Need to add to the list of motorized accumulations and also show a picture of the garage I'm building to hold daily drivers, although it'll be used for workshop-type stuff until the big workshop is done.
Add:
2000 Kawasaki KDX220 (son's bike for his birthday)
2000 Kawasaki KLR650 (well, I'll have a birthday some day)
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The KLR is too big for me (I've a 30" inseam) and with those tires it's useless for serious off-roading, but I'll get some serious tires on it and my considerable heft should eventually soften up the springs enough. What an engine, though!!! A big thumper means never having to be sorry about what gear you're in.
Here's a pic of part of the track we're putting together (currently 4/10 mile with 16 turns) for the bikes.
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I'm also actively looking for Honda Odyssey 350's in good condition. We've got friends and family drooling over the track and running the toys on it, but I'd feel better with them on Odysseys than our bikes. My broker bought himself a KDX220 last week and will be a frequent visitor. I'd let him borrow mine but he probably thinks I've never forgiven him for WORK, the stock whose collapse led me to SI 3 years ago for an education.
Of course, my trusty 2N is in that picture. Note the oversized rear tires and rims. They're filled with calcium chloride. There are plusses and minuses to having tires that weigh several hundred pound each, but it's mostly plus. The main positive is that the tires always GRIP. The main negative is that the tires always GRIP. Oh, well. Maybe a set of wheelie bars would look pretty cool on it.
There's almost a story in all of those tires sitting here and there around the track. They came from the local Malibu Grand Prix when they closed down (a day that'll live in infamy in this house). I was the last person to drive the "club car" before it was dismantled and shipped, and I also ended up with lots of souvenirs, including most of the stuff that was on their walls and is now on walls in my garage, office, and basement. I got two trailer-loads of those tires as turn markers and crash barriers.
Lastly, a pic of the new garage (my wife calls it "The Temple of Stupid Guy Stuff") as it currently sits:
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The doors went on last week. I did everything but the doors and concrete myself. And, yes, if you can read it, the plate on that Mustang is for real. Have had that plate for about 8 years.
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