2 Rat Bastards

Sunsets on 2011...about time...

2012-01-01T14:51:00.000-08:00

Ever hear the saying having on of those days well 2011 was one of those years..Without all the gory details it other than my sunshine sucked..Health, wealth and what is left of sanity suffered thoroughly..Couldn't ride and that makes writing a riding blog tough..Politics fire me for a short time then the reality of my beliefs won the battle ..Missed writing to you all...missed a lot of simple things not because I couldn't do them because it was more convenient not too...New life and a new lief this year..it is a battle but I'm gonna win..fight through it..May never be able to dazzle you with the old brilliance but will do my best to continue to baffle you with bullshit..Thoughts from within..some true even..

Does anyone believe drug companies will ever truly strive to cure any disease..Stop and think about what would happen if the cured cancer..not how they do it today..you take a pill and it's gone..any disease or illness that makes them billions of dollars and supports 1/6 of the worlds economy..food for thought..

Politics...got into it..got worn from it..We have the worst of the worst running the country ..Today my support is going to be with who ever runs against him..Our country is in shambles..we have a senate and a congress who play election politics with our lives..our lively hoods..our country is broken beyond anything we can imagine..The poor who live off our daily sweat live far better than we do..ever get behind a food stamper while your buying just enough to survive..watch them as they have the best of the best..while your chewing hotdogs..We have lost the basic pretense of the American dream..get off your mother fucking lazy ass and get a job..Give the missing in action worthless Campaigner in Chief 4 more and watch our life as we know it disappear..it's so close to gone today you can reach out and touch it,,see it in the faces of those who work hard to survive..those who do what must be done to live in what's left of the American dream..Bring it back my friends,,,be heard,,be load,,be proud... Be America once again..Be heard my friends...

Yer i'm Still Alive

2011-11-07T04:07:00.000-08:00

Bought me a 1980 FLH , found it though a friend who said it was sitting in a Garage unloved an gathering dust .

Brought it home an had its Jugs removed as the motor was slapping a little . Needed a 20thou overbore to sort that out . Then I commited the Cardinal Sin an stuck a EVO CV Carb on it . Tell yer what it makes a huge difference , bike runs way smoother than before . I love this bike lots an i've still got me other one aswell .

All i've done is the Rebore , fitted a rack , changed the bars as the originals made it a pain to park indoors an fitted the Carb . Next up is some diferent Exhausts an maybe a set of forwards . got a few hundrd more miles to do to finish running in the new Pistons an Rings but no rush it'll get done .

Love the Sound this Engine makes . happy as a pig in shit now i've finally got meself a Shovel .

Anyhow here's a Pic of me New ol Bike .

Smoking Cain,,

2011-10-27T19:37:00.000-07:00

I'm a Herman Cain fan..screw the talking heads who don't get it...Americans gets it,,,politicians need to go..you all suck...Keep smoking these clown Herman..your the man..Toss the bums 2012..

Fifty...looking back, moving forward...

2011-10-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

Woke up from a dream only to find I was dreaming..Fifty...Mom,,Inspiration, Free thinking never follow the crowd follow your heart..Believe and never fear fighting for what you believe or what is yours..gone early always in my heart and mind..I still believe..Dad..Lot's of years to figure out..I got it now..I understand..

Always out spoken,,even as a kid..Tasted the soap early and often..Excelled when inspired..withdrew in a crowd..could always be alone when surrounded..Sports..Bell bottoms..Bad hair and cowboy boots..Game winning double in the championships..Panama Red..Boones Farm apple wine..Panhead project..a job..always a job..beer and Southern Comfort..Dear hunting and movie dates..The Mid Way drive in..Sister Mary Elephant..U.S. Army..Teens no better times at the time..life in my lane..

Growing up..Germany..The Grossman..still a brother in arms and in life..Back to work..the ride..Palm Springs to Tampa..Cuba Town best beef around..Back and forth..ride the sea..ride the roads..Sunrise outside Tuscon..Sunset in New Orleans...A thrill ride..every ride..The Dirty One..master wrench..fast short love..to many chemicals and never enough time..work..not an alcoholic a workaholic..looking for a big ladder to climb..never look back.

Fading..you never know it happens until it bites you on the ass..but instilled madness never lets you slow down..driven..riding like you never rode only to find it takes longer to get there and you missed more things along the way..Slowing down just isn't in the cards..painful memories are only memories..it's all what you make of them..Happiness is always within reach..

Fifty..it's been the most painful yet fulfilling year of them all..I stumbled on pure Sunshine..the only thing that has held me together..I found life to be annoying..hard and love of work and accomplishment faded..I chuged through my days without vigor..was it just fifty? Wealth and health problems..been a hard tough year..for most I do believe..KJ..you and how you handle it have made me understand it..I'm regressing back to living, forget the bad and welcome what life has given..I hear the old shovel coming back to life..I feel arms around me and dusty roads calling..time to kick it in the ass for another fifty..welcome home Rat Bastard..ride on...

The Tics...welcome to the jungle

2011-10-15T07:32:00.000-07:00

...Occupy Wall street... It's hard to take it serious until you question it..Who pays the bills, keeps the reefer and munchies flowing..What do they want..our money..no our way of life..Give me youth,,supported by a socialist movement with cash..get them in the induct them into your way of thinking..easy targets in disgruntled youth, hell we have a whole country disgruntled both on the right, in the middle and on the left..we have inept leaders..inept misses the point we have been sold out by our political system on all levels..

Herman Cain..watch the talking heads explain how he doesn't have a chance..The insiders don't get it..we the people have had enough we don't want political insiders or career politicians drive the ship anymore..They have spent the last 60 years destroying our country..Giving away our hard earned money, supporting those who are nothing but leeches on our way of life..Tell mister Obama how the hell political contributions can buy a loan of half a billion dollars,,,no wait we have another one about to bite the dust for 1.2 billion dollars of our hard earned money..2 billion dollars of tax payers hard earned money down the toilet and you want more..Screw you and screw DC..Time to stand up and be counted..Hang in there Herman we the people support you..

Now enough is enough..Time to disrupt the system and take back what is ours..our country,, our freedom and our voice..speak out..be heard..be loud,,be proud..Toss them in 2012...I hear Steve Miller in the back ground..Jungle Love baby...It's driving me mad it's making me crazy....

The Dust Devil

2011-10-02T08:11:00.000-07:00

Sat down with a rant...politics..Felt a twinge of missing my Sunshine..miles do that..Working on the lifetime cure for that problem..Then I saw the Dust Devil..

Started out as nothing but a small swirl..moving slow,reckless and clinging to life..struggling to become whole..as it grew it took shape..gained direction, power and will..when it reached it full capacity..all it could be it moved through whatever was in its path..no cares..no worries overcoming all obstacles..Then in a mere second it was gone..never to be seen again...not much different than us m friends..enjoy it while you have it...

Questions for the President

2011-09-21T09:14:00.000-07:00

First how does it feel to surpass Jimmy Carter as the worst president in modern history?

If your jobs bill will create jobs why is the majority of the spending to expand unemployment benifits another 99 week's?

Do you feel by keeping fourteen million Americans unemployed it boosts your voter base?

Do you understand we are Not a socialist country and share the wealth is not in our constitution?

Do you understand that creating jobs in government only ads to our nations depths?

At so point you must have wondered how long Americans would buy into your bullshit, do you understand those days are behind You?

Rat...Cleaning up our great nation. ..2012

2011-09-20T09:41:00.000-07:00

We suck as country..Thanks to not only our worthless president but our entire buddy system of DC..Untill we as the people take back what is ours nothing will change..Rat's tossing his skull cap in the ring...my platform. ...
Start where the heart of the problem begins..our founding father served our country for pride and honor..lets go back to it..salaries will not exceed $100,000..president, Congress or Senate. .same health care as is forced on the people and no retirement. .
If we don't have a balanced budget in place no one in the senate or congress is to be paid..all pay is lost in the period of no budget..Seniors and military will always be the first persons paid in the event of no budget. .Social Security and Milatary retirement is the first thing we fund..
Wars are to be fought by our military not our politicians. .
We will no longer give aid to countries who want nothing more than to see us dead..Stupid research and feeding and providing health care to any other country until we can care for our own..
Close our boards...want in do it legally. .not here legally go home and start over..
Change our presidents term to 3 years..limit 2 terms. Limit one 6 year term in the Senate and 3 terms of 2 years in the house..
All new legislation to be posted for the people to reveiw 10 days prior to vote..
Abolish all green legislation and disband the EPA..
The government does not create jobs,enter or interfering with private business. .no more Fanny Mae..Freddy Mac..bank or business bailouts. .
Sell the post office to private industry.
Drill...drill...drill...
More to come...toss the tramps in 2012

Last Ride,a Cheezy Ending

2011-09-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

The human mind is a fucked up thing...left brain,right brain or just brain dead..Simple things like making a phone call erode someplace in the big empty hollow between the ears..Wants and needs are replaced by twisted thoughts. ..right and wrong become none exsistant..Personal pain outweighs what really matters...Lost is an understatement. ..
The thought of losing the ability to ride overcame the ability to care,share and enjoy the feeling of the one who truely cares..Walk away...park life in your personal cave. .Dwell, self inflicted suffering..not a cure but a warped insight, selfish but undeniable until the small impulse of alone sets in...a phone call,a simple cure with a voice on the other end of the line...a lost smile returns. .a smooth painless heartbeat resumes. ..Life moves on...Happiness returns reaching new heights. ...thanks Sunshine. ..Rat's alive again...

Jobs my ass

2011-09-09T08:40:00.000-07:00

Politics been avoiding it..pisses me off to no end..up to the point we toss each and every rotten dog ball licking scoundrel out of Washington we as a nation will continue to suck..The answer to growth in this once great nation is get your slimy politicians ass off our backs..stop spending our money on your buddies and useless programs...paying people to stay home..helping foreign fucking countries that want nothing more than to blow us up...realize global warming was Al Gores meal ticket...and green jobs are comic relief..block the boarders and deport all 14 million illegal voters...
We need to start today...toss them...the new campaign cry for 2012...
Thank you for your support....your vote will not be wasted...

Last Ride

2011-08-13T12:48:00.000-07:00

Should have started east but went north, life had been sliding south...Eyes are letting me down, I can see but just have no trust in my vision..of anything around me..I decide riding a night is best, nobody can see my pain...
As I roll into Reno the morning sun begins to break..the thrill of the road soften the pain...Loss and lost my mind searches...why...on to Yreka maybe the answer lays between here and there...The road has never let me down...
Yreka has been good to me,for me in the past yet today it's just anothet spot on the map..a bed and a meal..On to Aberdeen..
Memories going on 30 years,,yes it has changed..I've changed..I feel loss..Those I have lost...those I need, those I turn my back on and those who waited..Why today in a place so remembered yet changed do these feeling tug at me so hard..I need the road..Boise
Chill as I roll in, with nothing in my mind to lose I chased my demons here..Pain was camped in my room..I need to keep running, escape..ride..Tulsa..
Sometime in the dead of night I awaken going 90, lightning flashes behind me...I let my life slip between my fingers, unfocused and uncaring until it was gone..I need it back..To JC I ride..
In big parking loy filled with cages I sit..I see..I ache for all things past..I feel pain,,I see pain...I run..I ride...I think..How did I do this...why can't the wind right me..The road sooth me as it had in the past...Reach out..break out...if all things meant to be are true you will know..I rode through the night with a plan..a dream...

Back, Chasing Cheez-its

2011-07-30T09:17:00.000-07:00

Winding Down

2011-06-06T12:50:00.000-07:00

Strange how life comes and goes..Fought my long hard battle..got a chance to try a new cure but the body said enough. Time to let it wind down and take its course.

I have managed to put friends and family behind..moved..shut up..clamed up and walked away from everyone..wanna be alone..no one worried..stressed..I got enough..don't care to share grief..world has enough to go around..still got no complaints..been one hell of a ride..

Thanks to all who read..follow and enjoy this blog..writing and feeling good go hand in hand..just don't have to juice to share but have stories to tell..maybe in the near future it will come to me..until then ride free my friends...later

WTF!!!!!!

2011-05-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

Well tried to upload some pics off the droid phone...ya sounds like roid phone...as you see didn't work..

Not riding...Back in the mist of new treatment...Visions sucks..glance off to the side and see a million neon lights..dam shame, spent a ton of cash in my youth searching for that effect..now spending it to get rid of it..

Life in Barfstow is different..Dealing with the military contracts is different...Missing life..lost freinds and the one far away..doc say's I got depresion...it's boredom dipshit..I'm shaking it off..looking forward to seeing Willie D...

On a last note...one sure way to know our president is lying!!! His lips are moving...works everytime...

Dude...

2011-04-27T08:35:00.000-07:00

Life....

