Almost ready!

Well I was going to take my red 93 touring Suzuki 1100 to the left but I could not get the carbs right. It has a bad hesitation until it get's over 3500 rpm. This would be too aggravating at every start up. So I took all the touring stuff off the touring bike and put it on my sport bike to the right. The nice thing about my bikes are all the parts are interchangeable. But it still took me 11 hours to do it. Things I had to change: the 2 backrests, seat, supports for the hard saddlebags, battery, handlebars, windshield, engine guards with front footrests, lengthen the front brake hose and rebleed them, and front tire. Then I had to check everything again I've done for weeks getting the touring bike ready.

Sold my black 92 Suzuki 1100 for my $2750 asking price. He is coming for it today. Gee I'm back down to 4 bikes, and no car.

Sat., 4 of us drove to the Guadalupes Again! By the time we got back it was 100. They got 2" rain the night before and was only in the low 80's at 7000'. Bikes are still getting 50 mpg.

The desert is usually brown this time of year but is green.

Linda's home today, real surprise! Last 3 days.

Super Day!

I helped Benny work on his Pest Control sprayer and his Goldwing today. He invited us to his house Friday and is paying my way at cards.

Then I went to to roofer to pay the downpayment. She gave me a reciept/contract and a better deal. Really nice lady! Will hold price even with 2 more price increases coming.

Then I took the contract to my State Farm Insurance agent and he gave me the balance of the hail damage claim for our roof for $4850!

Then I got my switches in to fixed my wind direction gauge. And it's done.

Then the guy that looked at my newest Suzuki 1100 I have for sale came over and paid me for it, but will not pick it up until Monday.

Then I got a package from my son and daughter in law with Wisconsin sausage and cheese in it for Father's day.

And then Linda came home...... The love of my life!

June 19th Who's Birthday?

We went to dinner again, it's her season. Greek food was good. Finally a good restuarant on the east side. Thanks to my younger sister who gave me the idea for Linda's Earings. Happy Birthday dear!

Worked on Undarmaa's Saturn. We replaced the radiator, thermostat, water pump, and radiator cap. There's nothing else to replace except the engine! It still overheats. It is 102 outside.

Ready to go to Garland and Springfield. All packed and bike is prep'ed. Got 2 sets of saddle bags full. Tori's got plenty of work for me. Dorothy and I have plans for the 8 days I will be there. Bike trips, boating, Wes and Kim are coming, Matt should be coming, Lincoln play and....

Been trying to relax more, did not feel good Sat. About once a month I feel physically down. Part of it is the heat and not drinking enough water. I'm sodium deficiant too.

Friday the 15th!

Went to class, a new instructor let 2 students run their mouths off for an hour of our 2 hour class. I got pissed in my anger management class! I told her to stop and let's go on. Several other students nodded their head in agreement! I called the director to get this stopped or I would drop their class.

Went to EPEC to sign Linda's retirement papers. I had to buy LUNCH! My wife loves me so much....

It's 102 today hottest day so far. Engine on my bike was overheating. At a 3 stop light wait, I shut the engine off. The Pool is really green now.

Playing (hate that W word) on my wind direction indicator. It's turned so many times in 2 1/2 years since I put it on the roof it wore out the contacts, but only $4 at Radio Shack.

Have got 4 estimates on the roof. I called one that seemed reasonable but I think they left out many items we need. They probably won't get to it until Aug -Sept.

Yesterday 5 guys including myself were suppose to go riding. I was the only one who did show up, screw them, so I went by myself to Hatch, Deming, Columbus; 275 miles and got 53 mpg!

How's your week going?

Life's a dream at 59

Well retirement is better than that "W" thing. Sat. rode to Columbus for the 2nd time this week. It 's a great bike road. Smooth, flat, 60 miles, maybe 12 cars/truck, & 1 jerk cop waiting near Columbus for speeders. Normally I only see Borber Patrol and military. But now the military is gone too. Only once in the last 10 years have I seem illegals jumping into the back of an old pickup. Had to drive over 20 miles to report them.


Sun. went swimming. Pool is cold. Had it up to 92. It's either raining or cold evenings for June. Pool is only 84 now. And Green. Can't stop the algae.


