Is it me or ...

The motorcycle offering for 2010 has nothing that even remotely gets me interested?

You know you are an addict when...

You complain about the lack of a neutral light indicator on your car.

Brakes bleeding

Over the weekend we bleed both rear and front brakes on my, as preparation for the handlebar install on the '08.

Out of having to run to CT to get some smaller tubing and a lot of bubbles at the nipple, it went pretty well. After putting the bike together, I went for a test drive to ensure I still had braking abilities.

I have to report that we must have done a good job because I felt no loss of braking power, just more nose diving thanks to the wonderful shitty stock forks.

We are almost ready for the big job on the '08!

I am officially hooked up on True Blood, damn you woman! At least its on HBO :devilgrin

Best piece of car related entertainment ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrk6vsb77xk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc4Ksz3nHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZDtC9kjVk&NR=1

If I my income was exponentially increased, I would buy it and keep it as a piece of my collection.

If I ever start my own guerrilla/revolutionary force, I will make sure we get Hilux's.

Karma finally paid off

Big Big big shout to my new friends from the constabulary force.

All the pain, sweat, spilled blood, strained back paid off last night.

Best Invention ever

Work related wiki's!

I can now quench my thirst of random knowledge with actual useful work related knowledge.

On the house front ...

The never ending story

Its an allegory for owning a house.

It never ******* ends!

40% Done

Almost there. Appliances should show up early next week. Big push this weekend!

Yey!

Silly things I have done on two wheels

Oh crap I need to finish my break-in ASAP!

Cue in worst plan ever to cram in as much KMs as I can in one evening:


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It sounded like a very good plan, except:

• It was early May
• I left town at 5 pm
• I had no idea what my range was and if there was enough gas stations along the way.
• It get dark quite fast in early May
• This was not the best way to accomplish my goal
  
• The bike was 2-3 weeks old
  

In the end I made it back in town just in time to call my wife good night. I had been driving in the dark for the last hours, I had broken several speed limits and was cold.

That night I broke 800km on the odo and finally was able to rev past 6.5k

But the huge smile I had on my face made it worth it's while!

If I were to do it again, I would probably be stupid enough to try to cram as many KMs in one evening, but this time I would plan my ride using Google Map and would definitely hit the 300KM mark!

Shopping list

The following is now off the shopping list:

• Givi E41 hard luggage

The following is now on the shopping list:

• House supplies
  

Yeah, that's right. I am not putting down the shopping list for the house, I would kill myself.

New word suggestion for the English dictionary

Craptacular: Spectacularly crap. See Craptastic or Chevrolet Cobalt.

Craptastic: Fantastically crap. See Chevrolet Cobalt or Craptastic.

Scamtastic: Scam of a fantastic scale. See Craiglist.

How could GM screw up the Delta platform is beyond me. The Opel/Saturn Astra is light years ahead.

Zzzzz ...

The following is now off the shopping list:

• Pants for the SO
• Boots for the SO
• Back protector for Dainese coat
  
• SW Motech rack

The following is now on the shopping list:

• Givi e41 hard luggage
• Arai Profile M Aluminium Grey
  

Life Skills

Don't know if I should be ashamed or not ...

I had to google to find where the cookies are stored in IE 7.

You'd really though I would remember that from my teenage years ...

Or may be I have been using Firefox for too long ...

You be the judge!