Some carburetors should not be rebuilt.

Sunday... playing around in the garage.

Happy Halloween Weekend

Paths that seem to lead far off into the unknown, often bring you back to where you started.

One of those extremely rare circumstances when I post a video. These guys did a really good job.

Old bikes, and old souls run best in the fall. Everything seems crisp and has an energy to it. Maybe its just the anticipation of it all coming to an end when the snow flies for both. But if you read this blog you know that snow doesn't stop the Shovel.

What We Call “Sacred”
Life is possible. Situations are possible. And anybody can start to gain some kind of insight and appreciation of their lives. That’s what we call “sacred.” It doesn’t mean something dramatic, but something very simple. There’s a sacredness to everyone’s life.

– Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, "A New Place, A New Time"

Great weather this weekend, too bad I gotta work.

The Shovel soils spark plugs in unholy ways.

Getting in the last of the weather before it goes to shit

Sunday Dharma

Attainment isn't scheduled

We should not have a time schedule to attain the goal, for our attainment depends on how we progress in our practice based on our understanding and development of our spiritual faculties. We must work diligently and mindfully toward the goal without setting any particular time schedule to reach it. When we are ready, we get there. All we have to do is to prepare ourselves for that attainment.

– Henepola Gunaratana, "Sitting Still"

Sometimes even Uncle Tim isn't as cool as he thinks he is.

Headin' back into wet and cold weather. Ironically, that means I may have time to do a little riding again.

New cheapo brass push rod covers

Dad's old $75 barn find Norton in the late 1970s