Cavity Free Club!!

Good job, Mr Nut! After three trips to the dentist and two rounds of drilling, the peanut is cavity free. Max did really well at his last appointment thanks to the assistance from NO2.

Yamaha

Just a few more pictures of the yama-honda. Based on how it started Sunday, I think that the next thing I need to replace is the battery. I found out that I can get ~45 miles from a gallon of gas, but not much more, and that after a block of pushing it gets kinda heavy. The motorcycle is ready to get painted now, but I'm going to wait. I think that I will try and build a new seat before I paint it.

stage-5???

We're getting closer now. Adam delivered the Yamaha to me a few weeks ago, and I have been slowly eeking away. Because of the home construction, weddings, baby, showers and work, I have had about 1/2 an hour per week to work on the motorcycle. There's lots of rust to be dealt with, and some hours of repainting and sanding in my future. For now I have been honing my sanding skills on the dresser and baby changing table in the garage. I went to the DMV today and was in and out in 5 minutes. It was $75 dollars to transfer title and re-activate the registration in my name. The annual registration will be based on the selling price of $50 thereafter. The only big monetary investment that I'm not looking forward to is the $250 bucks for the safety class. The class will cost twice what I've spent on the bike so far.

She's a little cold blooded, and doesn't like to start all the time... But when she starts, she goes!

Rugrats

Motorcycle-Stage 3 And it Runs!

Hard to tell with the fantastic pictures from my phone that thinks it has a camera, but the bike has underwent some substantial changes. Adam hotwired it sufficiently that it can idle on it's own and shake off 10 years of rust. Last Wednesday we borrowed a tank from his rat bike and took the ol' Yamaha for it's first ride in a decade. I zipped up and down a back road and ran through a few gears just fine. I have not sat on a motorcycle in 15 years so I was a little hesitant and drove like a duck. Adam took it out for a run and cleaned out all of the rust. The speedometer is not working yet, but he said that it went around 65ish through all 6 gears just fine. Now it is time for some more permanent wiring and some minor adjusting and the bike is ready to roll! It will be up to me to make it look less like something that Tina Turner rode back from the Thunderdome and more like a respectable motorcycle. Removing the luggage racks and changing the seat and tank have removed about 100 pounds, and really changed the look.

Trying out a tank from an old CB750, but it still kinda sat too high

Notice the pile of chrome and plastic that used to be attached to the back end

I really like the look of this tank, off another Honda.

Hard to see, but look at the fuse that Adam used on the very bottom.

What is the amp rating for a number 4 bolt?