2011-04-12T06:46:00.000-07:00

Ever hit that stage where a good pizza tastes like bread and cheese, Starbucks tastes like Folgers and nothing really lights your fire..well been there..

Over worked, under paid..just not in the mood to write..politics suck..the worlds taking a major dump and nobody seems to really take it all in..or like me just try and ignore it..well I'm taking some down time to write in a few weeks..nothing more than kick back..enjoy good company and write..travel a little and chew some jumbo..so be back soon..

Wind!!!!

2011-03-22T06:39:00.000-07:00

Ever dodge tumble weeds....

Sunset...

2011-03-10T19:58:00.000-08:00

A small tribute to my lost brother,,comrade..We walked a fine line between citizen and low life for many a moon, never captured, always close..we lived in a time where a man took his differences out the backdoor and slugged it out..never a real winner and when it was done it was done..thrill, spills and chills..lived for today...partied like it was 1999..go figure...we grew..we learned hell we reformed some..here was the first ride..

Meet Ernie in the winter of 1982..building automated box forming machines..I was the wire man and he was the wrench..we spent the first few weeks wondering who was gonna snap first until we finally settled in and decided to go share the first brew..We were exact opposites Ernie was out of the low rider world..clubber..I was still lone wolfing..rider and walking a fine line..we hit it off at a little club, the White Water Tavern..the start of 30 years of friendship...of life..

Ernie had an old pan, beat and worn..must of been January we decide to tackle it, I had boxes of parts and bling..Ernie had a warm garage and cold beer..so when we could pull ourselves away from fine dive bars, strip joints and tattoo parlor's we rebuild that pan..Wrapped it road ready in mid April..and decided to ride..

That first Friday night we cashed our checks and got ready to roll..I 'm thinking I'm gonna lay back and watch this psyco grease monkey for a bit..well the dirty one knew his way around a throttle..we headed to the Bomb Shelter.. Now in 1982 a biker bar was a little different then they tend to be today..in fact that might be why they don't really exist anymore..todays bike bars are black tie to these dives..Back to the Bomb Shelter..now the parking was in back and the only way to get there was through the bar..made for an interesting approach to parking and walking to the head..better look both ways before you take a leak..so we roll in, first night riding.. Nice 50 miles trip getting the feel of the road..found comfort riding with the freak..not something that happened much..

So a couple of brews down and not much action we decide to hit the Backdoor..another dive with what were called dancers..always fun..well almost...a dead night a the hotspots happen it was early and the air was warm..we headed to the hills..Maybe the Snowline..as we are pumping some ethyl the dirty one asked if I had ever been to the Roadhouse..Badger..No never heard of it..we turn off on 245 and rolled through the night, twisting and turning till we pulled up to the little wooden barn...could hear the bad band cranking..smell the grill cooking...taste the mountain air..freedom of the ride still shacking through my bones as we walked in the door..ever step in a joint and knew it was right..it fit..We walked through those doors a few hundred times over the years and it always felt good..we found our hole..we partied till the sun cracked over the hills..thank you Bro..

I'm missing you Brother..we learned..we grew..we fought..we stood side by side and back to back..toe to toe a few times..we never backed up or backed down..always moving ahead..right or wrong at times..Not much really matter we could laugh..long and hard at anything..You maybe laughing at me now..I get it..at 20 never gonna live to 30 at 30 it was never gonna see 40..at 40 it was any day now..well we out lived our expectations and we did it well my friend..I'm not gonna hurry catching up with you..but everyday I'll think about a love affair with Tanya Tucker singing Delta Dawn in in that broke dick dog Impala and laugh my ass off..Mr. Pelican..See ya bro..

Via Con Dios Dirty One

2011-03-09T07:29:00.000-08:00

Lifes has to many twists and turns to ever understand, you were here now your gone. Wasn't there beside you but for a few seconds, you fought hard, always did..

We were lucky in life my brother, we rode hard, fought hard, worked hard, we laughed hard...We shared the good the bad the ugly...alway laughing..Ride that long dusty road my brother on that pan that never breaks...enjoy greasy burgers that don't plug your viens...we will ride again someday...

I hope to finish this someday...good bye my friend...

Snow Baby

2011-03-06T06:18:00.000-08:00

snow..about 10 minutes of it..enjoy!!!!

The pretty Blue 67 Shovel reminded me of the first new real Harley I remember,,,guy next doors Dad bought one and I can still feel the thrill of the first time he took me for a ride....Thanks Les...see what you started..

Had some eye surgery..and ear I guess..sort of stopped my riding for the last couple of weeks..getting better..well not as foggy anyway..

I'll be back..LOL..

Back in the Saddle

2011-02-19T06:38:00.000-08:00

Well let's try out the new Droid phone. New number, new town and all that shit.

Raining in the desert this morning. Miss the smell of fresh wet dirt, sort of smells like a dirty hamster cage this morning here. Did a little exploring last night, got wet, got heartburn and got to listen to what was by far the worst bar band ever. Had a hell of a time, plan on going back next week. Pics coming soon..enjoy..anyone wants the new number drop me a line!!!!

Done...

2011-02-12T06:37:00.001-08:00

A 26' and a 24' truck..2 car trailers, a couple of pick up trucks and a ton of work..I in the high desert..got to ride some yesterday..Hit Peggy Sue's for a burger..not bad..cracked the shovel done some tiny winding roads..thinking of change. Now it is at a point can't change, change. Killer really..fresh place..fresh air..things that need explored..still haven't hooked up the TV or internet..got other stuff to enjoy..amazing how it becomes an addiction..how we can't live without it..try it you'll get over it..

Gonna be in the upper 70's here today..got a jeep that's never really got to go out and play..packing some grub, guns, water and the boys and rolling out in the wide open..got a map of some old mines and caves so going searching..post some pics if I ever turn on the net..if not enjoy from afar friends..got to keep the damn phone and can't get pics to load..got a mountain calling hasta la vista baby..

duplicolor shadow

2011-02-06T19:46:00.000-08:00

has anybody used it?
what is it? - a two shaker can thingie - turns bright, shiny chrome into black shiny chrome
got a pair of chrome fender rails out back - never have liked em - too blingy
thought about having them blasted and coated
thinking I'll try the 2 can thingie instead - unless a bunch-o-peeps come back with
"shit sucks"
won't get done til it warms up here and with about a 3 foot cover of snow
well, gots plenty of time to do the research
oh - cost is like 19 bucks so even if every and all say
"don't bother"
I'm thinking for 20 bucks I'll shake a pair of cans and see what I see
ornot
cabin fever - all projects seem cool this time of year
the weather breaks and then it's
fuck it - let's ride

Shit...

2011-02-02T18:37:00.001-08:00

Moving...makes you realize you got some shit, more shit than will fit in a 26 foot uhual..

So where does all the shit come from..do we accumulate shit, only if we eat lot's of beef they say..well that would make me full of shit..maybe..back to the shit we had on the plate..got parts for shit..got blinging shit..got rusty shit..got shit stacked on my shit..but do you really give a shit..I doubt it..I don't..

So digging the desert..missing friends and all that shit..have not hooked up cable or internet..no hurry just more shit to do..enjoying work..stress and all the shit that goes with it..post some ride pics and my deep dark tan soon,,when I get my shit together..see ya...

how to

2011-02-02T10:16:00.000-08:00

Shovel Snow
for those of you that have never been "blessed" by the "dig out or die"
experience
this is a mini tutorial
Step 1 - this is the most important step - if you do not do as I say - well, you best do this first - just sayin'
Before the shit hits - bring a shovel inside - if you wait until after the shit hits - well, you just didn't read Step 1
Step 2 - once the shit has hit AND settled down at least a bit - grab your shovel and STEP OUTSIDE!!!
common sense tells you to do this but I hadda add this for the harley guys
Step 3 - once outside you will notice a MASSIVE accumulation of white "stuff" - that is snow - see what you can see - if you can almost make out where your car might be then it ain't too bad
if'n all you can see is white - fuck it, grab your cell - dial a pro and tell her to bring a shovel - if'n she makes it to the door then - and only then - negotiate price - if'n she ain't to your liking - no biggie and your walk might almost be clean - shouldda thought of this one earlier - but
Step 4 - if you are about to shovel then have yourself a looksee in regards to where you'll be piling the snow - REMEMBER - it may only be 3 or 4 feet deep but when shoveled the pile - which will extend from where you began to where you finally conceded defeat will be over your friggin' head so - plan where the snow will go
there might be a whole bunch more steps but I haven't gotten there yet
and for those of you that did not bring the shovel in before the shit hit
y'all gotta be harley guys so - do what comes natural
grab you a big ole mug of frappywhippedshit - assume the "pose" and
should any roll by wonderin' why you ain't cleanin' what Mother Nature dumped - simply tell em what they already knew
"shovel's in the shop, gettin' new bling installed - gettin' it back in maybe 6 weeks"

this is fun

2011-02-01T19:50:00.000-08:00

there's 6 to 8 on the ground with 2 foot drifts and another 16 or more forecast before this crap ends - that's inches and snow
being the wise old fuck that some claim me to be - having driven home just once from our current location in a storm that was nothing compared to this - well, I did inform those that sign my check, on monday - "seeya thursday - maybe"
the power has flickered way too many times and the worst will hit as I sleep so - I did think to self earlier - "whatyagoonado if'n ya wake to dark, cold and no power"
I loaded the power company's # into the cell so I can - if need be - check on length of outage and the non-e police # for the village so I can check on shelters
the plan would be to grab kid, mutt, lizard and split
now - the night might pass a whole bunch better if'n a hot, leggy lass where to - well, you know - but then I'm thinkin'
just another body to worry about if the shit really hits the fan
so - I'll cuddle with a flashlight instead
which sounds all wrong but it'll light the path - although I'd still prefer the leggy lass
and tomorrow - should we still have power and heat
shovel my way out
ain't life grand????

More Route 66...and other un-interesting stuff..

2011-01-23T13:15:00.000-08:00

Still settling in..A few route 66 shots..got to take the Glide out today..Last check as it heads to Long Beach Friday... Gets a boat ride and a quarantine...It's headed to Sydney Austrailia..Let's wait out the rest of the story..

Seems the Long Lost Fur Bunny showed back up..Good to see ya brother Click..drop me a line I got an offer for you..I was about to turn this thing off..I could use a new second bastard around here..

Been a long strange trip..A few of you know I have been dealing with some health shit..Doctors pulled treatment a few weeks back..Now it's not one of those gonna be pushing daisies in week things..No real time thing,just reached a point they could do no more and I could take no more..Lot's of things go through your head..I have made life changes, walked away from good people and opportunity since I have been dealing with it..In a way it is a relief..time to just go for it..big reason for the move..need a new outlook and a fresh backyard to ride in..This is the last of this conversation...from either of us OK..

Hoping to be settled in and riding daily by next week..High Desert is great..I you enjoy the show..

why are we not MOVING??!!!!

2011-01-21T17:13:00.000-08:00

I roll out of the lot and head down the street - reverse commute, homeward bound
there's a car or two ahead and I'm wondering how long the wait might be to make that right - turns out there's little if any traffic - the outdoor temp is 3 and it's more than a bit windy so my wait should be minimal
a jumbo sized SUV eases out of the White Castle lot, directly in front of me
I give it no thought -
I glance left and there's nary a vehicle to be seen so I'm ready to continue the commute - start it, actually - but
the SUV hasn't budged - not even a bit and it's straddling both lanes - that being the left turn and the right turn
I sit for a sec or so and wonder - "what the fuck???" - but I'm still in a chill kinda mode
traffic picks up a bit and then clears and there I still sit - so - I pop the horn - just a quickie tap - no response from up front so I tap it a pair of times
and I get a wave around
now from where I'm sitting there's no around - both friggin' lanes are blocked so I sit for another little bit - which wasn't really long and decide
gonna step out and get his/her attention and ask if they'll move
a sharp rap on the roof - a bit of a glare - maybe a somewhat stern "MOVE!!!"
and I'll be on my way
I stepped out - clad mostly in black except for the goats that faithfully warm my hands from the cold - black boots, pants, hoodie, jacket and - because it's more than a bit windy - raybans - even though it is a chunk past 6 in the p.m. dark
got a sinus thingie that's been buggin' me and the glasses block the wind - they're a nice effect too
I wander up front and what to my wondering eyes did appear but a massive, hulking, fill this jumbo SUV and then some momma and she's sorting through bags and bags of food - arranging her "this oughtta hold me til I get home" feast - she had enough layed out to feed a family of 6 - DAMN!!!!
I watched for a sec and just as she almost had everything where she wanted - I smacked that top
pure friggin' panic set in and I swear she shit - her head snapped my way - eyes filled with "HOLY FUCK!!!" - she caught sight of me and what followed was friggin' priceless - food, every bit of it, flew everywhere - nary a spot in that mega-mobile was free of it - and that massive shake she was sippin' just launched - she slammed that thing into gear and BAM!!! - gone
I walked back to the car - put it in gear and FINALLY continued on my way - wearin' just a bit of a smile - which warmed me nicely
I did wonder for just a sec how she'll ever clean that shake from the headliner - but
only for a sec

file this in the

2011-01-20T13:03:00.000-08:00

"whattadumbfuck" folder
Jesse James to marry again
What's up Jesse - twice bitten wasn't enough?
and your choice third time round - I have seen her a time or two on da tube - and a time or two was all I could handle
she takes "high maintenance" to it's ultimate degree
oh well - it's your pie they be gettin' a piece of

can you tell it's cold and funky up north and I'm friggin' bored?
nice thing about blogs - they're easily deleted and I'm damned good at doin' dat

property transfers

2011-01-20T11:02:00.000-08:00

so I'm trying to make good use of the internet cuz
most of the fun has been sucked outta the sucker over the years
and
"local property transfers" catches my eye and so I think to self
"let's see how recovered ye just might be"
which was not the best of things to do
equity is down - from the inflated "shouldda dumped this fucker then" by a good 250k
and you know - way down deep - there are times when the only thing that can set this rock back on axis
is a blow job
doesn't even hafta be a really good one - ya know???

clearin' out the crud

2011-01-20T09:46:00.000-08:00

how's this work? - friggin' forgot

Route 66..just getting here..

