Patti's random noise

Motorcycle Comedy

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:58:42 -0700

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!

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:51:38 -0700

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?

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:35:36 -0700

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!

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:25:38 -0700

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?

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:14:11 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:51:28 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:36:33 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:12:31 -0700

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!

nobody@vox.com(Patti) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:06:17 -0700

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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