Patti's random noise Vox 2006-09-08T04:21:03Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00bc07d135d8de94/tags/ducati/ I pinch! Motorcycle Comedy tag:vox.com,2006-09-08:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c225255aac8fdb 2006-09-08T03:58:42Z 2006-09-08T04:21:03Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Baby got bath Traveling in style

When a motorcycle sits in a barn for a double digit number of years, it will tend to accumulate some reminders of that time in the shade-- dust, mud, surfast rust, the odd weed, and more spiders (and their webs) than one really wants to contemplat...

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]]> I have triumphed! tag:vox.com,2006-09-04:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c22524c7b2549d 2006-09-04T04:51:38Z 2006-09-04T04:54:56Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Motor Cycle Awwww

This would be a good answer to "what are your plans for the three-day weekend?", but I missed that QOTD. Oh well. My goal this weekend was to rid my loft of the motorcycle that was sitting there, and instead turn it into a motor plus a cycle, o...

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]]> Born in a barn? tag:vox.com,2006-08-28:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c22524a61b8e1d 2006-08-28T04:35:36Z 2006-08-28T04:37:06Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

My god... it's full of thingies! Pet spider

No, but the Ducati project bike lived in one for the last decade or so, and this weekend I had ample evidence of that. My goal for the weekend was to take the motor out, and I didn't quite get that far. However, I did spend a few minutes putteri...

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]]> Look, ma, I'm a unicycle! tag:vox.com,2006-07-30:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c2251efef9604a 2006-07-30T05:25:38Z 2006-07-30T05:37:09Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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unicycle: noun A one-wheeled human-powered vehicleToday the front wheel came off, along with the tank and the front fender. None of this was technically difficult, though there was one secret bolt that I had to ferret out before the wheel wou...

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]]> Doesn't everybody have an exhaust system in their bathtub? tag:vox.com,2006-07-28:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c2251edeb8f219 2006-07-28T23:14:11Z 2006-08-27T20:39:33Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

No more pipe

I've been running around a fair bit this week, so I haven't spent much time working on the bike. I did decide that it was time to remove the exhaust, though, because it's something that I can sit and polish while I watch movies, and I was in t...

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]]> Bike Progress tag:vox.com,2006-07-24:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c2251e4667f219 2006-07-24T04:51:28Z 2006-07-24T23:06:44Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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It's been eighteen bejillion degrees in my loft all weekend, so I wasn't terribly motivated to work on the bike. However, I did spend some low-energy time on it today. First up: remove the seat. This required removing two bolts and then lifti...

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]]> Tonight's restoration work tag:vox.com,2006-07-21:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c2251dfa8e549d 2006-07-21T05:36:33Z 2006-07-21T07:22:40Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ducati Singles Restoration (Motorbooks Workshop)

I stopped at Home Depot on the way home from work today to pick up supplies-- shop towels, a bunch of WD-40, gloves, what should be a lifetime supply of extra super mondo fine steel wool but will likely only last a few weeks, and a container to k...

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]]> QotD: Midway Through tag:vox.com,2006-07-20:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c2251de8768fdb 2006-07-20T18:12:31Z 2006-07-21T05:57:23Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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What's one thing that you hope to do or accomplish before the end of this year? Funny you should mention it! My new motorcycle came home yesterday. New is a relative term-- she's a mid-60s Ducati Sebring 350 that's been living in the back of som...

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]]> She's mine! tag:vox.com,2006-07-18:asset-6a00bc07d135d8de9400c2251d436ff219 2006-07-18T00:06:17Z 2006-09-09T07:28:42Z Patti http://patti.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I've been looking for a bike for a long time-- an old bike, not to ride, but to put in my loft as an art piece. The ideal bike would be an old non-runnng Triumph that's beautiful (or could be made beautiful) but not roadworthy. My friends who ...

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