grandpaul
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I love the new place but it has a BIG problem - it is 32 miles away, about 45 minutes in typical travel. So, any "trip" to the ranch means an hour and a half of driving. So, unless I'm prepared to do AT LEAST 2 hours of work, I put it off until MORE work stacks up.Paul your bikes look great, by the way how's the new place going ...
My wyfe is not the biggest fan. She joins me out there once or twice a month, or for special events like the recent eclipse. We had a fantastic vantage point with the clouds literally parting a minute or two before totality, and remaining clear until a minute or two afterwards!
Anyway, I've recently gotten 2 major issues fixed on two ZRX Kawasakis, repaired a crash-damaged Moto Guzzi for the widow of a late friend, and I'm about to finish my middle son's Ducati that sat 10 years, to sell it for him.
The pond got fuller than it has ever been, to the point of overflowing into the creek's original course, that was nice (but it starts percolating away rather quickly). Also, it FROZE OVER in February when we had 3 days in a row of sustained 19F temps. I tossed a large rock on it, and it bounced, tossed a BIG rock on it, and it cracked the ice a bit and bounced, then I heaved a small boulder on it which just broke part way thru. It was fully an inch thick!
So, my two Dreer Nortons are resting peacefully, awaiting a time which i can finally strip them down and polish them back up to their pre-storage glory. That 4 months of dank storage was one of the most expensive mistakes I've ever made...