2011-01-17T06:21:00.000-08:00

Just getting moved in..Missed out on one perfect day to ride..Hence you end up with ashtrays and coffee cups..Little ice in the high desert a couple weeks back..Ya..it snow here too..Ft.Irwin crest rock, blow it up and check it out..More to come....

Global Warming Panic explained

2011-01-13T12:55:00.000-08:00

Get'n my kicks on Route 66.....

2011-01-12T13:55:00.000-08:00

That's it boy's and girls the Rat's heading to a new hole..Route 66 in the backyard..stay tuned for rides, sunshine and the new pool..LOL...or pond...more of a pond type dude..

Short rant,,,heart goes out to all those effected by the Az weekend shootings..

To all the complete morons who blame right wing radio, the Tea Party, Sara Palin, Ratster, militia's and America's finest..suck eggs dipshits..get a life...try thought...A sick young dude who wanted fame, didn't have a clue but had a gun did it..nobody made him or drove him to it..It's completely sick to attempt to use this tragedy for political gain..you should be lined up and.......

Time

2011-01-04T08:37:00.000-08:00

Let me take a little of your time..Time, ever think about it..I started thinking of time as a condom, serves a purpose but restricts pleasure..but then again I never really thought about time but found it time too..I'll get to that in due time..If your in a hurry don't let me waste your time..

Waste your time or wasted time..Now can I waste your time..only if you are willing to let me..even then it's your time so your wasting it not me..Can I waste my time..ya if I want but if I'm doing or not doing becuase I chose to did I waste it or use my time as I wished??? Now if your thinking I'm on your time and wasting it there might be a valid point if we can figure who owns time..I'm not going to waste anymore time trying to figure it out..Time to move on..

Now if you read this far you must be thinking I go to much time on my hands..Just the opposite I have limited time..but I'm thinking the limit to my time is the time I limit it..Now I could use time wisely..why start now..wait let me check my Timex...Who though up the whole time thing..24 hours a day..rotation of the earth around the sun and the moon..365 day's a year, until leap year..who screwed that one up...before my time..If who ever created time had know then what we know today I'm thinking day's would be 48 hours long..that would give us more time to get things done..Wait time out..where is this heading..

Who cares, we got to share some time..Hope you had a good time with it,,time to go...Catch ya next time..

2010 Thoughts and Rants...

2010-12-29T11:01:00.000-08:00

Another one bite the dust..

Government still sucks, unemployment rate still hoovering around 10%..much higher in places..National debt ever increasing..China raised interest rates..Question..what is .5% of 4 Trillion dollars..Not even gonna go there..The people spoke out in November and tossed a few of the bums..Not the ones we needed to but a start..Willie spoke out louder than most..proud of you brother..

Things I learned this year..

Middle aged white guy's can't get help with health care cause it is known before we are asked we have too much..and if we go ten toes up it is one last dissenter to deal with..

The medical establishment and drug makers will never find a cure for cancer or aids..there is far to much money in it..much more cost effective to just keep you alive a little longer..

Aliens had to come and kick start our evolution..we are far to lazy to have done it on our own..and the history channel say's it's so..

Nostradamus was pretty cool..

San Fransisco Giants are the world series champs..ya baby..

California still hasn't fallen in the ocean..and we still for all our woe's have wraps on cool..

Global Warming is the reason for the far cooler temperatures and all this pretty snow...According to a tree hugger on Fox News..damn..

Al Gore ran out of carbon credits or lost them in the divorce..where ya at now Al..

Harley still has it's head above water..tough choices and changes..that's free enterprise..

Wonder how the riding's gonna be in the land of Oz this summer..

Ever though they are on the government banned list I still enjoy greasy burgers, chili beans and pork burrito's..

Working harder to make less is becoming habit forming..still have to smile and laugh..

Riding still ends all bad things for long enough to get over them..ride hard my wayward friends...

It's ain't no thing but a damn chicken wing...Happy New year..

A Rat Bastard...

Glimmer

2010-12-24T08:28:00.000-08:00

Morning light creeping through the window..
Sound of the garage door as it opens..
Glimmer of chrome and paint..
Smell of gas and oil, leather and sweat..
Rubber creaking on concrete..
Jiffy spring pulling taunt..
A pull on the choke and five easy twists..
Second kick to life and the rumble..
Power, vibration and sound..
Slight pull of the clutch..
Loud clack of 1st gear..
Pull of torque and horsepower..
Roar of the pipes echo..
Whine of the road under your soul..
Feel of the wind on your skin..
Freedom....

Chrismas with Taco...

2010-12-22T12:14:00.000-08:00

It was right around 1984 living in a small burg just out side of Fairfield California...Been a wild spring and summer..meet the Kleppie and he introduced me to the Taco..famed in his exploits..The Klep finds a working payphone sometime during the day on the 24th..Weather had been rough but we a couple day's of Sunshine ahead..He whispered over the phone..Party at Taco's..been burning oak in the pit..bring your scooter, the old lady and some gobblers..dead and plucked por favor....

Knowing well in advance that there would be no drive home I packed the ex in the camper..stopped by Vons and grabbed the two biggest birds they had,,,a mix of brews in large quantities and a gallon or so of Jack..bought me a Santa hat for the ride, kicked over the pan and rolled towards Martinez..Sun shining bright off the chrome...Hohoho it's gonna be a biker Christmas..

As I roll across the Carquinez bridge I swear I smell oak burning..as we make the swing off the 680..past my favorite Food & Liquor..and into the depths of the old end of town..as I turn the Pan down Taco's street I see a line of Chrome and hear the stereo cranking out Bad Company...I pull in beside the Lizards new Dyna to a slew of Hi-Fives and hugs...and the Taco man sitting on his wooden thrown..or the stump to the rump smiling...Merry Christmas...Bro...

As evening rolls in and the sounds of loud pipes and laughter echo in the night..The Kleps sitting back picking the Dobro by the firelight...I sit back in the dark soaking in sounds..Brothers and Sisters dancing around..as the night winds down..

The morning sun breaks through the left over fog in my mind..Christmas and Harleys..Turkeys and beer..damn fine day I can't wait for new Year.....Merry Christmas to all and to all a great time...

Ratster...

The Bubbling Point

2010-12-20T15:15:00.000-08:00

Name that fender...when all else fails build a bike..Got parts and pieces and whole bikes laying around..time to get past the Grinch mood..Bhah Humbugs need to go..Break out the wrenches and get in the winter wonder what the hell it will look like come spring mood...Here we go...

Can you make that burger rare..

2010-12-16T11:49:00.000-08:00

Mental mind fuck of a day..heading to the high desert to twist some wrenches and attempt to make a living..damn..been in a funk and decided at the last second to pay a driver to drive my work truck and ride the glide..me and the glide are still working things out so a little bonding time might help..in fact might even be a lesson to me..longer story than this believe me..Weathers good to go..later than I wanted start but we are on the road..

Couple of hundred miles over went smooth and easy ride wise,,I really should have stuck to riding..love the high desert and about to make it my new home..in fact sooner than later..roll in to town around 2pm and check in..talk with my client and then finish my personal version of foot in mouth disease..one of my finer qualities..around 4pm decide to cruise a little..let my mind relax..I see the sign on I-15, Vegas...151 miles..damn I could sure use a good burger...

Now slowing I eased into the relaxed mode..mind focuses on the road..Niel Young's is belting out Like a Hurricane on the box...and the mile markers fly past..I see the lights in front of me damn it went to fast as I pull into the Hard Rock..Burger please..make it rare..

Time at times is just something that gnaws at the heart of you..never enough,,always rushing to meet it,,late is not an option..I realized time is something we have little of..rush to get back I have to work..I put down my burger..enjoyed a fry and sipped my sweet tea..what's the rush..I enjoyed..walking through the casino and out to the bike...cool of the desert winter settling in around me I caught a glimpse on another world another time..I slowing released the clutch soaking in what means to be free..and rode slowly into the night...on my time...

Cold on the Mountain...

2010-12-04T09:21:00.000-08:00

Cold but full of thought,,just as it should be..Seems I don't have time to ride until my few remaining working braincells scream..Ride...

It's been that kind of year..very little seat time..why, to much time hustling work..listening to the talking heads telling us how much better it is and wondering where the hell they are..Little shit turns big at times, things that don't mean crap turn important..we forget our roots..search for answers that lay within easy reach..or are sitting in the garage on a jiffy stand..wondering where we have been..

Glides been a garage king..seems to like it, warranty is still strong..Rough day, week or couple of weeks and I walk by it everyday..Not thinking of riding but stressing on shit I might be able to change or might not..Life's works like that when you let it take control..rain clouds have gathered so I got an excuse..easier to sit braindead in front of the box than to take the cure..Not today, I have to ride...break out full lid and leather..snow ride..

Light sprinkles as I back out of the garage...Crank up that sweet 110ci...as I notice the dude across the street, hands out shrugging his shoulders with a baffled look on his face..I smile but he never saw it..as I twisted it back,,,to feel squealing rubber beneath me..the first real laugh in a long time rolls out towards the night..

Rain splatter on and off as I reach the bottom of the hill..Knowing this ain't smart I grab another gear...up we go..a little to hard and maybe way to fast we climb..Concentration takes over as worries fade..working the throttle like a fine turned guitar feather it in power it out..Feel road...the Glide wiggles and slides but never let's go...The little light rains turning to snow..

I know it's cold but it never crosses my mind..we fly by the snowline at 5000 feet..my destination is well with reach as I kick down the gears and feather the brakes a small twisty road way off to the left not well traveled and mostly forgot..The snows standing 2 maybe 3 inches deep straight up we climb...The Glide slips and it slides but never lets go we reach the top and pull to the peak..Look to the west to see light below..Me and the Glide a light dusting of snow..

Mind a little clearer..or as good as it can be..dripping leathers hanging in the garage..coffee perking..fire warming my bones...smiling....ride on....

Bye Gus...

2010-11-22T07:25:00.000-08:00

Didn't know him as well as I should have..Heard Friday there had been a wreck, bike versus car and the rider died just down the road from me..Down a road I travel every chance I get..One of the guy's from the shop had driven by and told me it was that dude with the cherry red bike that was with your buddy Ernie a few weeks back..Damn it..

I had rode with Gus and Ernie a few times..we meet way back and shared the bikes and cars stuff..I'm thinking what to say once I knew it was Gus and need to make the call to my Bro..The Dirty one was on his way..We talked about Gus a bit..he was riding at 100mph plus..Good stretch of road I have done it, most of us who ride this area have at one time or another..Car pulled off a side road, misjudged his speed..He never knew what happened, it was over before it started..

Family and friends had a get together last night to remember Gus..I got dragged along, not something I would attend normally..I am glad I did, it makes you think of what you leave behind and happy to have what you have..if that's just another day..Got to meet the wife and kids,,here stories and see tears shed..Made me for a second wonder what he was thinking..Then I realized I know what he was thinking..all who ride to some extent do..

It's a sad way to really get to know someone..It makes you see what you missed by not taking the time..Gus ride free my brother, maybe someday we can do it again...

When Shovelheads attack....

2010-11-16T15:46:00.000-08:00

In 1966 the gods of Harley Davidson introduced the Shovelhead..

Now Shovelheads were mean little mothers..loved the taste of Honda's..Triumphs... and other hot machines of the day..Had a couple of years of munching everything and anything in sight then as the hostility built along came AMF..You know what that stands for boy's and girls..Class and integrity go out the window,,

So AMF who were well know for there bowling ball but no balls set out to change the image of the name..and they did just not quite the way they had planned..The dirty greasy bike image that most of us enjoy was to be gone..They planned to bring Harley to the mainstream scumbags..away from the brand loving true scumbags..Well with their lacking skills at anything other than building golf clubs and penis rackets...I meant tennis silly people..

