Drifting Whims

1927 Chevy pickup with Tri-Colour Cab

2011-06-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

Cedar at the roof support, red oak down the cabin sides, seat support in a darker fir or hemlock, runningboards in hemlock or fir. What to do?

1927 Chevy number plate deciphering

2011-06-05T22:10:00.000-07:00

1927 Chevy Capitol Number Plate

1927 Chevy 1-Ton Pickup Truck... Thanks StoveBolt.com

2011-06-05T20:25:00.000-07:00

An Australian Stovebolt in good running order. Just about to get torn down for some sanding to the cab and bed.

In the bed was a make-shift seat that we will be scrapping.

All Summed Up

2011-03-16T21:16:00.000-07:00

Bro, Great to hear from you.

Life is ... really swell... to put it correctly.
Sarah and Brent just had their baby last night 7pm on the 16th. She pretty much labored at home and went and checked in and had the baby about two hours later. No muss no fuss. Henry Gerald DeBoer.
But I'll be calling him Hank, especially during Moustache March. Then maybe Tank.

My homies are fine. Avery started Karate with a friend and loves it... I watched her without her knowing and my heart kinda melted.. never happened before while watching or coaching her. Just having Avery throw punches while smiling is really pretty adorable but I reckon I'm biased.

Regan went that same night to "Girl Guides" with a friend. Sorta like brownies or something... but came home kinda miffed that they "taught us how to hang wet clothes, and do ironing... and polish shoes... don't forget the shoe polishing." That was her smart ass direct quote that made Lisa and I bust out. Regan delivered it that way on purpose and was trying not to smile and be miffed. Man she is funny.

Our stuff that we shipped will arrive this week from the US -that will be cool. My motorcycle finally got approved for import and left last week and should be here around the first week of April. I just purchased an unlocked 3G iphone and a 32gb 3GS iphone and an iPad from my connection back home and Justin will be shipping that over. this week since everything is twice as expensive here.

Lisa is trying to stay busy and now that we have little Hank that will be easier for her. She and I have never been better. Her schedule doesn't leave me waving to her car as I pull in from work, or worse I'm not dragging along to keep up with her schedule. We hang. With each other. Enjoying each other's company. Being great friends and the main focus for each other- refreshingly it is the kind of marriage I dreamed of having when I lived by my fly rod and convinced myself I'd never be married.

As for work...
I spent a little over a month on the motorhome line going from the chassis on up the line to learn how each part of the process goes. I was asked to hang around a bit more to learn the "slide-out" installation and it was a brand new motor going in for the first time so that was cool.
Then a few days ago on this Tuesday I started my first jobby-job and that was to tear down an entire motorhome that had gotten rear-ended by a truck. It was cool. I bled for my employer, but it was great to have a job to do, and enjoy doing it.
I told Lisa, "They are paying me to dismantle a motorhome. How cool is that?". My hands are destroyed and small bits of fiberglass are embedded in my arms and cause annoying pain as the sheets and pillow rub it in at night but I'm so tired the pain is very temporary.:-)

I just finished it this afternoon and left the R&D shop to find a quiet place and write an email to you and kill a good thirty minutes before I head home and go meet Hank.

You should be on schedule to come over for a visit? Isn't your time coming up? Talk to someone. Figure it out. And once you guys get here we'll just have you chat with some people... You'll end up staying.

Thanks especially with all your help on getting the Blazer games. That has been a very stellar bit of servicing you have given us.

Really good to have you reach out.

Chutes And Ladders

2011-01-15T20:16:00.000-08:00

This indecision's bugging me

If you don't want me, set me free

Exactly who'm I'm supposed to be

Don't know which clothes even fit me?

So come on and let me know

Should I cool it or should I blow?

Should I stay or should I go now?

If I go there will be trouble

And if I stay it will be double

So you gotta let me know

Should I cool it or should I go?

To wrestle and battle with decisions small and large is the essence of the human condition. Some find it easiest and most comfortable to work for someone else, be told what to do and therefore leave themselves enough energy to be able to make other decisions once they are told they can go home for the day. I spent about 9 years just trying to figure out what I was going to do for a college major, trying this and that, going to school in several different states and lacking much direction. The only thing I could really focus on was the location of the nearest place to catch a fish and hopping from bar jobs at night and sporting goods store jobs in the day to help me afford to get to the river. I only recall odd snippets of my education for Trivial Pursuit and such. Most of my good learning that shaped me came through trying to understand the "Third Eye" of the Tibetan monks, or the work-wisdom of Ben Franklin through Poor Richard's Almanac. I didn't worry about what I was "supposed to do" in the eyes of the world, and had no inner turmoil due to this lack of "real direction" -that is until a few years into my first career-type job that took away everything I had in my heart for what I really knew I was "supposed to do" with my time I was given.

The Hindu have a caste system that puts the people of society into different roles based on their previous success in another life. I get that, but they might be missing the point of letting themselves get out of the current level in the life they are in and just improve on what they have going on today. What I understand though is that we all have the ability to do or not do what we know insides ourselves to be the next step in our lives. Some are called to wake up and go to a place where they make calls to sell something that someone else made and if anything goes wrong with the product someone else is handling the support for it so they can rest assured that they won't have to answer for the sale. It is a comfortable way to spend their days on this earth, but that is not me. I often wish it were me because life could have been so much easier. I wouldn't have had to wrestle and battle inside myself to get out of the "caste system" that I was allotted. My wife wouldn't have had to watch me spiral in and out of control while balancing the desires of my heart with our false desire for a plastic house in the suburbs of our home town. She wouldn't have had to spend a few years telling our daughters to "be extra nice to daddy" and "he's not really angry at you".

We are all playing a game of "Chutes and Ladders" from the day we come out of the womb. Whether we are born to a hunting tribe in French Guyana or the son of a cattle baron in Texas we all start out at the beginning and have nothing. The difference is that some get to land on more ladders to skip some of the work of walking the board - i.e.- the son of the wealthy cattleman. But I believe that for as many ladders as he gets to land on he probably has that many chutes he could choose to slide down as well. The son of the hunter in Guyana with a bone in his nose, has less peer pressure to steal a car and wrap it around a tree after washing down a mix of pills with a martini at a night club. The boards are similar and what we know as success at the end is respectively the same. We just need to focus on our game and not someone else's lest we miss our ladder and end up slipping down a chute.

2010-10-06T08:56:00.000-07:00

I need order before I can start. I'll spend an hour cleaning my garage before I rip three boards lengthwise for 8 minutes and put sawdust everywhere. It's a mental block I have. There are just some things that need to be a certain way before I can begin. There are certain things that need to be done in a certain order. There is an order to the mundane trivial things in life that has to be followed. Out of this curse is a blessing however. I question the way other things are done and ask myself is that the best way, and I have no issues removing everyone else's preconceptions on the way things are supposed to be.

This way of thinking works great for design. I built a deck a few years ago, and imagined the deck rail parallel to a small stream waterfeature that ran between two ponds. My children were probably just walking about this time, but I designed a mixture of large structural deck railing going from side to side between the supports and strong enough so that the kids could climb up the rail and peer into the stream. The norm on deck rails is vertical. Many couldn't see my vision, but once it was complete there was no mistaking that my ability to see things in a bigger framework of life is better for everyone...
...most of the time.

When emptying the dishwasher, I could almost blow a gasket if someone doesn't start with the silverware in the open door, then slide the bottom rack out and empty those items, then slide out the top rack and put the stemware away. If you start in any other order you get water on the dry dishes below. And sometimes it is that gritty water that holds a bit of Cream-of-wheat still in the concave, upturned bottoms of your drinking glasses. It just makes sense to do things a certain way. Why is the rest of the world so oblivious to this?

A long drive to the middle of no-where

2010-09-21T12:31:00.000-07:00

I stopped in Vernonia to grab the hunting regulations since I was in
an unfamiliar location on the border of the Scappoose Unit and Saddle
Mountain. At the Hardware/liquor strore/bait and tackle shop I
noticed coolant coming out like mad under my truck. The beginning of
a long day was ahead of me but I had elk on the brain.
I figured I should let the engine cool at the next gate I come to and
hunt for the day and deal with my truck later. I bought some coolant
and headed on out of town.
Engine temperature rose and I ended pulling off in a completely new
area that I hadn't planned on. Even through the steamy coolant smell
of my truck I could smell elk as soon as I stopped and stepped out the
door.
I had an amazing hunt stumbling upon two does right off the bat.
There was scattered fresh sign around each turn... bear, cougar, deer,
elk. I was "in it" all day. I found a great spot by being stranded
at this gate. I may have spent too long in one area and approached a
different area incorrectly but I know I can go back and do it right.
Earlier in the week I was reading a thread about "weird things in the
woods" on ifish.net. I remembered one guy posting that his friend
leaves golf balls up at intersections in the woods and trailheads.
Upon reading it I vaguely remember coming across them in years past.
Wouldn't you know it but I happened to come across one about two miles
into the back country. I had to take a picture of it. You can see
the ball in the lower left corner. It was a "2 SRIXON" whatever that
means. Label was facing up so I could read it without disturbing it.
At dark I headed to the truck. My long bow still felt light and my
legs felt strong. I hoofed it out in a hurry. It took me about 90
minutes to go 30 miles back to Vernonia. I could run the truck for a
while then had to shut it down. A guy named Allen came by and offered
to call my wife when he got into service. I had a new thermostat in
my truck, just no 3/8" extension to get the old thermostat out.
Neither did he.
When I rolled into the mini-mart where Allen told me to go, the girl
running the store was waiting for me. Allen had called ahead. When
she found out I just need a little tool, she made a call to Chief of
"Chief's Yota Builds" and he came over to the station and helped me
put my new thermostat on. He tells me he builds Toyotas and screaming
quads and such. This morning I looked for some sort of contact listing online for his business but I guess it operates a little more covertly. He was a heck of a nice guy. The whole town seemed
to have pitched in to get me on my way. I guess it sometimes takes a
village to rescue the fatigued in fatigues.

FinChasers Half-Page

2010-09-21T10:23:00.000-07:00

Timing is everything

Gerry in a nutshell

2010-09-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here is some great video that may encapsulate the epitomy of "The Good" in a Clint Eastwood film. The guy that doesn't mention "These foals will probably fetch a few million bucks". Instead he says "Do you like horses? Would you like to pet these?".

And the horses roll like Sting in the 80's... "Don't stand, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me".

Portland rock at it's finest

2010-09-21T10:05:00.000-07:00

Put it in any city and it would change musicians perspective on
what could be accomplished- the Rick Bain train swung through Portland as it does haphazardly around the NW.
-It is always showmanship in authentic form and generations of musical
influence amalgamated to the present day. Whoever is playing with him is reliably some of the best musicians available in the city that night.

Bold statement, I realize. His songs makes me smile in wonder and awe. The world needs to
experience this. And it happens every time he plays.

