Monday, December 31, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Patriot Guard
We respect and admire the work of the Patriot Guard. Burying a loved one is hard enough without someone using it further their own pseudo-religious ideology. Below is a link about the Patriot Guard and the fine work they do as well as a link to contact info for the westboro baptist church.
contact info for the westboro baptist church
contact info for the westboro baptist church
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Something new for Wednesdays
We decided we want to dedicate a day of the week to legal stuff. We'll try and post things pertaining to your rights as an American, as a rider and/or patch holder. There is a lot going on out there with motorcycle check points, mandatory helmet laws, profiling and club discrimination. When you talk to anyone that rides, they'll eventually say something about "riding free". That freedom needs protecting and the first thing to do is become aware of what's happening both in your community and around you. You can bet your ass that if the states that run motorcycle check points get away with it, it's just a matter of time before it starts happening where you live. It's not just something happening to someone else and it sucks to be them.
Up first is a pair of videos about not talking to cops. We've all heard (either directly or from TV) "anything you say can AND WILL BE HELD AGAINST YOU in the court of law". Be calm, be respectful but most of all, be quiet. Don't try to reason, don't try to out smart him, don't get lippy, just do yourself a favor and shut the hell up.
Watch for the link to part 2 where a retired cop talks about the tricks he uses to get people to talk. - Sean
Up first is a pair of videos about not talking to cops. We've all heard (either directly or from TV) "anything you say can AND WILL BE HELD AGAINST YOU in the court of law". Be calm, be respectful but most of all, be quiet. Don't try to reason, don't try to out smart him, don't get lippy, just do yourself a favor and shut the hell up.
Watch for the link to part 2 where a retired cop talks about the tricks he uses to get people to talk. - Sean
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Redhead Rides Again
Last summer at the cabin run I noticed my bike was making a washing machine kind of sound. When we got back to town I asked Nick to listen to it with the stethoscope to see where it was coming from. It didn't seem to matter where we listened at, the noise just seemed to come from pretty much everywhere echoing all over the engine.We asked Nick's dad Bryan to listen. I knew it was fucked when the guy that's been building bikes longer than I've been alive scratches his head and says "I've never heard a bike make that sound before".
So I took her home and parked her for the rest of the season. Whatever engine work we were going to do this time around was going to be done at the shop on the bench so I pulled the top end and yanked the whole motor out.
What I found was some serious scoring on the piston skirt and the cylinder walls. Not good.
I took the motor down to the shop and Nick took the bottom end apart and found a few more things. Chunks of shiny metal in the breather cavity, a small chunk of metal chipped out of the crank pin and a nice chunk taken out of the bearing cage.
A complete rebuild. Fucking hooray and stuff.
We sat down and looked at the options and decided to go with an S & S 89" stroker kit and give it a 561 cam. The 561 had a little more lift to it than the SE-11 cam I put in it previously so we also upgraded the valve springs just to be safe. Since we were already in the heads we re-ground the valves and put new seals in even though the ones that were in it were less than a year old.
Yesterday I took the day off from work and we put her back together. I got down to the shop to find Nick had already put the motor in the frame. So I set to washing out the inner and outer primary covers so Nick could get the motor properly aligned and lock it down into place.
Once the primary was in place and full, we wired up the ignition, timed it, spun it over to get the oil into the cases, mounted up the intake, Mikuni and RB Racing exhaust. Adjusted the clutch and throttle cables.
It's important to understand that when my ride went down, my Bastard brother Jason let me ride his Sportster Sport, his backup bike after he bought his Dyna Lowrider. It's a shorter bike with low rising T-bars, mid controls and dual front disc brakes. For the last four months I've been more or less cooped up riding this thing, cussing it for feeling like a squid bike, learning the hard way to respect those dual discs, but grateful to be riding nonetheless. Getting on my bike in the pouring rain was a bit of a re-adjustment. I guess the old saying of "it's like riding a bike" holds true because it wasnt more than a couple miles and it all came back. Stretched out legs, arms and head held high. I was home again.
Now comes the hard part: rolling off 1000 miles without rodding too much while all the new parts break in.
There are more projects to come. Jason tore his Dyna down and sent his frame to Bryan to be chopped. Tommy has some piston slap in his Dyna and Nick...well Nick has the anti-christ of RevTech motors. So as we start making some progress on this stuff, we'll post it.
If ya cant ride safe, ride fast. - Sean
So I took her home and parked her for the rest of the season. Whatever engine work we were going to do this time around was going to be done at the shop on the bench so I pulled the top end and yanked the whole motor out.
What I found was some serious scoring on the piston skirt and the cylinder walls. Not good.
I took the motor down to the shop and Nick took the bottom end apart and found a few more things. Chunks of shiny metal in the breather cavity, a small chunk of metal chipped out of the crank pin and a nice chunk taken out of the bearing cage.
A complete rebuild. Fucking hooray and stuff.