Everything imploded..Quality went even farther down the tubes..The oil never started to seep...it just ran..the first few years were a disaster..but those who had the addiction stayed true..We wade through the oil puddles to remain true..

So I have had Panheads, Evo's..Sporty's..never had a Knucklehead but dated a couple and worked with many...and in 1981 Willy G..made the move, kick the brand back to life then did away with the Kicker..He stayed true to the brand and still managed to bring in the crowd AMF craved...and did away with the oil leaks..vibrations and funky seats..well in some cases..The bottom line to the history of the Shovel..I can related..We can argue what the best motor is, or the best design..All I know is the best days of my life were the times I was attacked by a Shovelhead...

Dealing with it..

2010-11-15T16:13:00.000-08:00

Ever have a headache..One that goes on for a month or more..Ever hand your doctor cash and he just keep putting his hand out wanting more..Now I got to be feeling like pounded shit to go to the Doctor but have been a few times in the last month, gave them all kinds of fluids..some needed and some not so important..Been radiated..loaded with drugs..un loaded with drugs, told I was taking the wrong drugs stop..It's just a fucking headache right..

So if my damn mechanic had blown it 4 or 5 times I would turn the wreck in on the lemon law..found out I can't do it with human or almost human body parts..Who needs a damn head anyway..Oh and I'm sitting in the chair in the picture..I'm hanging around but not like that..So I'm thinking I need a new mechanic..Without my fair share of NoBama care I got to fund all this shit out of pocket..That does limit the total amount of care you get..by tons..

Riding works,,,it seems to cure most ill's but got to work..Got my special K doing her damn-est..but she is learning you can lead a jack ass to water and all he wants is whine..I got the cure..all I need is work, life and the rest of the happy horse shit we all endure to back off..a never ending tank of fuel and some sleazy motels and greasy burgers...Pack it up K..let's go..

2010-11-11T07:09:00.000-08:00

April 23rd 1980..siting in plane on a tarmac in Germany, locked and loaded ready for war..Mission would have been Iran..It's as close as I would come to war as I look around the plane and think of the people who I would trust with my life, those of taught me...those who matter in a time of unknowing..

Staff Sargent Wayne Johnson.. My drill..could not sing cadence but knew how to make boy's into men..

Staff Sargent James Davis..Sat me down and talked to me one day at lengthen..Never understood you until we boarded the plane..

Specialist Terry Allen..my friend still today..Hogwaller Ky..clown and radio man deluxe..

PFC Lafayette Gross..Being in the field was a kick..you proved the disbelievers wrong didn't you..a man of his word..

Sargent Greg Kanhi..been here before,,grabbed the bull by the horns and took the lead..many were great full to you that day..

And the of the 2nd and 4th infantry..Drive on..

Thanks to all who serve our great country and there family's who support them..Freedom lives on today from the sacrifices all who have served make..God Bless America..

Fiddy.....

2010-11-09T10:19:00.000-08:00

Damn, would have never thought I would be sitting here staring at my first chance to join AARP..good discounts but man just the thought brought on wrinkles...and gas..Funny how the package arrived yesterday..LOL,,,,Some some thoughts of a half a century...

John F. Kennedy was elected president on the day I was born..I didn't vote for him and kept Mom and Dad from doing the same..I took my time..one of the few times in life I didn't rush in..

Went to my first Giants game when I was four..don't remember it but congratulations to the Giants long time coming...

The 1960's were a blur..remember watching the news with dad..the war both here and abroad..our country was in turmoil..riots and such..I do remember driving through Watts after the riots there..my first trip to Disney land..

The 1970's..ya..the teen years..did good in school, played sports then one day I stumbled into the first sweetheart..the first motorcycle..the first sip of beer...the first joint and life was never the same..Let the wild ride begin...First Harley..1964 Panhead..never looked back..US Army..best thing I ever did..

The 80's..Pretty much started with my first ride..I mean 3 months on the road,,Cali, Arizona, Texas..ending in the land of oz..snow and cold..brief history between parting and stopping parting I made it to Florida a few times..rode the shrimp boats..Rode from Ft.Meyer Beach to Vancouver BC..for the worlds fair..just because..Got maried, got unmarried..Got drunk and got sober...made choices..most worked out..

The 90's..never figured on getting this far..so I put some effort into them..good jobs, stability, picket fences.. Credit card debit..boredom..didn't ride much...grew up or tried..found out success and happiness don't always go hand in hand..spent more time riding..moved away from corporate America..

The 2000's..who would have figured the computers didn't crash..started on a roll..turned into a roller coaster..have enjoyed the last ten years for all the good and bad..rode lot's more..been on top and near the bottom..got older and acted younger..Other than the hair and diet not much has changed..some little known facts..

I know far less today than when I was 18...and it's a good thing..

Road bugs still taste the same..just easier to digest..

Have learned it is sometimes better to shut up..have not learned how to use my new found skill..

No matter what the doctors say's..greasy burgers come before healthy salads..

The best things in life tend to get away..that's life..

Getting old is all a state of mind..and I lost that years ago..see ya in 2060...

Roller Coasters, Stress and the Wind....

2010-11-06T10:06:00.000-07:00

Sort of a blurry picture seems to fit..Been on a roller coaster...been at the limits of stress and frustration..self inflicted to an extent,,added to by outside forces..All work and no play tends to make the Rat edgy..A common simple goal has become a quest..the closer it get the bigger the road blocks seems to be..I need a cure..

Now assholes and dumb fucks are a fact of daily life..For the most part you learn how to avoid them, play them or work them to your advantage..But there are times when you can be overwhelmed by them and it causes stress..The kind of stress you need to work through..find relief..I have a few cures that work well, like blasting watermelons with a shotgun...Double tapping Bin Laden pictures with a .45..ya there might be other pictures that work but we don't need to go there..we need Ride..

Laying in bed, head humming..can't relax and know sleep will never come..simple goal..became so complex..I roared all day at the wrong people because of it..Now laying here it's all soaking in..I need relief..Shotguns, hand guns and long guns are out of the question..I get up..pull on my riding boots..No certain plan..just search for the cure..find peace in the wind...

The old Shovel roars to life..all these years together it seems to know when to behave..we roll..dark and warm for November..as we roll through town a direction I never go..a ride I never make..a road I never take..as the lights fade in my mirrors I crank back the throttle..damn if they could only put this feeling in a bottle..

Now some day's the cure means you have to go fast...riding like hell, escaping your past..Sometimes it means riding mellow and slow..releasing your mind just letting it go..each ride is different..meaning the same..all to escape life and its' little screwed up game..

Got no where to go, no place to be..just me and my Harley riding to be free..the wind washes through me with it's crisp autumn breeze...me and the wind, road and the shadows of tree's..The roar of the pipes fills the air....leaving me smiling and without a care..time passes without effort..life becomes right as I crank back my throttle and wonder into the night..soaked in the light of the moon and the stars..I grab me a gear and pass me some cars..

The amazing feel of freedom...The cure from the road...I drop down the throttle, kick down a gear..The pipes at an idle is all that I hear..

See ya next time....

Damn..

2010-10-27T12:02:00.000-07:00

Sat down gonna tell a story...Instead I tossed snake eyes..not once but two days running..Promised a story and got it run through my mind..or what's left of it..drew a blank..seems that happens much more these days..Good thing is I can laugh about it..

Had a few things on my mind that I needed..What I really needed couldn't be had..This ain't Kansas Dorthy and with enough green in my pocket for a pack of smokes, tank of gas and greasy burger that wasn't happening..So you do the next best thing,,,kick her over..bang a gear head down to the local pit stop, pump Ethel and grab a box of cancer sticks,,Head for the grade..

Now Boyd's Grade is mine since the dirty one ran off to Utah and joined his sheet metal cult it made me the king..on todays ride it worked out good..was in no mood to be avoiding his slow ass on the way up..Been 2 years since I passed a car on the grade but I still suck air and get aware flying through those blind curves..but with living large and eating greasy in my near future I turned the throttle back a little tighter..It brought back memories..

About 30 years ago, this old Shovelhead was shiny red and new..I knoe everything at the time..and was one bad mother biker until I meet a biker..Same place,,same bike just a couple of decades later I was making the same ride..I remember pulling up to the bar that day..hitching up my new Hein Grecike chaps as I bellied up to the bar..There sitting beside me was this grizzled old son of a bitch..hell he had to be 35 or so..washed up a tired looking...I had a beer and a shot then another..I said something to the old timer..don't remember what it was but I am sure it fell into the inappropriate category..He eyeballed me and laughed..Now laughing at a bad man is a mistake..I made a point of making that point clear..He smiled and said lets go outside..

Now being a smart bad mofo..I let him go first..wanna see every move..as we stepped out the door the old timer with lighting speed and agility had his hand on my throat and me pinned to the wall..never saw it coming..he leaned his ugly old mug, bad breath and broken teeth the right up close and sorta whispered "you got choices boy..Get on that ugly red thing of yours and hit the road, get your ass stomped or come back in, be civil and buy me a beer..

Well I wasn't ready to put my tail between my legs..anymore than it was already that is..Pretty easy to decide the ass beating was not an options so I dug out my wallet and bought him a beer..6 or 8 if I remember right..Wally you ugly old timer..I learned more about being a biker in those few seconds than I had in years,,thank you friend..and Sunshine..this one was all yours..and the burgers at the end of the road were still greasy..damn..

Can't avoid the void..

2010-10-20T09:46:00.000-07:00

I have tried to kick my political habit..I have grown weary of the system as a hole..I spelled that right..it's a hole, big hole..let your mind wonder..It's seems every new election the shit slinging grows larger and the answers grow smaller..nobody has a plan..They all suck..here is the Rat's insight..

First let's touch on the demo-commies..in power they have bankrupted the country..not just future generations but in spirit..no one really cares anymore..The end is near..those who have spoken out have grown weary..The steams gone from the engine...here's why...

The Grand Ole Party..Republicans..have dropped the ball..Nothing on the table, set back and let the country fall apart..No plan just sit back and wait,,in my humble way of thinking makes them just a dumb as the N'Obomakins..But then again nothing being done might be better than what has been done..maybe..then we have the tea party..

Labeled as wacko's and racist..demeaned by the left and shunned by the right..To far out there..I begin to wonder if when the founding fathers of our great country decided screw the king were stepping out on our own if they were labeled wacko's..I am thinking so..Now the only problem I see is how long can they keep it going..will it fade away like Ross Perot..only time will tell..

The Rat's thinking nothing will change..I'm gonna do the same thing in the voting booth I have done for years..Follow the R's...never marked a D yet..and wonder when we as Americans will stand up and take our country back..just a thought..

Dirty One..

2010-09-29T08:22:00.000-07:00

Shit happens, woke up to the sound of someone trying to get in my front door Friday night..No need need to jack one in the chamber just slide off the safety..Hey if it ain't loaded it's no better than owning a rock right..as I sneak down the hallway hoping to use up some old ammo..a greasy ass head pops through the door..Fuck bro put that thing down..Damn Ernie you should of called..I did you broke dick dog..your phones off..Oh yea I hate that thing..Dirty and his better half had arrived..I forgot all about it..Make yourself at home I got to do the slave thing in the morning..

My bro came to get that oil dripping greasy bag pan out of my way..and get in some ride time..Saturday is out my friend..well maybe a short in the evening..Instead we fired up the grill a shared old times and new times..expanded on old stories and created new..laughed about the good and bad..Talked about how it just is not the same not sneaking off and getting in late night burger runs,,casino trips..eat Maria's cooking till we were ready to explode..

Sunday morning as the suns cracking over the Sierra Nevada's the sound of the old pan and the shovel fill the driveway, to the dismay of neighbors I'm sure..As we roll out heading to the hills..as we climb towards pine flat lake the sun starts to warm our bones..blasting pipes warming the soul..It's comfort that's been missing since the Dirty One made his run for the boarder..the shit eating grin on his ugly mug tells me he feels it too..

Grab a total grease bomb burrito at Doyles..together with the worst cup of horse piss ever that was apssed off as coffee..self inflicted injury..knew better..we head towards Wonder Valley..If you ever ride through what you will wonder is why anybody would want to live there..The rattlesnakes move out in the summer..as we head for the giant redwoods..maybe a stop a Snowline..tell some lie's about all the fights we won..and lost there over the years..We rolled..hard and fast..morning wind alive and well..

Rolling through the park..just slowing down to take in the Big tree's, General Grant and Sherman..and the rest of the true giants..If you have never seen them make it a point..we head towards 245...old huants..old friends and a ride long over due..

