day 14

in an effort to get more regular, here are some more notes on my adventures in motorcycleworld.
It's friday afternoon and i just gotta ride, so it's a good excuse to putt down to Ace's on the river. Here is PeeWee who runs this place like a top. He is also part owner of Ground Zero the race team.
here is their link
http://www.groundzroracing.com/
PeeWee and OJ make a great team as you can see.
I am still waiting for one more braided throttle cable to come in. It has been back ordered again.





Then Sat. morning Linda and I ride back down to Aces', this time to give Roy, the leather man, another sketch of Larry's desired custom patch. and wowwie zowwie, roy shows us his new toy. It's computerized and "doesn't show up late or take breaks", roy proudly exclaims. He says he's not getting much else done, "I've got a seat over there for days i haven't touched, because i just want to watch this machine sew." I have Linda give roy the fianl colors and we double check the size requirements before leaving. he is such a good guy, i hope this new tool really helps him. There is no limit to what he can create now as a patch. In fact i've got to get to work on a "Z" idea. Hmmm? Hey what about a patch with the kinross gold symbol? why not?
On our way out i see this kid sanding down some bike fairing parts in the parking lot. I ask him if that was his car in the lot with the hot paint job. "Yes sir." he politely replys. Turns out he is Nick's boy. how proud Nick must be to have his son working with him. http://www.viciouscycles.org/

anyhoo,
here is one of Ace's Ace Mechanix, Mike. He is from boston and has the accent to prove it. Now i''ve not had such good luck with bostonions, but Mike is his own man and a good one. he loves what he does and does it well.now it is time to head south to the jaialai fronton to lay down some money on the Kentucky Derby. the race is in two and 1/2 hrs. I sure would like to come back here with some yahoooo stories. Of course i put 12 bucks on the long shot and linda picked the 8:5 boxed exacta. come on 16 i say, "would it spoil some all important plan?" we have a chuckle then head north to Beto's. Probably the best soul food joint i've ever been to. I think it may be the original Mexican music on constantly playing or the 5 pound burritoes for breakfast.
and so for now thats another installment of fun in lopezville for a hot saturday. tomorrow we plan to ride with Shannon from JZ's down to Johnnies Fillin' Station's big party. stay tuned...