YamaHead

Had to wait till at least 7pm last night before I could tolerate the heat, but managed to have a sprint to the end of the Trail on the Rail & back...in time to enjoy the sun setting from my backyard....

Decent temp-fix when your wallet is light....& the bike is to be sold shortly after. I've replaced 3 different sets of steering head bearings on my Yamahas....all w/ tapered roller bearings & races...What a difference!

A buddy from high school does exactly that w/ this 800+ hp beast....

Nute's off to a good start w/ his entry... This one from Bob definitely woulda had Pete scrambling for his Prozac....

True statement.... My wife & her dog shed waaay more than my dog....no joke. Mrs. Hook has hair as long as mine used to be...& it never seems to stop growing...just like mine. Now her dog is another best friend of mine....she's a rescue...Chihuahua/Italian Greyhound mix who's almost 13 y/o & can run like a gazelle....circles around my dog who's only 7 y/o. She's such a character...goes absolutely ape-shit over spaghetti or tacos... I tell our friends that she's the fastest Chihuahua in the county....

FACT!! My "Shorkie" (ShiTzu/Yorkie) is my best friend....been through a helluva lot w/ me, former wife's illness & death...then moving 280 miles to Elgin. She's such a good girl....but she now thinks she owns the house & I just pay the bills. Our resident Security Guard always on duty.....

The Mercedes vans I saw in Germany were even bigger...

BIG BadAss Viking he is....

42 yrs. supporting BADD...(Bikers Against Drunk Drivers)...as well. Plus I like his choice of weapon for off-roading....

Speaking of diluted Scandinavian DNA.... when was the last time you saw a bald Viking?....outside of that fool in your mirror...

Sweet Aprilia!...

Yeah, Mr. TeamGreen actually rides a Yamaha & a Honda now.... Hats off to him for still carrying the torch....

Lucky bugger

My 2016 Equinox took a shite on us 2 weeks ago....fuel pump was leaking & fuel level sensor snapped....all made from crappy plastic parts....still waiting for new parts. Bill so far....$2k I'm so grateful for my 34 y/o Chevy PU that rarely gives me any grief & is a breeze to turn a wrench on.... Absolutely the right Ride to have when the snow falls...

Met Pete in '03 when he cleaned up the YOC site....was also a member of the AC RD site at the time, which I learned a boatload from... over the years, met some great chaps whilst following Pete's various bike sites...definitely had some great laughs...

Finally dug the fuel pump out from the tank on my GMC S-15 yesterday....ordered a new one from Rock Auto, that'll be here by Friday....just shy of $90. Still kinda miss my old '83 GMC squarebody....I replaced the mechanical fuel pump on it once....20 bux across the counter! Those days are long gone now...

That was an hilarious trip down memory lane.... Pete speaking to us from the great beyond... Thanks Ian!

I've been called Worse....by Better...

That's what I live in....ain't ashamed to say. Mfr'd home w/ a total footprint of 24x40.... w/ only 7ft. sidewalls....easier to heat & cool. Bought it outright 6 yrs. ago for &102k...can't touch ANYplace for that price now. TBH, the real selling point was the 24x24 heated & insulated pole-barn garage w/ a covered carport the same size adjacent to it....all sitting on 5/8 of an acre. The blasted property taxes are only 1/3rd of what I was paying on the left side of the state.

1 of the smarter things I ever did was quit smoking... got real tired of paying good money just kill myself...ridiculously Stoopid! But tbh, still burn a little bit of cannabis about 3 times a YEAR....usually when I'm camping.

Just another 97F day in the 'hood....did manage to have a spin on the Mullet before it got too hot.... Crappy camera on this phone!....

Got a vise just like that.... so far, it's been well worth the price....

Looks like a cool platform to shoe-horn an RD motor into....