FUCK WINTER

new tattoo(on me) and new painting

jesus chrystler

rode to michigan city, indiana a few weeks ago to check out my good friends joe and jarron's new band JESUS CHRYSTLER. check em out, heavy as fuck http://www.myspace.com/jesuschrysler666

rough characters in this town

real badasses ride in beachwear!

oil disaster capped

Earlier this summer we did an oil change and other routine maintenance on my 24 year old yamaha virago. Long story short, I had a stripped bolt on my oil filter housing which caused a small leak which dripped on my pipe causing a sweet, very metal smoke show every time I'd stop at a light. At the time, we didnt realize that the bolt was where the leak was coming from, so we changed the engine gaskets thinking it may have been from there. I rode home that night thinking everything was all good, but when i stopped for gas, there was oil just blowing like crazy. I rode around like this for a few weeks until common sense stepped in and I decided to stop riding until it was fixed.
Instead of being totally depressed about not being able to ride, I decided to get a little exercise and break out my old haro bmx and start pedaling around town. It's obviously a lot slower but still alot of fun, and my fat ass definitely needs the exercise.
A couple of weeks go by and we never get to work on the bike because of scheduling conflicts, work, life in general, etc, until last friday when I rode out to Barry's and re-threaded the stripped oil filter housing bolt and repositioned the gasket in the motor which completely fixed the leak and got me back on the road and out of my depression. haha

art?

I've been doing a terrible job of updating this thing, so here's some pics of new tatties and paintings.

JDR pics

JDR 7/17/10

A few weeks ago, we were trying to make some tentative plans for summer road trips. One idea was for everybody to ride up to Fairmount, Indiana to see James Dean's grave and museum. As it turned out, Barry's stepdad and uncles were wanting to come up one weekend and do some riding, so we decided on July 17.
We left from the So'full Garage(aka "the compound", aka "Barry and Kari's house") and headed east. Duane left us at Danville and turned back to go home and work. Barry's uncle Ed's 76 shovelhead started giving him trouble before we got to Attica, Indiana, so he and Randy and Roger turned back. Barry and I decided to press on and made it to Fairmount. We checked out the James Dean museum, his childhood home, gravesite, and whats left of the old Indian dealership where he got his first bike. It's definitely a cool little Indiana town if you're ever in the neighborhood.
After Fairmount, we headed over to Wabash, Indiana to meet up with the people at TAS Motorsports. They're some of the nicest people I've ever met. They knew we were coming, so we were greeted with dinner and in general treated like we were family. TAS is a true mom and pop operation and I'm glad to have gotten to meet them. Check out their website and spend some money with them. you won't be sorry. TAS Motorsports
It was starting to get late, and we had a long ride ahead of us so instead of the leisurely pace we'd been taking all day, the ride home was balls out in an attempt to just get home and relax after a long, hot day. We ended up doing about 420 miles that day and had a great time.

4th of July

My buddies Jesse and rkacken were gonna drive and hour to mattoon to skate in the morning on the 4th so Duane and I decided to follow them on our bikes and shoot a few pics.