Showing posts with label even too antiquated for ninjas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label even too antiquated for ninjas. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

1913

Mr. White Lightning himself sends this little beauty to us. My passions for old bikes usually extends only as far back as the '30's, but in this case I will make an exception. Check out this old beauty of a bird. Gas lit lanterns, leather choke valve, lever clutch and it sounds...like a harley. Don't know how they've managed to make a bike sound the same for that long. beautiful. So neat. Good commentary. Thanks Pete.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Even to antiquated for Ninjas

I said no to a free bike... I know, I know, but I checked and no, I haven't got a fever and I seem to be slurring only as much as usual.

A 1991 Kawasaki Voyager xii, Winnebago, Garbage Wagon, Full Dresser, whatever you wanna call it, presented itself to me. A luxury 2 wheelin' automobile to be sure, but it needed an engine rebuild. Two cylinders failed the leak down (one more on it's way), one at almost 30% low. Yikes. Can you say "time to bore"? Although it would have been fun to cruise around on for a bit, I turned it down leaving enough space in the backyard this summer for at least 2 or 3 more projects that will reap greater rewards than a mid-90's bagger with 120,000 kms. So if you always wanted to know what Ninja's limit was for stray dogs, well, looks like this is it.