Roof done, now too quiet.

Picture is new to me BMW K1200LT.

Took only 4 days, instead of 5 last time, but there was a big crew here Wed. It's a 30 year Owens Corning Oakridge roof. Roofing company also gave us 10 year guarantee on labor for leaks. But it was twice as expensive as in 1991.

Real tired today, did not sleep good, & I'm sore from going up and down the ladder 30 times yesterday. The 20 year old cooler gave me fits for 3 days. I should not bitch they usually only last 10.

House is real cool today. Cooler working very good

Finished the Kawasaki 440 I was rebuilding today, Should make about $300. Ran good up and down the street.

Waiting on the parts for the BMW. Should be here next Wed. I have not driven it in the 3 weeks since we bought it.

Linda's gone to Madison, and no pounding on the roof.

Benny bought Sam a 1992 Yamaha 1100 cruiser, only needs a few adjustments and little service. Good deal and has lots of chrome. Only 7800 miles too.

2 days into the roof replacement and we are tired of the nail pounding already. 3 days to go. Yesterday they took the A/C off all day, but with our 18" insulation in the attic it only got up to 81 in here. They put it back on for us the use in the evening, but wired it wrong. I spent 2 very frustrating hours trying to figure out what they did. The idiots that originally wired it in used 2 white wires. Yesterday they had them reversed so it would not run.

The rust is so bad when they pick up the cooler it falls apart in their hands.

The shingles are not as white as I would have hoped but they are the best mfger'd, Owens Corning, 30 year warranty. I'm having a ridge vent (continuous opening) put in along the peak to let out more heat in the summer, but I don't know about in the winter if I'm going to lose more heat too.

Changed out a tire on one friend's bike and oil change on another.

Sam came by with his new bike. It is a 1992 Yamaha 1100 cruiser with only 7800 miles and lots of chrome, Paid only $2000 great low price.

Mom leaves me today, boo.

Too Much Fun

WORK, THIS IS WHY I DON'T DO IT. So I don't waste time at work, playing on bikes is a lot more fun.

After 42 years riding and the same working on bikes I can almost say "I've almost have had enough biking for now". Rode 15,000 miles this year. And I'm helping maintain about 20 bikes. 2 Suzuki 1100's I sold I'm doing it all, then people come by asking for restorations and servicing. My 4 bikes of course get the best servicing. It shows because the oldest one has 93,000 miles and runs like it's almost new.

Thank God for a good car, the Honda so far hasn't gone in once for service.

The roofers are working on our house. Will take all week. The house was getting hot mid day so I thought they had done something. Later when I went up they hadn't touched it and there was no water to soak the pads. But I had water in the house. Really wierd the float stopped up today when they were here.

I thought once Linda retires the car would get a rest, BOY was I wrong!

Linda's leaving me again, someone please help me!!!!!

Working on bikes as usual

Well after 1 1/2 weeks I'm finally getting some of the routine maintenance that should have been done for the last 7 years on my new bike. Bleeding brakes, fixing the CD player, putting in switches for the battery and headlights, changing the transmission and rear end fluids, working on the ABS anti lock brakes that still do not work, buying filters, changing coolant, trying to figure out how things work and where parts are. Everything is in a different place, since it's German and under layers of plastic covers. I have to buy a 2nd service manual (in paper) to find stuff and get a trouble shooting guide. I've got a hundred screws out now that need to go back somewhere!

While I was working on it in the garage I got 3 other projects. Benny's nephew bought 5 mini-choppers from China. They are 10-12" of the ground, are a lawsuit waiting to happen, and not street legal. They were expensive at $2000 but are really cheaply constructed. Screws in bad locations, cheap hardware, bent brackets, and worst of all a Radio Control (very small) 12v. battery that is suppose to start it. (HA). I couldn't even start it with the kick starter. It hurt my foot. No I'm not going to build the other 4.

Then a guy installing solar lights wants me to help him put his 1972 Ducati back together with special parts at his work place. Never worked on a Italian bike before.

Next door at the Anderson's they've got a crew there enclosing the garage for the older brother who got Polio and now is an invalid. The owner came over and wants me to get his Truimph running he forgot he had. Turns out it is a 2 cyl. Kawasaki. Gee, I could have worked an a British bike if he got it right.

Picture above is Jim's new T-bird, the black one (newer 02). The 57, white one, he worked on. He likes his better.