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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Americade 2008 - Day 4
Americade 2008 - Day 3
Americade 2008 - Day 2
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Americade 2008 - Day 1
Got paint?
The above picture is of carbon fiber. It is not custom painted.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
one liner biker wit
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Harley Davidson Edition Dodge Charger
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day - Motorcycles Follow Me
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Rolling Thunder® XXI
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Debby and Tony
Kawasaki Recalls KLX250 Models for Throttle/Handlebar Grip Problem
Friday, May 23, 2008
The Sixth Sense
I always cary my digital camera to capture moments such as this.
I was riding my motorcycle and pulled up to this truck at a stop light. I noticed something a little odd. The box in the lower left hand corner read in upside down letters, "Dustys Body". I thought to myself, that is odd! This does not look like a hurse. Then I realized it was just a flat bed truck carrying a box with Dusty's dead body in it.
Yes, my sixth sense had kicked in. I see dead people.
I'm guessing no one else can see the dead body but me.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Good biker joke
Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's morals, kept sticking her nose in to other people's business.
Several members did not approve of her extracurricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
One day Mildred made a mistake.
She accused Frank, a biker, and a new member of the church of being an alcoholic after she saw his Harley parked in front of the town's only bar one afternoon.
She emphatically told Frank and several others that everyone seeing his motorcycle parked in front of the bar during the daytime hours would know what he was doing.
Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment shook his head, hopped on his bike and rode away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny... he said nothing.
Later that evening, Frank quietly pushed his Harley in front of Mildred's house... walked home.... and left it there all night.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Kawasaki Issues Recall of 2006-2007 ZX14 for Frame Defect
Motor Scooters -- Are You Ready for One?
Skyrocketing gas prices.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
motorcycle friendly road
Monday, May 19, 2008
one liner biker wit
On Thursday, May 15th, 2008, I became an official member of MBI.
Yea!
I'm proud to be a part of the Motorcycle Bloggers International group. A.K.A., MBI.
http://www.mbiweb.org/
I hope I can contribute something worthwile as I continue to blog.
Thanks to those of you who stop by and read my site.
To those at MBI,
Thank you for accepting me into your community.
It is an honor.
Mr. Motorcycle
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Cheryl
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tech. Tip #5 Show Car or Show Bike Shine
Here we need to address Waxes & glazes, and another product called Wizard's Mist n Shine.
As far as getting that luster back in your old paint, or bringing out a show quality shine in a somewhat shiny paint to begin with, I prefer Race Glaze, or a McGuires brand glaze. "Not a wax". Glazes give you that high luster sheen, and unlike waxes, don't leave a hard crusty white powdery film that is really hard to remove once dry. They go on easy, and wipe off easy. Both products can be applied with a buffer, or by hand. I've used, and still do use both.
Lots of people swear by Wizard's Mist and Shine.
I think this is o.k. for quick cleanups, and shines, but does not compare to a glaze. Because it has alot of cleaning agent in it, I've actually had it remove the glaze I just applied, and lost the high luster shine to get Wizard's Mediocre Luster. I thought it would build on the shine but did just the opposite. This is when I realized that nothing tops a good glaze for a show bike quality shine.
Keep in mind, glazes are not permanent, and need to be re-applied every so often. I re-apply glaze to my tins about every time I clean the bike, and it only takes about 3-5 minutes.
Good luck!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Exile Cycles (NOT!!!!)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Part of my weekend with a bit of insider humor.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Tech. Tip #4. It's all in the details
Tech Tip #4. It's all in the details is kind of a continuation of tech tip #1. Hiding or making the gas tank mount brackets blend in, is an important detail to me. This is part of making a bike look clean.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
A Mother's day tribute. Why do so many bikers name their motorcycles after women?
I've posted before that I named my bike Kenny after my father Ken, because I though Ken sounded too serious for me, and I could not name it Shirley and Ken, cause that just sounds stupid for a motorcycle name. I choose my father's name because I think personally that Motorcycles, no matter how sexy, are kind of a masculine thing.
Anyway, tons of folks name their bikes after women. It is standard tradition. I think some of it might come from the infuences their mother's had on them as children.
So for a Mother's Day tribute to all of the mothers out there, I give you the top 25 reasons to say thanks to Mom.
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE . 'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.'
2. My mother taught me RELIGION. 'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL . 'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!'
4. My mother taught me LOGIC. ' Because I said so, that's why.'
5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. 'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me.'
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT. 'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'
7. My mother taught me IRONY 'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. 'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. 'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA . 'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'
11. My mother taught me about WEATHER. 'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'
12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. 'If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!'
13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. 'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'
14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION. 'Stop acting like your father!'
15. My mother taught me about ENVY . 'There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't h ave wonderful parents like you do.'
16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPA TION. 'Just wait until we get home.'
17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING . 'You are going to get it when you get home!'
18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. 'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.'
19. My mother taught me ESP. 'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'
20. My mother taught me HUMOR. 'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'
21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT . 'If you don 't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'
22. My mother taught me GENETICS. 'You're just like your father.'
23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. 'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'
24. My mother taught me WISDOM. 'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.'
25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE . 'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you !!