At least 1/2 of the weekends for the last 6-8 months the weathermen say it will be crappy but we can ride at least for awhile. Most guys don't even show up. They MIGHT get wet!


Linda's officially retiring. We are ready to sleep in, every day.


The new car, the Accord, still needs no servicing, if it was an American product we would have had it in twice by now. 5 1/2 months old.


After working on the carbs of all my 1100's they are getting 50 mpg. I'm still putting in over $100 per month in gas, so that like 1500 miles per month.

The photo is the Road of Death, one lane road with trucks going in both directions!

Busy all week, but still doing the same, "working" on the house and bikes. I'm wanting to take my touring bike with the full windshield and saddlebags. Last week I took off the carbs, 4-5 hours work to clean them up and lean them out since gas is over $3.20 here. It ran fine. Thursday I started it up and it ran bad again, like mis-firing on one of the four cylinders. Found #1 was running rich, so I cleaned it again and still was mi-firing. I put in a new spark plug and it ran good for 4 miles then ran bad. I was so frustrated I stopped yesterday.

Today I took the brand new plug out, it was covered in black soot. Screw it, I leaned just that one cylinder carb, went out for a few miles and was ok. Have to ride it 20-30 miles to see if it will be OK long term.

Went to class today, it was one of the best I've gone to, I complemented the instructor, Jimmy. He does a good job of keeping us on track. A couple of guys try to dominate and joke around too much in class, which is annoying.

Wind 3 days this week, and Sat. is suppose to rain. Some wimps in our riding group are backing out already. Going to Alamagordo then down 70 to Cruses.

Tori needs to get me info to fix her garage door opener, but she never answers her phone or Emails. Very frustrating. I know she works a lot but I can't help her if she doesn't help me first.

Working on the House and Bikes

So far we've got a pool cover, ceiling primer/sealer, ceiling paint, drop cloths, ceiling popcorn repair, shed paint and some tools to work on all the ceiling water damage from the hail. We are ahead of budget. Painting the garage ceiling will be the worse job. Will have to cover everything. When you paint ceiling popcorn about 25% come down and plugs up the roller. What a mess. The stuff in a can for the popcorn really is messy, about 1/2 of it goes all over me and the floor.

The shed. We still have the momma cat and 3 kittens about 6-8 weeks old hiding behind the shed. I hope they come out soon and Wendy takes them. So I can paint it.

Still only got 2 quotes for the roof. Trying to get a 3rd so I don't get ripped off. No one calls back to set up appointments.

Got 3 1100's carbs done. Suzuki screwed up by putting in soft guide plastic. The slide that rubs against the guide wears it out, then wears out some jets and needles that cost $120. This can occur as soon as every 20,000 miles. If I don't fix them, gas mileage drops from 45 to 36. With gas at $3.25 and driving 1500 miles a month adds almost $30 a month to my $110 gas bill a month. You wouldn't think I would spend $110 a month but if I had an SUV it would be $350 a month! NO THANKS.

Gee Good Luck Today, Unbelievable!

Went to the mail box to put out a letter before I went to my Anger Management class and found more mail. I'm sure I got it yesterday. The check for the roof was in there. It was enough to cover the cost of the roof. When we sign a contract and give it to State Farm Ins. we get another large check. But wait, we still have to fix the ceilings in 5 rooms, buy a pool cover, pay ourselves back for damage already done, buy a shed, fix the fence and around the pool edging. But still this is good. Then more mail came today. 2 deliveries in 1 day, yesterday??

I was able to deposit the check, buy my 8th case of bike oil at 60% off and clean the pool.

The cleaning usually takes 4 hours, many cuss words, I get very dirty, wet, dried out hands from being in water for hours, get very tired, but none of this happened this year! Took only 1 1/2 hours, washed the pool cover off into the already dirty pool, then just vaccuumed & skimmed it. No leaks in the piping, it primed up right a way, had only 2 gallons of junk from the bottom, the heater came right on so we can get it up to 90 (was 83 already). No messes, no hassles, no cussing!

Let's see no one tailgated me today, class was good, I'm now in the cool house ready for a cold one. HONEY, I'M READY to do have more good days.

Picture taken in San Diego when Jim Dorothy & I went to Mexican Riveria.