Monday, February 7. 2005
hardboots n sportbikes in 1 day
So i went got some turns in with Dave T at park city. Ran into Mark Gable and rode with him for a bit. Then i blasted home, got crystal and went down to Provo to meet up with Dave P for lunch. We went to this chinese buffet thing in provo. 6 bux for all you can eat chinese with sushi and some mongolian. It was way fun.
Went to Altiris to pick up my first paycheck. 1 day's pay. it's more than i made at PF Chang's for 2 weeks (not counting tips). Took me forever to get upstairs to find Claudette since i needed a visitor's pass.
Fri nite i went and picked up new handlebars for the triumph, and grip warmers. Went down to dave P's and started putting the new DS3 (daytona speed triple) together, but ran into a snag with the brake lines. Luckily dave had replaced the front brake lines on his s3 and had his originals lying around so he hooked me up. He traded me a brake lever bracket as well so i could mount my remote resivour for my front brake. He whipped me up a custom bracket for the resivour as well
It came out pretty damn amazing. it still needs a pixie hat and some other little tweaks, but it really is a blast to ride. i'm thinkin im going to either lower the forks in the yolks or replace the springs with the stock ones to get a better feeling.
Went for the "superbowl" ride on saturday... with a small detour. Eric, Scott and Scott's buddy Danny showed up at dave's. Scott had some bad gas from Maverick. He took his tank apart to drain it and broke a fuel fitting. Eric being the total stud that he is, he went to Auto Zone and found a compressor fitting and made a fuel fitting out of it with some cutting, some o rings and a lot of tallent.
The ride was nice, but cold. Eric got pulled over for excessive swerving, but no ticket
i wish i had those grip warmers installed and maybe an electric vest, but that will be done soon enough. Just as soon as i get back from Detroit.
Went to Altiris to pick up my first paycheck. 1 day's pay. it's more than i made at PF Chang's for 2 weeks (not counting tips). Took me forever to get upstairs to find Claudette since i needed a visitor's pass.
Fri nite i went and picked up new handlebars for the triumph, and grip warmers. Went down to dave P's and started putting the new DS3 (daytona speed triple) together, but ran into a snag with the brake lines. Luckily dave had replaced the front brake lines on his s3 and had his originals lying around so he hooked me up. He traded me a brake lever bracket as well so i could mount my remote resivour for my front brake. He whipped me up a custom bracket for the resivour as well
It came out pretty damn amazing. it still needs a pixie hat and some other little tweaks, but it really is a blast to ride. i'm thinkin im going to either lower the forks in the yolks or replace the springs with the stock ones to get a better feeling.
Went for the "superbowl" ride on saturday... with a small detour. Eric, Scott and Scott's buddy Danny showed up at dave's. Scott had some bad gas from Maverick. He took his tank apart to drain it and broke a fuel fitting. Eric being the total stud that he is, he went to Auto Zone and found a compressor fitting and made a fuel fitting out of it with some cutting, some o rings and a lot of tallent.
The ride was nice, but cold. Eric got pulled over for excessive swerving, but no ticket
i wish i had those grip warmers installed and maybe an electric vest, but that will be done soon enough. Just as soon as i get back from Detroit.
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