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I suspect motivation is going to be an issue today.
Morning gents and 2 chicks on RM (treesaw/skivarmit) . Working today and thinking of going to see all that remains next week. I saw ATR in Vegas earlier this year opening for InFlames and they put on a pretty good show . Also any metal band that comes out to House of Pain is cool in my books!
Up earlyish. Only 1 cup of coffee, but polished off the last if yesterday's fried rice with some fried eggs. Fire is going. Gotta get another cup of coffee going then chili into the crock pot.
Coffee consumption is about midway. Might go for a ride today among the deer hunters, wast to swap SPDs for flats first.
Road ride today. Broncos/Bears later, that should be good.
No skiing today but a sizeable storm setting up for the holidays. Woot!
I have a ton of parts to clean up and post for sale. I should get on that today too.
No skiing today but a sizeable storm setting up for the holidays. Woot!
I have a ton of parts to clean up and post for sale. I should get on that today too.
I'm uploading a video of Mariko "reading" He Bear, She Bear at the moment. I could use more upload (and download!) bandwidtdh, that's for sure: 213 minutes remaining at the moment.
Thankfully that will be addressed in exactly one month's time, as I'll be moving from effectively 30/5 Mbps service to 1000/1000 Mbps (or is it the technically accurate 1024/1024 Mbps?). Winning, without HIV a la Charlie Sheen, too.
Thankfully that will be addressed in exactly one month's time, as I'll be moving from effectively 30/5 Mbps service to 1000/1000 Mbps (or is it the technically accurate 1024/1024 Mbps?). Winning, without HIV a la Charlie Sheen, too.
Installed the cylinder head I have been working on for the past week yesterday. Decided to keep the OEM cam in the engine. Results were outstanding. Engine has significantly more low end torque and pulls strong close to 7000 RPM. 0-60 times reduced by 2 seconds, that is significant, still slow by modern standards but damn good for a little 50 year tractor engine. Sounds a little angrier too.
http://vid75.photobucket.com/albums/i285/wallingmj/Mobile Uploads/2015-11/VID_20151121_193849169_zpsftnhgyp2.mp4
I am paying for my efforts with hands that look like they got caught in a blender and throbbing shoulder.
http://vid75.photobucket.com/albums/i285/wallingmj/Mobile Uploads/2015-11/VID_20151121_193849169_zpsftnhgyp2.mp4
I am paying for my efforts with hands that look like they got caught in a blender and throbbing shoulder.
Drizzle/rain this morning with temps hardly reaching 40F. I had a nice ride, a little slippery but fun. Now headed to a local taqueria for a brunch.
DH_Girlie
buenos dias.
good date last night. cool chica. talked aquaponics & urban gardening in a bar over loud music. suffice to say we hit it off.
Meeting a client today then looking at an expensive room on the northern edge of the valley. The dudes are both climbers & seem cool. This is my back up plan.
Heading to the mountains a day early now. I have lots of books, a fresh wax jobs on the planks, new tires on the truck...im ready to GTFO of Vegas.
good date last night. cool chica. talked aquaponics & urban gardening in a bar over loud music. suffice to say we hit it off.
Meeting a client today then looking at an expensive room on the northern edge of the valley. The dudes are both climbers & seem cool. This is my back up plan.
Heading to the mountains a day early now. I have lots of books, a fresh wax jobs on the planks, new tires on the truck...im ready to GTFO of Vegas.
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Hello. 42 miles on the tri bike today. 17.8 mph. It was chilly. My core was fine, but my hands and feet got cold. Need to wear the winter gloves next time...windblocker not enough.
Just rode in the snow. I had boogers all in my beard, mud on my glasses and a frozen asshole from sitting on slush but what a damn fun ride. As slippery as it was, I somehow managed to keep it on two wheels. No JimmyDean'ing today.
I also found my bank card today, which has been missing all week. I've been walking around on it; it was in my shoe.
I also found my bank card today, which has been missing all week. I've been walking around on it; it was in my shoe.
Woke up at the in laws. Went to the hardware store this morning. Drove home. Off to ikea. Again. Fuck that place. At least the end is in sight for the kitchen reno.
You're clearly doing it wrong! Have to fit a ride in there somewhere
Rode I don't know, maybe 14 miles. Did not bother to swap pedals. Met a "local" guy I run into on the trails occasionally; we're both on new iron. Chicken with ginger, onions, pepper, and a Torpedo has been stewing gently since about 1:00 PM. Will add carrots and mushrooms about an hour before I serve it.
IPA
edit: hot pepper?
I just rode for a week in Arizona. I need to let the dust settle (or at least have the kitchen built) before I go for another ride... Besides, my bike is still in its bag, gotta preserve that red dust as long as possible!You're clearly doing it wrong! Have to fit a ride in there somewhere
Chili and beer
Where in AZ?
north woods bean soup + a damn fine ipa.
There is always red dust on the bike...of course trips to the red rocks are fairly regular 'round these parts.
Sedona. Such an amazing place to ride. I was going to start naming highlights, but they're all so rad that the list would have been too long. Mingus mtn was new to me and very fun. Techy as hell, fast and loose... Very nice!
I have not. Decided that I did not want to get pinned under a car with a transmission stuck on my chest. Will install when I do some major work like pulling an engine.
Race gas wouldn't make any difference unless I could somehow crank the compression up a few more points. Race gas is just very high octane gas. It does not increase power on its own, it just has detonation/pinging resistance which allows you to run very high compressor or boost. I might see a few HP as it could let me run with a little more timing but the difference would be negligible driving on the street.
If E85 was readily available on the east coast I could crank the compression up to 13:1, drop in a fat ass cam and scoot around like I had a v8 under the hood.
Slept all day, ate pancakes, took a nap, now tacos y papusas.
Thumb is feeling much better, can bend it and even hold a pen my normal way. Tomorrow I ride !
Thumb is feeling much better, can bend it and even hold a pen my normal way. Tomorrow I ride !
yes.
what do you think your compression is at now?
i'm just thinking you won't be dumping 87 in it.
no more of this....Thumb is feeling much better, can bend it and even hold a pen my normal way. Tomorrow I ride !
I had an appointment right after that happened, and that is pretty much how I had to hold the pen to fill out the ticket since the blister was about 6mm tall.no more of this....
After they left I drained it with a sewing needle.
I don't have to estimate. If I ever had any OCD tendencies it is in measuring things. I know my actual combustion chamber volume, head gasket compressed thickness and piston to deck height.
The actual volumetric compression ratio is 9.5:1. OEM's only seem to consider swept vs chamber volume, so that would be 10.5:1 in OEM speak. This is up from 8.7:1 (OEM spec, 7.5:1 reality). I am running 93 octane as I am also running up to 43 degrees of ignition advance.
I probably could have gone a little higher but there are diminishing returns with higher detonation risks.
Pretty happy with where things are at. I can now lose traction under acceleration in 1st and 2nd gear with an engine only a little bigger than a lot of modern motorcycle engines.
Evening, woke up at 0400, headed out the door hunting, dropped the munchkin off with the fil, wife and I both got a good kill. Great day out with the wife