What's it all about?

My late father and I

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The picture above was when my father was in Korea, in his early 20's and below I am in my early 40's.

Summer trip to the Redwwods:After leaving Madras we continued on, to go see the Redwoods

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from the bottom of the pass, on to Eugene, OR. and then to Florance and Bandon, OR. to overnight.

Florance,OR.

Bandon, OR. On our way to Crescent City, CA.

Our accommodations in Crescent City. Cozy.

BIG TREES

Heading back to eat some lunch in Crescent City.

nice !

heading to the Crater Lake / Diamond lake area, we went through the Rogue River area first, nice day.

yup.

Wild Horse HD in Bend and off to Madras, OR. to over night and head back to Spokane in the morning.

The Redwood trip Summer of 2011: After riding about 400 miles from Spokane

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We decide to stop on the first evening in Madras, Oregon. My bud's bike is a 2008 CVO Roadking 110 c.i. mine is a 2011 RKC in the rear of this picture,

On our way to Mckenzie pass from Madras, OR. then to Eugene and over to Florance, OR.

The big white dog.... Saucy Greyhound

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This is Saucy, a very fast Greyhound of ours.....

The New Ride

2011-03-18T20:49:00.000-07:00

Here it is, my dream bike, a 2011 Road King Classic. This has the 103 c.i. engine with 9.6:1 compression, ABS brakes, and an oil cooler, and cruise control.

I had Vance and Hines power duals and Monster Round mufflers put on, and HD 255 cams installed. I also
had a removable backrest installed, if I want a luggage rack on it that will go on quickly too.

The ride is very good, and the bikes moves along very well with lots of power on tap. The exhaust rumbles and sounds great.

New HD for me

2011-03-06T09:40:00.000-08:00

I am a kid waiting for Christmas. I traded my '07 Fat Boy in for this new Road King Classic.
Notice the keys on the seat- Those are my keys for this new ride!

In a nut shell:
I have always liked the look of the RK, and this 2011 has the goods. This 2011 has the "Power Pack" feature, which is a 103 C.I. engine, automatic compression releases, oil cooler, ABS Brembo brakes.
It also has cruise control which I will really enjoy on those long rides- saves the arm. It also has the new frame which was was introduced in '09 and '08 on the CVO bikes. And another plus is the 6 gallon fuel tank.

Is it going to stay stock? Why would I leave this beauty stock....? (grin) Absolutely - No way.

Exhaust: I like dual exhausts and how they sound, and this bike will get some great Vance and Hines Power Duals, with Monster Rounds for the exhaust.
Air Cleaner: I really like the ventilator air cleaner- so I got that and a 4 point docking system and rear passenger backrest.
Wheels: I like the looks of the spoke wheels, but decided the RK standard wheels looked good and they are
less work to keep clean, and no tubed tires, makes it easy to fix on the road if you get a puncture. I my decide in the future to go with custom wheels, but for right now....I just want to ride the bike.

Engine: I had a 103 build on my Fat Boy, and it scooted right along. So, I decided to get some cams installed for this 103 factory engine to wake it up a bit and make the cruise ability even more pleasurable. I got HD 255 cams going in this to add some low and mid rpm punch. I know that there are better cam choices such as the tw 555 or others, but i want to keep the 2 yr warranty intact using MoCo parts. After 2 years rolls by, then maybe a new cam and lifters, and fueling oil pump.

I think for now though, that this bike will be...... an awesome ride!

Finished pictures of the bike home from dealer to be posted!

update

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THE GREYHOUND HOUSE

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This is the Greyhound Villa that I built for our 2 greyhounds. It is 4'x8'x42"

It is heated, fully insulated and I think they really like it.

I will post the pictures of it in sage green as we painted the house and this little one to match.

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Nothing like a LONG RIDE to just make a great day of things....

I need to get back on this bike

2007-08-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

This is my other ride. I have had this bike since 2000 , and it's my fourth in about 20 years.I got some new rollers to ride this November 2011, they are by insideride.com out of Oregon, Cool and well made,

These rollers are super. I have got about 2 hours on them in the first 3 days, Training for Winter now. 2012 looks to be a better conditioned me for cycling.

The Greyhounds....

2007-08-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

We have Greyhounds. In this picture, we have Shadow our male, and Annie our ( late ) female with the red band collar . Annie was 13.5 yrs of age when she passed away Sept of 2010. She was a dear girl, and we miss her presence. Annie was adopted by us when she was 5 yrs old. She had a four year racing career in Oregon, but she was injured and thus her race days were over.
Annie, was a wonderful pup, and we enjoyed her and spoiled her soooo much. ( miss you Ann )

Sadly, these guys do not live forever, and Shadow, died on my 51st birthday, August 4th. He was a gentle guy, and he is missed, he was always very mellow.

However, we do have a very rambunctious female by the name of Saucy. She will be 3 soon, and she is very energetic.

This is Saucy

The Harley

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This was my first Harley, my mid-life crisis machine, a fatboy. I put some good miles on it since purchasing it new in 2007. I put about 11,000 miles on it, and upgraded the engine from a 96" to a 103" with cams and Baisley heads and other stuff.

Well, I always wanted a Harley Road King, so I traded my fatboy, and I have a 2011 getting ready at the dealer.

I will post pictures when it comes home. Hope to post some video on youtube of the exhaust sound with the Vance and Hines pipes, should sound great.

If I were a carpenter....

2007-08-17T10:57:00.001-07:00

I am not a carpenter- However, I got a bug in my head to build a containment facility for a couple of spoiled greyhounds...

About the shirt... Living the dream now !