Sex and legos.
Eliot

The rise of opportunity

2010-08-16T14:09:00.000-07:00

Missed opportunities often come without warning. When I miss a trout
who gently sips at my fly it's often that my timing is off by just a
split second. What hurts the most is when I have been spending the
previous hours diligently figuring out the correct fly placement or
retrieve, or the right pattern or most likely changing all factors
over and over. Sometimes I feel like I add a negative energy to the
set up with my frustration in achieving success. Then an osprey
glides overhead and I get caught up in jealous wonder of her seemingly
effortless, gliding quest for the same trout. My mind wanders off my
game as I look for her snag nest in the treetops nearby and catch
sight of the glorious glacier capped mountain scape that I have
neglected to notice all day. It is then that a trout rises- when I
take my mind off my goal and the energy releases from my line and
allows a fish to come into the vicinity to swipe at it.

Removing layers of a hardened heart, again

2010-06-18T13:30:00.001-07:00

Dad,
So this is a great example of how email works well for engaging
another person. I can choose my words carefully and try to sum up a
whole lot as poignantly as possible.
Lisa and I had a great dinner party last night. 8 adults and their 7
kids -singing into our karaoke machine and parents dancing like idiots
with our kids and having some laughs over wine and cocktails on our
deck. These are friendships that are going on toward 20 years now-
great friends that still get my very best efforts for filling their
stomachs on a random Thursday night. I grilled two whole chickens on
my "beer can" roaster rack and slow cooked pork ribs in a huge dutch
oven all day and finished them on the grill. Every time I make either
of these two dishes people leave realizing they have never had much
better. The bummer is that I bet you didn't know that my grilling and
cooking talent is exceptional.
There are quite a few things you don't know about me. Did you know
that in high school football, there was not one person on the team
that wanted to go head to head against me? I'm just a small guy
really, but they said it "stung" when I hit them them. All I know is
that it was the only place to legally put every ounce of my body and
being into an act of such destruction toward another human. I
remember getting called out by a coach during my junior year and the
first week of pads with my new team when I transferred high schools -
after the third divorce. The coach stopped the play and asked in a
booming yell "WHO HIT Byrne!!???!??" I didn't answer. "WHO HIT
BYRNE???!" I thought I was going to get in trouble for sending the
starting senior running onto his back about five yards behind the line of scrimmage. It was also
the day after my mom and I had a heated argument that ended with me
staying at a friends house. Leaving wasn't something I had ever done
before -not like this. But I put all the aggression regarding my
family situation into that hit, and most of the other hits that were
notable in my career. I can't imagine having a son and not wanting to
somehow get a tape of him playing football or watch him get awarded
Valentine's Prince or the myriad of other things that are good. I
can't imagine not being there for him when he needs a friend- when
things aren't "good". I can't imagine talking to him in his growing
up years and not trying to find some excuse to see him, even if it's
just a VHS tape from a random Friday night game. I have spent the
majority of my life without any real family that is staying or
lasting. I have no brothers, no real cousins and that is what it is.
So when I see some time in my schedule and stupidly offer to spend it
with a dad who I have softened my heart toward in my later years and
get rejected... well it makes me want to put some football pads on.
My friendships are lasting because I care about others. But I have
learned to be okay with letting friendships go if they are unhealthy.
Why I still reach out to you is a question I need to keep wrestling
with.
I need to get better at being able to just let you go too, in a way I
guess- let you live in your world of not knowing how cool your son
really is, and somehow not take it personally. I have a few friends
who had dads die early in their childhood. I wonder if that is easier
to live with than the rejection time after time. I had thought I had
forgiven you for being disinterested in my life when I was younger. I
thought you had finally "learned" but most of that hurt came back with
my phone call to you this week. I am selfish for writing this to you,
because I am doing it for my own health. I just had to tell someone
how it felt... and how it feels all over again.
Dad, I wish you the best- if I don't then it would mean I am not
taking the necessary steps forward for myself.

Ribs DeBoer

2010-05-06T12:54:00.000-07:00

Get boneless country style ribs... but any cut will do I just hate
wasting space by adding the bone in there.

You Need:
Pork Country Style ribs boneless. (I like to cook about 8-12 lbs)
Liquid Smoke
Lawry's Seasoning Salt
2 litre of some cola full sugar... but you only use about 2-3 cans worth
BBQ sauce

A dutch oven and a grill and regular oven.

Directions:
Use a big dutch oven or other big pot. Mine has a custom rack in the
bottom that lifts the meat off of the liquid that sits about an inch
high.

Put the rack in the bottom of the pot. Fill pot with 1/2" of water
or so (halfway to the meat).

sprinkle the meat while in the plastic on the top side with lawry's
seasoned salt.

lay that seasoned side down in one layer and pour a sugarry cola on
like coke or Dr.Pepper basting the meat. How much cola?...
Well...Watch your liquid level in the bottom and plan out the same
amount of cola going in for the next two or three layers of meat.
(You don't want the liquid touching the underside of the lower layer
of ribs when finished.)

So you've poured some cola now sprinkle with lawry's again the top side.

add another layer of seasoned-side-down meat.

pour some more cola on, basting this next layer.

sprinkle some lawry's on the top side of the new meat layer.

add another layer of seasoned side-down meat, sprinkle lawry's and
cola-ize if you have room...

then pour two or three "cap-fulls" of Liquid Smoke kinda down a gap
in the meat and a few drops on the meat on the top.

bake in oven at about 300 degrees for 2-4 hours or 250 for 3-5 hours.

Then pull the meat out carefully since it will want to fall apart and
place the pieces on something so that you can start slathering your
favorite BBQ sauce on them. grill them for a bit to carmelize the
sauce and fill your gut until you can barely move from the table

Oil cooler adapted to a 1982 CB650

2010-04-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

I found a guy in Oz who machines an adapter plate in between the oil filter cover and the crankcase. We will run lines going in and out of the adapter plate up to an oil cooler from a later model bike like a CB900 or a nighthawk from the mid-80's.

He needed a picture of the area just to machine it perfectly so I posted some here for him.

I'll have to remove the horn I bet, hopefully I can keep my chains that work as my bar stop so that the clubmans don't hit the tank.

The Farmer debuts

2010-04-19T22:48:00.001-07:00

Brent DeBoer the Farmer

Raask Rear sets

2010-04-19T10:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a close-up of the rear sets I purchased from Omar's Cafe online. The ones they have for the Honda CB650 are not quite what is shown for the other bikes. They are a huge clunky piece of melted pot metal. But every hole is in the right spot and the only thing needed was a longer through bolt that went from one side of the frame through the engine and out the other side.
The rear brake pedal is actually the stock CB650 that I cut and welded then had the local truck bed liner guy dip it for me for 5 bucks- it adds a bit of traction from the oil the bike spurts out all over my legs and boots.

Cheers to the forum guys at SOHC4 that wanted some close-up pics.

Super Secret goose hunting equipment

2010-04-17T19:12:00.000-07:00

Nine pockets of nothing

2010-02-01T19:07:00.000-08:00

Most people serve sake warmed. I've never had it any other way. I inherited a bottle of Yaegaki through a friend's kitchen remodel. But I'm not sure it was taken care of properly. I didn't know it was in the bag of liquor for days. I thought we were getting Blue Curacao and vermouth remnants. It should have been chilled. It could be a tad "off" but how am I to know what is good or bad. I'm no connoisseur. In fact, I just read a taster's comment on ratebeer.com that said "jet fuel and alcohol bouquet" or something.

Anyway, I fixed it over ice with San Pelligrino, and a floater of gewurztraminer that my wife inadvertently opened.

I've still barely had a sip of it because it really isn't that rad. It's just killing the old taste of dinner from a few hours ago.

I had just a sip or two of the jet fuel while doing the dishes and timing my eight-year-old on practice tests of single digit multiplication tables...9x4, 5x5, etc. She got done with her first one with one second to spare and only missed one. I took a break from the dishes and reset the oven timer. I sat down to take the test with her and I asked Regan to find the START" button.

"What letter do you think "sssstaaart" starts with?"

Anyway, I finished with 1:45 remaining. When Avery was done I asked her to check mine against hers and see if any are different.

"Don't assume I got them right".

We argued over 9x4. "Nope. It's 36. What's 4x10? Now subtract 4." (I am pretty sure that this kind of instruction is pretty backward and I look forward to the teachers in my life having a laugh.)

The sake seemed to have turned on a different part of my brain and turned off another. I missed 3 problems. And they were the three on the test that included a zero. 3x0... I put "3", 9x0 I wrote "9". And I belly laughed when Avery showed me. It was the kind of laugh you do just to hide that much shame in an instance that doesn't matter. Then that other part of my brain that doesn't get exercised jumped up and said to Avery, "When do you ever work out a problem in real life with a zero?!!?"

I put my hand in the pockets of my fleece housepants and dramatically questioned to her "Let's see,... if I have nine pockets of nothing how much money do I have?"

A poignant statement in a recession I reckon.

2010-01-15T23:58:00.000-08:00

I know I'm a dreamer, but you must admit they are the coolest dreams.

Eliot

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Success in this dream

2010-01-12T12:54:00.000-08:00

I know it's there I just don't believe it yet.

The posting of colors on Facebook

2010-01-08T00:43:00.001-08:00

You may have noticed status updates being colors like beige, pink,
red, black.

Here is why:
http://whatsdnews.com/why-is-everyone-posting-colors-on-facebook/

The thing I need to remember everyday

2010-01-04T08:43:00.001-08:00

Feet fitted with Peace. "Walking" to peace not to fighting.
As I encounter others know that not everyone is out to take me down. They're just making their way as best they can. E 6:15

Eliot

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The Trifecta of a loaded question

2010-01-04T01:17:00.000-08:00

The Horseshoe Crab- the Creators favorite?

Fossils of this creature are found through three major extinctions
because they lived in an environment and ate stuff and did things that
was never radically changed. Some scientists say they can date them
back to 450 million years ago.

Are they God's chosen creature?

Are we supposed to learn something from the part they play in the
story? Feed upon and dwell among that which stands the test of time
perhaps.

Eliot

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Ephesians 5:15

2009-12-29T23:00:00.001-08:00

Incorporate a Wall St. perspective but reach beyond money and remember the goal is to cultivate relationships.

Who Buys Christmas Ornaments on Craigslist?

2009-12-12T18:36:00.001-08:00

Last Year's Vegas Ornament Thief

A wealthy widow hires a guy to put up her Christmas tree and place
her ornaments on it last year.

This year under the crunch of our economy she musters up the gumption
to decorate her own tree and save herself 100 dollars. When she gets
her boxes down this year she finds them full of newspaper and tissue
paper- devoid of all her old ornaments. Granted some were probably
nice crystal wacky expensive angels and such, but really???!!

The guy maybe gained 100 dollars at most on craigslist... but who
buys used Christmas ornaments??

What an awful indicator of where we have gotten in this world.

Players in Lake Oswego

2009-12-09T19:07:00.000-08:00

Did anyone else notice the faucet handles in the most afluent city in
Oregon have been stolen by meth-heads?

