The economy has taken a nosedive and it looks like my job could end any day. (the job situation has improved) Time to get some of those pots off the back burner and turn the heat up.
I actually do have some pots I need to turn the heat up on.... some pottery from the wheel that needs firing.
Propane has become so expensive that I've not done very much glasswork in a while. I visited a glass studio near Spruce Pine in North Carolina that runs off landfill gas.
I'm going to start promoting the idea of building a glass studio at the public landfill in Wellford, South Carolina. It would be very close to quite a few high schools and colleges in the Upstate.
I bought the Harley back in July and kind of been looking for some saddle bags for it ever since. I've been to the Harley place quite a few times since, and never have they had any of the Dyna series (the ones with rear shocks instead of the soft tail) bikes with bags on them on the floor.
I got some saddlebags for Christmas from the Viking Bags company... they were not bad looking but did not fit between the shocks and the turn signals even though I had already installed the turn signal relocation kit. I got the slanted tag mount with turn signal relocation.
It turns out the bag company was closed for two weeks after Christmas without a word on their answering machine or their web page about it. Lot of calls and a few emails were a waste of time. Finally gave up and mounted the bags without any turn signals. Went to the Harley place the next day and damn if they didnt have a Wide Glide on the floor with some bags on it. The Harley bags have a cutout for the shocks and are much wider. Then today I got a call from the bag company 13 days after I had sent an email. I went back on their site after I got home and it looks like they've cut the price on the bags I got by about 50 bucks. Unfortunately not a lot of choice on nice bags for the dynas unless you want to spend 800 bucks on the Harley ones. And if you were thinking of getting some from the Viking Bag company I would suggest you look elsewhere.
As they say necessity is the mother of invention so I'll be trying to come up with another turn signal relocation on my own making.
Latest Project
Sold the boat and got this bike.... its a great ride.... and the name fits... touted as one of the better all around handling of the Harleys.... easy to drag the pegs after riding the GSXR 1000 for the past couple of years. Both can put a big smile on my face... just for different reasons. The GSXR can put the fear of God in you pretty quick.... they are insanely fast.
A new Trike at the ShadeTree
Finally got around to getting a recumbent trike that I started some time ago to the rolling stage. It has Velocity rims and disc brake hubs and Avid disc brakes. The crankset and rearend with suspension are off a full suspension mountain bike. Huge difference in gearing between it and my Catrike.
Pirate Adventure comes to an end
Bought a sailboat about a year ago on Ebay site unseen. It turned out to be a pretty good deal. Its a Hunter 27 and is currently tied up at Carolina Beach and being made ready for a little piracy on the not so high seas.
A new pirate season is upon us and currently recruiting pirate crew so if you have any pirate blood in you... sure would love to hear from you.
Back on the water at Carolina Beach also called the Redneck Riviera by the Crusties in Wilmington. Obviously they've never been to Myrtle Beach.
You just can't get good pirate crew anymore.... that coupled with the fact that my job schedule has not permitted very many pirate expeditions this year has led me on to other adventures. Specifically sold the boat that I never named but was thinking of calling Nine Lives... for it... like me... had more than a few close encounters. But that's another story.
