2 quick things

I hit a grouse this morning in my truck

and:

Stolen bike, downtown Seattle...

At least, that's the way it should read....

I rode a Ducati Monster today....1000cc's of v-twin AWESOME today.

I accidentally took the wrong turn, and ended up a looooooong ways away...

called my wife, she didn't answer (she was at the shop waiting...)

called the shop (dial 411 yay!) and say "So, I'm an idiot"

.......(silence).......

(here's me understanding what he's freaked out about)

"no no no, the bike is fine...I'm lost...."

finally got back....



HELL of a bike

Almost stood it up (on both ends!) on 1 wheel a couple of times on accident...then I understood the clutch, throttle and brake, and it was AWESOME.

Shit, 1000cc's of raw Ducati awesome-ness!


....it's on the short list.....


no riding of the 848, it's not really my style anyway.

low end, v-twin power makes me happy

also, I would describe the riding position as aggressive upright...mostly upright, but aggressive enough to deal with the grunt of making that vtwin scream......


:)

live from west washington

here I sit in my hotel room in Redmond


hotel tv is always better than normal tv....even if it's the same shows!

looking for a place to live tomorrow and Friday, and hopefully go sit on some fine italians on Friday too!

fried chicken!

Kitties

I don't know about you, but I sure do like kitties.

Not nearly as much as I like puppies.

Our kitty is a tard through and through, but he's one hell'uv'a cute tard.

When we move, he's going to have a tough time adjusting to everything, which is why we are going to move him all in one swell foop and take all of this things with us when we do. I'm not looking forward to having to keep him inside for a week or so, so he doesn't try to take off on us though...

taxes

I know I have already gotten and (responsibly this time!) spent my tax return. Which means I've already filed and such....

but....I'm kinda stressed about taxes......

strange....


BTW

GET THEM DONE IF YOU HAVEN'T!

Heck'uv'a Day

Ok, starting with Moto GP at Zeppoz.....

yeah, the waitress....she's not ok

the food was typical zeppoz food

the 250 race was a decent race. Not that great, but not very eventful. Even the wrecks weren't eventful.


*********************SPOILER ALERT*****************************

Ok, Lorenzo is tied for first place in the MotoGP standings with Pedrosa. Ok, it's early in the season, so this may not last forever, but he's podiumed in every race, he's taken a 2nd, a 3rd, and now, today in Estoril, he won. Beating out Pedrosa and Rossi.

Whoopty-shit, right? Ok, so the man's fast. Well, this is his first year in this class. Last year he was running the 250 bikes.

He's gonna be one to watch!

******************END SPOILER************************************

So, after the races ended, I came home and grabbed my camera, filled my (new) camel-back, and jumped on my bike and went for a spin. By, the way, I was wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt. There were scantily clad females running all over campus, so the scenery was good, but I worked up a good sweat.

Man, the weather was nice today.

My camera mount holds the camera really rock steady (considering what is happening), but slowly slides forward. And when I come down hard on it, it goes. I need to find a way to stabilize it, or need to find another mounting method for my aggressive style.

*not that I'm all aggro all the time...I huff and puff after a few seconds....but on the downhill spurts, the cam ends up recording a downward shot instead of the up-coming trail.

Beautiful Day!

I'm soooo going riding tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I have no motorcycle, so I'll be riding very slowly, hopefully down a hill so I can go a bit faster.

I think I'm gonna go tear up campus...there's too much snow anywhere outside of town. It's crazy.

I was going to go fishing this weekend, but Spring Valley is still iced over. I went out on Friday to check it out (glad I did while it was on my way home, and not make a special trip out there) and there were people in short sleeve shirts ice fishing. It was crazy. I wish I had my camera.

I don't know where I'm going to go tomorrow, but it should be fun! Maybe I'll play with some onboard footage if I find a good trail.

Anyway, I cleaned my office today, and I am glad I did. It was baaaaaad. Really bad. Oh well.

I had cut a top for my rolling section of the tool box, but hadn't put it on, or set it all up. So, I did that, put all my tools away and such and organized everything. What really sucks is that now that I put everything away, I'm going to have it all moved away to a new place.

Finding a new place has been quite the adventure too. I hate looking for new places to live. It's one of the most annoying processes EVAR.

I really miss having a bike on days like this....

Anyway, enough rambling.

no house buying

we'll do some house renting instead at first

just not in the cards right now


So, anyway.....


This weekend is supposed to have some awesome weather....and I miss riding. Maybe I'll talk Jessica into going fishing....


I made fried chicken wings, and a video about making fried chicken wings. I have the video edited all up, and I just need to do the voice-over, and then add some music and all will be well.
Should be a pretty cool video when I'm done.


WHEEEEEEEE!

Well, we did it

We started the process to see if we can buy a house....

Honestly, I'm nervous as hell about whether we will get qualified for enough, or if we will even qualify at all. But also, what we are going to do if we are actually qualified to buy a house.

Anyway, just wanted to pop in and say that.

The "list"

This is the list of bikes that are on my list for "next"

Suzuki
SV650 - naked sport standard
SV650S - sport
GSX650F - sport standard
DRZ400S - dual sport
DRZ400SM - super-motard
V-Strom - standard/dual sport

Kawasaki
Ninja 650 - sport standard
Versys - standard
Z1000 - sport standard
KLX250S - dual sport
KLR650 - dual sport

Yamaha
FZ6 - sport standard
FZ1 - sport standard
V-Max - sporty cruiser

Honda
919 - sport standard
Interceptor - sport touring

hmm...big list....
looks like a dual sport or sport standard.....hmm....we'll see

shipped off some vfr parts today, think I sold some more!

yay!

Happy Friday!

Yeah, it's Friday.

This task at work is kicking my butt. Not terribly, but it's kicking my butt. Biggest thing I've done in a while and I'm speeding up on it, so it's not too bad, but damn, this thing is not exactly trivial. Compared to what I thought it was when I started the task, it's easy, but I've got it saving data, now I just need to get it loading.

Then, I'm about 1/6 done. Load and Save from a list. Then, I have Auto Save, Fixed Save, and Auto Save from a List. After that, I have to make it load and save a list of files. Once I do that, I have to do all the error checking. Some of these pieces will be easier than others, and some will be hard (error checking....the details are what get you!).

Also, this weekend I am riding. Yes. On 2 wheels. Chad (chipper) is bringing 2 bikes, one to sell, and one to ride, and has offered to let me ride them both at various times. One is a dirt bike and he's mostly getting that so that I can ride a dirt bike to see if I like riding in the dirt. The other is a old Honda 400. Even if I don't end up riding Chad's bikes, I'll be riding my bicycle.

Saturday, I'm riding on downtown to get my bike licensed (thanks Moscow....$5 to ride a bike....) and get a new reflector holder. The old reflector holder got sacrificed into a camera mount tha works WAAAAY too well and so I'll maybe be taking some video as I ride on downtown on Saturday.

This weekend, the weather is supposed to be AWESOME, so I'm stoked about getting out and playing outside.

So, is it a Southern Rock Friday? Is it a Jimmy Buffet Friday? Is it a country music Friday? Well, I think it's a Mike Oldfield Friday....some good Mike Oldfield should get me moving right to get lots done today.

viffer parts that are gone

tail piece
right rear set
right clip on
gauges
coils and most of the ignition system
slip on exhaust