Shop Night

Up late last night working on a bunch of stuff. Knocked out my bars, did a little cleaning, mocked up another scoot. Just me and Gun Club.

All I REALLY Need

Gotta get the garage lift installed. Gotta get a couple bikes finished. Gotta get the Queen Bees scoot going. Gotta get the shop finished. Gotta find those parts. Sh*t is never ending. One of these days I’m gonna get that Northern MN cabin idea going and just disappear. I’m convinced all I really need is a shovelhead, a 4×4, a barn, shotgun, and a wood stove.

What’s 3rd Thursdays?

Great question! It’s a little something the gang at Bluecat Motors recently came up with. It’s a monthly meet similar to first Thursdays where anyone and everyone came stop by the huge shop lot with your scoot, bobber, chopper, cafe racer, vintage, british or any other weird custom contraption you managed to put on the road this year! What a great idea – this winter wonderland could use more reasons to get that bike out for a night. Looks to be pretty cool so definitley come out and share the moto love. DID I MENTION THIRD THURSDAY IS TONIGHT! BlueCat Motors is located at 550 Vandalia Street just off of University in St Paul.

note: the woman in the picture below is my grandma.

Speed Club Italiano!

Yeah – for all my love for bikes, I’ve always had a soft spot for the occasional Vespa. I bought my first maybe 8 years ago from a naval yard. It was a 1971 Sprint 160 if I remember correctly. It was a pretty slick little scooter. Other than some bad points, that thing would rip up and down the club house parking lot. I found this one a couple years back when I was still in Boston. Everything was there but the body needed some serious work. I’ve probably spent the better half of this winter bang out all the dents and preping for paint. Here’s a shot of all the body work almost ready for paint.