Roman Motorcycle: 2009

Friday, December 18, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

Well, I didn't go to Chopperfest yesterday. I ended up sleeping in a lot later than I thought I would. I didn't get up until 10am or so. I could have still gone but just didn't. I saw a lot of pictures of the event. It looks like I missed out on a good time. Oh well.
I did end up spending some quality time with my girlfriend.
Not much to report.
Still debating on who I should get to paint my rear fender.
Still thinking about how to get enough money together for all the goodies I want.
Still procrastinating.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Rain, rain, go away!

Well, I'd planned to meet up with Jack and ride up to Chopperfest this Sunday but I don't think that's going to happen anymore. A pretty big storm moved into the area and I don't feel like doing 200 miles in the rain. I don't mind riding in a little rain but Ventura is just a bit too far for me to do in the rain. I'd hoped to stop by Dan's shop and pick up a new points cover while I was in the area too. Oh well. I'll just have to do that some other time.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Pictures from Bike Night at the Pike

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Bike Night at the Pike!

First Thursday of every month is Bike Night at the Pike in Long Beach. I'm going to bring a camera this time and take some photos. Usually a fair number of people show up on their bikes. I normally don't ride to the Pike because I live so close that it takes my bike longer to warm up than it does for me to ride over.
Hope to run into some guys from CC.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

This is THE bike

This bike has so many elements to it that I love. If only I were able to put together such a masterpiece. What I really love about it is that it looks great but still is completely functional. Most really great looking bikes are either designed with form over function. Just look at it and you'll see what I mean. Lots of little details that don't scream for attention but you can tell that lots of thought was put into this. Heh, not sure why it has passenger footpegs though.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Yes sir, this is good.

Ok, first day back from vacation. Had the last nine glorious days off of work. I did a little work done on my bike. Initially I'd ditched the left controls on the handlebar. I don't have turnsignals, don't use my horn and don't know if I've every used the high beam. The only problem with removing the left controls is that it made my bars looked unbalanced. I need to relocate my starter/kill switch before I clean up the bars. So right now I just took off my speedo & tach set up to mess around with it a bit and cleaned up the breather kit that I put on a few weeks back. I've been riding my bicycle to work so it doesn't matter that my motorcycle is in the garage surrounded by tools and parts.

Last Saturday my buddy had a BBQ at his place. He's been using an ex-roommate's smoker lately. The food was really good. I need to invest in a smoker. Sure it takes a lot longer to cook food but the wait is worth it.

Next up, I need to save up some money and get a good paint set up.