Hello, one and all.Yeah, I've been away from the ol' web log for awhile. As anyone who reads this with any regularity (I mean frequency, not in the colonic health sense), I have the propensity to go from weeks-on-end prolific to completely absent. Guess which phase I'm in now?
I've been working on the Goldwing (click here for some background) and actually got to even (gasp) ride it a couple times. But, as it's a thirty-year-old machine now made up of approximately six parts bikes, I have to handle each replaced part differently. For example, the brakes. I replaced the entire front end of my bike with one from a much fresher-looking bike. I think the fresher-looking bike sat for a long time because all the brake lines degraded internally and I had to replace them all. Naturally, I didn't notice this until I'd ridden it a couple days first. So, the bike is once again parked until I get that taken care of.
The list goes on and on, but I do adore my Goldwing. It's taken me over a year to right the wrongs of the previous owner(s) and get it back to factory spec, and I'm not even close to finished with it. But, piece by piece, I have been thoroughly enjoying its metamorphosis. I feel like it's actually mine now, and it's a great conversation piece. It hasn't been in the public eye much yet, but I know the looks when I'm sitting at a stop light. Frankly, I love riding an anachronism.
The bike pictured above isn't mine, but I hope to get around to getting some shots of mine up soon.
