Soviet Steeds

Just patted the front fender and asked how it liked its first night in its new heated garage.

Good on ya. Both my girls helped out when they were young. Somewhere in all the photos I've taken in the last 50 plus years, there is one of my oldest daughter sitting on the fender of her first car, a 54 Nash Rambler, swapping out the plugs. There is another of my youngest truing a bicycle wheel. I...

Heading out tomorrow for what may be my last ride until holidays. (Damn gainful employment) Hauling a load in the tub to the new place then parking it in its new heated garage. Looking like a fairly pleasant day for NE Illannoy. Sunny, light winds, maybe 39. Still, full length lined oil skin drover ...

For the last forty years, I’ve used the Toro Snow Thrower ilk. Ok in dry snow, barely. Absolutely worthless in the typical heavy wet crap we get here. The PO of our new place left behind an el cheapo MTD 24” Yardman. Doesn’t look like it had ever been used but the fuel system was so crudded up I cou...

I’m in the middle of moving to a new place but I will try to get a pic of the entire stable when I start moving it.

Carried a small load down to the new digs today. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49138210593_2586035c49.jpg Main plan was to rebuild the carb on the snowblower the previous owners left for us while doing it for once in a heated garage. If I had time I was going to hang the TV mount for SWMBO. Fo...

Kicked it once to start it, backed it out of the garage and parked it in the yard to warm up. Rolled my 40 yo Honda out of the garage, started it with extended cranking(hasn't run since August) and let it warm up. Rode the Ural back into the garage and shut it off. Went ATGATT and rode the Honda 30 ...

Not a damn thing, though I do hope to ride it down to its, and all my other toys, new home next week.

I had to a do double take, windmill. Looking at your pics and I’m thinking “why does this guy have an old outboard on his rig?”. Then it struck me that it was a trunk. Same style on my CX.

Getting ready for winter today. Because studs are not legal in Illannoy that will consist of muffs over the heated grips(they go OVER the levers, moron)and warmer duds.

We had a Feist who was a sweetheart with a stinker streak. She was quite small and would nap on the back of the couch. She would also lay in wait there if you were eating. Pizza was her favorite ambush. You’d be pushing a slice towards your face when there’d suddenly be a small black head trying to ...

I can’t name a single ‘Urban Contemporary’ or ‘Country Pop’ artist, anymore than a young person could come up with someone such as Link Wray, Kris Kristofferson, or Dick Dale from my generation. I do recall Bob Dylan going out of his way to be a dick when he was starting out. Jim Morrison pi$$ed off...

Before L L Bean went national, we stopped at the Freeport, ME store while on vacation. I picked up a supposedly chew proof training duck for our small lab. Never had the chance to throw it as she had it destroyed by the time we got back to Illannoy. The little weirdo would bust open a bag of Bic raz...

rps20191109_164058.jpg My Trek Madone. I have ridden it 1,800 miles this season (which for me here in Maine ended Monday) and 21,904 miles since buying it in May 2011. I generally ride 20 miles every morning. I was traveling for 5 weeks this summer and Maine had lots of rain in May, which all held ...

I think I wold move to a quiet country place with no vehicles! Not that I have not had a few crashed but nothing like that. Ouch and then some. Not that it matters but it was a quiet country road that I got smacked on. I should be grateful it was an Evo I bounced off of and not a Super Duty. 8) Fir...