Hit the Mountain House..rice burners packing the lot..we find a spot in the back and shut them down..The Sunday bad band trying to be cool..Couple of old time gypsy leather clad brother sitting in the back as we order a belly bomb burger and head back..been a year since I crossed path with Rey and Too Tall..had a good lunch with good hard riding friends..and started the last leg of the summer..

As we rolled off the last rolling hill at the end of what was to be a short day that went long..a high five at 60..a couple of passes through small burgs with the pipes screaming..a little to fast..a gear to high and that catch me if you can attitude we brought them home..Life's good as we load the pan in the trailer and head in to see what the boss cooked up..gonna miss ya my greasy brother..be safe..

Joke of the day..

2010-09-16T09:56:00.000-07:00

Obama dies and finds himself
before the Pearly Gates. He is very
excited; all his life he's had a secret wish and
longed to meet the Prophet Mohammed. Having
arrived at the Gates of Heaven, Barack meets a man with a beard.

'Are you Mohammed?' he asks.

'No, my son. I am Peter. Mohammed is higher up.'

Peter then points to
a ladder that rises into the clouds. Delighted
that Mohammed should be higher than Peter, Obama
climbs the ladder in
great strides, climbs through the clouds coming to a
room where he meets another bearded man.

He asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?'

'No, I am Moses. Mohammed is higher still.'
Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy he climbs the ladder
yet again, he discovers an even larger room where he
meets another man with a beard.

Full of hope, he asks again,
'Are you Mohammed?'

'No, I am Jesus . . . You will
find Mohammed higher up.'

Mohammed higher than
Jesus! Man! Obama can hardly contain his
delight and climbs and climbs, ever higher.

Once again, he reaches a larger room where he meets a man

with a beard and repeats his question: 'Are you
Mohammed?' he gasps as he is,
by now, totally out of breath from all his climbing.

'No, my son . . . . I am
Almighty God. But you look exhausted.
Would you like a cup of coffee?
''Yes! Please, my Lord.'

God looks behind him, claps his hands and yells
out: 'Yo! Mohammed! Two coffees!'

Keep your trust in God - Your government has
failed you miserably.

Mr. President..let's set the record straight..

2010-09-10T07:30:00.000-07:00

After hearing your whine as to how you have been treated by the right like a dog I feel for the sake of all dogs out there we need to set the record straight..

Unlike yourself mister president most dogs obey their masters..No dog in his right mind would pass a health care bill that his masters did not support..No dog in it's right mind would continue to blame others for there complete incompetence..Dogs learn from their mistakes and try to do their honest best to not make the same mistake over and over again...

Dogs don't lie..or bankrupt the countries future..Dogs have common sense,,they understand you don't bite the hand that feeds you..Dogs don't do things that hurt our economy, raise taxes or spend more time on Oprah than they do guarding their territory..Taking care of business ya know..

So next time you feel the pressure and need relief by speaking out on how your have been treated try "cockroach"...It's a much better fit..and doesn't insult the good dogs of America

Rat..

New Kid on the block..and I mean chopping block..

2010-09-08T12:01:00.000-07:00

Just rolled in the door...Damn thing made me want to be a cop..well almost..All the cop stuff is gone,,but it has a brand new 103 Screaming Eagle..Before I take the torch to it anyone interested..Drop me a line and I will send you pics..if not,,well we will see what it turns out to be..

Shovel may get to go back together for one last run..don't think I will get the old dog done before Slab City..and we are going to Slab City so..back together it goes...Rat Rods, old Harley's and punk rock..I can't think of a better way to spend the 50th..

Configuring it out...

2010-09-04T13:35:00.000-07:00

When the brain fart storm hit I knew what I wanted..Hardtail rat..when reality stroked me and the hazy memory of my hardtail pan set in I went to work on the design at the swing arm...Easy right..not so fast..I have a fatboy rear I want to run..with the new brakes..I also want to drop the ass end another 1 1/2 inches..

Now it becomes geometry..Widen the swing arm an inch, move the shocks..Make them work and clear a fender..Geometry lay them down..forward on top or back at the bottom..shorter shocks, less travel..upper brackets have to be changed..lower brackets will be wider as I stretch the swing arm..Off to the drawing board..

For those who have never experienced this it can be as good as the ride..The sense of accomplishment..the frustration that turns to smiles as you see it come together..let the fun begin..

The drawing board...

2010-08-31T13:13:00.000-07:00

Back on the table my baby went this weekend..Like most build's only different this is our new beginning to an old dream..Do we go down and dirty, rat nasty or do we do some modern day retro..Hardtail or tweak the old stuff..Chrome or flat black..Fast and small or big and bad...Open primary or closed..74ci or 100ci..She's stripped down to her naughty's and leaving the brain work to me..I decide and then decide again..Had the picture and lost it..It's not like putting a strangers motor in a frame..it's my motor..my ride..my dream..

The story behind the story...

2010-08-27T08:03:00.000-07:00

It's has become way to common, the passing of a friend..Lost another one damn it..We went way back and I mean grade school way back..He was a a die hard cowboy..I was a die hard biker..they are the same thing only different clothes..I'm going to miss him but that's not the story..The phone call a few day's before is where it starts...

I dropped my cell phone off a truck a week or two ago..I found myself not really sweating it, in fact I found relief in the silence.I have grown to hate technology in the last few months among other things..No computer at the house anymore..No home phone either..when I pull in the driveway at the end of the day I turn the ringer off..I broke the addiction to unnecessary chatter..back to the story..

So I ordered a replacement phone the next day and it took a couple of day's to arrive..the second I came to life it rang..My friend, my bro was calling..worried something had happened, wondering if I went off the deep end..No not yet but I work on it everyday without effort..What's up?? I needed an ear he say's..and I have something of yours..

Let me go back a little, say thirty years or so..after the fun of drive in movies, beer hunting and Jims place..life happens and we went different directions..I joined the army and he went to college. I moved around the country and he went through brides..about eight years we got together once or twice..He was found of cocaine and whiskey, I was found of what ever would take the edge off..Some how and some way reality hit us both about the same time..I gave up my hard party ways..I wanted to move ahead in life,,not lifestyle but life..soon after at a out of the way, deep dark corner of life changes we came face to face..in what we would always laugh as being the last expected place on earth..an AA meeting..here we found the true meaning of a bro..

No matter how bad ass we may think we are we all need a crutch at times..and we have been each others outlet for many years..a bond..we spent a couple of years guiding, learning working on life..then as it seems to go we found or niches and moved on..but we never lost the bond..we were always there when needed..I'm going to miss you bro..now the rest of the story..

So I have been shifting through life's gears at a snails pace, not sad and not overly excited in fact bored but to complacent to change it..Gave up on politics,,working harder and making less thanks to that sorry son of a..wait I gave up on that..riding but not enjoying..writing and deleting on here..just can't find a grove..so an inspiring thought hit me a few weeks back..time to do what has always been on the back burner..Fifty is coming up fast..a couple of three months away..Me and the Shovelhead have wandered back in the garage..I'm building me a chopper..not some out of the box parts bolted together to look like a chopper..me, the sawzall, die grinder and wielder are working as a team..be seeing you soon..later..

Go Tiger!!!! a little humor for the day..

2010-08-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

The Smart Bike...

2010-08-17T11:26:00.000-07:00

Don't try this one at home..damn it had to hurt..

A WTF...some real hot stuff...

2010-08-12T07:39:00.000-07:00

Now the trike thing has gotten way out of hand but this is as far overboard as it gets....My thinking has always been at the point I need training wheels just shoot me...

Habanero's are ready come and get it...

New Rat in the stable..

2010-08-04T09:33:00.000-07:00

I will not tell you how many years this has taken to finish..Well get to the point it is ready to roll..never finish a hot rod project until you part with it..It's a 1953 M38A1 with a few minor upgrades..450 HP small block Chevy..T350 trans..Power Steering and brakes, disc's all the way around..braided lines,,air lockers,, 4:56's Tera locker 4:1 transfer case,,, fresh wiring end to end..Saturday is the major test run..after about 6 years of work and countless craiglist trades it's is about time..LOL..

Why Libreals Suck...Bill Scher get a life...

2010-07-29T07:07:00.000-07:00

I tried to stay away from this crap..you know the blood boiling..You know the Rat rant's..Just said no yesterday and it stuck with me overnight..so here goes..

Bill Scher you are a clueless moron along with all your keyboard pounding leftwing idiot comrades...It is completely obvious the only thing you have ever ran in your weasel little life is your over-sized mouth..We still live in a free market society and even though you and your communist crew don't like it and are doing everything you can to drive it into the ground it's the way it is..If companies making money bothers you so bad maybe you should pack your ass to China, Cuba or Venezuela..I'm sure they could find a place for you in the stupid propaganda force..Moron..

As the time fly's past..

2010-07-25T09:05:00.000-07:00

Woke up at 2am..warm to the point of toasty outside as I pulled up my smoking chair and stared at the tinted orange glow of the almost full moon..Been on my best behavior for a long time...but my this early morning the mind is racing..or scamming..you need to ride..so a couple texts go out..Won't be in today, don't call..see ya when I get back..

I roll out the glide,,fire it up..bet this comes up at the next neighborhood watch meeting but with any luck I won't be there..I'll be here..Road time alone at 2am is clear thinking time..had a plan I was headed for breakfast at where ever five hours of hard throttle landed me..So about 80mph an hour in the thought hits me..it's been a lousy year..Work, the house and life are OK but something keeps me off balance in the back of my small wrapped mind...Figure it out..I keep riding..

Then it it hit's me as I head up the first grade of many today..It's that fifty thing..See I turn half a fricking century in a couple of months..in itself it is no big deal but in the big picture it was never suppose to happen..or so I thought..So tell me how many of you hard riding bad MoFo's have made the brag..I will never live to see 30, 40 and the big 50..shit happens I guess..I just realized I have accomplished my best case of lack of planning..Oh well I'm riding right..

So the dwelling on life begins..here is how I see it..I have spent 25% of life being bad..some minor and some not so minor..broken some commandments if I were to be a believer..Been good 25% sometimes real good but most the time just good enough to get by..the 50% of the time I have been nonexistent..I think they call it life..just chugged along like the rest of you zombies...No offense meant it just seems the reality..

So my friends I pull into the truck stop and pump old ethyl..in the tank that is and on the way out the door in the cheap copy CD rack there sits Uriah Heep..Song I lived by when I started this journey thirty something years ago..So I popped it in the player and we did 700 miles together..thinking that I think I will steal another decade or two..me and the road still got a ton of the good life to share..ride on..

Why rice burners are a danger....

2010-07-20T06:31:00.000-07:00

Or it might have been the drugs..LOL

WTF...Ya I still ride!!!

2010-07-15T14:49:00.000-07:00

Deep down and dark feeling slowly made it's way through my bones last night..No I can't do it..not again..not today...One more night of Fox's news and I would have been loading the guns..well making sure they were loaded..and taking back the country..or shooting the TV..I need a rare burger and fries..I need some wind..Hot wind but wind..and I have a lonely Shovelhead that needs some TLC...That's throttle locked and cocked by the way...

Been awhile since we shared a little road rage and burger..I need to ride a ride..I miss the feel, hard seat,,bad handling and oil leaks..The sound of the straights, long cam shiver...10 to1's shaking the mirrors...So I dust her off..drop out the kicker and just like it always works line up that third kick and off we roll..

Miss my old dog brother Ernie on these got to eat nights..but I can still do a little lane splitting on my own..You ever mount up knowing it ain't no pleasure cruise..It's ride like hell to calm your nerves ride..those who don't ride should be real confused about now..That's right..stick your neck in the wind to calm your ass down...Ride on..

So a few more hours than I planned on riding past..had to stop for a snack on the ways..Burned a lot of energy letting it all hang out..I'm thinking I am about to do again tonight..ya I still ride..

The predicted future...

2010-07-14T15:44:00.000-07:00

WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Overwhelm the system

Barack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.

Barack Obama is my college classmate ( Columbia University , class of '83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University . They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below.

Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.

-- Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

-- Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."

-- Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama's plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

-- Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America . But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

-- Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America . The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

-- Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.

With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama using the Cloward and Piven Plan

Brought Tears to my eyes...

2010-07-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . . and think 25 to life would be appropriate.

--Jay Leno
America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.

--Jay Leno
Q: Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it.

--Conan O'Brien
Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?A: A fund raiser.

--Jay Leno
Q: What's the difference between Obama's cabinet and a penitentiary?A: One is filled with tax evaders, blackmailers, and threats to society. The other is for housing prisoners.

--David Letterman
Q: If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved?A: America !

--Jimmy Fallon
Q: What's the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?A: Bo has papers.

--Jimmy Kimmel
Q: What was the most positive result of the "Cash for Clunkers" program?A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.

--David Letterman

The truth about politics..