Eliot

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Fly fishing - A Moral Presentation

2009-12-07T10:32:00.000-08:00

Fly Fishing: A Moral Presentation

As humans we have the ability to constantly find better ways of achieving our means. Since the first man hurled a stone toward the animal that would become a meal for his family, humankind has been on an endless journey to find more efficient ways to serve our purposes.. However, when those purposes fall into ones of conquest, it is the one who has the most effective mechanism who triumphs, whether the victor is right or wrong in achieving his goal. With breakthroughs in more advanced technology, power is now in the hands of a multitude of individuals. Our time calls for this power to be blended with reason, rational thought, kindness, and balanced respect for both the natural world that is left and the generations which will inherit it.

In the past, men relied on the wilderness and its inhabitants for physical sustenance and its own survival. As technology has increased, a family’s dependence on the natural world has decreased. This has bred less respect for that which we do not rely on and it has taken its toll on the few wild areas we have left. Although as part of the animal kingdom we are still “called into the wild”, its purpose in our lives today is almost completely asthetic. Wild lands are a place for our return to normalcy. Inexplicable as it may be for some, nature plays a key role in the mental health of all societies since the time of clans and tribes. Therefore, to preserve all aspects of a healthy population for future generations, we must do our part to preserve nature. While a return to the wild may be called upon to derive pleasures such as fishing, we must consider less abusive methods in which to manifest those desires. The passion of the fisherman has been around since the beginning of written time, but it is now that we must find that balance of respect for those we hook to ensure the world’s fish will still school in the dreams of our grandchildren.

A human action is morally good, not because it is done from immediate inclination-still less because it is done from self-interest- but because it is done for the sake of duty. Immanuel Kant

Conventional methods for fishing the world over have been largely for the sole purpose of killing the fish for food. Therefore, little thought was given to the well-being of the fish. These methods involved the use of a uniform, thin line with weight attached at or near a baited hook. The weight was used to hurl the bait away from the angler toward the likely area of fish, and hold the baited hook stationary at the bottom of the streambed for an extended period of time. While it is unnatural for a fish’ food to be anchored in a moving current, it allowed the bait to remain in the view of the fish and in turn increase the likelihood of a strike on the angler’s line. Consequently, a baited line while stationary allowed the fish to completely swallow the hook causing irreparable damage and killing even the fish that were too small for the frying pan. The baited hook method does not allow the angler to release the smaller fish, if he chose to. Human reasoning should be used not only to find ways of bettering our civilizations, but to do so in the least obtrusive and ruinous manner.

Fishing with a fly has had many different methods and meanings over the centuries it seems. And we are coming back to some of the earliest methods a second time around. But to imitate a food source perfectly in order to catch a fish seems to be the recurring theme. The fish whose instincts relied so heavily on this natural food presentation were the sleek river fish- the trout, salmon, char. Certain families of trout for instance can feed with such grace that at times when an abundance of insects cover the waters, a watchful observer can count an unwavering, perfectly timed, rhythm between the trout’s “surface sips”. The trout concentrates its efforts exclusively on the size, shape, color and presentation (or natural drift) of the bug that is hatching, mating, or depositing eggs throughout the day. These insects are so minute and delicate that to skewer them with a hook to use as bait would destroy the insects body and wings and be unrecognizable to the fish.

So to catch the elusive trout, the earliest fly anglers began imitating these various insects by wrapping different combinations of lightweight materials around the shank of a fine hook. Common furs and feathers were used, and naturally repelled water. The structure of fur is hollow- allowing it to trap air and retain buoyancy for the fly. Feathers taken from various parts of birds had natural oils on them to shed water and keep them from sinking. Tying these flies to closely resemble the insect must have become a passion for anglers even when fishing for survival. To create the fish-catching flies using these inexpensive materials turned into an art.

Although these flies were effective, they had limited casting range due to their light weight. Due to the inventiveness of man, and the relentless pursuit of a few artists in this new aqueous realm, fishing lines were contrived to carry the featherweight lures longer distances and with greater accuracy. They were built to distribute weight throughout the entire line using the weight of the line, swung in rhythmic pendulum-like motion. The angler would then carefully place the fly at the desired distance and allow the line and fly to settle. Some of the first lines were made from woven silk and then greased for increased buoyancy. Longer rods also became the norm, allowing the angler greater leverage to wield these heavier lines throughout the day without tiring.

From the artful creativity found in the fly patterns to the beauty inherent in the graceful casts of the fly rod, this method of fishing evolved into a status symbol for some it seems. I imagine that when North America was explored by trappers and woodsmen fly fishing turned, once again, to a pure form: the most effective way to feed the primitive instincts of more fish in the family of Salmonidae, the trout.

These fish feed on one type of insect at particular moments throughout the day. Maybe changing their diet from large, orange caddis flies in the early morning to small, lime green mayflies at midday, and then to miniscule black caddis flies in the evening. Now that fishing pressure has increased and catch & release habits of today's anglers make the trout more keenly instinctive to what is right and wrong about a bug-looking thing in the water. So, a desire for larger fish or better numbers forces an angler to expend great effort in designing a fly that matches the size shape and color of the insects that feed the fish. The fishermen of today who will put themselves to the test of knowing the way of life beneath the surface of the water will reap the greater reward of the larger fish, not always. but more often. but, to understand the workings of nature in this way takes patience.

“We know the world only through our relationship to it. Therefore, to know the world, we must not only examine it but we must first examine the examiner… Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within, and it is certainly because of the pain involved in a life of genuine self-examination that the majority steer away from it." -M. Scott Peck

At some point in the evolution of thought and exploration of the physical and mental world, man has the choice to pursue the art of fly fishing not just as a means to sustain life, but instead as a passion. With an increase in civilization throughout the west we have other ways to more easily obtain a meal.

Truth is reality. That which is false is unreal. The more clearly we see the reality of the world, the better equipped we are to deal with the world.

There are other ways to catch fish that require far less preparation, skill and sober realism. Technological advancements in tackle have created lures that spin, buzz, clank and rattle. These were developed under the premise that if the lures could create enough confused emotion in the fish, it would strike. They work well for most species and it could be argued that they produce more fish, however the trout would still not be fooled entirely. Their impervious nature, we can assume through careful logic, could be directly related to the ever changing adaptations that life goes through in each new, successful generation.

Some fish, such as bass, will strike at a lure not out of hunger, but more often out of anger. They are more territorial. Anything making noise and disturbing the bass will be seen as a threat. Anything in any size, shape, or color that upsets the bass, will be struck at, even a large bullfrog or a small bird. The bass’ behavior revolves around their emotions.

“The less clearly we see the reality of the world-with minds befuddled by falsehood, misperceptions and illusions- the less able we will be to determine correct courses of action and make wise decisions.”

Some older species of trout, such as the Dolly Varden, have the same territorial nature. The land-locked species known as Bull Trout are on the Endangered Species List in the lower forty-eight states. They remain in only a few locations after the last ice age retreated to the North. Due to special regulations on these waters, Bull Trout reach phenomenal size: mostly 5 to 12 pound. A few reach from 15 to 20 pounds or more. To catch these beautiful remnants of the last ice age on hardware type tackle would be quite easy, but could prove to be very detrimental to the remaining populations. Even if single, barbless hooks on spinning gear were used, and the catch and release regulations were adhered to, the exhaustive catch rate alone would decimate the few that are left. They make eye contact with their prey, strike and I have witnessed several give violent head shakes before they even know they are hooked. This fish strain is a very emotional decision maker.

Rainbows and cutthroats are hardly inclined to strike at something because it is buzzing or clanking, except for a few lures like the reliable “Panther Martin” and the later “spin-offs” that imitate a small bait fish. These trout are still controlled almost exclusively by their instinct.

Exclusive Tiger Woods video released from police

2009-12-04T09:31:00.000-08:00

What the Future holds for Tiger...

Q. What's the difference between a golf ball and an Escalade?
A. Tiger can drive a golf ball 350 yards.

Police asked Tiger's wife how many times she hit him. She said, "I don't know. Five or six… Put me down for a five.

Phil Mickelson called Tiger's wife asking how to beat him.

Did you hear Tiger and Elin were out clubbing at 2:30 a.m.?

Q.: Why did Tiger crash into both a fire hydrant and a tree?
A.: He couldn’t decide between a wood and an iron.

Q. What do Tiger Woods and Baby Harp seals have in common?
A. They both get clubbed by the Swedes.

Police asked Tigers wife why she hit him with the club 2 times. She replied that she was taking a mulligan.

Did you hear Calloway just offered Elin Woods an endorsement contract pushing her own set of drivers. They are said to be named Elin Woods…"You can beat Tiger with these clubs."

My Wife's Birthday

2009-11-29T09:01:00.001-08:00

"Going to be 37 next week.", she says.
"Yep, that's cold", I reply.

Then it dawns on me what we are talking about.

Seth's Blog: Getting meta

2009-11-29T08:27:00.001-08:00

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Bulliwife: The Dragon Princess

2009-11-24T20:52:00.001-08:00

I can't wait to write this book with you.

The things you learn as an Outdoorsman

2009-11-23T05:13:00.000-08:00

This morning I learned that sportsman and meth-heads end up holding the door for each other during those really odd hours of the morning at 7-11.

Behind this smile are several years of wandering in the woods while
waiting for the right shot. This is my buddy's first deer. Three of
us have been learning to hunt since we got out of high school. All
of us lost our dads in some way at an early age and weren't ever brought out in the field and shown what the heck to do. Instead we have been
stumbling through the whole ordeal and learning with a desire to experience it
correctly, not just take a life with bloodlust or even a hint of
machoism. This animal was harvested correctly and it's meat will be enjoyed gratefully.

There is a lot behind that smile.

Passing in the night

2009-11-21T04:37:00.000-08:00

Sportsman and meth-heads end up holding the door for each other during
the odd hours at 7-11

Eliot

Sent from my iPhone

2010 will be great if...

2009-11-18T17:45:00.001-08:00

Here are the list of things to accomplish in 2010.

House:
Build garden shed

Media Productions:
Montage of TWAAFR
Montage of Treatment -music choices: Brian Coates, Chemical Brothers
"Believe", TAT

River Guide notes electronically documented completely

FinChasers:
Write extended treatment
Complete Drift Boat
Design 21st Century Pontoon Barge
Sell emblems
CABELA'S - new buyer in February
Dick's Sporting Goods
Sportsman's Warehouse
Wholesale Sports

Before the End of 2009

Media Productions:
Obtain the video bits of TWAAFR from Rodney

House:
Hang red boat
Screw last bits of deck rail

FinChasers:
Line-X Trailer rock-guard and steps
Take pictures with:
Driftboat (FCBoat, Wood?)
Motorcycles
Kayak Rack
Raft
Update site and price trailer accordingly with options

Emblem Invoice:
Sisters Fly Shop
River City
Western Tool Supply

Innovation

2009-11-10T22:06:00.001-08:00

Tonight a long-time friend and I brought our families together over a meal in Portland. We have known each other since diapers, drifted apart until my graduation from high school and then rekindled a very unique and withstanding friendship. Our dads used to coach football together when they were in college and still remain very close friends today despite their economic differences. You could say we two boys echo our fathers.
My wife actually looks forward to hanging out with them which is a blessing I never take for granted. We enjoyed catching up respectively and amidst my vocal wanderings with my friend we turned to politics in a way that only two can do when we know we may not agree.