We sat down and looked at the options and decided to go with an S & S 89" stroker kit and give it a 561 cam. The 561 had a little more lift to it than the SE-11 cam I put in it previously so we also upgraded the valve springs just to be safe. Since we were already in the heads we re-ground the valves and put new seals in even though the ones that were in it were less than a year old.
Yesterday I took the day off from work and we put her back together. I got down to the shop to find Nick had already put the motor in the frame. So I set to washing out the inner and outer primary covers so Nick could get the motor properly aligned and lock it down into place.
It's important to understand that when my ride went down, my Bastard brother Jason let me ride his Sportster Sport, his backup bike after he bought his Dyna Lowrider. It's a shorter bike with low rising T-bars, mid controls and dual front disc brakes. For the last four months I've been more or less cooped up riding this thing, cussing it for feeling like a squid bike, learning the hard way to respect those dual discs, but grateful to be riding nonetheless. Getting on my bike in the pouring rain was a bit of a re-adjustment. I guess the old saying of "it's like riding a bike" holds true because it wasnt more than a couple miles and it all came back. Stretched out legs, arms and head held high. I was home again.
Now comes the hard part: rolling off 1000 miles without rodding too much while all the new parts break in.
There are more projects to come. Jason tore his Dyna down and sent his frame to Bryan to be chopped. Tommy has some piston slap in his Dyna and Nick...well Nick has the anti-christ of RevTech motors. So as we start making some progress on this stuff, we'll post it.
If ya cant ride safe, ride fast. - Sean
Monday, November 26, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Tattoo Tuesday!
We're getting down to our last ride of the season. For the last couple of years Lucky Bastards MC has helped other clubs and organizations put on an event called "Vets That Ride", a fundraiser for VFW Post 63. November can be sketchy as weather goes in southern Idaho but we decided to include this important event of the year as part of our regular season, weather be damned. Once this last event is in the books we start tearing down our bikes and really digging in on the projects we've started. Winter projects for us are a stroker kit for my evo, fixing Jason's sporty that I laid down, Je's shovel will hopefully get wrapped up and Nick needs to tear down his RevTech. We wont be riding much in the coming months but we wont be slacking either.
We've been busy this year with our own events, showing support for the other events in the area and the clubs and organizations that sponsor them. So busy in fact that we havent been posting a lot of pics or really narrating whats going on. Hopefully this winter as the pace slackens that will change.
Until then, there's always boobies.
We've been busy this year with our own events, showing support for the other events in the area and the clubs and organizations that sponsor them. So busy in fact that we havent been posting a lot of pics or really narrating whats going on. Hopefully this winter as the pace slackens that will change.
Until then, there's always boobies.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
Mad Music Monday
If you wanna be respected, do respectful things to earn it.
In other other news, I took a bit of a spill on Jason's sporty last week and got the worst road rash I've ever had. Nothing broken and didnt hit my head. I'd say it could have been a lost worse, but I am a Lucky Bastard. Jason's clutch lever, perch, tank and fender are scuffed up but nothing too serious or expensive...thankfully. While I need to do right by brother, I also have an Evo that needs a rebuild.
Every bike I've ever rode for a length of time I eventually put down at least once. It's never been dramatic and 5:00 news-worthy. It's always something stupid, like front braking when I shouldn't be (sand and gravel) and ending with a twisted this and bruised up that with fairly cosmetic damage to the bike. In every case though I rode it home. My dad was really big on getting back on the horse that bucked ya off. He always said it was to teach the horse that he cant win that way which is probably true but it's also so fear doesnt have a chance to seep in. I've heard so many stories from or about guys who laid it down or had a close call and gave up riding. Whatever. To each their own. This big ass scab cant heal fast enough. I'm watching all these warm days go by knowing I cant ride yet, fall is moving in, my club and I have a ton of work to do and I'm already starting to go stir crazy.
In other other news, I took a bit of a spill on Jason's sporty last week and got the worst road rash I've ever had. Nothing broken and didnt hit my head. I'd say it could have been a lost worse, but I am a Lucky Bastard. Jason's clutch lever, perch, tank and fender are scuffed up but nothing too serious or expensive...thankfully. While I need to do right by brother, I also have an Evo that needs a rebuild.
Every bike I've ever rode for a length of time I eventually put down at least once. It's never been dramatic and 5:00 news-worthy. It's always something stupid, like front braking when I shouldn't be (sand and gravel) and ending with a twisted this and bruised up that with fairly cosmetic damage to the bike. In every case though I rode it home. My dad was really big on getting back on the horse that bucked ya off. He always said it was to teach the horse that he cant win that way which is probably true but it's also so fear doesnt have a chance to seep in. I've heard so many stories from or about guys who laid it down or had a close call and gave up riding. Whatever. To each their own. This big ass scab cant heal fast enough. I'm watching all these warm days go by knowing I cant ride yet, fall is moving in, my club and I have a ton of work to do and I'm already starting to go stir crazy.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Mad Music Monday
It's a song about a guy in love...she just happens to be dead.
