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Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Easter
What a great Easter day, we had a good service this morning. found some eggs, and had a great lunch. Sara and Timmy are asleep, me and Trey are playing Wii golf. our dog is napping too.
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Friday, 08 January 2010
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50cc bikes
With Sara gone to her parents for the week, I have had "free" time on my hands. So I have started working on the bikes. Now 50cc bikes seem so easy to fix until you actuality have to fix them. Last night I finally got the old 1984 Honda z50 running after 3 month of on and off messing around with it. It happened by accident really, I was cleaning my ktm some after the mud race and thought I should kick that Honda over a few times and if it doesn't run I am putting it outside. I sprayed a shot of starting fluid(the gloves were off) and it ran for a second. I was so excited my hands were almost shaky as I scrambled to put the gas tank and seat on and tighten the bolts.
It was time for a test drive, because it was late evening I just rode for a few minutes. The bike wanted to die a few times and so I kept it pinned as much as I could. Back in the garage I ran it for a little more and it was smoking pretty good out the exhaust because it needs rings I think. When I finally thought I should shut it off for the night before my neighbors kill me, I could hear the smoke alarms going off in the house, I had left the door opened and the smoke was thick. After opening all the doors for a while it finally seemed livable in here, but as I type this I can still smell the exhaust fumes, I don't mind it (I think I like it) but Sara probably will feel different about it.
Tonight I am going to work on Trey's Yamaha pw50 and fix the kill switch. I will keep the door shut this time because his is a two stroke and it smokes even more. We plan on riding them at my brothers house Saturday and I look forward to chasing them on the Honda. I am really looking forward to seeing the kids ride together as it was always fun for me as a kid to ride with my brother around the hay field.
50cc bikes are fun and I am glad to share my favorite hobby with my family.
Dj
Monday, 04 January 2010
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New Years Day Race
I have wanted to do this race for a few years now and this year I raced it with my cousin and his kid. I have heard that this is a muddy race because Washougal gets a lot of rain in the winter. This year would not disappoint me since it has been raining all week leading up to the race.
I saw a friend there racing and we chatted awhile about the 24 hour race and other rides. We all lined up for the start and after what seemed like hours we where finally racing. I was not trying to get a hole shot or even place in this race, but was riding for fun, so I took a conservative start and with the helmet cam filming started the race. The first thing I notice was how slick the entire ground was, not just "mud holes" but the whole track.
The first corner people were crashed and getting ran over, which is not fun because of so many people running studs.
I was doing good until the first bottle neck on a uphill. There were quite a few bikes on the ground, and I waited a bit to try but got stuck my self. I spend 10-15 minutes on that hill and finally made it past it. I was able to do 2 laps in the hour time limit. My friend did 3 and my cousins did 1. got a cool tee shirt and a years worth of stories to tell. This was without a doubt the hardest hour ride of my life.
Dj 118th place.
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
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Christmas time
Today we start our 'Christmas' by going to my mother-in-law's house. We will have dinner and open gifts. It will be fun and good to be with family. The boys are excited and are always looking forward to seeing cousins, grandmas, and grandpas. We leave to see my family on Christmas. Until we get back, enjoy your Christmas and the joy of the season.
Sara
Friday, 18 December 2009
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Let it Snow!!
It has been great fun for our two boys this week. Every day they go out for about and hour, or until their noses run into their mouths, and love it. What fun as a kid to play in the snow whether it is perfect or not. They have enjoyed throwing it, eating it and just in general being in it.
It gives mom a break for a couple of minutes and is nice. Christmas in a week. We are excited!
Sara
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