Well the BSA is coming along , chain roller is done , rear brake very near done , front brake still has some fab work to do. Now only 99.2% vintage now , a friend let me dig thru his box of grom brake parts trying to find a caliper , gave me many ideas. Wound up buying a rear caliper from a Chinese grom clone , yeah bottom of the barrel but still has 50 yrs more technology than that Hurst Airheart caliper. I picked a small single piston caliper from the rear to go on the front. Pads are a perfect fit for the small 10” rotor. I have to fab up a mounting bracket. Must finish brakes before sparky smokey can happen !

Ooh a new rear Continental tire just appeared at my door from half way around the world , Spain to be exact.

Well , My shop is nothing but a small cramped dusty garage. I’ve been building bikes since I was 14. Don’t need a lot of space just a work bench and the table. On my third bike since I got the table , if you have the room , it a worthwhile purchase , the table is the best thing I’ve done , love it. I’m totally ghetto after seeing Sneeze’s shop , I dream about having a real shop with a lathe & mill , drill press. Imagine what I could build if I had a shop like that ! Yes I’m jealous. I’ll just keep building my “garage bikes” , as long as I’m still impressing myself , I’m good !  

It’s so hard not to do some trail trimming on the tracker. I rode bald tires when I was young , teaches you how far you push the envelope so street tires on the dirt is just fun for me. I think it’s having to clean it is the only deterrent keeping me out of the dirt. I need a total thrasher for when I’m in that mood. However , she is a pleasure to ride when you got room to stretch her legs a bit. She has a hard time behaving in town , so I gas up and head out in the sticks. Let her rip , put her carbon footprint down , she really loves to run. Freeway , she’s does fine , it me that hates it ! She is much more tame than it was before , was horrible on the freeway.  Try to ride it every chance I get , she begs to be ridden.  Guess a small street legal trail bike with a happy button is needed. Sliding around in the dirt is great exercise and great practice for street riding.

Exactly , it is exposure to loss of control/traction. Fun for some and absolutely terrifying for others !
 Back in the day I had Honda 175 twin , it was my flat track practice bike.
Front brake was gutted , fiberglass tank , smaller off road seat & plastic rear fender. Engine smoked a tiny bit on r/s but ran great , I rejetted it , straight pipes , loud and fast all on 2 very bald Dunlop k70s with an almost nonexistent rear brake. Local LEOs never even got close to catching me on that bike , terrorize the town , run just for fun , hid the bike for some months , before unleashing the tiny terror again. Things got hot , local Leo’s we’re getting smarter ( after 2+years of trying to catch me )
I had to remove it by dark of night and gave it away , far away. Haven’t seen it since. That was a fun bike and as always I wish I still had it ! As I remember it was given to me in exchange for a small debt , guy raced flat track.
The Good Ole Days !

Very special visitor indeed , keeping rodent & snake populations in check
It’s just trying to survive
Get bats up there too ?

It needs a keg a tap and a red cup dispenser !