Canuck Plumber
Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!
Well, here we go again. Almost five years ago I picked up a bagger down the lane from my grandmothers house. It had sat outside under a tarp for at least 5 or 6 years before, and was used on a farm as a run around bike prior. The engine was seized and beyond saving. $200 bucks and missing parts.
Now the bike has been turned into an object of my desire. Like many of the bikes that come through the doors of this fine website, the bikes we build become a piece of ourselves; an extension of our personae. The cuts, the bruises, the drained bank accounts, and the late nights out in the sheds, garages and basements are the sacrifices we make to set ourselves apart from the regular folks with money to burn and no time to build.
Project bikes are never really finished. Sure, we set ourselves in the direction of what the bike is going to look like, but for many of us, we always look for that one thing that we missed. So we carry on, and either leave it with the promise we'll get back to it one day, or if we're lucky enough to have time (and money), carry on chasing that perfect build.
I'm fortunate enough to have finally found some time. The object of my desire is about to change. The sleek edge of my bike is going to spend some time on the whet stone. Parts are coming off. New parts are coming on. The street legal title it holds is heading for the filing cabinet and the fairings are coming out. You see, I've been bitten by a bug I found down in Bonneville. The Double Shot is starting over....again... 2013 is when we're going back.
A new build begins.
Now the bike has been turned into an object of my desire. Like many of the bikes that come through the doors of this fine website, the bikes we build become a piece of ourselves; an extension of our personae. The cuts, the bruises, the drained bank accounts, and the late nights out in the sheds, garages and basements are the sacrifices we make to set ourselves apart from the regular folks with money to burn and no time to build.
Project bikes are never really finished. Sure, we set ourselves in the direction of what the bike is going to look like, but for many of us, we always look for that one thing that we missed. So we carry on, and either leave it with the promise we'll get back to it one day, or if we're lucky enough to have time (and money), carry on chasing that perfect build.
I'm fortunate enough to have finally found some time. The object of my desire is about to change. The sleek edge of my bike is going to spend some time on the whet stone. Parts are coming off. New parts are coming on. The street legal title it holds is heading for the filing cabinet and the fairings are coming out. You see, I've been bitten by a bug I found down in Bonneville. The Double Shot is starting over....again... 2013 is when we're going back.
A new build begins.
