Showing posts with label losing money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label losing money. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2011

What's worse than a Rainbow Gathering?

...OK, there's really nothing worse, but the next best/worse thing is a Volkswagen Bus Rally. Now before you go on about how I had two buses myself, let me remind you that I do not own a tye-dye shirt, have white boy dreads, or practice hula hooping for future festivals. I do however love the idea of sleeping in a pimped out van beside whatever I damn well please. 

On this occasion, the 2011 Everybus Rally came to a local state park and Darnel, Mr. Steve, and myself decided to take a peek at some wagons. Here's what we saw...

(A total refurbish. Pretty Sweet)

 (Soft tops next to Hard tops? This world is crazy)

 (One of the sickest ones out there. Hand painted skull work. Seldomwright, eat your heart out)

 (The hordes. Shit strewn about. People selling parts that I assume fell off on the trip to Everybus)

 (Mags)

 (Cleanest set up out there. Tight)

 (Get a load of the tent on top of vanagon. It also has a window hanging air conditioner. Ingenuity.)
(Also, total rust bucket bus belonged to the only dudes with the most solid parts store. Huh?)
 (This step up is something I can get with)

 (Just like my last one (Hitler's Revenge). Of Course mine didn't have such good stickers on it.)

 (A uhaul camper! Sweet.)

 (I feel like such an idiot for not inventing this first. So practical, So efficient, SO NECESSARY!!!)

 ( Even the Canadians showed up.)

 (Everybody go, hotel motel holiday inn, say if your girl starts actin up, then you take her friend. I present to you the VW MOTENT)

 (The chuck wagon's circle)


 (We sniffed out these two gems hanging out away from the party. Super clean.)



(Lurkin' camp to camp.)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

My new roommate

A friend of mine recently killed his motorcycle. The oil pump failed and it starved his engine of oil, thus seizing the motor. Being a BMW kinda guy, but owning a Kawasaki, he decided to wash his hands of it and sell it for really cheap. Being the same bike as mine, I had to step up and claim it. This bike has every mod or farkle that you could ever want to upgrade too. It has the shocks and suspension I was about to purchase. It has the happy trail hard bags that I've been drooling over. New muffler, steel braided lines, cruise control, PIAA lights, intense crash bars, and more.

Ultimately I will part the bike out and sell what I don't need. The only problem I have right now is that I have nowhere to put it. The crank case is exposed, so it can't get wet, so I can't leave it outside or in my collapsing mildew spider infested garage. Only logical place to put it...

A room in the house. Blakers is gonna be so happy.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Triad Ton-up

This past Sunday there was a "vintage" bike rally here in GSO. It was so totally rad. At one point 79 bikes were counted. There were a shit ton of cafe-d out bikes and some old triumph's. Here are some highlights. Aud's, I wish you had come out.

George with his first bike, a 1959 Puch with original 425 miles on it



This bike has been frankensteined from 4 different bikes.

Some crazy Harley? the saddle is sweet.

Keeping it simple and pure.


Awesome Triumph with a 5 ball on the shifter

single pipe on this Scrambler


An extinct Laverda from Italy. Pretty sweet.



This Beemer came rollin' in super stealthy. So quite.

Moto Guzzi with a side car. Plush



Check out the oil spillage on this hipster. Reminds me of two certain ladies from Vancouver.

Triumph Trident. Not seen too often.

Honda CX500 Turbo. Future Primitive or Retro-Futuristic? Never the less, This bike is sah-wheet.

My Kawasucki was the only one of it's ilk at the party. Of course, it's only 2 years old.

Clean

Chopper and Social D tee 

Another Moto Guzzi, so fresh and so clean clean

The last to arrive. A tricked out Bonneville. Digging the little side bag.