Road Trip Memories

Here's some photos from my last road trip.

Long Beach Cycle Swap

Went to the LB Cycle Swap yesterday and found some pretty good deals. I ended up getting a great gas tank for $75! Now I just need to prep that bad boy, when the weather is a little warmer, and I can finally experiment with some paint. I've been looking forward to painting a tank with my Danzig goggles design for a while. Now I just need to make sure that it turns out as well as I have envisioned it! I also picked up a little hood for my headlight for $5. Not bad. Just need to paint it gloss black and slap it on the Sporty.
I stopped by the Dice booth and picked up the latest issue. Good stuff in there, lots of inspiration. Was hoping to run into the Biltwell guys, ask them about when they expect to have the Keystone bars back in stock, and pick up a hat. I want to meet Bill so that I can pick his brain about his "Loser to Bruiser" bike. He did a lot of great work on that bike.

Death Valley

Finally going to hit the road with some friends! It's been way too long since I've been on a good road trip. The last trip was a debacle. Both of my friends had mechanical problems and couldn't go on the trip. Needless to say, I was pretty pissed.
I'm not sure how many people will be going with me to Death Valley. I think Ali will be going, I'm hoping Kapp will get his Triumph out and join us, Stephen might go, maybe I can talk Justin into going and it looks as if Jessica (never met her, she's a friend of Ali) has her bike up and running so she'll be going.
I'll have to borrow a camera so that I can take some decent pictures of the trip.
Damn, can't wait to be out on the road.
Oh, almost forgot...this weekend is the LB swap meet. Would be great to find some good stuff there. I'm still looking for a new gas tank. Maybe I'll find someone to powdercoat my forks while I'm there.

Sick, Sick, Sick

Haven't done much of anything to my bike for a few reasons, the most important being that I've been sick with Bronchitis for about two weeks. I hate being sick. I get short with myself and others; I'm no fun to be around when I'm sick.
The gas tank that I ordered from Debrix is out-of-stock so I'll have to look for something else. I saw some pretty good tanks on ebay that I may purchase next month. I'd like to order a fender to chop and put a Sparto light on soon but I've already spent a lot of money this month.
I still want to purchase a set of keystone handlebars from Biltwell but I don't know when they'll be available. I hope that they will be ready by the end of March.
I've been getting some good ideas on cleaning up my handlebars from the XL Forums. I'm going to look into changing the position of the high/low beam switch and kill switch. I might also switch my instruments for a minitach setup, however I'm not sure about the change.
I'll post some progress pictures, once I actually do anything!