(O.K. my father taught me number 25. But I think my mom had some secret influence going in on this one as well.)
I was the third of three children. Not referred to as the third child, but rather the "terd" child.
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Mom-
As I was running through the house with scissors, wearing a pair of dirty underwear, I realized I needed to get you a Mother's Day card. (My actual words were "Damn, I need to pick up a F-n card for Mom!"
So, with my messy hair, and unbrushed teeth, I hitched a ride to the store with a perfectly nice stranger who gave me some candy. And without the sales clerk (who I think you know from church) even noticing, I stole this card for you!
Well, anyway, I gotta go... My no good friends are jumping off a bridge, and, of course, I have to do it too!
Happy Mother's Day
from your son
Mr. Motoryccle
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A Motorcycle Comedian is Born
Friday, May 9, 2008
Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Deonna
Grabitpack
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
A new biker word to add to the dictionary
coolify
Pronunciation: kool . if . eye
Function: adjective
Etymology: English slang biker giberish
Date: sometime after the start of the19th century
1: cool, or kool : To be lacking the stock motorcycle look:
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The top 100 motorcycle blogs lists first interview
I was also honored to be the first interviewed blogger, and posted on his site.
Below is a sample of the post, including links to the author Cristian Dorobantescu's site, my interview, and Cristian's top 100 list:
Honda Motorcyles blog
Honda History, models, parts and…stories
Interview with Mr. Motorcycle
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by admin
While doing the Top 100 Motorcycle blogs a couple of weeks ago, I discovered some interesting blogs about riding a motorcycle, the biker’s lifestyle and their passions. I’ve bookmarked some of them and subscribed to their RSS feeds so I can get updates automatically (by the way, you can get updates automatically by email from the Honda Motorcycles blog as well, by clicking on orange subscribe button on the right panel), then I realized I would love to know more on the riders. That’s how I came with the idea to do a series of interviews with the motorcycle bloggers in the top 100.
First on the list is Mr. Motorcycle, a Harley rider from Minnesota. Amongst others, he is a motorcycle custom painter, father of 2 (he says 5, 2 children, 2 cats and a custom Harley) and blogger. Here is what I found out: (Click link to read more) Interview with Mr. Motorcycle
Monday, May 5, 2008
Sunday's motorcycle ride
Friday, May 2, 2008
Tech tip #3. A way to save your custom paint job or stock paint job, and save your motorcycle parts.
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When a painted part cannot be masked off easily, or needs complete dissassembly, it can get costly to do a paint repair no matter how small the repair area needed is. Likewise when you have a painted part from let say, Harley Davidson that is damaged, Most shops (Harley Dealers) consider the damaged part to be disposable because they won't sell their paint to you, so you can't have your local body shop fix it. This guarantees them big bucks in sales of more parts. However, you can take your painted part into a paint store such as a Sherwin Williams Automotive Paint store and have them read the paint with a special paint scope. They can then spit out a paint formula that will be right on the money, or at least close enough to blend in most cases. But most of the time this still involves full dissasembly of a part off of the motorcycle, or what ever it is you are painting, which can be expensive.
Furthermore, in the automotive paint industry as a painter, the rule of thumb is mix paint close enough to blend because you will never get an "exact match". This could mean painting all of your motorcycle parts to match, unless it is a "very" close color match. This would be spendy for a scratch right?
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There is a way around this in many cases.
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I'll get to that in a bit.
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When you have custom paint, there is also a way you can many times save your custom paint job by adding to it.
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A classic example is:
I have a friend whose chopper's rear fender was a bit too close to the rear tire. After the tire swelled when it heated up It rubbed and burned the paint edge on the rear fender tip. It has since been adjusted to no longer rub. Unfortunately this ruined a very expensive custom paint job that he has on the bike, if not for a solution I've used in the past.
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If you can keep the repair area as small as possible and do something custom in the repaired area only, you have a chance at saving it. It can be clear coated if needed, but if small enough can be done with sign painter's paint called "One Shot"and or outlined with a "One Shot" pinstripe.
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Example below:
(I am not claiming this paint job, as this is not one of mine, but this was a classic example of how this can be done.) I know he has even got compliments on the rear fender accent that was never meant to be. Who knew( untill now)?!
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Remember that wave runner I mentioned at the beginning of the post that was crashed?
The hood got a crack. I did a fiberglass repair, primer, etc., the works, and then had to paint it. I could not match the white gelcoat that the hood had from the factory, but always have paint left over's from previous jobs, and took the colors that were already on the wave runner and gave the hood a custom paint job. Now not only did I save money, and time, I actually made the waver runner custom. This was wave runner #3 that I've done similar things to. You can even do this technique where there are no good break lines by having the clear coat edge broken off by pintriping over it like in the motorcycle example above.
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Just some ideas for you to think about, and realize that there are options for you when you get that dreaded scratch, or dent.
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This is a great excuse to go for it and get that custom paint job you've been wanting, and now have a reason to do it.
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Mr. Motorcycle
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Motorcycle blogging off the beaten path