Switching from back-country snowboarding in Jackson Hole, he says "I don't want to spend too much time on politics, but now that it's been awhile how do you feel our President is doing?" With a few glasses of wine under my belt I felt no shame in getting to my point quickly so I started with healthcare.

As of now I am unemployed and carrying only a major medical policy and I prefaced my soliloquy with that to him. Then I continued with "What do you want to know? Do I advocate socialism, communism? Do I dig Marxist theory? If we standardize healthcare by making the wealthy pay for everyone and even the playing field of coverage and the pay that the medical field sees it will in turn lower the standard by which we operate." He sat there silently knowing he opened up a can of worms that was going to get all over the boat in short order. "When is the news telling us of a new breakthrough that some Canadian made in asthma research? It doesn't happen because they aren't going out of their way to experiment and make changes to what we currently know because what's in in it for them?"

He quickly retorted from the gut "Yeah, they are waiting for us to do it".

Without hesitation I said "Exactly! That is what a free market economy gives us!" And the conversation ended just as abruptly as it started, yet we went on to enjoy the evening with each other wholeheartedly. That is a great friendship. I'd like to think the conversation turned away because he knows he just hit it out of the park for my team.

Innovation.

Could you imagine if the government dictated what we pulled our drift boats around on? Every trailer would be the same and there would be no one with crazy enough notions that there is a market for something better. No one would have thought to add a winch and roller to a flatbed trailer offering protection with all around versatile utility. No one would have spent hours in a machine shop developing a rack that held a gear raft above the drifter for the guides and super-avid river-rats. And definitely no one would have been allowed to add recessed motorcycle wheel chocks to the deck (because that is another agency that governs those products). We would have no trailer to haul motorcycles and quads as well as your driftboat and raft, not to mention just being able to use it for getting a load of lumber for the deck you had been been putting off. There would be a few regional manufacturers of driftboat trailers and a few manufacturers of motorcycles trailers and they would all operate under the guise of being able to build what they want, within their own specific limits of course.

What FinChasers has developed is the epitome of the free market and represents exactly what gets stifled when legislation removes the capacity/desire for an individual to achieve the pinnacle of greatness.

"Sucks to your asthmar, Piggy!"

2009-11-04T11:44:00.001-08:00

The Buteyko method of breathing for chronic asthma

This is a method of breathing that helps some asthma sufferers. My daughter has serious bouts with it so we will give it a whirl.

Fork Tube Diameter - crossover chart

2009-10-29T00:45:00.000-07:00

I ran across this on the net as a word document. It's the kind of information that should just be available in an instant to all bike builders. So thank you to whomever for compiling it.

Fork tube diameter is in the first number. Now it makes it easy to know what donor bike you should be looking for.

What would be real cool is if someone would star the bikes with a dual disc front. Because that is what we are looking for isn't it?