You gotta be a certain kind of sick to roll with the Lucky Bastards.
You gotta be a certain kind of sick to roll with the Lucky Bastards.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
LBMC Cabin Run 2012
Every year Lucky Bastards Motorcycle Club goes on what we call the cabin run. Its a chance for all of us and the ol' ladies to ride some of the great highways in Idaho and spend some time together just hanging out and swapping stories. Traditionally this involves some portion of what the locals call the "Lowman Loop" which has different variations. This year we decided to go up 55 to Garden Valley, over to Stanely, drop down through Sun Valley and Fairfield and finish off the day at the cabin. Round trip is about 400 miles.
We rolled into Stanley to find out there was some craft fair and the place was slammed. Shook hands with a couple guys from the Vietnam/Legacy Vets MC while we gassed up then went and found some shade to have a bit to eat.
After we ate we left and headed for Galena Summit (8700 ft) and stopped for a smoke break. From the summit you get a pretty spectacular view of the Stanley Basin.
The north side of Galena Summit isn't too bad and you can climb pretty quick. The other side is pretty twisty with a lot of switch-backs and hard turns. It's not exactly a place for a novice rider. So when we encounter a guy who's doing 10mph under the speed limit and riding his brakes the entire time we try to stay off his ass and wait for a chance to pass him leaving him plenty of space so we dont spook him. This guy I have some compassion for since we were all noobs at one point but we encountered a group of 5 bikes as we dropped into Sun Valley that were not noobs, just assholes. If you wanna do 5 or 10 under and enjoy your ride, fine. I get that. But dont be a douchebag and speed up when people try to pass you. And if you do, dont be surprised when your loosely staggered formation suddenly doubles in size because you left us no room to pass.
The terrain changes pretty drastically from Sun Valley to Ketchum going from pine trees to sage brush in no time. We stopped in Bellevue for a smoke break and a picture on fence that we've been doing for a few years now. As I got off the my bike I discovered my air cleaner had been spitting screws and was hanging on by the last one. We threw a couple bolts in it to hold it together and headed down the straight stretch for Fairfield where we met up with Brett who had battery problems and missed the best part of the ride.
After Fairfield we headed towards Anderson Ranch Reservoir. In a wide turn one of the guys went into it a little too fast and caught some gravel on the edge of the road. Off into the sage brush he went holding it up until the end when he endo'ed. Rider and bike were okay for the most part (sprained ankle and a few scratches and dings). Once we got him back in the saddle we rode the rest of the way to the cabin.
Once we got to the cabin the beer got tapped and the food went on the grill. Chill time.
After a good night's sleep and a belly full of biscuits and gravy, steak and eggs and of course bacon, it was time to ride home on one of the hottest days on record - 106.
And that's how Lucky Bastards MC rolls.
We rolled into Stanley to find out there was some craft fair and the place was slammed. Shook hands with a couple guys from the Vietnam/Legacy Vets MC while we gassed up then went and found some shade to have a bit to eat.
After we ate we left and headed for Galena Summit (8700 ft) and stopped for a smoke break. From the summit you get a pretty spectacular view of the Stanley Basin.
The north side of Galena Summit isn't too bad and you can climb pretty quick. The other side is pretty twisty with a lot of switch-backs and hard turns. It's not exactly a place for a novice rider. So when we encounter a guy who's doing 10mph under the speed limit and riding his brakes the entire time we try to stay off his ass and wait for a chance to pass him leaving him plenty of space so we dont spook him. This guy I have some compassion for since we were all noobs at one point but we encountered a group of 5 bikes as we dropped into Sun Valley that were not noobs, just assholes. If you wanna do 5 or 10 under and enjoy your ride, fine. I get that. But dont be a douchebag and speed up when people try to pass you. And if you do, dont be surprised when your loosely staggered formation suddenly doubles in size because you left us no room to pass.
The terrain changes pretty drastically from Sun Valley to Ketchum going from pine trees to sage brush in no time. We stopped in Bellevue for a smoke break and a picture on fence that we've been doing for a few years now. As I got off the my bike I discovered my air cleaner had been spitting screws and was hanging on by the last one. We threw a couple bolts in it to hold it together and headed down the straight stretch for Fairfield where we met up with Brett who had battery problems and missed the best part of the ride.
After Fairfield we headed towards Anderson Ranch Reservoir. In a wide turn one of the guys went into it a little too fast and caught some gravel on the edge of the road. Off into the sage brush he went holding it up until the end when he endo'ed. Rider and bike were okay for the most part (sprained ankle and a few scratches and dings). Once we got him back in the saddle we rode the rest of the way to the cabin.
Once we got to the cabin the beer got tapped and the food went on the grill. Chill time.
And that's how Lucky Bastards MC rolls.
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