well mine just sat for 10 years waiting for me to get around to it. i'm
finally getting dug out of over 10 years of backlog of personal stuff. now
someaya might be wondering "how'd he do that"? i'll tell ya! my morbid
obesity brought on adult type 2 diabetis. the obesity and diabetis combined
were overwhelming me physically. if my blood sugar was messed up (wich it
was all too frequently) i had moments of feeling great! i'd start something
and about 2-3 hours(if i lasted that long!) i'd be exhausted as if i had
worked a 10-12 hour day. actually sit down and pass out for hours. you
have no idea how many things you can start and realise you have not the time
or physical ambition to finish! now coming to present day, after my gastric
bypass surgery , i'm feeling far better than i ever remember feeling! i
have energy. i'm no super man but i'm far more productive than i ever was!
so i'm trying to dispose of bits and pieces of projects wich wrere in my
way. harley parts, the healey hard top pieces strewn about(and in my
closet!) so now, i'm gonna ride my harley again! and as soon as it has a
plate i'll inspect it and be on the road again! :) sold my 1936 knuckle
head in a fit of weakness butthe custom sportster is staying! and as of
yesterday i hit 245lbs! that's now down 208lbs! i'm almost half my former
self!
chuck. 1'59 LBC
1 '70 harley sportster
1 '70 harley "rapido"
and other things of varied interest (YA!)
-----Original Message-----
From Mike MacLean <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: John.Deikis@med.va.gov <John.Deikis@med.va.gov>
Cc: cfchrist@earthlink.net <cfchrist@earthlink.net>;
spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Classic Motorsport
>Sorry to hear you are selling your Harley. You will miss it. Riding my
Harley
>is very much akin to driving my Bugeye. Very similar sounds and feelings.
They
>are both something out of time, yet timeless. I drive both of them because
they
>are different and special. The motorcycle is the closest thing to flying
>(another love of mine) on the ground. The Bugeye just simply makes me
happy and
>I would still drive it even if it did not generate such a stir from people.
Just
>the fact that when I first started driving Bugeyes in 1971, you were looked
at as
>not being able to afford a "real" car. I never got a date to ride it it
back
>then, but now young girls squeal with delight at the sight of it. Granted,
I
>never had a Bugeye that looks as good as the one I own today. The Harley
affords
>me the option of being the bad boy for the weekend. Here in California I
am
>convinced that the general populace likes bikers and accepts them as part
of the
>California culture. I have had little old ladies wave at me from the back
seat
>of cars at stop lights. I have a beard and slightly long hair and probably
don't
>look like the guy you want your daughter to bring home. (too old for that
>anyway) I love my Harley and I love my Bugeye. There will never be a "For
Sale"
>sign on either unless I was buying another one to replace it. I recently
bought
>a BN2 that is a hair away from justification to have it crushed, but I will
do a
>total restoration and I will not sell that one either. Funny, the older I
get
>the older I like my cars.
>Mike MacLean
>60 Sprite
>2002 Heritage Springer
>1956 BN2
>
>John.Deikis@med.va.gov wrote:
>
>> There is a 2000 Harley Springer Softail with 8k miles and a for sale sign
on
>> it sitting in my front yard. My '71 BMW 750/5 Toaster didn't like it, so
>> it's got to go. It does noit leak oil. It always starts. It has
saddlebags
>> big enough to hold a year worth of temprary tatoos and fake ponytails.
>>
>> Se ya at VIR!
>>
>> --JohnD
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles Christ [mailto:cfchrist@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:44 AM
>> To: Deikis, John; spridgets@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Classic Motorsport
>>
>> swedish car YA? saab goes ring-a-ding-ding-ding!!!! YA?(the other
foregin
>> car here!)
>> LOL! my problem is the harley and healey share a garage! talk about
>> revolutionary war all over again! or it it just a leak-a-thon?
ROFLMAO!!!
>> can not fight the temptation to go racing.....the voices in my
head.....er
>> umm helmet....go racing young man...go racing young man! LOL! i
understand
>> the temptations that nice articles and well done pictures can present!
it
>> is fun and it is exhilerating. and...dangerous too. the dangers are
not
>> always well portrayed or explained yet very real!
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