The ride to Smokeout 2011

Dachia, Casey, and I left From Deland on Thursday morning, we stayed the night with family in Savannah. We met Don, and Brent the following morning, ate breakfast and then hit the road.

a car kicked up a chunk of tire to my face

A big breakfast at IHOP before we hit the road

Deadbeat Dames What??

Dachia kickin' it Old School

To be continued. . . . . . . . . . .

.............Just my luck.

I have been waiting for years to ride to North Carolina for The Smokeout. Finally this time around the planets aligned, and everything just fell into place. Things were going well, and it seemed like we were going to finally be able to make the ride. My 4 day weekend fell at just the right time so I did not have to ask for days off. I had Starter problems on my 84 FXR, but I fixed them. As far as I could tell my turd would be polished up and ready to ride, or so I thought. Upon doing a routine service I noticed larger than normal amounts of metal in the 2oz of fluid that came out of my transmission. I flushed it out and filled it back up to investigate. no more than 5 minutes later nearly all the trans fluid was back on the floor, so I decided to take a closer look, I figured the main seal was the culprit but I was not completely prepared for what I would find.

Basically what I found was that my main drive gear bearing fell apart and took out the main seal causing a total loss lubrication system.

Luckily,the chunks of metal that were floating in the bottom of my transmission case did no damage to my gears, and all I need to do is replace my main bearing. Unfortunately I will not be able to ride it to the Smokeout.

This is what I will be rolling to the Smokeout this year!

Bar Hopping in Daytona with Boston Mike's

Saturday night we gathered up some friends, and rode to Daytona for some hell raising.
We hit some of the local dive bars, Nicely's, Sick Boys, The Circus bar, and Crooks Den. It was really fun and we hope to do it again soon.

Special thanks to Pep for his ninja video skills, this is the only good thing that came out of sick Boys Saturday night. I do not recommend going any where near that place if you know whats good for you....

The Deadbeat

This Drink was made in honor of the Deadbeat Motorcult by my good friend Josh James from Havelock, North Carolina. It definitely looks like it was concocted in the lab of a mad scientist, the color is perfect.
Thanks Josh, I cannot wait to try this one!

2 oz. Midori
2 oz. Vodka
1.5 oz. Blue Curacao
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
Top with Mountain Dew

You're Welcome!

Boston Mike's Grand Opening Party

Sunday we took a ride with a few friends to Boston Mike's new shop in Sanford, Florida. Let me tell you what we had a good time! There were crowds of cool people and, lots of beautiful bikes. We enjoyed delicious chicken kabobs and washed them down with ice cold beer. They gave away tons of goodies, stickers, sunglasses, magazines, dvds on top of raffling off loads of cool prizes. The day was filled with interesting people, rad bikes, great food, and free shit! Thank you Boston Mike's crew for all the hospitality! We had a great time, and wish you guys the best of luck with the new shop!

poor mans rotor puller

I was searching the almighty inter web machine looking for ways to get this damned stator rotor off of my wife's bike. I came across a thread on an XS650 forum , and I decided to try it, if it worked cool, if not I was only out like 5 dollars. I was a bit skeptical at first, but to my surprise it worked. This is definitely a good method if you cannot find the puller or if your wife ordered one from Ebay, and it came, but was the wrong tool. Below are pictures of the items needed, as well as step by step instructions.


Okay so here is what you need: 1 2x4 around 2ft long. 1 ratcheting tie down strap. (not Shown) 1 coupling nut and, bolt. You will also need something to protect the threads of the crankshaft. I used the bottom of a cat food can.

1st you wrap the Tie down strap around the back of the rotor. Try to get it wrapped as tight as possible because, if you don't it will be a pain to get it right once you have set your puller up.

set the 2x4 up with the coupling nut, and bolt between it, and the crankshaft. You will need to have a 2x4 that is at least 2ft for leverage. It needs to be able to reach the floor.

Once you've set it up your puller you want to turn the coupling nut so that it spreads apart thus, putting pressure on the crankshaft, and pulling the back of the rotor at the same time. It should just pull off in theory, however if it has been on there for a while you may have to smack it a couple times with a hammer. This will most likely ruin the rotor, but chances are that if you are going through all the trouble to remove the rotor you will be replacing it with a new one.

Not that any of you will have to employ this method, but when I tried it out, and saw how easily it worked, I thought that It would be interesting to share.