Fork Diameter Make Model and Year
27 Honda MB5 (82)
27 Honda CR-60R (83)
27 Honda XR-70R (97-03)
27 Honda XL-70K (74-76), XL-75 (77-79), XR-75 (72- 74-78)
27 Honda XL-80 (80-85)
27 Honda XR-80 (83-84)
27 Honda XR-80R (85-91, 93-03)
27 Honda CL90 (67)
27 Honda S90
27 Honda EZ-90 (91-95)
27 Honda ST-90 (73-75)
27 Honda CB-100K2 "Super Sport 100" (70-72)
27 Honda CL-100K2 "Scrambler 100" (72)
27 Honda CL-100S2.S3 "Scrambler 100 5HP (72-73)
27 Honda XL-100S (81-85)
27 Honda XR-100R (85-03)
27 Honda CT-110 (80-86)
27 Honda CB-125S (73-75)
27 Honda CB-125S (76-82)
27 Honda CB-125S (84-85)
27 Kawasaki KD-80A (75-76)
27 Suzuki TS-50L (78)
27 Suzuki TM-75 L/M/A (74-76)
27 Suzuki TS-75 M/A/B "Colt" (75-77)
27 Suzuki RM-80 B (77)
27 Suzuki RM-80 C (78)
27 Suzuki RV-90 L/M/A/B "Rover" (74-77)
27 Suzuki DS-100 C/N/T/X (78-81)
27 Suzuki TS-100 C/N (78-79)
27 Yamaha YSR-50 T/U/W/A/B/D (87-92)
27 Yamaha YZ-80 A/B/C/D/E/F (74-79)
27 Yamaha DT-100 D/E/F/G/H/J/K (77-83)
27 Yamaha MX-100 F/G/H/J/K (79-83)
27 Yamaha RT-100 A/D/E/F/G/H/J/K/L/M (90, 92-00)
30 Honda CR-60R (84)
30 Honda CR-80R (80-81)
30 Kawasaki KX-60A1/A2 (83-84),
30 Kawasaki KDX-80A1-A2/B2-B3/C1-C5 (80-88)
30 Kawasaki KX-80 A1/A2/C1 (79-81)
30 Kawasaki KE-100A5-A10 (76-81)
30 Kawasaki KE-100B1-B20 (82-01)
30 Kawasaki KLT-110A2 (85)
30 Kawasaki KLT-160A1 (85)
30 Suzuki RM-60 K3 (03)
30 Suzuki RM-80 N/T/X (79-81)
30 Suzuki RM-80 Z/D/E/F (82-85)
30 Suzuki TC-90 J
30 Suzuki B-100 P
30 Suzuki DR-100 D/E/F/G/H/J/K/L (83-90)
30 Suzuki RM-100 A/B (76-77)
30 Suzuki RM-100 C (78)
30 Suzuki TC-100 K/L/M/A/B "Blazer" (73-77)
30 Suzuki TS-100 K/L/M/A/B "Honcho" (73-77)
30 Suzuki TS-100 T/X (80-81)
30 Suzuki DR-Z110 K3/K4 (03-04)
30 Suzuki DR-Z125 L K3/K4 (03-04)
30 Suzuki DS-125 N/X/T (79-81)
30 Suzuki RV-125 K/L/M/A/B "Tracker" (73-77)
30 Suzuki TC-125 K/L/M/A/B "Prospector" (73-77)
30 Suzuki TM-125 K/L/M "Challenger" (73-75)
30 Suzuki TS-125 R/J/K/L/M/A/B "Duster" (71-77)
30 Suzuki TS-125 C/N (78-79)
30 Suzuki DS-185 C (78)
30 Suzuki GT-185 K/L "Adventurer" (73-74)
30 Suzuki GT-185 M/A/B "Adventurer" (75-77)
30 Suzuki TS-185 R/J/K/L/M/A/B "Sierra" (71-77)
30 Suzuki TS-185 C (78)
30 Suzuki T 200
30 Yamaha DT-50 U/W/A DTL/C (88-90)
30 Yamaha YZ-80 G/H/J (80-82)
30 Yamaha DT-100 A/B/C (74-76)
30 Yamaha MX-100 A/B (74-75)
30 Yamaha DT-125 A/B/C (74-76)
30 Yamaha MX-125 A/B (74-75)
30 Yamaha TT-125 RM/RMC (00)
30 Yamaha TTR-125N/LN/P/LPC/R/LR/S/LS/E/LES (01-04), TZ-125 G (80)
30 Yamaha YZ-125 A/B (74-75)
30 Yamaha DT-175 A/B/C (74-76)
30 Yamaha MX-175 A/B (74-75)
30 Yamaha TY-175 B/C (75-76)
30 Yamaha YT-175 J/K (82-83)
30 Yamaha SR-185 H/J "Exciter" (81-82)
30 Yamaha RD-200A/B/C (74-76)
31 Honda CR-80R (82)
31 Honda CR-80R (83)
31 Honda SL-100 K (69-70)
31 Honda XL-100 (74-78)
31 Honda XL-100S (80 From 5103464)
31 Honda CB-125TT (90)
31 Honda CR-125M/M1 "Elsinore" (74-75)
31 Honda MT-125K (74-76)
31 Honda SL-125 "Motosport 125" (72-73)
31 Honda TL-125K "Trials 125" (73-75)
31 Honda XL-125K/K1 (74-78)
31 Honda XL-125S (80 From 5005876- 82, 84)
31 Honda XL-125S (85)
31 Honda CB-175K3-K7 (69-73)
31 Honda MR-175 "Elsinore" (76-77)
31 Honda SL-175K1 (71)
31 Honda CM-185T "Twinstar" (78-79 To 2111990)
31 Honda CM-185T "Twinstar" (79 From 2111991)
31 Honda XL-185S (79-80 To 5006890)
31 Honda XL-185S (80 From 5006891 - 83)
31 Honda CB-200T (75-76)
31 Honda CM-200T "Twinstar" (80 To 2012204)
31 Honda CM-200T "Twinstar" (80-82)
31 Honda TR-200 "Fatcat" (86-87)
31 Honda XR-200 (80-84)
31 Honda CB-250 "Nighthawk" (91-04)
31 Honda CM-250C "Custom" (82-83)
31 Kawasaki KX-80 C2 (82)
31 Kawasaki KX-125/ A1-A3 (74-77)
31 Kawasaki KZ-200A1/A2 (78-79)
31 Kawasaki KZ-250D1/D2 (80-81)
31 Kawasaki KZ-250L1 "CSR" (82)
31 Kawasaki EX-305B1 "GP" (83)
31 Suzuki SP-100 D (83)
31 Yamaha DT-125 E (78)
31 Yamaha DT-175 E (78)
32 Kawasaki KE-175B1-B3 (76-78)
32 Suzuki DR-125 Z/D/E (82-84)
32 Suzuki GN-125 Z/D (82-83)
32 Suzuki GN-125 EM/EN/EP/ER/ES/ET/EV (91-97)
32 Suzuki SP-125 Z/D (82-83)
32 Suzuki TS-125 T/X (80-81)
32 Suzuki DS-185 N (79)
32 Suzuki DS-185 T (80)
32 Suzuki TS-185 N (79)
32 Suzuki TS-185 T/X (80-81)
32 Yamaha YZ-100 D/E/F (77-79)
32 Yamaha DT-125 F/G/H (79-81)
32 Yamaha IT-125 G (80)
32 Yamaha DT-175 F/G/H (79-81)
32 Yamaha MX-175 F/G/H (79-81)
32 Yamaha SR-250 G/H/J/TH "Exciter" (80-82)
33 Honda CR-80R (84)
33 Honda CR-80R (85-86)
33 Honda TLR-200 (86-87) "Reflex"
33 Honda XL-200R (83-84)
33 Honda CMX-250C (85-87, 96-04)
33 Honda CMX-250C2 (99-00)
33 Honda TL-250K "Trials 250" (75-76)
33 Honda CB-350F/F1/G (72-74)
33 Honda CL-350 "Scrambler 350" (72-73)
33 Honda CB-360/T (75-76), CL-360K (74), CJ-360T (76-77)
33 Honda CJ-360T (76-77)
33 Honda CB-400A "Hondamatic" (78)
33 Honda CB-400A "Hondamatic" (78)
33 Honda CB-400T I & T II "Hawk" (78-79)
33 Honda CB-400T (80 From 2004662 - 81)
33 Honda CB-400T (80 To 2004661)
33 Honda CM-400A "Hondamatic" (79-81)
33 Honda CM-400T (79-81)
33 Honda CM-400E (80-81)
33 Honda CM-400T (79-80 To 2114344)
33 Honda CB-450SC (82-86)
33 Honda CM-450A/E (82-83)
33 Honda CX-500 (78-79), CX-500C (79), CX-500D (79)
33 Honda CX-500C "Custom" (80)
33 Honda CX-500C "Custom" (80)
33 Kawasaki KX-65A1-A5 (00-04)
33 Kawasaki KX-80E1 (83)
33 Kawasaki KX-80E2/E3 (84-85)
33 Kawasaki KZ-305A1/A2 "CSR" (81-82)
33 Kawasaki KZ-400A1/A2 "Deluxe" (77-78)
33 Kawasaki KZ-400C1 (78)
33 Kawasaki KZ-400H1 "Ltd" (79)
33 Kawasaki KZ-440A1 "Ltd" (80)
33 Kawasaki KZ-440A2-A4 "Ltd" (81-83)
33 Kawasaki KZ-440D1 "Ltd" (80)
33 Kawasaki KZ-440D2-D4 "Ltd" (81-83)
33 Suzuki RM-65K3/K4 (03-04)
33 Suzuki RM-80 G/H/J (86-88)
33 Suzuki GN-250 Z/D (82-83)
33 Suzuki GS-250 TT/TX (80-81)
33 Suzuki GT-250 K/L/M/A/B "Hustler" (73-77)
33 Suzuki GS-300 LZ/LD (82-83)
33 Suzuki GT-380 J/K "Sebring" (72-73)
33 Suzuki GT-380 L/M/A/B "Sebring" (74-77)
33 Suzuki GS-400 B/XB (77)
33 Suzuki GS-400 C/XC (78)
33 Suzuki GS-425 N/EN (79)
33 Suzuki GS-450 ET/ST/EX/SX/EZ/ED (80-83)
33 Suzuki GS-450 GAZ/GAD (82-83)
33 Suzuki GS-450 LT/LX/LZ (80-82)
33 Suzuki GS-450 TX/TZ/TXZ/TXD(81-83)
33 Yamaha YZ-80 K/L/N/S/T/U/W/A/B/D (83-92)
33 Yamaha BW-200 ES/ET/EU (86-88)
33 Yamaha TW-200 T/TC/U/UC/W/WC/A/AC/B/BC/D/DC/E/EC "Trailway" (87-93)
33 Yamaha TW-200 F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/EK/EKC "Trailway" (94-98)
33 Yamaha TW-200 L/LC/M/MC/N/NC/P/PC/R/RC/S/SC (99-04)
33 Yamaha SRX-250 T/TC (87)
33 Yamaha XV-250 U/UC/W/WC/A/AC (88-90)
33 Yamaha XV-250 G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/K/KC/L/LC (95-99)
33 Yamaha BW-350 U (88)
33 Yamaha XS-360 C/D/2D (76-77)
33 Yamaha XS-400 D/E/2E/F/2F/G/H (77-81)
33 Yamaha XS-400 SG/SH (80-81)
34 Suzuki T 250
34 Suzuki T-250 II
34 Suzuki TM-250 J/K (72-73)
34 Suzuki TS-250 R/J/K/L/M/A "Savage" (71-76)
34 Suzuki TC-305
34 Suzuki T-350 1 / 2
34 Suzuki TM-400 R "Cyclone" (71)
34 Suzuki TM-400 J "Cyclone" (72)
34 Suzuki TS-400 J/K/L/M/A/B "Apache" (72-77)
34 Suzuki T-500 1/2/3, T-500M (75)
34 Yamaha YZ-100 C (76)
34 Yamaha MX-125 C (76)
34 Yamaha YZ-125 C (76)
34 Yamaha DT-250 A/B/C (74-76)
34 Yamaha DT-250 D/E (77-78)
34 Yamaha DT1/1B/1S/1C/1C-MX (68-70)
34 Yamaha DT1E/1MX (71)
34 Yamaha MX-250/A/B (73-75)
34 Yamaha TY-250 A/C/D (74, 76-77)
34 Yamaha RD-350/A/B (73-75)
34 Yamaha DT-360 A (74)
34 Yamaha YZ-360 A/B (74-75)
34 Yamaha DT-400 B/C/D/E (75-78)
34 Yamaha MX-400 B (75)
34 Yamaha SC-500/A (73-74)
34 Yamaha TX-500/A/ XS-500B (73-75)
34 Yamaha XS1/1B/2/TX-650 (71-73)
34 Yamaha XS1/1B/2/ TX-650 (70-73)
35 Honda CR-80R (87-95)
35 Honda CR-125M "Elsinore" (76)
35 Honda CR-125M "Elsinore" (77-78)
35 Honda NX-125 (88-90)
35 Honda XR-200R (81-83)
35 Honda CL72 "Scrambler 250"
35 Honda CR-250M/M1 "Elsinore" (73, 75-76)
35 Honda MR-250 "Elsinore" (76)
35 Honda VTR-250 "Interceptor VTR" (88-90)
35 Honda XL-250 "Motosport 250" (72, 74-76)
35 Honda XL-250S (78-80 To 5204066)
35 Honda XL-250S (80 From 5204067 - 81)
