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Thanks guys, it feels good to post again. Ben and I are starting a project in the shop as well and that feels good as well. Wednesday night Jenna told us that we'd need to get up early to be at the start of the event by 7am for tech inspection. Rob and I had spent most of that day trying to...

Hi Jess and thank you so much for the note. It truly means the world to me and certainly came at the right time. Yes, there's been a huge amount of tumult in my life but also in the world and frankly in everyone's life. Social media seems to just drown us in content and distract from the things...

Thanks. Sorry for the absence. I'm really struggling trying to figure out how to reinvent my life. There's been so much going on personally, professionally and with travel. I'm home a week and then gone again. My focus has been trying to write more and shoot video. I've tried it before but...

Okay you ******* - you win. ;-) It's been a real whirlwind the last few months. On many levels. Some hard and some great. I tend to not post unless I feel I have something worthwhile to contribute and since I've not been building anything but my sanity I don't post. My brother's take on social...

Thanks Sam. Yes, it has been a whirlwind. I sometimes open the thread and it starts from the first page and I can barely recognize that life. Nadia started high school this week. I'm still, 20 plus years on, shooting for Oprah but now in my house. My mortgage is now triple what it was when we...

Thank you guys. Yes, I am realizing that I need to simplify my life. I sold a bunch of riding gear in the last month or two and made maybe a $1000, a fraction of its worth, but the physical and mental space is worth more. I went on a ride the other day and went looking for my vented black pants...

Reposting and quoting the whole thing because, like so much of the contributions here, it's valuable and insightful. I've been carving out time to get back to the gym and to riding because my mental health collapse without that. My girlfriend Katie has been very supportive and most of all...

This. This is the key and coming from what was essentially a poor family where the answer was often, "We can't afford that..." I worked hard to be able to afford "things" and now things have become my prison. Two dozen well intended project that were bought for a song and will require a fair...

Honestly the support I got here and from Ben, Scott, Jacob and Sean was absolutely essential for me when I was in a dark place. In the end I couldn't really get motivated to continue and just gave up. And now I'm trying to regain my mojo and find inspiration in the house again. So thanks. Gregor

I think this is, in essence, part of why we're all here. And that curse is why we support each other in this sisyphean journey. The other day I stopped by a friends house to drop off a bicycle magazine. He's my regular bicycle partner and a broken his hip is keeping him in. He and his family...

I have a fun project in the wings - an old fan that I picked up after my brother got the same one. I forgot that I sold the one I used to have as it was a bit too rough and found a deal on a clean one. Maybe next week I'll get a free afternoon for it. So after the tree fell on the trailer...

Thanks all. And yes, projects are form of therapy. I need to figure out which ones will be most fun and helpful. Gregor

Right now I feel like my life is one step forward and two steps back. I've lived in the house long enough that I'm now repairing things I've repaired before. It shouldn't be a surprise - life is about maintainence; of your body, your mind, your car, your house and in this case your espresso...

So the one thing that I'll say on this is that the owner of the website who published that story had not published anything to the site in 6 years and then, suddenly, published several stories in several days. Suspicious. Maybe most importantly is that person is a friend of the person who was...

This is an attempt to catch up. Shortly after the 1 Moto Show and after delivering the Rev'It! bike to Denver I flew to California to meet up with friends/coworkers Matt and Chad. Ducati had called us a week before to say that the project they'd had us on hold for was a go. At that point it was...

Feb and March were quiet for work but I had one project that I just couldn't get excited about. Rev'It! had hired me to "remake" the 95 bike that we'd built about 10 years ago. I was excited because I was never thrilled with the aesthetics of the bike - the tank was too big, the seat too small...

So the exhaust is just a box with an opening. Inside the opening is a small baffle and screen. It's perhaps the least sophisticated exhaust I've seen given how much tuning is possible with a 2-stroke motor. So most of the kits are essentially a vent that you place over a hole you dremel out. If...

Thanks Thom. I like the old stuff for the simplicity. I think I'll go back and update the older chrome bumper stuff I have next. I use those for organizing my tether and power cords on my photo gear but wouldn't have thought to use them for anything interior. I like the small size of the mini...

Wow, glad you posted to the old thread - I didn't know about this new place. Congratulations! Subscribed again and looking forward to seeing this new dream space come to life. Gregor

Ha, the knives are beautiful. The sander? It also has a vacuum! Gregor