What it should have been about....

I know getting our bikes to look awesome, cool, shiny on some, but lets put that aside for awhile and look in through our soul on the short times we have on this planet, these days with nothing is new in this lifestyle of cnc,lathe machine work, water jets, casting even, parts are parts, everybody is doing it for money perhaps?? hey, you gotta survive right?, so there's no "who's on top now" no "who's the best", my mind is all reved up on doing more rides on my standardly "enhanced" motorcycle on debate of which i dont care for people saying not a ground up build, not a real classic, just parts ordered and bolted on, well, to those haters and "real builders", there's no swap meet, no vintage, no experienced parts fabricators no nothing here, even if i have to save up a fortune to get the parts i wanted and ordered it from overseas, which to me is always overpriced when reach my country, with the 20% tax on all automotive parts thats 20% from actual price of origin plus shipping tax and then converted, and thats not the end of it, it's either the parts arrives or it doesnt or the wrong parts...but because i cant be bothered to return wrongly shipped parts, i just "make" it work on my bike, so dont define the word "bolt on" for me, almost 80% of the parts i have on my bike are not "Bolted directly On", it's a forward and back to the machining shop sorta situation here for me, not easy, even hired help are hard to find, i got a guy to tig weld a gas cap bung for me once, he nailed it perfect, and another case, i got another different guy to weld a rib on the centre of my tank, i did the painstaking paint work on it but only a few weeks of riding i found out about dozens of pin hole sized leaks on my tank and on it's way to spoiling my paintjob, go figure...

So, don't talk to me about whats next on my list of "Bolt Ons", next time when you see me, talk about rides, where, and stories about your experience outdoors on the roads, as far as i'm concern, even with the shiny parts i run or how awesome you think my bike looks, those are just bike talks and i dont want to know what you have "Plan" for your rides, how about what you have plan "FOR" rides, where you off to, or how cool your rides have been, who you met, maybe i don't get that much chance for tour rides and travel but i try to make do on what i have here locally, i'm really stoked on doing more "Camp and Rides", something meaningful to do besides talking whats the latest from this catalog or that catalog, so join me on some fun, rides, food and doing what it should have been about and forget all the bullshit, cos at the end of the day, going even 80mph, they will only see you as a rider on two wheels...unless you're the bar hopper type!