2010-07-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

Let's cut the bullshit..Both of our parties in power don't really care about America, Americans or those who elected them..It is a screw fest and we are on the receiving end..Oil spill..Nobama ignores it..More people he can keep on welfare the more voters he can sustain..and parties, golf and cameo TV shots have a greater importance than fixing what's broken anyway..The grand old republican party who I once supported would rather stand back and use a disaster as a chance to get votes than step in and try and fix it.. I'm of the opinion that they are both scum of the earth and we need to toss their ass out, put them on welfare or make them guard the boarder..Speaking of the boarder...

So now we have Eric Holder who refuses to press charges against the Black Panthers for voter intimidation going after Arizona...Now supporting criminal activity should by all means be an impeachable offense..Not allowing a state to protect it's legal citizenry and to blatantly support criminal border busters is not only wrong but totally against the foundation our country was build on..Don't even go with we were all immigrants..Read the Ellis Island logs or speak with anyone who has come to this country through the legal channels..

Bottom line is today we suck as a country thanks to our politics..Bail outs..apologetic Moron in charge..Our politicians do what ever it takes to get elected mentality..fuck the people..get the vote..Time to start over boys and girls before we have nothing left to start over with..Rat......

Tamale Trip...

2010-07-07T07:26:00.000-07:00

So the Dirty One baled on me..Packed his shit and moved to Idaho..been planning a trip that way for the last couple of months just never had the time to make it happen..Glides here and ready to try and make ammends so we loaded and did this weekend..

Now last time I checked Idaho was north of me but as we rolled toward the on ramp the glide went south..Well I was just along for the ride so I let it do what ever it wanted..damn thing need to prove it worth..So after a couple of hundred miles of needed detour I find myself headed up 395..Ok as long as your sorry ass don't fall to pieces on me again this works..I pop some Tom Petty in the CD player, crank it up...at some point turned up the volume too..

Hard rolling on the twister on the 110ci stage 3 does feel pretty damn good..I find myself drifting into that road comfort zone that my soul had been craving..I look down and the dawg is pushing 100mph..good for you let's see how long you can do it..we ride..Thinking that depending on how this week goes it might be my last good ride for the summer..put it out of your mind and enjoy...

Hadn't seen the Dirty One in a few months and had really missed Maria's cooking..So a few good meals,,some oil changing..road lies..a trip around and above Eagle Idaho....the Rat was feeling almost alive again..as we headed back to the real world..life's good..ride hard..

An Old Goat...

2010-06-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

I sneaked out the backdoor and fired up the shovel a few days back..Had that urge to feel some wind..Glide is home and in the number two spot..It's going to have to work real hard at proving itself..Little hot that day but I didn't mind..Told not to ride and that makes even more important to do so..That I need to ride feeling has been missing,,,I needed that feeling to find it's way back..

A couple of hours in to back roads to nowhere I stopped and got some water and backed up to a tree..slide down to enjoy..Had that sensation of something creeping up on me so I slowly turned to look..There stood this poor old ugly mean looking goat..Howdy Mister Goat..what's up..Unlike most goat who are loud and whinny Mister Goat just stood there chilling..It got me thinking..Young goats and old goats,,youth and experience..I betting me and the old goat were noisy and annoying in our youth..Get a little older you find that not saying anything at times is the boldest statement you can make..

So as we sat back and shared a ham and cheese..watched the fish jumping in the pond beside us me and the goat we sorta figured things out..nothing said, nothing lost..just to old goats enjoying a afternoon..As I rode away I got to thinking..you know me and Mister Goat are gonna do this again one day soon...See Ya...

The Glide and other junk...

2010-06-02T13:14:00.000-07:00

Got the Glide back..new 110ci of fun..wait..Nice I could get use to it..like the bags I can carry rocks in them for the collection..they do rattle a bit..the rocks..Bike was nice for a short time..Shifting got hard between 3rd and 4th..then as the miles wore on it made it to the rest of the gears..It is back home..at the shop..anyone wants it. with less than 4000 miles on it I will take a loss..Might trade it in for a Dyna..Might light it on fire and roast hotdogs..

Went to the doc yesterday..Looks like riding is gonna be slow this year..Health shit has jumped back in the way again..I went through the pissed off..the fuck it and other fine feeling that go along with the news..Jumped on the shovel for a little cool down period and not a block from the doc's place I get pulled over..some jerk off stole the blue license plate off the bike..Now that really pissed me off..ruined a perfect afternoon of life threating lane splitting..Like it mattered..

Well things calm down..life goes on and we just deal with what is tossed our way..It is no big deal..Blood pressure is still good so if I can't ride much it just opens up more time for rants..Maybe a few more old stories will pop up along the way..See Ya...

Thanks to the Troops..

2010-05-28T13:59:00.000-07:00

Been lucky the last few weeks..Got a contract at Fort Irwin..the last stop our troops make on the way to war..I spent some time there this week doing my thing and watching the young men and women training hard to be the best they can be..To serve us to make us proud to be who we are..To keep us free from the scum that would like nothing better than to harm us on our own soil..

So from my vantage point above them I spent the day watching them, work, smile and sweat..I remember my time back years ago, I could feel their feelings but I am sure not to the extent they face..You could sense apprehension but not fear, You could feel the attitude,,well deserved and earned..Pride in what had been accomplished and what will be accomplished..Respect for those around them and their fellow troops..You could see and hear the the lack of lines drawn due to race, color or religion..A team..our team..

As I was driving home after a twenty hour day I found myself smiling, feeling better about our country and our future..We have a fine bunch of young American patriots protecting us from evil..I trust them and know they have our back..they also have our future..they are our future..So today I thank all who serve today and in the past for all we have as a nation and as a people..you guys rock...

Riding not ranting,,well sort of..

2010-05-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

The sun doesn't rise around the rants..but it's hard to escape the news..the doom the gloom..we are in place that is both self inflicted by our piers and painful to our future..as both American's as we know it and people of freedom..So I turned of the news and tunred on the shovel..

Had some plans but they took a turn..or I took a turn..what ever it didn't happen..The weather is cool..too cool for this time of year but that just excites that old shovelhead..If it stays under 80 the beast just loves to run..Happy to help out I climbed on..Like a normal rat outing I have no destination, no place to be and nobody waiting for me to show..I just let the old dog lead the way, after all these years it knows what makes me smile..

So we find us some backroads to savor and cruise..It's what I enjoy and where I want to be..the shovel, the lonely roads and me..I can feel tension slipping away as we turn down the next avenue of hopes and dreams..I find my serenity in the roar of my pipes..I feel fresh freedom and let loose of my gripes..I take in the world as it flashes by me, I could slow down and enjoy but today the speed set me free..It takes a few hours but I get to where I needed to be..relax, rebellious..happy and me...

I seem to be at an age the doing what I have to do pisses me off but I do it,,Doing what needs to be done has become more important than do what I want to do..It's a hard change for young and not caring to the point you worry about the future..I skip that need time to take in the road..every time I do it quenches the soul yet I I tend to ignore the call of the wind in those times I feel the need..You know getting older sucks...LOL..ride on Friends..

NATO reviewing Arizona Immagration law..

2010-05-18T08:17:00.000-07:00

Here we go...we have Hugo Chavez..China, Africa all the middle east digging there filthy hands into the Arizona Immigration law..So we have human rights abuses suspected..Watching the interview with the Mexican professor for Arizona who is part of the NATO human rights watch team he explained the reasoning behind it as there something more to this than the law..Arizona has an underlying problem..Ya fuck head they want to protect their citizens..the way it is should to be..If the federal government would do their job there would have been no need to pursue this law..that mirrors the federal law but only make it a misdemeanor to be here "ILLEGALLY"!!!!

Now let's look at NATO..who by the way are trying to undermine are right to keep and bear arms..watch this one to..Nobama has a plan and won't have to get his hands dirty..Here is a little history..Our founding fathers..

Thomas Jefferson's well-known quote. 'Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations. entangling alliances with none'. encapsulates perfectly their (Founding Fathers) view of the wisest foreign policy for America.

A famous portrait of George Washington depicts him holding a sheaf of paper emblazoned with the admonition. 'Beware foreign influence.'

Frankly, the entanglement in European affairs so central to this organization runs completely contrary to the ideas of our nation's founders. These brave men understood that freedom cannot survive within the confines of a centralized state.

How much worse then is the fate of American liberty when the arms of government are so extended that they reach, not simply to every nook and cranny of our own nation, but also to cover much of the globe as well?

What we must do is return our government to its rightful and constitutional functions, and the best way to begin that process is to end involvement in multilateral organizations that extend our commitments far and wide.

We have no business making commitments to foreign governments while we are breaking trust with our own nation's senior citizens, military veterans, and taxpayers in general.

Institutions like NATO are among the very worst of the global bureaucracies that always seem to continue to exist in search of a problem.'

So here we have a group that we fund..Commie Rat Bastards who live to screw America and the American way..Sort of sound like our president if you take in the big picture..Trying to undermine our hard earned life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness..We have to take care of our own..screw the rest of the world..Lock it down and keep what is our at home..

Boycott the Boycotters...

2010-05-13T08:33:00.000-07:00

That's right it starts here...LA you can kiss my ass..San Fransisco, Chicago and New York can get in line..Here we go 64% of Americans support Arizona protecting it's own if you think back that's about the number that were against health care.. Sort of gives you a good feeling to know that the majority of us still believe in the American way..but as for the rest of you we are boycotting your boycott..The way I see it is we win by holding our ground..

It's easy, no playing grab ass with Mickey Mouse..no not the mayor of LA the other one..Movies and music..the dodgers..lakers, cubs, bears, anything from New York..No fish and chips at the wharf in Frisco...don't buy from companies who do business in the commie cities..in fact do your best to find Arizona companies to shop and buy from..Stand up for what's right..do our best to stop Nobama from recruiting these new voters..The bottom line is he needs them and these boycotters support him..Buy Arizona..

We gained 240,000 jobs last month..ya,,wait 85% were government jobs..Census anyone..Side bar to the Census worker who keeps leaving notes and knocking on my door..do it again.got something for you bubba..But we lost 253,000 jobs in the private sector..Growth and good things are happening are just how you work the numbers..We gave Greece $54,000,000,000.00 dollars that we had to borrow from the Chinese yesterday..after we did the Chile and Haiti deals..Can't create jobs, seal our borders or keep America safe but we can give money away..Oh...there are taxes in the health care bill that were just discovered..would anyone have guessed..But I hear it's helping the poor even today..

So were buried and we suck..but proof in the polls is that there are a majority of real true Americans out there wait to take back our country..Soon, Soon,,,Soon..Support Arizona..Later..

The Shovelhead run...

2010-05-10T07:28:00.000-07:00

Nothing can compare to the sound of a straight pipe, big cam Shovel..Evo's got the ride right...smooth and soft..Made the Shovelhead run for a few Saturday afternoon..Lot's of the pre 1984 machines on display..Old friends and new builds..changes and restores..Ridged's and retro's..Racers and cruisers..

Ever sit next to a fine tuned Shovel...Nothing on this planet can equal the rumble of it..Ever hear 30 or 40 of them going down the road as one..sweet...Sure they leak a little oil..hands might go numb from the vibration..ass might ache from the ride but it was the last true ride there is..Ever had a kickstart contest..on an Evo..Anyone remember the load clack as you drop into first to roll out for the day..the bang between the gears..positive pop between every shift..Hey I changed and gaped the points before I left..LOL..

Ever been at a stop light next to any other v-twin made and compare the sound..listen to the shovel rumble..suck'n air through the S&S keeping the bad boy breathing..Cam talking loud at the peaks and and twisting hard in the valleys..Pipes spitting out sound..apes shaking in the wind with every spark..Tweak the throttle just to turn heads..ain't nothing like a Shovelhead...

Lawn care for bikers..broken and new..

2010-05-03T07:50:00.000-07:00

Lawn care for bikers..Look telling the bro's you can't ride so you can cut the grass is lame..sorry...and not something that you do..Being new to the whole keeping up with the Jones and no not withdrawals scumbags..I found myself really working the lawn thing..Some advice..don't use high end turf builder..the shit works..works good and keeps working..I got a nice lawn that grows..like overnight..Water..the more you use the more the turf builder works and the faster it grows..turn off the damn timer and only water when heavy yellow dead patches appear..Weeds can count as lawn as long as you mow them..weed and feed is just what is implied it makes it grow faster to..so to enjoy your summer my advice is screw the Jones..don't use lawn aids...and water is a resource that should be used sparingly..

Got me 2010 Streetglide that lost a wrist pin at 484 miles..Shops idea of a fix was patch it up..I wanted a new motor..It went to the top and after a 35 minute rant with the factory I got a good compromise..When it comes back in the next few weeks I will post some pics..

