix a car's brake... I wonder.
Im going to gather the cameras, jump on the bike and go in search of interesting stuff to waste film on.
It is time for a road trip. I really need to find someone to ride with me, my buddy Darin is trying to get his new career in realty started and wont be able to ride with me during the week, which is when I like to go on long rides because there is little traffic to worry about. So Im taking applications girls I wont even ask you to chip in on gas!
~r
WARNING: BORING MOTORCYCLE STUFF
Why am I here writing instead of out riding? Well I'm watching motorcycle racing. AMA Supersport. Duhamel won all three races this weekend, not bad for a guy old enough to be my dad. Motorcycle is the best racing to watch. None of the redneck crap of nascar. Let's compare, shall we? Motorcycles: the skill needed to ride that bike around the track, different speed turn, left and right turns, eses, hard braking... coming out of a 185mph straight braking into a 50mph turn. The back wheel sliding all over the place, the front tire out there at the limit of traction. (YEAH, Nicky Haden just dumped it into a sand trap, I hate the Haden brothers) If it rains, the motorcycles race, those nascar wussies dont. Nascar you get dizzy watching those asshats drive around and around in a circle. Nascar; in the races Ive suffered through there is never much difference between the cars, its more about luck and position. Oh, and the draft Last race today, Zemke jumped out in front and raced to a 4 second lead, which is a huge gap. Then some poor privateer (poor unsponsored guys without a chance of winning out there racing there own bike just because its so damn fun) blew an engine IN A TURN, and the corner guys were a little slow in (Haden just had to RETIRE from the race, oh yeah you little punk) raising the danger flag. So 5 other rider dive into that turn without a clue there was oil on the track and go sliding off into a sand trap. (Jesus, Nekano just crashed at 210 mph and just kept rolling over and over and over forever till he came to rest against a concrete wall, that was even painful to watch) Where was I? Yeah, oil on the track, 5 riders down. What does that mean? Red flag, race is stopped so they can clean up the oil. Zemkes lead gone. So at the restart Zemke jumps out in front again. But this time Duhamel got around Bostrom and had a chance at Zemke. He caught up. Duhamel is the master of sticking on a guys rear tire to pass him on the final turn and win. Three laps to go and what happens? While I thought tires going to shit was going to make the difference, it was Zemkes brakes that went and Duhamel ran away with first. That was the price of Zemkes 4 second lead. If there had been no red flag no one would have caught him. Thems the brakes (breaks
).
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clara:
Thanks. A lot of things happened at once.
pissed:
You are soo cute!! Hope you've been enjoying this wonderful weather & taking full advantage of the sun!!