sooooo, some may call me crazy and some may call me stupid.  i say im both.

i got some “extra” money from insurance so i bought my dad some real automotive paint for his moto.  i painted it years ago with flat black paint and a shitload of clear coat.  it turned out good and lasted a long time but it was looking worn so his bike was in need of a fresh paintjob.

we stuck with flat black but i bought the same brand as my flat orange.

http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/

this paint is awesome.  it doesnt need a clear coat and resists chemicals and UV rays.  and its cheap.

so the only problem is my dad lives in PA and i live in VA.  well i hoped on the bike friday (7-18) at 3pm and headed north… and west.  i made great time.  it only took me a little over 7 hours.

this was right before i left work.  i had a great trip home.  while i was on 17 i snapped a few pics…

i was bored… what can i say?

i woke up the next day pretty early and started tearing my dads bike down.  i borrowed my buddies spray gun and was pretty excited to try it out.  after i got everything tore down i layed it all out and started

painting.

it was coming a long nicely at that point.  only a few pieces to go on.  i also bought him a hard trunk and an extra seat so he can use it when he rides to and from work.  here is the final product.

so in under 24 hours i drove 400 miles to pa, tore my dads bike apart, painted it and put it back together.  i think i did pretty damn good.

the next day we headed out and my dad road back the whole way with me to va beach.  it was awesome yet again.  amazing… i love these trips.  i will remember them for the rest of my life.

my dads nuts.  he drove the whole way then slept until 6AM then headed another 6 hours back to bedford to his truck.

another successful trip, 850 miles in less then 48 hours.

here she is all fixed and pretty much completely done in my book.  ill post a complete list of mods, even down to the stupid little stuff.  the main changes is the 636 front end, buell dual headlights and black rims.

so i was riding home from work and some idiot decided to cut across a couple of lanes and smack me.  i then went flying over the guardrail and my bike was laid down and slid a good 20 yards.  i was probably only going 35mph thankfully.  i dont remember what happened and i told that to the EMT’s that arrived.  they then immediatly would let me move.  to make a long story short im fine but they cut my clothes off and i was in a neckbrace for 3 and a half hours.

the accident was totally the other guys fault despite his rantings of “but but my turn signal was on”  no buddy you cant just put your turn signal on and go plowing over everybody you see.  anyways… his insurance is taking care of everything.

on another note… before i lost consciousness i remember the harley rider who was behind me speeding away around me.  thanks for stopping you douche.

thankfully i was wearing my gear.  my knee was killing me and my right elbow was jacked up pretty bad.  i probably would be dead if it wasn’t for my helmet but whatever.  this is why i wear my gear.  boots, jack, pants, gloves and helmet no exceptions.

here are some pics

as you can see my sliders did an AWESOME job.  now that the bike is down and out ill have time to install my 636 frontend, im also going to put some buell dual headlights in the front.  i cant wait.