So the moral of Mondays story seems to be..Shit why the hell do they happen every seven days..Still had fun on the shovel yesterday..Just said later to the dirty one who has abandoned California for Idaho..Still full from the last supper...but don't have a hangover..and Super Troopers is a training video for law enforcement...Later..

Scratch'n flea's

2010-04-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

What a long strange trip it has been..Ever wonder where the years go..Been up and down, good and bad..Did what I have had to do to survive..someplace I got comfortable and enjoyed it then sat back and watched it slip away..life go figure..or don't it must be easier that way..

Sort of hit the not going anyplace a while back..Blame the economy, hell it's worked for thousands..Blame the weather, the dogs the grass growing to fast..hey it was but only under my feet..Riding just hasn't reached out..Not like it always has..Bought a new ride..it broke..long story that should be told someday..Started a new business..it dragged..unit recently..Blame..it has been easy..Lot's of things came together that I either watched fall apart or played a role in..

Stayed busy..did a ton of menial work in the field to avoid doing the work needed to be done to make the real work, work..Strange how your mind can overlook the real issues and work it's way into the stuff that's easy..Well one day the real stuff started working..now I had to catch up...So life is a learning experience and I started something I knew just enough to get my self in trouble with..Well I am now an expert in a field I knew little about..and when being an expert doesn't work I just baffle them with bullshit..so all things work wise have come together..Maybe the ride will follow suit...and someday maybe life will follow..lol...Got some gears to grind..later..

Arizona...legal is legal and defining illegal..

2010-04-23T14:08:00.000-07:00

Arizona I'm thinking is the place to be..Be a law abiding legal citizen and have legal gun and be free to carry it how ever you please..be encouraged to do so..Hat's off to the state..watch the drop in crime when this baby goes into effect..Word of warning..if you aren't willing to use it or don't know how leave it home..

BroBama hit the podium again today..Speaking out against the new legislation reforming illegal immigration..The first state to make it against the law to be in the United state illegally and give police the power to stop and question those who they suspect..Racial profiling?? Is that really something we should be concerned with..I think not..what Brobama and other call misguided is in fact the way it should be..Hey illegal is illegal..but of course the democommies need that voter bases to have any chance at holding offices in the west this kick them out season..I mean voting cycle..Two big F'n stars to you good people of Arizona..let's hope both these laws bleed west..

Don't take my salt...and other rant's..

2010-04-20T08:52:00.000-07:00

That's right our next big push is taking away our salt..We can't eat right so Bro Bama has decided for us once again..Hey what's another trillion into saving us from our need to feed..They got our trans-fats...Take our salt..ban our soda's and legalize pot...Once we are all going through withdrawals from losing our salt and soda's..Freaked out from losing our jobs and homes..stoned because we can't take it anymore...Give citizenship to 18 million illegals and bam..a new voter base for the king..and we will be to stoned to care..

And the polls came in..Much to the disliking of the iron hand ruler..Seems like the Tea Party crowd..racist..redneck pigs they were made out to be are educated..far more than 99% of the democommie party..So what happens when the smart people speak out???

Little Miss Palin...has anyone caught on to this..It an act..It's a political pig with lipstick..Heats on in Alaska and she quits..Has a goal and gives a good speech..Until you hear it over and over..We need need a leader not a talker..or a walker..be smart this time around..

Nancy Pelosi a true pig with lipstick update..New Taxes..your retirement or market funds..and here is the quote of the day....

This woman is frightening.
She quotes...' We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this?), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.' (I am not rich, are you?)

When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
'We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'.'

(Read that quote again and again and let it sink in.) 'Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it'..

So here's to God, Guns and what's left of the American way..Be proud and loud friends..be heard..speak out..

Summer was here for a day..or two..

2010-04-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

The first big car show of the year...Nice stuff..better food and some Shovelhead road time to bring the weekend to a close..damn is it Friday yet...

Lester....my respects to an old biker..

2010-04-15T07:04:00.000-07:00

Lester has been around..wore patches of clubs long forgotten, rode Harley's that would scare most of today's riders to death across the country..Got scares on his face and hands from a day your differences were settled in the parking lot..when all was said and done you shared a beer and it was over..A handshake had meaning..Life was an adventure..

I grew up with his youngest son..They buried Geno 25 years ago..We both still think about him from time to time today..My thrill in youth was going to Lester's house to spend a Saturday night..when he was home we would sit in the backyard as he was guzzling beer and listen to road stories..Been awhile but still remember a few of the good ones..I still remember how he would laugh and smile as he told them..

Got to go sit in a clubhouse with him a couple of weeks back..Tex-Mex rock blasting..Brothers from miles around paying respects to a man who at 77 can still crank down some throttle and some beer..Didn't get much time to enjoy..He was the man of the night..shared brother hug and a smile..asked him if he had any new stories to tell after all these years..He laughed and told me come by on a Saturday night..You know I'm thinking that is gonna happen..

Thank you Lester for sharing you stories..for teaching the code..for the sons your raised who followed you..I share your losses..Geno and the Chief were true friends..true brothers..you my friend were an inspiration..teacher and a brother..still are today.. Ride free...

heyup

2010-04-11T01:01:00.000-07:00

Well the Weather has improved somewhat here after 7 long months of shit , lost count of how many times its snowed

Did me first Rally of 2010 and boy did it piss down with Rain , my tent got flooded out so had to cut from the Rally early to get dried out no point sleeping in a wet sleeping bag an tent

Also had to change the Bars on the Chop as my whole right Arm was going numb , that may be summit to do with a old injury back in the late 70's when i broke my neck i suppose , so there now 12" Mini apes from 16" any lower an i'll need clip ons

work wise well as soon as the Sun comes out so does the Hobby Wobblers so my recovery truck has been busy picking up road smashes 4 so far this week 3 Harleys and 1 jap bike and its only the first real week of warm sunshine so far for fucks sake

anyhow off to a couple more rallies soon lets hope the good weather holds

I hope you lot are all safe and well over the pond there

A Bad Ride...ya it happens..

2010-04-07T07:23:00.000-07:00

Had plans..good plans..Had to to make a choice business or pleasure..In the attempt to be responsible and forgetting the principles that make us do what we do I made the wrong one..and couldn't stop doing it after..not always by choice but by circumstance..In an attempt to cleanse the mind of stupidity I went for a ride..didn't start out to be where it ended up but it did..

Mind clearing putt through the desert..plans changed for the better again..OK going to do some miles need a tire and while your at it do the belt..time stopped..I hate being on the shops clock..tick, tick, tick..late in the day I'm riding into the high desert at night..Pulled into the man cave late get some rest and an early start..

Early start pulled into Mojave with the sun sneaking over the horizon..Noticed a little whine down low on the left side..well do I head for Lancaster or keep going the way I should be..decisions have sucked and this one stayed right there..I went east..I hit Barstow and find a little shop,,good dudes and we breakdown the primary..Clutch is ragged and they don't have one..rent a car and go...you guessed it to Lancaster and buy one..an extra Ben Franklin and they guys stay and put it together..by this time the reason for the ride was gone..I managed to stay on the roll..so I head to Vegas..

Most people go to Vegas for fun..I go to Vegas to hide..Been doing it for years, many years..food, gamble a little and ride..Even the best food had no taste that first night..must of been the bad taste I had forced on myself..Nice room but can't sleep..card table held no relief..I decide to finish the ride..no reason other than to prove to myself I could do it..

Amarillo in a day..15 hours as I am rolling into town..mind had been centered on what to do..celebrate I had made it..for what there was no reason to I had lost out..I was only here to make me feel good and it didn't work..Burger King instead of the Big Texas..cheap ass room..a few hours of restless sleep and back in the saddle..Back to Vegas..

The Hoover damn didn't bring the normal smile it was just another slab of concrete..The loop through Parump and back down was a blur..the ride home was battle with mother nature..seems battles were the only constant..bad rides happen I can tell you..I am thinking they are self inflicted..In fact I can almost guarantee it..

Time for a Change

2010-04-01T06:59:00.000-07:00

As I loaded my 96 Harley T-Shirts, 18 Sweat shirts and leathers, underwear and socks into my big ass charcoal grill this morning I wondered if it is the right thing to do..Switching to propane..Many years of road stories plied high and headed to the dump..The scrape man should be pulling in at anytime to haul those oil leaking beast out of my garage to their final resting place in the boneyard..I ordered me a Goldwing with one of those funky little trailers..don't have an idea what they do but I got one..Got a helmet..full face with bluetooth, wi-fi, stereo, and on shield GPS.. Got the erotic butt message seat to help out on long rides..Trading in my diesel for a Hybrid..buying a condo..and some slacks..maybe even a suit..Oh by the way what is today...:)

Turmoil...

2010-03-31T08:44:00.000-07:00

The term turmoil had never come to mind..but once it was brought up it's now a part of daily life..an explanation for how things are..hell used right it could be a cover all excuse..I was going to do that but my turmoil got in the way...

Damn near fifty years I had never pinned it down..it was like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow..now I understand..Does that mean it is time to fix it or to stop it??? I really doubt it..Life is full of it and when I don't have it I manufacture it or so it seems..It's like business today sucks..economy is a good thing to blame..blames good..What I find is I have been working harder to do better and make less..and turmoil..whether it is internal or external I am always striving for more..Just keep piling on..more the better..

People around you can be sucked into your turmoil..Never really want to share my turmoil it is sort of a personal thing..but it gets away at times..Like a run away train..Try to get away from my turmoil at times but it follows me..like an evil leprechaun or something along those lines..I guess it can be hard to ignore when it is swirling around me but I really never noticed it until it was pointed out..Now I can see it..almost like a biblical revaluation or something..But up to the point that there's a 12 step program for it I just have to keep it close..hell I guess I must enjoy it some or I would have got rid of it long ago..

So after a week of running from it,,riding from it I walked headfirst back into to it..Hell it followed me..couldn't lose it..the old saying there is no such thing as a bad ride..well someday I might tell you a story..LOL..

Good Bye America..

2010-03-22T07:13:00.000-07:00

Well the new American communist party betrayed the will of the citizens and passed a health care bill..They bought votes..lied..cheated..they placed the future of our country and our health in the hands of a government that can't run itself..They made it IRS the control point..that's right you don't show health care on your taxes they will hunt you down and fine you for not buying into the bullshit.. This is uge..for those who don't get it huge..

We have no jobs, we have no money..we are owned by China and the Arab states..We start paying new taxes today for something that does not go into effect for four years..Large companies like Caterpillar who will be forced to shell out 100 million dollars extra for the new costs will be making a run for the boarder..Small businesses will fold or just not hire..new burdens to an over burdened economy..fucking smart move..

We the people can now stop speaking out..continue to sit on our hands and whine as we get to experience the pain of this and wonder what we could have done to stop it..What did we do to stop it ???..write a couple of dumbass blogs and call it speaking out..Did we go to a rally or send an email..make a call..who knows but what ever we did it was not heard..Now my friends we pay the price for silence..

Rat...

Honda Snobs

2010-03-20T13:18:00.000-07:00

I really thought we Harley snobs had the corner on the market..not so I learned today..after replacing fork seals after a short unexpected trip in the gravel on the outside of the fast lane I fired up the ole dog and headed over to get some gas and a diet dew..

After tossing Omar a five spot I stroll back out to pump ethyl..There sits my poor shovelhead surrounded by Jap Junk.Wannabe Harleys and the over dressed fellows who ride them..They are eyeballing my stuff...talking in hand signals..as strool up to feed my baby some high test..

Now over the years I have through experience learned that the story is always the same with different variations..My brothers cousins uncles step daughters boyfriends dog had a Harley and it was always in the shop..Where upon I normally come back with a polite Fuck it musta had a ton a chrome on it..only reason I know to take one to the shop..Now it could be the language but what ever it is that normally gives you a 30 second break before the next anti-Harley line..

Then you get to hear how reliable them hondodos are..Well sir how many miles you got on that there rice burner..Today it was I have had it for 3 years and it has never once been in the shop except for service..and it's got 6000 miles on it..Now ladies and germs..if you want your bike to never break..last forever it's easy don't ride it..Really..I got 241306 miles on mine..and ya it leaks a little oil..Only time it ever got fixed in a shop I was taking care of some business over a ticket working with the county for a few days and needed it back when my time was up..didn't own a car..A few more seconds of silence..

As I reached over to pop off my old dog eared non-smog gas caps trying to conceal my smile over the baffled look on their faces I had to laugh..Gentlemen it's a great day for a ride..enjoy..as me and my diet dews pulled out into the wild blue..

The Ride..

2010-03-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

78 degree's in March..Shovels looking sweet...Made it through the night befores back roads full throttle test..Ya it will go a 100..So I decide to call the Dirty One..Hey Bro..think that old Pan is up for a burger run??? He just got him a Crossbones but that would take then fun out of it..Si Amigo we can ride..Cool my friend dress warm there is still snow on the ground up there..

