My grandson wrecked the Dyna I spent a year repairing and up grading. It’s mangled and twisted in the backyard. Hell, the day he did a wheelstand and lost control I helped him fix his muffler bracket and taught him and Darrin how to TIG weld.
They were here when we fired the Torpedo for the first time. Maybe they got excited and started to pull burnouts and wheelies out front.
I’m not a fan of sissybars. They enable girls to lean back and not pay attention and hold on. The sissybar damaged Frankie’s back. He should have taken it off and he wouldn’t be injured today. Fortunately, he just bruised himself.
I worked on my aluminum welding skills this weekend putting some firewall chunks together. I installed the straps or belts from RJS. I don’t believe I will ever do business with this company again. I asked over and over for wrist restraints. Shipments were delayed and inaccurate. When they finally sent the package, it was without wrist restraints.
I will call Shrouds today for wrist straps. I heard this weekend that the long-time editor of Tattoo Magazine, Billy Tinney was let go. The next issue of Tattoo with be the last.
It’s currently edited by Michelle McCarthy, who worked for me at Paisano and helped me with copy editing chores on one of my book projects.
I’m beginning to ask questions about the subscribers. Will they be reimbursed for their loss? I will tell you more on Thursday.
Sunday, I rode to the Hacienda heights Buddhist Temple to relax. I tested one of my new Bandit’s Day Rolls. The Redhead wasn’t doing well, and I told her I would return with chow. It worked like a champ clipped to my Indian luggage rack and brought the goods home.
Markus Cuff shot Paul Wheeler’s bobber on Saturday and sent me this sample shot. I think I mentioned this before, but Paul’s stretched Panhead Chopper was featured on the cover of the third issue of Easyriders. It would be so cool, if this bike is featured in the third issue of Choppers Magazine decades later. Is this puppy sharp or what?
I need to work more on the firewall and body brackets at the stern of the frame today. We are also looking into making test runs at El Mirage over the next year and maybe the Mojave Mile.
Hang on!
I just received a Salt report from Micah. The salt is dry, hard and flat, but Hero crashed coming out of the timed mile. No broken bones. Hopefully we will have more news by Thursday.
Hang on!
Ride Fast and Free Forever,
–Bandit
