Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Been Busy!

Well, I haven't been on here in some time now, and I figured I should toss up an update on what's been keeping me busy. I've been delving into a few side projects for both fun and for profit. I've been playing around with motorcycle part design and fabrication on a few local bikes, I guess all of the work I've done to my own started catching some recognition and a few individuals approached me to help on similar projects of theirs and I happily obliged. Aside from that, I've also been playing around with some composite part fabrication and mold-making out in the garage to make replica's of some rare car parts to sell for profit.

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I've also been taking on a few new hobbies (surprise surprise, I know). I recently aquired a 1972 Schwinn Varsity road-bike that I've been putting some miles on for leisure based excercise, it's been a lot of fun. I plan to tear the bike down over winter and totally restore it, I located a very close match for the paint color and a set of brand new decals.
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next hobby on my list is kayaking....I really enjoyed a few canoe trips with friends and I think I am going to try to get myself a nice $250 or so kayak in the near future for personal use, we have so many creeks and streams and the harbors down at the waterfront I think it would make for some really fun times.

Besides all of this stuff, I've just been up to the usual activities....playing open mic twice a month or so, working out 4 days a week, golf, meeting/seeing new people, etc.

OH! I almost forgot! I had a super awesome "staycation" about two weeks ago now, A good friend from ohio rode his motorcycle 340 miles to come stay with me for a week and we rode all over the area to all kinds of destinations, got him all cought up with local family members, and had some really fun rides. Everywhere we went people were stopping us to chat about our bikes and how they remember them in their hay-day and how it was great to see us young guys keeping them on the road and appreciating them. Had a FANTASTIC ride out route 240 from cheektowaga all the way to springville where we checked out a vintage cycle shop I heard about through a friend of my dad's, it was an awesome day.

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It's been a really fun summer so far, and we're only halfway through it!

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