Cycle Fest- Columbus Oh 2012

Took my son to the Ohio Cyle Fest on saturday in Columbus. Lots of neat bikes and Kim Coats (Tig) from the Sons Of Anarchy was there for photos and autographs. But I wasn't gonna pay $5 to get my pic taken with him. While the bikes were nice the event was somewhat small in that we toured the whole event in about an hour. So that was $30 in gas, $28 for my entry for two adults, $5 to park = not worth the money. But here are some pics to show I was there......

Freekin Winter!

Ok...it's the freekin middle of winter here in Ohio. I hate the cold! I hate the snow! I can't ride my bikes. My brain is on overload thinkin about all design ideas I have on the Iron Steed build but my shop is soooo cold and I don't want to run the propane to heat the damn thing because of being in a tight spot financially right now, so I reside to sit here and reminise about last summer. Here's some pics from the 2011 BBB meet in Michigan. Come on warm and sunny weather!!!!!

Update-Iron Steed

Thanks to Big Al for calling me on the phone and telling me to get my ass in gear and update my blog. I haven't spent a lot of time out in the shop cause it's been pretty cold and I don't want to run the furnace (I'm tight and cheap as hell ...I know). Add to that, life has once again kicked me in the ass with family stuff (wife broke her ankle and foot and my youngest son has caused my hair to almost go completely gray, very long story!) and lack of mulah!
Any how, I did manage to fab the rear fender and horse shoe sissy bar as well as my single shock seat. I'm working on the seat pan and bracing for the foward controls (which I am making the controls myself . I'm not buying bolt on chit).

Iron Steed- more pics

Got the hard tail tied into the back bone and made a couple gussets. Next up is to get a rear fender made up and then a tank. Overall length of the steed is 8 feet !

Iron Steed-Update

Put some time in ,off and on, the past couple weeks. I started hackin away at the frame. I stretched it 4 1/2" and hard tailed it. Then I cut the double down tubes and gonna run a single down tube and back bone.

I just love the stance!

2011 Hunnert Car Pile Up

Last weekend I travelled to Illinois to meet up with some of my flatlander biker friends as well as friends from Michigan,Oklahoma,Arkansas,Missouri, Indiana ect ect..We camped at Friends Creek Camp ground for the weekend. On friday we all jumped on our bikes and headed into the town of Cisco for  the preparty to the car show. Friday night we partied at the campground till weee hours in the morning. Saturday we went to the car show and partied again at night. We also celebrated our fallen friend, Justin McMullen's life  on saturday night with all of us saying goodbye to him as the balloon candle was lit and floated away into the dark evening sky...Sunday we all got up, ate and headed home.

The Iron Steed Build

I guess that's what I'm going to call my 77 Kawasaki kz650 build. I cut the back half off and she's gonna have about a 4" stretched hardtail. I wanta take the down tubes up about 2" and out about 2 " and raked. Then, I want to try my hand at building a springer front end. I could buy one but where would the fun be in that? Here's how she sits right now.....

Fallen Brother

Update:
I found out earlier today that my two wheel friend Justin McMullen died from the injuries he sustained from his m/c accident. Please say a prayer for his 4 children and family as they deal with his passing..

Godspeed my friend!

Can You Guess

Here's a pic of a 20" GMC Denali wheel that I have a plan for...can you guess what I'm gonna try to do with it ?

This Weekend Sept 24 & 25

The Tenth Annual Wapak Wing Fest,
"Northwest Ohio's Original Wing Competition,"

Saturday September 24th

Wapakoneta American Legion Post 330.

Proceeds to Benefit Lima V.A. Clinic

12:00 noon – 11:00 pm

9:00 am P.T. Works Co-Ed Volleyball Tourney

11:30 am Registration for American Legion Riders Poker Run

12:00 pm Vendors Open For Food

1:00 pm First bike Out for the Poker Run

3;00 pm Open Registration for the Baggo Tourney

4:00 pm Last bike In for the Poker Run; Baggo Tourney

5:00 pm Poker Run Winners Announced

6:00 pm Vendors Submit Wings For Judging

7:45 pm Winners Announced For the Wing Competition

8:00 pm Live Performance by the staples



September 25th



Brother Down

A fellow biker brother went down over the weekend and is in serious condition with head injuries that has required the doctor to remove part of his skull do to brain swelling. He's at a hospital in Illinois. Please pray for Justin McMullen and his family. I first met Justin at R4YL2 and found him to be a stand up guy.
Get well soon brother!

Justin, Dirka,Landman76

(pic from carr99 at TCU)

Kawasaki Build update

Life has beat me down lately so instead of wollering in self pity I decided to keep movin on the 650 build. I received the new main jet holders and after installing them it seemed to do the trick. I can now start it with either the electric start or by kick starting. The motor still idles too high so I'll dig into that later.
This weekend I removed the wiring,lights,pipes and got the bike down to the frame, motor and wheels. Still not real sure the direction the bike is leading me to re-make her.I will have have to sit down again,grab a few beers and smoke some cheap cigars and stare at her for awhile. I may even ask her what she wants. If she actually answers me I'll know I've had a little too much to drink! But then again maybe that's what I need! Here's how th ol girl sits for now.......

Carbs Carbs Carbs

Over the past few weeks I've been trying to get the 650 Kawasaki running. I've clean the carbs and tried syncin them a couple times and it just didnt run correctly. I pulled the carbs back off and recleaned them for the 3rd time. I noticed when I took the jets out that two of the main jet holders looked bent. As I looked closer my thoughts were confirmed. I have no idea how I missed them the past two times but I did. I jumped on ebay and ordered a couple of main jet holders and hopefully this will cure the problem. What was happening was that the carb needle that slides into the main jet was not seating properly. Live and learn I guess.