35 Honda XR-250 (79-80)
35 Honda CL77 "Scrambler 305"
35 Honda SL-350 "Motosport 350" (72)
35 Honda XL-350 (74-78)
35 Honda CL-450 "Scrambler" (69-72)
35 Honda CB-450 (70-74)
35 Honda CB-500 "500 Four" (71-73)
35 Honda CX-500C "Custom" (81-82)
35 Honda GB-500 (89-90)
35 Honda GL-500/I (81-82)
35 Honda XL-500S (79-80 To 5104835)
35 Honda XL-500S (80- 81)
35 Honda CB-550 "550 Four K" (74-78)
35 Honda CB-650 (79-80)
35 Honda CB-650 (81-82)
35 Honda CB-650C (80 To 2009951)
35 Honda CB-750K (69)
35 Honda CB-750 "750 Four" (70, 72)
35 Honda CB-750A "750 Hondamatic" (76-78)
35 Honda CB-750C "Custom" (80-82)
35 Honda CB-750F "Super Sport" (75-78)
35 Honda CB-750F (79-80)
35 Honda CBX (79-80)
35 Kawasaki KX-80 G1/G2 (86-87)
35 Kawasaki KX-80 L1-L3/N1-N3 (88-90)
35 Kawasaki KE-175D1-D4 (80-83)
35 Kawasaki EX-250E1/E2 "Ninja" (86-87)
35 Kawasaki KE-250B1-B3 (77-79)
35 Kawasaki KZ-550H1/H2 "GP" (82-83)
35 Kawasaki ZX-550A1-A3 "GPz" (84-86)
35 Suzuki RM-80 K/L/M/N/P (89-93)
35 Suzuki RM-80 R/S/T/V/W/X/Y/K1 (94-01)
35 Suzuki RM-100 N/T/X (79-81)
35 Suzuki DR-125 G/H/J (86-88)
35 Suzuki DR-125 SER/SES/SET (94-96)
35 Suzuki RM-125 M/A (75-76)
35 Suzuki SP-125 G/H/J (86-88)
35 Suzuki DR-200 G/H/J (86-88)
35 Suzuki DR-200 SET/SEV/SEW/SEX/SEY/SEK1/SEK2/SK3 (96-03)
35 Suzuki RL-250 L/M "Exacta" (74-75)
35 Suzuki SP-250 Z/D/F (82-83, 85)
35 Suzuki TS-250 1 "Savage" (69)
35 Suzuki TS-250 B/C/N (77-79)
35 Suzuki GN-400 T/XT/XX/TX/TZ (80-82)
35 Suzuki TM-400 K/L/M "Cyclone" (73-75)
35 Suzuki GS-450 LD (83)
35 Suzuki GS-450 LF/LG/LH/LJ (85-88)
35 Suzuki GT-500 A/B "Titan" (76-77)
35 Suzuki RE-5M, A
35 Suzuki GS-550 LX/ LZ (81-82)
35 Suzuki GS-550 B/C/EC (77-78)
35 Suzuki GS-550 LN/LT (79-80)
35 Suzuki GS-550 LG (86)
35 Suzuki GT-550 J/K "Indy" (72-73)
35 Suzuki GT-550 K (KAYABA)/ L (73-74)
35 Suzuki GR-650 D/XD "Tempter" (83)
35 Suzuki GS-650 EX/EZ(81-82)
35 Suzuki GS-650 GLX/GLZ/GLD(81-83)
35 Suzuki GS-750 B/C/EC (77-78)
35 Suzuki GS-750 EX/EZ (81-82)
35 Suzuki GS-750 LT/LX (80-81)
35 Suzuki GS-750 TZ/TD (82-83)
35 Suzuki GT-750 J/K/L/M/A/B "Lemans" (72-77)
35 Yamaha YZ-100 G/H (80-81)
35 Yamaha IT-125 H (81)
35 Yamaha RT-180A/B/C (90-93)
35 Yamaha XT-200 J/K/KC (82-83)
35 Yamaha XT-250 G/H/J/K/KC (80-83)
35 Yamaha TZ-250 C/D/E (76-78)
35 Yamaha TZ-250 F (79)
35 Yamaha RZ-350 L/N/NC/NCII (84-85)
35 Yamaha TZ-350 /C/D/E (72-78)
35 Yamaha XS-400 J/K "Maxim" (82-83)
35 Yamaha SR-500 E/F/G/H (78-81)
35 Yamaha XS-500 C/D/E (76-78)
35 Yamaha XJ-550 RH/RJ/RK "Seca" (81-83)
35 Yamaha XZ-550 RJ/RK "Vision" (82-83)
35 Yamaha XS-650 D/E/F/2F (77-79)
35 Yamaha XS-650 SE/SF/SG/SH/SJ (78-82)
35 Yamaha TX-750/A (73-74)
35 Yamaha XS-750 D (77)
36 Honda XR-200R (84-02)
36 Kawasaki KX-80 T2-T4 (92-94)
36 Kawasaki KX-85 A1-A4 (01-04)
36 Kawasaki KX-100B5-B7 (95-97),
36 Kawasaki KX-125 A4-A5 (78-79)
36 Kawasaki EL-250B2/B3 (88-89)
36 Kawasaki EX-250F2-F4, F6-F18 "Ninja 250R" (88-90, 92-04)
36 Kawasaki KL-250A3-A5 (80-82)
36 Kawasaki KL-250D2-D21 "KLR250" (85-04)
36 Kawasaki KLX-250A1/A2 (79-80)
36 Kawasaki KX-250 A/A1/A2 (74-76)
36 Kawasaki KX-250 A3 (77)
36 Kawasaki KX-250 A4 (78)
36 Kawasaki KXT-250A1/A2 (84-85)
36 Kawasaki KX-400 A1/A2 (75-76)
36 Kawasaki EN-450A1-A6 "454 Ltd" (85-90)
36 Kawasaki H1-B/D/E/F (72-75)
36 Kawasaki EN-500A1-A7 "Vulcan 500" (90-96)
36 Kawasaki KH-500A8 (76)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550A1-A2 (80-81)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550A3-A4 (82-83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550C2-C4 "Ltd" (81-83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-550F1/F2 "Spectre/Ltd" (83-84)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650B1-B3 (77-79)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650D1-D2 "SR" (78-79)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650F1 (80)
36 Kawasaki KZ-650H1-H3 "CSR" (81-83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-700A1 (84)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750B1-B4 (76-79)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750F1 "Ltd" (83)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750E1 (80)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750E2-E3 (81-82)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750K1/K2 "Ltd" (83-84)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750M1 "CSR" (82)
36 Kawasaki KZ-750N1/N2 "Spectre" (82-83)
36 Kawasaki Z1/A/B 900 (73-75)
36 Kawasaki KZ-1000A1-A4 (77-80)
36 Kawasaki KZ-1000D1/ D3 "Z1-R" (78, 80)
36 Suzuki RM-100 K3 (03)
36 Suzuki RM-125 B/C (77-78)
36 Suzuki RM-125 B/C (77-78)
36 Suzuki PE-175 C/N/T/X (78-81)
36 Suzuki PE-175 C/N/T/X (78-81)
36 Suzuki RS-175 T/X/Z (80-82)
36 Suzuki RS-175 T/X/Z (80-82)
36 Suzuki DR-250 Z/D/E/F (82-85)
36 Suzuki DR-250 Z/D/E/F (82-85)
36 Suzuki PE-250 B/C (77-78)
36 Suzuki PE-250 B/C (77-78)
36 Suzuki PE-250 N/T/X (79-81)
36 Suzuki PE-250 N/T/X (79-81)
36 Suzuki RS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki RS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki TS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki TS-250 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki DR-370 C (78)
36 Suzuki DR-370 C (78)
36 Suzuki DR-370 N (79)
36 Suzuki DR-370 N (79)
36 Suzuki SP-370 C (78)
36 Suzuki SP-370 C (78)
36 Suzuki DR-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki DR-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki PE-400 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki PE-400 T/X (80-81)
36 Suzuki SP-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki SP-400 T (80)
36 Suzuki DR-500 X/Z/D (81-83)
36 Suzuki DR-500 X/Z/D (81-83)
36 Suzuki SP-500 X/Z/D (81-83)
36 Suzuki SP-500 X/Z/D (81-83)
36 Yamaha YZ-80 E1/F1/G1/H1/J1/K1/L1/M1/N1 (93-01)
36 Yamaha YZ-85P-S (02-04)
36 Yamaha YZ-100 J/K (82-83)
36 Yamaha YZ-125 D/E/F/G (77-80)
36 Yamaha IT-175 D/E/F (77-79)
36 Yamaha IT-175 G/H (80-81)
36 Yamaha TT-225 S/T (86-87)
36 Yamaha TTR-225 L/LC, N/NC/P/PC/R/RC/S/SC (99, 01-04)
36 Yamaha XT-225 D/DC-S/SC (92-04)
36 Yamaha DT-250 F (79)
36 Yamaha IT-250 D/E/F (77-79)
36 Yamaha IT-250 G (80)
36 Yamaha XT-250 L/LC (84)
36 Yamaha TT-250 G/H/J (80-82)
36 Yamaha TZ-250 G/H/J (80-82)
36 Yamaha TY-350 N/S (85-86)
36 Yamaha XT-350 L/LC/N/NC/S/SC/T/TC/U/UC/W/WC/A/AC/B/BC (84-91)
36 Yamaha XT-350 D/DC/E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/K/KC (92-98)
36 Yamaha XT-350 L/LC/M/MC (99-00)
36 Yamaha IT-400 C/D/E/F (76-79)
36 Yamaha IT-425 G (80)
36 Yamaha TT-500 C/D/E (76-78)
36 Yamaha TT-500 F/G/H (79-81)
36 Yamaha XT-500 C/D/E/F/G/H (76-81)
36 Yamaha XV-500K "Virago" (83)
36 Yamaha XV-535 T/TC/U "Virago" (87-88)
36 Yamaha XV-535 E/EC/F/FC/SF/SFC/G/GC/SG/SGC "Virago" (93-95)
36 Yamaha XV-535 H/HC/SH/SHC/J/JC/SJ/SJC "Virago" (96-97)
36 Yamaha XV-535 K/KC/L/LC "Virago" (98-99)
36 Yamaha XJ-550 H/J/K "Maxim" (81-83)
36 Yamaha FJ-600 L/LC/N/NC (84-85)
36 Yamaha FZ-600 S/SC/T/TC/U/UC (86-88)
36 Yamaha SRX-600 S/SC (86)
36 Yamaha YX-600 S/SC/T/TC/U/UC/W/WC/A/AC "Radian" (86-90)
36 Yamaha XJ-650 G/H "Maxim" (80-81)
36 Yamaha XJ-650 J/K "Maxim" (82-83)
36 Yamaha XJ-650 RJ "Seca" (82)
36 Yamaha XJ-750J/K "Maxim" (82-83)
36 Yamaha XJ-750RH/RJ/RK "Seca" (81-83)
36 Yamaha XS-750 2D (77)
36 Yamaha XS-750 E/F (78-79)
36 Yamaha XV-750 H "Virago" (81)
36 Yamaha XV-750 J/K "Virago" (82-83)
36 Yamaha XV-750 MK "Virago" (83),
36 Yamaha XS-850 G/H (80-81)
36 Yamaha XS-850 LG/LH/SG/SH (80-81)
36 Yamaha XV-920 J "Virago" (82)
36 Yamaha XV-920 K "Virago" (83)
36 Yamaha XV-920 MK "Midnight Virago" (83)
37 Honda CR-80R (96-98)
37 Honda CR-80R (99-02)
37 Honda CR-85R (03-04)
37 Honda CR-125R "Elsinore" (79)
37 Honda CR-125R "Elsinore" (79)
37 Honda CR-125R "Elsinore" (80)
37 Honda CR-125R "Elsinore" (80)
37 Honda CR-250R "Elsinore" (78-80)
37 Honda CR-250R "Elsinore" (78-80)
37 Honda NX-250 (88-90)
37 Honda XR-250R (81-82)
