Need an idea to clean an old engine.

What works for cleaning an old bike engine?

Are there any no-no's?

Why is it so satisfying to work on a motorcycle?

Here is a picture of Jeremy, Johnathan, and I'm taking the picture. We worked on this bike Sunday from about 2pm until 8pm. After putting it together we rode up and down the street learning how to start and stop. Good company, good work, just plain old satisfying.

Next what basic tools should you not be without on a road trip?

Looking for a helmet

Any Ideas on a good helmet? There's too many choices.

Almost done dinkin' around

Jeremy, Johnathan, and I dinked on the bike this Sunday afternoon.

I'm thinking of creating a new line of colognes call Rotten Old Gas. I think it would be a hit with the ladies.

Right, Sally?

I hope you can tell I'm not a serious bike restoration enthusiast. I just want to ride a bike and I don't want to spend very much money on a bike to be able to.

So hopefully I will be able to achieve this goal.

If you are like-minded I hope you will be encouraged, otherwise I hope you will be at least entertained.

If you have any ideas to help, feel free to share. I'm working on this with my kids and friends, so I only ask that we refrain from using language that I couldn't share with them.

Thank you.

It's alive!

Jeremy and I got the bike running last night.

The points were dirty so we cleaned them, and the the fuel wasn't reaching the carbs. We added some more gas and the bike fired up.

We had to run up and down the street a few times to let our neighbours know we got it running. What a blast.

This morning we ran the bike up and down the street until we blew a fuse. I think I found the cause of the blown fuse. An ignition wire had been touching the cylinder fin melted the insulation and shorted out. I hope that's the problem.

Will pick up some fuses after church tomorrow

Ready, set go

Check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyJgxxOOyuY

Are you catching the fever?

I could have used this info Yesterday

hon•da

Pronunciation: (hon'du), [key]
—n.
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

I basically bought a noose. Maybe that's why I feel this way.

Oh Cr*p

Why does this always happen? You mess with one thing and then another and all of the sudden you understand the meaning of the word basketcase.

Drove to Kingston Springs, Tennessee Saturday September 20th

I called on a Craigslist add for a 1973 CB 350 gl Supersport Saturday just for kicks.

And out of five or six bikes I called on this was the only one I got a call back on. So Ethan and I drove and Jeremy walked (that's another story) to Kingston Springs and looked at this little bike. I really wanted a '72 Yamaha XS 650 but thought it would be good to see this CB.

After a sleepless night of daydreaming about the cb I finally called and made an offer of (cough, cough) yeah crazy, I know. The bike had been sitting for 10 years and no one had any time to spend on it. So just like a stray puppy that I couldn't leave out in the cold one more night, I brought it home, cleared a little spot in the basement, and regretted the whole transaction.