Trials and Tribulations (and good times) of my motorcycle projects and other garage tinkering. Learning and building things. Building, wrenching on, and riding Harley Davidson Evolution Sportsters, Big Twins, and anything else with two wheels. Currently working on building a 1999 Honda Shadow ACE. I also post information on other DIY projects I tinker on.
Riding around town…
Just a quick post… we had a fantastic time down in FL for Biketoberfest 2020. Rode down to St. Augustine and stayed the night, then on to Ormond Beach for the week. A week of motorcycles, tacos, ice cream, more motorcycles, chicken…
Sunday was warm but cooler and less humid than it has been. A great day for a ride. Back to work tomorrow after a week off and I had some things I should have done around the house, but it was just…
Sandy and I took the Street Glide out for a ride this past Saturday afternoon. Couldn’t have asked for better weather, mid-70’s and sunny.
Back in August 2019 Sandy and I rode just over 1000 miles in about 17 hours for the Iron Butt Saddle Sore 1000 Challenge. I submitted the documentation of the ride and the necessary paper work to the Iron Butt Association to…
Headed down to Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest 2019 tomorrow AM. Doing things a little different this year, we usually ride down but this year we rented a trailer so we could take a couple of bikes down there to cruise around Daytona….
Sandy and I had a great time at the Peanut City Chop and Swap today. Kudos to Motorcycle Dreams for putting together an awesome event. Took the 1992 Heritage out for a ride. Nice day for a ride with Sandy and great…
Sandy and I did it!!! A little more than 1000 Miles in about 17 and 1/2 hours!!! We started around 6:30 AM on 8/17/2019 at a 7-Eleven off Route 10 and 58 in Suffolk, VA, headed down to Townsend, GA, turned around…
Tomorrow Sandy and I are setting out to complete the Iron Butt Association Saddlesore 1000 which I have been planning for a couple months now. This is completing 1000 miles in under 24 hours. Yesterday I checked out the bike we will…
I have been doing a lot of working on motorcycles lately and not nearly enough riding. I wanted to put a plan together for me and Sandy to do something cool over the summer. I did an Iron Butt SaddleSore 1000, 1000…
Notice in the site description it says “Trials and Tribulations” well I tried out (Trials) the straight drag bars and I think they look great on the 1990 Sportster Project. In practice though they are pretty uncomfortable (Tribulation) when riding. So I…