37 Honda CMX-450C (86-87)
37 Honda CX-500TC (82)
37 Honda FT-500 "Ascot" (82-83)
37 Honda VF-500C "Magna" (84-85)
37 Honda VT-500C "Shadow" (83-84)
37 Honda VT-500C "Shadow" (85-86)
37 Honda XL-500R (82)
37 Honda CB-550SC (83)
37 Honda CBR-600F "Hurricane" (87-90)
37 Honda CB-650SC "Nighthawk 650" (82)
37 Honda CX-650T "Turbo" (83)
37 Honda VF-700C "Magna" (84)
37 Honda VFR-700F "Interceptor" (86)
37 Honda CB-750F (81-82)
37 Honda VF-750C "V45 Magna" (82-83)
37 Honda VF-750S "Sabre" (82-83)
37 Honda VFR-750F "Interceptor 750" (86)
37 Honda CB-900C "Custom" (80-82)
37 Honda GL-1000/K "Goldwing" (75-79)
37 Honda GL-1000/K "Goldwing" (75-79)
37 Kawasaki EX-500D1-D11 "Ninja 500R" (94-04)
37 Kawasaki ZL-600A1/A2 (86-87)
37 Kawasaki ZX-600A1-A3 "Ninja" (85-87)
37 Kawasaki ZX-750A1-A3 "GPz" (83-85)
37 Kawasaki ZX-750E1/E2 "Turbo" (84-85)
37 Kawasaki ZX-1100A1 "GPz" (83)
37 Kawasaki ZX-1100A2 "GPz" (84)
37 Suzuki RM-85 K2-K4 (02-04)
37 Suzuki XN-85 D "Turbo" (83)
37 Suzuki GS-500 EK/EL/EM/EN/EP/ER/ES/ET (89-96)
37 Suzuki GS-500 EV/EW/EX/EY (97-00)
37 Suzuki GS-550 LD/LF (83, 85)
37 Suzuki GS-550 ED/ESD/ES3/ ESE/ EF/ESF/ESG (83-86)
37 Suzuki GS-650 MD "Katana" (83)
37 Suzuki GS-700 EF/ESF (85)
37 Suzuki VS-700 GLFG/GLEFG/ GLFH/GLEFH "Intruder" (85-87)
37 Suzuki VS-700 GLPG/GLEPG/ GLPH/GLEPH "Intruder" (85-87)
37 Suzuki GS-750 ED/ESD (83)
37 Suzuki GS-750 LN (79)
37 Suzuki GS-750 SD "Katana" (83)
37 Suzuki GS-850 GN/GT/GX/GZ (79-82)
37 Suzuki GS-850 GD (83)
37 Suzuki GS-1000 C/EC/N/EN/ET (78-80)
37 Suzuki GS-1000GT/GLT/GX/GLX (80-81)
37 Suzuki GS-1100 ET/EX/EZ (80-82)
37 Suzuki GS-1100 ED/ESD (83)
37 Suzuki GS-1100 GZ/GLZ (82)
37 Suzuki GS-1100 LT (80)
37 Suzuki GS-1150 ES3/ESE/EF/ESF/EF2/EG/ESG (83-86)
37 Yamaha XJ-650 LK "Seca Turbo" (83)
37 Yamaha XJ-900 RK "Seca" (83)
37 Yamaha XV-920 RH/RJ "Virago" (81-82)
37 Yamaha XJ-1100 J "Maxim" (82)
37 Yamaha XS-1100 E/F/G/H (78-81)
37 Yamaha XS-1100 LG/LH (80-81)
37 Yamaha XS-1100 LG/LH "Midnight Special" (80-81)
37 Yamaha XS-1100 SF (79)
37 Yamaha XS-1100 SF (79)
38 Honda CR-125R (81-83)
38 Honda XR-250R (84-85)
38 Kawasaki KX-80R2/R3/R4/R5/R6/R7 (92-97)
38 Kawasaki KX-125 A6-A7 (80-81)
38 Kawasaki KDX-200 A1-A3 (83-85)
38 Kawasaki KX-250 A5-A7 (79-81)
38 Kawasaki KDX-400 A1-A2 (79-80)
38 Kawasaki KX-420 A1-A2 (80-81)
38 Kawasaki KL-600A1 "KLR" (84)
38 Kawasaki ZX-600C1-C6 "Ninja" (88-93)
38 Kawasaki ZX-600C7-C10 "Ninja 600R" (94-97)
38 Kawasaki KL-650A1-A18 "KLR650" (87-04)
38 Kawasaki VN-700A1 "Vulcan" (85)
38 Kawasaki VN-750A2-A20 "Vulcan" (86-04)
38 Kawasaki ZX-750F1-F4 "Ninja" (87-90)
38 Kawasaki ZL-900A1/A2 "Eliminator" (85-86)
38 Kawasaki ZX-900A1-A3 "Ninja" (84-86)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000C1-C4 "Police" (78-81)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000J1-J3 (81-83)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000K1/K2 "Ltd" (81-82)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1000P1-P20 "Police" (82-01)
38 Kawasaki ZL-1000A1 (87)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1100A1-A3 (81-83)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1100B1/B2 "GP" (81-82)
38 Kawasaki KZ-1100D1/D2 "Spectre" (82-83)
38 Kawasaki ZN-1100B1/B2 "Ltd" (84-85)
38 Suzuki RM-125 N/T/X/Z (79-82)
38 Suzuki RM-125 D (83)
38 Suzuki PE-175 Z/D/E (82-84)
38 Suzuki RM-250 N/T/X/Z (79-82)
38 Suzuki RM-400N/T (79-80)
38 Suzuki LS-650 FG/PG/FH/PH/PJ (86-88)
38 Suzuki LS-650 PS/PT/PV/PW/PX/PY/PK1/PK2/PK3 "Savage" (95-03)
38 Yamaha YZ-125 H/J/K (81-83)
38 Yamaha IT-175 J (82)
38 Yamaha IT-175 K (83)
38 Yamaha IT-250 H/J (81-82)
38 Yamaha YZ-250 D/E/F/G (77-80)
38 Yamaha FZR-400 U/SUC/W/SWC (88-89)
38 Yamaha FZR-400 A/SAC (90)
38 Yamaha YZ-400 D/E/F (77-79)
38 Yamaha IT-465 H (81)
38 Yamaha IT-465 J (82)
38 Yamaha YZ-465 G (80)
38 Yamaha XT-550 J/K (82-83)
38 Yamaha FZR-600 W/WC/AC/B/BC (89-91)
38 Yamaha FZR-600 RA/RAC/RB/RBC/RD/RDC/RE/REC (90-93)
38 Yamaha FZR-600 RF/RFC/RG/RGC/RH/RHC/RJ/RJC (94-97)
38 Yamaha XJ-600 SD/SDC/SE/SEC/SF/SFC/SG/SGC "Seca II" (92-96)
38 Yamaha XJ-600 SH/SHC/SJ/SJC "Seca II" (96-97)
38 Yamaha FZX-700S/SC/T/TC (86-87)
38 Yamaha XJ-700N/NC/S/SC "Maxim" (85-86)
38 Yamaha XJ-700 XN/XNC/XS/XSC "Maxim" (85-86)
38 Yamaha XV-700L/LC/N/NC "Virago" (84-85)
38 Yamaha XV-700CS/CSC/CT/CTC "Virago" (86-87)
38 Yamaha XV-700 J1/J1C (97)
38 Yamaha XV-750 U/UC/W/WC/A/AC/B/BC "Virago" (88-91)
38 Yamaha XV-750 D/DC/E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H1/H1C/J1/J1C "Virago" (92-97)
38 Yamaha XV-1000 L/LC/N/NC "Virago" (84-85)
38 Yamaha XV-1100 S/SC/T/TC/U/UC "Virago" (86-88)
38 Yamaha XV-1100 W/WC/A/AC/B/BC/D/DC/E/EC "Virago" (89-93)
38 Yamaha XV-1100 F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC "Virago" (94-97)
39 Honda XL-350R (84-85)
39 Honda VT-600C "Shadow VLX"(88-04)
39 Honda VT-600CD "Shadow VLX Deluxe" (93-04)
39 Honda VT-600CD2 "Shadow Deluxe" (99-00)
39 Honda XL-600R (83-87)
39 Honda CB-650SC (83-85)
39 Honda CX-650C "650 Custom" (83)
39 Honda CB-700SC (84-86)
39 Honda VF-700C "Magna" (85-87)
39 Honda VF-700F "Interceptor" (84-85)
39 Honda VT-700C "Shadow" (84-87)
39 Honda VF-750C "V45 Magna" (88)
39 Honda VF-750F "Interceptor" (83-84)
39 Honda VT-750C "Shadow" (83)
39 Honda VT-800C "Shadow" (88)
39 Honda CB-900F "Super Sport" (81-82)
39 Honda CB-1000C "Custom" (83)
39 Honda CBX (81-82)
39 Honda CB-1100F "Super Sport" (83)
39 Kawasaki ZR-550B1-B4 (90-93)
39 Suzuki GV-700 GLF/GLF2 "Madura" (85)
39 Suzuki VS-750 GLPJ/GLPK/GLPL/GLPM "Intruder" (88-91)
39 Suzuki VS-800 GLN/GLP "Intruder" (92-93)
39 Suzuki VS-800GL R/S/T/V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3-K4 "Intruder" (94-04)
39 Yamaha FZ-700 T/TC (87)
39 Yamaha FZ-750/N/S/SC/UC (85-88)
40 Kawasaki KZ-1000E1/E2 "ST/Shaft" (79-80)
40 Kawasaki ZX-1000A1/A2 "Ninja" (86-87)
40 Yamaha VMX-12 N/NC/S/SC/U/UC/W/WC/A/AC/B/BC/D/DC (85-92)
40 Yamaha XVZ-12 DL/DKC2 "Venture Royale" (84)
40 Yamaha XVZ-12 DN "Venture Royale" (85)
40 Yamaha XVZ-13 T/TC/U/UC "Venture" (87-88),
40 Yamaha XVZ-13 DS/DSC/DT/DTC/DU/DUC/DW/DWC "Venture Royale" (86-89)
40 Yamaha XVZ-13 DA/DAC/DB/DBC/DD/DDCDE/DEC "Venture Royale" (90-93)
41 Honda CR-250R (81)
41 Honda XR-250L (91-96)
41 Honda XR-250R (86-89)
41 Honda XR-250R (90-04)
41 Honda XR-350R (83)
41 Honda XR-350R (84)
41 Honda XR-350R (85)
41 Honda CB-400F (89-90)
41 Honda CR-450R (81)
41 Honda CBR-600F2 (91-94)
41 Honda CBR-600SE (98)
41 Honda XL-600V "Transalp" (89-90)
41 Honda NT-650 "Hawk GT" (89-91)
41 Honda NX-650 (88-89)
41 Honda CB-750 "Nighthawk" (91-03)
41 Honda RVF-720R (94)
41 Honda VF-750C "Magna" (94-03)
41 Honda VF-750C2 "Magna Deluxe" (97-00)
41 Honda VFR-750F (90-97)
41 Honda VT-750CDA/B/C/D "Shadow American Classic Ed. Deluxe" (03)
41 Honda VT-750DC (01-03)
41 Honda PC-800 (89-90, 94-98)
41 Honda CBR-1000F "Hurricane" (87-91, 93-96)
41 Honda VF-1000F "Interceptor" (84)
41 Honda VTR-1000F "Super Hawk" (98-04)
41 Honda ST-1100 (91-02)
41 Honda VF-1100C "V65 Magna" (83-86)
41 Honda VT-1100C "Shadow 1100" (85-90, 92-96)
41 Honda VT-1100C2 (95-99)/ C2-2 (97) "Shadow 1100 American Classic Ed."
41 Honda VT-1100C3 "Shadow Aero" (98-02)
41 Honda VT-1100D2 "Shadow 1100 American Classic Ed." (99)
41 Honda VT-1100T "Shadow 1100 American Classic Ed. Tourer" (98-00)
41 Honda GL-1200 "Goldwing" (84)
41 Honda GL-1200 I "Interstate" (84-87)
41 Honda GL-1200L "Ltd" (85)
41 Honda VTX-1300C (04)
41 Honda GL-1500 "Goldwing" (88-90)
41 Honda GL-1500I "Interstate" (91-96)
41 Kawasaki KX-125 B1 (82)
41 Kawasaki KX-125 H1 (90)
41 Kawasaki KDX-200E5-E6 (93-94)
41 Kawasaki KX-250H1 (90)
41 Kawasaki KXT-250B1 (86)
41 Kawasaki EN-500C1-C8 "Vulcan 500 Ltd" (96-03)
41 Kawasaki EN-500C9 "Vulcan 500 Ltd" (04)
41 Kawasaki KX-500 E2 (90)
41 Kawasaki ZX-600D1-D4 "Ninja (ZX-6)" (90-93)
41 Kawasaki ZX-600E1-E12 "Ninja (ZX-6)" (93-04)
41 Kawasaki ZX-600F1-F3 "Ninja (ZX-6R)" (95-97)
