We took a car to Vista Hermosa and Etla yesterday. Here’s a few of the images we captured:
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and now, for something completely different…
On Saturday January 19th, I helped a buddy get his (unique) motorcycle down to Downtown HD in Renton for a Vintage Bike show. Focus was on dirt bikes, and motorcrossers, but all sorts of interesting things came out of the woodwork. Here are a few of the pictures I took. Grab a tasty beverage for …
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Back from the wilderness…
Hi Gang! It’s been two years since I posted here, and nearly that long since i had ridden an event until the 13th of January, 2013. No excuses, just a hectic life, spiced up with a mangled left knee in August of 2012, that has kept me off the loop and out of the sections. …
Nearly ready for paint, prep, and parts-gathering
Well, with a few days off over the holdays, I’ve gotten the 305 Dream to the point where I don’t believe there is anything unsalvagable here, and it won’t take an exorbitant amount of money to put this thing back on the road in nice shape. The last few hours of work have been to get …
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The engine begins to reveal it’s secrets
Well, I now have the engine out of the frame, and the cylinder head and both side cases off. The news isn’t all bad. Most of the engine looks in fine shape internally, as you can see here: obviously, this engine has been sealed up, and has the low mileage indicated by the odometer (5129). …
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Part way through disassembly…
Well, I am part way through the disassebly of our Honda 305 Dream project. Some has gpne pretty smoothly, a few bits are being obstinate. One of the easy parts was the cool aluminium carb cover: the right hand engine cover is being obstinate, the screws are rusted and only 4 have broken loose so far, …
Getting It Home
We have friends, very helpful friends. The kind who have bots that cruise Craigslist for interesting motorcycles for sale. And then post the best ones to mailing lists with a plaintive “Who’s going to buy this one?” appended. Yeah, those guys. So on a not so sunny Sunday we went off to look at a …
Event Report: Walker Valley, October 3, 2010
Another Sunday in the Pacific Northwest, it looks like so many of it’s brethren, damp, overcast, and dark. But it’s not raining, so it’s not as bad as it could be. I put the rest of my gear (coffee, lunch, the few nearly forgotten items) in the truck, snug down the tie downs on the …
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Day 8: The Scooters of Oaxaca
A few days ago, I gave you a taste of the motorcycle scene here in Oaxaca, at least those that are pressed into workaday service. Today we look at scooters here in Oaxaca, a species perhaps even more numerous than the working motorcycle. Frist off: in the above-mentioned drivel, I mentioned that every manufacturer here …
Oaxaca Day 3: the utility motorcycles
There are a lot of motorcycles in Oaxaca, and the vast majority are working motorcycles, not recreational rides. Here are a few of the bikes I spotted today, including a few brands you probably haven’t seen in the US. Every manufacturer represented in Mexico has a 125 single, they are the workhorses of the city courier …
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