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Evil's 9999...

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Using stock switches on new bars

I want to use the stock HD switch housing and wires on my new handlebars.  The bars weren't dimpled, so I used a bit to carve out a portion of the housing from below to keep the wires from getting "pinched".

Here's what you'll need...

Drink 2 PBRs prior to grinding

Grind out a hole big enough to fit the wiring

Be sure to smooth out the rough edges

Housing and clutch attached, and room for the wires to run through

Repeat the process for the throttle side

Reinforce the wires with another layer of electrical tape where they exit the hole.  Drink the rest of the PBR.  On a side note, the bars are set up to run internal wiring.  I needed a quick fix to get the bars on, but will attempt internal wiring another day.

49 Year Ride

49 Year Ride - Generations On The Road - Starring S&J Motorcycles from Clutch Monkey on Vimeo.
This short documentary focuses on the rough and two-wheel-tumble life of local Santa Rosan Steve Leandro and his shop S&J Motorcycles. I was able to uncover some Super 8 footage from 1974 of the 'Run To the Redwoods", which he was a part of, and some 1972 Super 8 footage of the influences in Steve's life to create a film that I believe acknowledges Steve's humble beginings and honors his current impact on future vintage chopper loving generations. Except for the riding shots and old Super 8, this film was shot on the iPhone 4.

Quick trip to Baltimore...

...to visit my brother-from-another-mother.  In on Friday and out on Sunday.

Authentic Thai meal (right down to the Squid Oil)

Took the water taxi to "Privateer Day" in Fells Point

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Groovy Baltimore (Raven) Pirates

Need white, knee high socks to go with my old timey paper boy hat

Along the waterfront.......

Rice Paella with chicken and sausage

Chorizo Tapas

Buzzed at the Paper Moon, an all night diner?

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2012 One Motorcycle Show

Best double cheeseburger in town...

...was also today's lunch.  Wash it down with Pabst Blue Ribbon!!  Charlie's Kitchen, Harvard Square.

Hells Bell

Girl kicking her 1960 sportster

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Chicago or St. Louis?

WIL THOMAS BORN FREE 4 from Mark Choiniere on Vimeo.

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Arrived...

Stainless forward sweep T-bars.  Actually I picked them up from Jake over at Barnstorm Cycles. You have to visit the shop to see all the cool projects he's got going on.  The bars were born at Special79 Fabrication.  Pre-drilled holes for internal wiring, and I have to mark and drill two more holes once I locate where the switches will sit.  Side project - relocating the front turn signals.

Triumph Thruxton

A friend's bike arrived today, right from the factory (in Thailand), BRAND NEW 2012.  Says he isn't doing a thing to it, keeping it stock.  Proper, because it's a beauty.

Pabst Blue Ribbon - "When you're watching TV boxing bouts...

Great watering holes are few and far between...

"Borrowing" this post from Speed and Glory's blog as inspiration.

 

"The bar I work at is just that, a true fucking bar. No kitchen, just a vending machine and liquid dinners. Come in and have a drink, everyone is welcome any time, and we make everyone feel that way. But, if you want fancy drinks, there's plenty of other joints in Boulder/Denver to do so."........"It's a smokey old pool hall that'll get you wasted for pennies compared to most other taverns surrounding it. We're a Bourbon and PBR(still #1 in the Nation) bar, not a martini or scoobi snack or upside down pineapple shot type of place... or whatever the fuck else you might want to fruit up your night. I'm not being a tough guy or bragging about my place of employment, I'm 160 pounds wet and you can smell my bar before you see it(that's no lie). But, I am proud to work there. There aren't too many bars like it in Colorado, or the rest of the country for that matter."

"It's a stinky old dungeon, older than most of you reading this post. It's the type of place that if you end your night there and don't remember a fucking thing, all you have to do is smell your clothes and you know exactly where you were. It's a staple in the community, even though most in the community are afraid to step foot in it. There's nothing scary about it, but if you've been to Boulder in the last 15 years, you understand. Like most nice places, money has taken hold of the town and every day there's a new 5-star restaurant or upscale bar being opened, then closed soon after. The Sundown Saloon has been there, good times and bad, and we aren't slowing down any time soon. People call it "the downer", "the Scum-downer", or "the dirty downer". "....it hasn't changed since, or for the last forty-fifty years. I've found .22 shells under the wooden floor boards, people have been killed there during bar-fights, and a long-time regular has ashes in a metal Harley Davidson emblem imbedded into the bar. Our Rock-Ola Bubbler Jukebox is older than I am and has everything from Cash, High on Fire, DeadBolt, Dwight Yoakam, Coltrane, ZZ Top, Devin the Dude, Issac Hayes, Deadweather, to muthafuckin WuTang - by far the best Juke in the area."

"Great watering holes are few and far between, but if you find em, they're night-life gold each and every time you set out to get lit up..."

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...with a nice chest.