Alright! Nobody did anything stupid in the world of motorcycles and Social Media so I can talk about my Sportster engine build! For starters, understand that I am modifying a bike that has been in a state of continuous modification for the better part of two decades. Longtime readers know that even though this is […]
Well, here we go. I was all set to share my shopping list of stuff for the new Evo for the Sportster – and the garage is getting full of boxes and the block is back from the machine shop… and some idiots had to go and get in a gun and knife fight at a […]
Well, with the demise of the Evo in my bike, I had planned on writing a little bit of what I was going to build into the new engine. Right now, I have a slew of parts on order and, as these project go, this one has started to suffer a little “scope creep” since […]
Well, fellas, it’s time for some new goodies. I kinda blew up the Harley. Actually, I blew a chunk out of the block when I wound out third. 94,378 miles and nearly three quarts of oil down the drain. So now I have to figure out if it makes more sense to scrap the whole thing and […]
I think everybody, by now, knows that I like old stuff. Old bikes that you can actually fix in your driveway. Old houses that have some history and craftsmanship in them. I love old guns made between World Wars. In every industry, there is a period when labor costs and material costs hit a perfect […]
Though banned in parts of Portland, “Ashes and Asphalt” is still riding strong. Follow along estranged brothers, Mike and Kyle Byrne, as they carry their dad’s ashes 2,000 miles to Sturgis. Available in e-Book and paperback
Here we go! New Year, new resolutions, and I’ve decided to write two sets of them. The first is that standard crap – lose weight, make more money, save more of the money I make and invest it intelligently… yada, yada, yada. The fun one, though, is all the stuff I’m going to do that […]