When you just get your dream put back on the road sitting in the saddle you feel the sense of accomplishment..sorta like doing a super model without the sweat or can I use your cell phone stuff..So I hook up with Dirty at the local bucks..We share our normal welcome sneer as I am thinking this dumb ass is gonna freeze...Oh Well not my problem..We roll..that long missed sound of the straight pipes ringing through the streets..damn I really missed it..

We head up the first climb..we have did it for years..small one lane road,,nobody drives straight up the mountain for 12 miles..If you lose it just about any place your buzzard food but that is the draw..the reason..We bob, shift, pass and play..ya lifes good...The sun is slowing setting in the rear views..

Next 30 miles is sweet..Little more road to play with as you feel the temprature dropping we see snow..deer..and the road..Lot's of throttle play,,pipes echoing off the far away canyon walls..It's the life and what we live for..

Now the Roadhouse is a dump..always has been and I hope it always stays the same..Bloody burgers with over cooked bacon and burnt onions..Band was playing American Girl when we walked in and it was almost good..they went down hill from there but who cares..Big ass smile on my face I go out and find a rock..Hey Meathead wish you were here..as it starts to get cold..time to ride..

Now if you have never been on a mountain at 5000 feet and looked at the stars on a clear night make it a point to do it..nothing deeper..as we wind them up and roll back to reality..First burger of the year down..many more to come..miles and smiles friends..

Rat..

Back in the saddle again...

2010-03-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

Well me and Shovel got a little wind yesterday..Poor girl don't know how to act wearing her new clothes..Still leaks a little oil..not much..

Thanks to Mondo for the paint..T-Roy for the tig work..the Dirty One for doing his best to screw things up and pizza that damn near killed me..Oh well I might have asked for that one..Meathead for all your support..could have never did it with out you..:)..

Happy trails...

Rat..

Candy Pearl Orange...WTF..

2010-03-11T08:05:00.000-08:00

The whole act of painting..from the strip to the rip..Candy Pearl Orange..sounds like something that would have been an idea from the old magic mushshroom days..Hell it may have been..I will never know for sure..It has been a total pain in the ass..Good thing you can't see the large caliber handgun pointed at the painter..Sorry Mondo had to get them done..

So on to part 3..getting back together...Oh..Hey Meathead...thats Orange...Told you...LOL.

Getting it back together..ya right

2010-03-08T15:36:00.000-08:00

Clean, fix, wield, polish..polish and polish..That's right pimping out the old dog..

Me and paint been going in circles..Anti freeze green was the my direction..saw one with about the paint scheme I wanted..Orange as of right now..but I still got a little more work to go..Stripped it twice and don't want to do it again..

So I hope by the end of the week to be bolted back together..pic's up and ass in the wind..stay tuned..

Ron Q..been 20 years and I never missed ya..

2010-03-03T13:21:00.000-08:00

So I am sitting back in my seat of importance..soaking in the daily bullshit..pretending knowlege and genrally pissing people off..I hear what sounds to be a bored and stroke Briggs and Stration sputter into my parking lot..Seconds later through the door walks Ron Q..Now I had not seen this dirt ball stinking son of bitch in 20 years..now I understand people change but for the most part a jerk off is a jerk off no matter how you pull it..Ron Q..was their king..

Now some of us age gracyfully..Ron was a wreck at thje age of 18 and took a real downward tumble..back 20 years ago he was missing his right front tooth..I may of had something to do with that..damn I though I could hold a grudge..Now he is missing his left front tooth and the right one is there..Someone who shared my feelings for him knocked it out of his dentures..damn..Well it ends up the friend of a friend of a friend told him where I was hanging..and he stopped by to say hello..I grab my wallet and pen..gonna put the dumb shit who passed along my name on the black list..

So after some small talk..you know the stuff..Hey how long has it been since you had a bath..and is that flea collar around you neck..conversation took a turn..Just wanted to say Hi..and show me his bike..Now not being a big fan of 1985 Yamawhopper Viagra or what ever they called them to get him out of the office I headed out the door..Lighting a candle as I left..So we stroll upon this piece of molded plastic and tin that looks like something designed by Dr.Spock and preperation "H" the question is layed to me..well what do you think..Now not being one to hurt some poor souls feeling I pass along a mild what fucking piece of junk..and before he could ask for any money said I got to go..and locked the office door until the matching pair were gone..

Now there is no moral or happy ending to the story..just had to pass a little time until I could unlock the door..and you all got picked to come along..see ya...

Rocketman and the Meathead..a road story..

2010-02-25T04:03:00.000-08:00

Rocketman was a hooker..not in the sense of a hooker but a hooker..sell anything and do what ever it took to survive..Rocketman never wanted to be a hooker he always wanted to be president..President of what he didn't care just president..power trip some would say..other just wondered..that happened all the time..but the thing that made the Rocketman so driven was Harley Davidson, wind and the delight of eating exotic bugs at high speed...Until the Meathead that is..

Meathead was frozen tundra tough, ornery as a polar bear after a short winter..Quick with a line and fast on the waffles..Always longing for the road..shared addictions..a rebel with a different cause..a true road warrior..

It all happened by chance..and a quick "Hey"..Rocketman having taken a wrong turn the right way a few hundred miles ago hearing the sputter of oh shit I need some gas pulled into the skanky gas and go in the crusty dust outside of Moab Utah..Kicking the lizards out of his path he heads for the door..there chowing on microwave burritos and a diet dew sat the Meathead..a curt Hey..changed the path they would take..

So the Rocketman being the total Rocketman he was got to thinking back..a day of living on vest pocket gummybears, mosquitoes, fly's and other wild beasts it might be time for some real food..snatching up a couple of red chili belly bombs and a tall green one to go he heads for the bench..Pulling up some splinters on the far side of the table and diving into the feast..he asked the Meathead where you heading..with a quick response of what the fucks it to you..a friendship was destine..

Belly bomb burritos, long dust road, the sound of a Harley winding through the high desert..No destination but things to see..Caves to encounter..mountains to climb..bumps in there path..Stranger things do happen..somewhere..We will be back..soon..

Dreaming of the ride..

2010-02-14T07:20:00.000-08:00

Nothing can compare to the feeling you get when your dreaming of the ride,,then living the ride..When your packing the scooter as the moons say's good day and mister sun's rays are peaking over the hill calling you to come out and play..

When you have miles to travel and no place go..Sharing something you live for with those who care..a life time of ride and back roads to share..Your direction doesn't matter it is our quest to be free..the sound of your motor, the feel of the wind..a push of a button and the touch of a friend..The road opens before you let the dream begin..

I have rode many a mile and many a day..each time they touch me in there own way..Today is your day..we chose life this way..we ride into the sunrise, we ride into the day..

Nothing compares to the the felling you get..the winds rushes by, the smells very and change..freedom comes easy,,life goes by fast..keeps moving forward not into the past..my dream for today will not be the last..To much to share and place to see..the roads that I get there never matter you see..Our roads to nowhere will always set us free..

It's started,,what color are you looking for..

2010-02-09T06:28:00.000-08:00

A few years ago in a land far away I was sitting back with a bro..we had spent a day wrenching on his scoot..Paint colors came up and being in a wonder state of mind things got a bit strange..Could have had something to do with self induced chemical imbalance..By the time all was said and done we had decided the Candy Anti- Freeze green would be super freak..well today I go in search of the holy grail of paint..and some flat black for the flame job..

As I scarp and clean, take apart and check I find the years have been tough on the old girl..Nothing major she just needs to loving..Trying to figure out what oil leaks to leave and what one should stay..she has leaked since day one..Me and my compadre were talking about it yesterday..It leaked within 20 minutes of leaving the showroom floor..they must of had a crew running around and pick up the oil soaked cardboard when I pulled in the parking lot..Why fix perfection right..then when I does leak I can claim it was planned..

So I am hoping this is the story for the rest of the year..ride on friends...

Rat

State of the Union..in real terms..

2010-01-28T11:36:00.000-08:00

Commrades, desenting Americans and forgien Dictators..

On the eve of a ball busting defeat I implore my fellow socialist in both houses to contue in the battle to force the unwanted healt care down the throats of the people who have no idea comunism is a good thing..Never stop..They will learn to like it..

I am proud to extend further benifits to my voting base..We can rob those who work to keep you home and happy..Enjoy..

To my camrade Nacy Pigosi..I pledge 8 billion dollars we will have to borrow from China for a train that shall never happen..Spend it like you earned Nancy..

George Bush is still to blame for my falures..he will be until the day I leave..he and his right wing flag waving racsist party have done everything they can to keep our country free..I vow to fight them until my last breath..or next payoff..

To the leaders of the world who I have tried so hard to blow in to friendship..please..and Hugo cut me some slack bro..

In closing I would just like to say..You people suck..I know what's good for you, you clueless morons..rednecks...bible thumpers..flag waivers..

Rat's week in review..damn I need some wind..

2010-01-22T05:21:00.000-08:00

Scott Brown..a cosmo model turned politician from a state that had not seated a republican in 50 years has saved us from Nobama care..this could screw up my ranting and force me back into the bike mode..Thank the people of Massachusetts..

I need to ride..been way slow on the throttle this winter..this week we got a little rain..weekend should be good..time to twist a throttle and listen to those straight pipes sing back to as close to sanity as I will ever get..Missing road food,,old friends, new friends and diet dew friends..damn it I'm riding..

Rat

Politically Correct,,the bitch right..

2010-01-16T06:12:00.000-08:00

So I'm talking with the son of a buddy..he has a case of the red ass going over health care..sand kicking..hand gesturing rant..So I tell him..speak out..who did you vote for,,He says I don't vote it is a waste of time..Now the rant reverses..Hey kid..you have no bitch right..no vote no voice..suck it up son..If you can find the time to whine, then you can find the time to vote..you have to earn your bitch right..

Haiti..so damn sad..send food, water, rescue teams..hospital ships and troops..but send million we have to borrow from the Chi-coms no way..Let the frogs bail them out..it their problem..Hell the commies own us..but we keep borrowing..we can save our own asses yet we keep giving to others..where the hell does it stop..

On to the cool things..riding season in the Sunshine state fast approaches..man do have a ton of work to do..wrenching may turn to buying..new and not touch it for a year..ya right..ride on friends and foe's..let life take you where ever the warm wind blows..

Seems Ages Ago

2010-01-14T22:38:00.000-08:00

Avtually it was Only Last Year i posted on here , so how is everyone doing now ? made any plans for the start of the new Decade ?

I actually managed to get out on the Harley on the first Day of the New Year took a ride down to see some friends at a Club i know the fact that on Offer was a Free Hot Meal and a Warm Drink had nothing to do with it oh no , actually the Chilli an Rice was fucking wicked as was the Company

Really really enjoyed the Ride but fuck me it was a bit cold , bikes running fine adn theres 2 small mods gonna happen to it in the near future one will make carrying beer easier the other should in theory improve the ride qualitly for the front forks somewhat

Country has benn stuck in a Ice Age here it seems for the last two weeks its not like we had lots of Snow but as usual no fucker knows how to drive in anything bigger than 2" of laying Snow , Schools were shut , roads were closed and loads of dickheads were panic buying bread , milk and butter .

Thankfully know the Rain has arrived so its getting Milder and Tuesday Coming up i'm pff tp Pay my Last Respects to a Friend who was taken from myself and many friends and family too soon

Been a bit of rocky start so far but onwards an upwards

take care all of yer

2010-01-06T05:40:00.000-08:00

So after years of Al Gore,loony left wingers, Green Peace and other far left entities like Europe sucking the blood out of hard working Americans we find out Global Warming is a farce..Well they just hide the overwhelming data that it was not and would not ever occur or that we could do nothing about it if it did..

This long term agenda put forth by these lunatics and sold to us by Al Gore has cost us hard working honest Americans Trillions of collars..yet where is the outrage..Once again we grab our ankles and ask for just one more screwing..in silence..Al Gore has far outdone Bernie Madoff..why is he still walking the streets..

Terrorist..an underwear bomber has all but been given citizenship for trying to blow up Americans in our country..In fact so far he has not been called a terrorist he is a disgruntled young muslim..and we muslim groups speaking out against the profiling of their kind at airports..Now let me get this straight..Name the last non-muslim to get on a plane and either fly it into a building or attempt to blow it up???..Short list right..

First the underwear bomber should be in a small room lined with neat tools like cattle prods, cordless drills,, dull wire cutters..water boards and other common tools of a through investigation..He is a fucking terrorist who tried to attack our country..Look forward to this becoming routine..

Things to look forward to in the coming year, Health care combined with the government owning your banking system..what more do they need to have complete control of our little puppet lives..our guns..it's coming..

Sit down and read our Constitution..a simple straight forward document that has been bastardized..Take a minute and see what is left and look at what is about to be taken..then figure out if you want to have your America back..Find a spine and then make a stand..