41 Kawasaki ZR-750C1-C3 (91-93)
41 Kawasaki ZR-750F2 (00)
41 Kawasaki ZX-750K1/K2 "Ninja (ZX-7R)" (91-92)
41 Kawasaki ZX-750L2-L3 "Ninja (ZX-7)" (94-95)
41 Kawasaki VN-800 A1-A10 "Vulcan" (95-04)
41 Kawasaki VN-800 B1-B9 "Vulcan Classic" (96-04)
41 Kawasaki VN-800 C1-C2 "Vulcan Drifter" (99-00)
41 Kawasaki ZX-900B1-B4 "Ninja (ZX-9R)" (94-97)
41 Kawasaki ZG-1000A1-A13 "Concours" (86-98)
41 Kawasaki ZG-1000A14-A19 (99-04)
41 Kawasaki ZR-1000A1/A2 (03-04)
41 Kawasaki ZX-1000B1-B3 "Ninja (ZX-10)" (88-90)
41 Kawasaki ZX-1100E1-E3 "GPz 1100" (95-97)
41 Kawasaki ZG-1200A1/B1-B17 "Voyager XII" (86-03)
41 Kawasaki KZ-1300A1-A4 (79-82)
41 Kawasaki ZN-1300A1-A6 "Voyager" (83-88)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500A1-A5 "Vulcan 88/Vulcan 1500"(87-91), VN-1500 B1-B4"Vulcan 88 SE" (87-90)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500A6-A13 (92-99)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500 D1-D2 "Vulcan 1500 Classic" (96-97)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500 E1-E7 "Vulcan 1500 Classic" (98-04)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500 G1/G1A/G2 "Vulcan 1500 Nomad" (99-00)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500J1-J2 "Vulcan 1500 Drifter" (99-00)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500 L1-L5 "Vulcan 1500 Nomad Fi" (00-04)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500N1-N3 "Vulcan 1500 Classic Fi" (00-02)
41 Kawasaki VN-1500R1-R4 "Vulcan 1500 Drifter" (01-04)
41 Suzuki RM-125 L (90)
41 Suzuki RM-125 L (90)
41 Suzuki RM-250 K/L (89-90)
41 Suzuki RM-250 K/L (89-90)
41 Suzuki RMX-250 K/L (89-90)
41 Suzuki RMX-250 K/L (89-90)
41 Suzuki AN-400 K3/K4 (03-04)
41 Suzuki GSF-400 M/N/P "Bandit" (91-93)
41 Suzuki GSF-600 ST/SV/SW "Bandit" (96-98)
41 Suzuki GSF-600 ST/SV/SW "Bandit" (96-98)
41 Suzuki GSF-600 SX//SY/SK1/SK2/SK3 "Bandit" (99-03)
41 Suzuki GSX-600 FJ "Katana" (88)
41 Suzuki GSX-600 FK/FL/FM "Katana" (89-91)
41 Suzuki GSX-600F N/P/R/S/T/V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3/K4 "Katana" (92-04)
41 Suzuki GSX-R600 WN/WP (92-93)
41 Suzuki AN-650 K3-K4 (03-04)
41 Suzuki SV-650 SX/SY/SK1/SK2 (99-02)
41 Suzuki SV-650 S K3-K4 (03-04)
41 Suzuki GSX-750 FK/FL/FM (89-91)
41 Suzuki GSX-750F N/P/R/S/T/V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3/K4 "Katana" (92-04)
41 Suzuki GSX-R750 G/H (86-87)
41 Suzuki GSX-R750 M/N (91-92)
41 Suzuki VL-800 K1-K4 "Intruder Volusia" (01-04)
41 Suzuki VX-800 L/M/N/P (90-93)
41 Suzuki VZ-800 V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3/K4 "Marauder" (97-04)
41 Suzuki VZ-800 V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3/K4 "Marauder" (97-04)
41 Suzuki GS-1100 GKZ/GK2/ GKD/GKE (82-84)
41 Suzuki GSX-1100 FJ "Katana" (88)
41 Suzuki GSX-1100 FK/FL/FM/FN/FP "Katana" (89-93)
41 Suzuki GSX-R1100 G/H/J (86-88)
41 Suzuki GSX-R1100 M/N (90-91)
41 Suzuki GSX-R1100WP/WR (93-94)
41 Suzuki GSX-R1100WP/WR (93-94)
41 Suzuki GV-1200 GLF/GLF2/GLG "Madura" (85-86)
41 Suzuki GV-1400 (85-89)
41 Suzuki VS-1400GLP H/J (87-88)
41 Suzuki VS-1400GLP L/M (90-91)
41 Suzuki VS-1400GLP N/P/R/S/T/V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3/K4 "Intruder" (92-04)
41 Suzuki VL-1500 W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3 (98-03)
41 Yamaha YZ-125 W (89)
41 Yamaha YZ-125 W (89)
41 Yamaha YZ-125 A (90)
41 Yamaha YZ-125 A (90)
41 Yamaha WR-200 RD (92)
41 Yamaha WR-200 RD (92)
41 Yamaha YZ-250W/WRW (89)
41 Yamaha YZ-250W/WRW (89)
41 Yamaha YZ-250A/WRA (90)
41 Yamaha YZ-250A/WRA (90)
41 Yamaha YZ-250 WRN (89)
41 Yamaha YZ-250 WRN (89)
41 Yamaha YZ-250 WRW/WRA (89-90)
41 Yamaha YZ-250 WRW/WRA (89-90)
41 Yamaha XT-600 L/LC/N/NC/S/SC/T/TC/U/UC (84-88)
41 Yamaha XT-600 W/WC/EA/EAC/EB/EBC (89-91)
41 Yamaha XT-600 ED/EDC/EE/EEC/EF/EFC/EG/EGC (92-95)
41 Yamaha YZF-600 RG (94-95)
41 Yamaha YZF-600 RG (94-95)
41 Yamaha YZF-600 RJ/RJC (97)
41 Yamaha YZF-600 RJ/RJC (97)
41 Yamaha YZF-600 RK/RKC/RL (98-99)
41 Yamaha XVS-650 AK/AKC/AL/ALC/AM/AMC/AN/ANC/A/AP/APC/AR/ARC (98-03)
41 Yamaha XVS-650 N/NCP/PC/R/RC (01-03)
41 Yamaha XVS-650 ATR/ATRC (03)
41 Yamaha XVS-65 AS (04) "Star Classic"
41 Yamaha XVS-65 S (04) "Star Custom"
41 Yamaha FZR-750RT/RU (87-88)
41 Yamaha FZR-750RT/RU (87-88)
41 Yamaha YZF-750 RF/RFC (94)
41 Yamaha YZF-750 RF/RFC (94)
41 Yamaha YZF-750 RH/RHC/RJ/RJC/RK/RKC (96-98)
41 Yamaha YZF-750 RH/RHC/RJ/RJC/RK/RKC (96-98)
41 Yamaha TDM-850 D/DC/E/EC (92-93)
41 Yamaha FZR-1000 B/BC/D/DC/E/EC (91-93)
41 Yamaha FZR-1000 B/BC/D/DC/E/EC (91-93)
41 Yamaha FZR-1000 T/TC/U/UC (87-88)
41 Yamaha FZR-1000 T/TC/U/UC (87-88)
41 Yamaha YZF-1000 RK (98)
41 Yamaha FJ-1100 L/LC/N/NC (84-85)
41 Yamaha FJ-1100 L/LC/N/NC (84-85)
41 Yamaha XVS-1100 AM/AMC/AN/ANC/AP/APC (00-02)
41 Yamaha XVS-1100 M/MC/N/NC/P/PC/R/RC (00-03)
41 Yamaha XVS-1100 R/RC/AR/ARC/ATR/ATRC/AWR/AWRC (03)
41 Yamaha XVS-1100 S/SC/AS/ASC/ATS/ATSC (04)
41 Yamaha FJ-1200 AD/ADC/AE/AEC (92-93)
41 Yamaha FJ-1200 AD/ADC/AE/AEC (92-93)
41 Yamaha FJ-1200 S/SC/T/TC/W/WC/A/AC (87-90)
41 Yamaha FJ-1200 S/SC/T/TC/W/WC/A/AC (87-90)
41 Yamaha XV17 PCP/PCPC (02) "Road Star Warrior"
43 Honda CR-125R (84-86)
43 Honda CR-125R (87)
43 Honda CR-125R (88-89)
43 Honda CR-125R (92-93)
43 Honda CR-125R (94-96)
43 Honda CR-125R (94-96)
43 Honda CR-250R (82)
43 Honda CR-250R (83-84)
43 Honda CR-250R (85-87)
43 Honda CR-250R (88)
43 Honda CR-250R (92-94)
43 Honda CR-250R (95)
43 Honda CR-250R (95)
43 Honda XR-400R (96-04)
43 Honda CR-480R (82)
43 Honda CR-480R (83)
43 Honda CR-500R (84)
43 Honda CR-500R (85-87)
43 Honda CR-500R (88)
43 Honda CR-500R (92-94)
43 Honda CR-500R (95)
43 Honda CR-500R (95)
43 Honda XR-500R (83-84)
43 Honda CBR-600F4 (99-00)
43 Honda CBR-600F4 (01-04)
43 Honda XR-600R (85-00)
43 Honda XR-650L (93-04)
43 Honda VFR-750R (90)
43 Honda VFR-800/A (02-04) "Interceptor/Interceptor ABS"
43 Honda CB-900F (02-03)
43 Honda CBR-929RR (00-01), CBR-929RE (01), CBR-954RR (02-03)
43 Honda CB-1000 (94-95)
43 Honda RVT-1000R (00-04)
43 Honda CBR-1100XX (97-03)
43 Kawasaki KX-125B2/C1/C2/D1/E1-E2 (83-87)
43 Kawasaki KX-125 F1 (88)
43 Kawasaki KX-125 F1 (88)
43 Kawasaki KX-125 H2 (91)
43 Kawasaki KX-125 H2 (91)
43 Kawasaki KDX-200C1-C3 (86-88)
43 Kawasaki KDX-200E1-E4 (89-92)
43 Kawasaki KDX-200H1-H10 (95-04)
43 Kawasaki KDX-200H1-H10 (95-04)
43 Kawasaki KDX-250D1-D4 (91-94)
43 Kawasaki KDX-250D1-D4 (91-94)
43 Kawasaki KLX-250D2-D4 (94-96)
43 Kawasaki KLX-250D2-D4 (94-96)
43 Kawasaki KX-250C1-C2/D1-D2/E1 (83-87)
43 Kawasaki KX-250F1 (88)
43 Kawasaki KX-250H2 (91)
43 Kawasaki KX-250H2 (91)
43 Kawasaki KLX-300 A2-A9 (97-04)
43 Kawasaki KX-500A1-A2/B1-B2/C1 (83-87)
43 Kawasaki KX-500 D1 (88)
43 Kawasaki KX-500 D1 (88)
43 Kawasaki KX-500E3-E8 (91-96)
43 Kawasaki KX-500E3-E8 (91-96)
43 Kawasaki KLX-650A1-A3 (93-95)
43 Kawasaki KLX-650A1-A3 (93-95)
43 Kawasaki KLX-650D1 (96)
43 Kawasaki KLX-650D1 (96)
43 Kawasaki ZX-750H1/H2 "Ninja (ZX-7)" (89-90)
43 Kawasaki ZX-750H1/H2 "Ninja (ZX-7)" (89-90)
43 Kawasaki ZX-750N1-N2 "Ninja (ZX-7RR)" (96-97)
43 Kawasaki ZR-1100 A1-A4 (92-95)
43 Kawasaki ZR-1100 A1-A4 (92-95)
43 Kawasaki ZR-1100 C3-C4 (99-00)
43 Kawasaki ZX-1100C1-C4 "Ninja (ZX-11)" (90-93)
43 Kawasaki ZX-1100C1-C4 "Ninja (ZX-11)" (90-93)
43 Kawasaki ZX-1200 C1-C3 (02-04)
43 Suzuki RM-125 E/F/G (84-86)
43 Suzuki RM-125 H (87)
43 Suzuki RM-125 J (88)
43 Suzuki RM-125 J (88)
43 Suzuki DR-250 L/M/N/P (90-93)
43 Suzuki DR-250 L/M/N/P (90-93)
43 Suzuki DR-250 SL/SM/SN/SP/SER/SES (90-95)
43 Suzuki DR-250 SL/SM/SN/SP/SER/SES (90-95)
43 Suzuki DR-Z250 K1-K4 (01-04)
43 Suzuki DR-Z250 K1-K4 (01-04)
43 Suzuki RM-250 D/E/F/G/H (83-87)
43 Suzuki RM-250J (88)
43 Suzuki RM-250J (88)
43 Suzuki DR-350 L/M/N/P/R/S/T/V/W/X (90-99)
43 Suzuki DR-350 L/M/N/P/R/S/T/V/W/X (90-99)
43 Suzuki DR-350 SL/SM/SN/SP/SER/SES/SET/SEV/SEW/SEX (90-99)
43 Suzuki DR-350 SL/SM/SN/SP/SER/SES/SET/SEV/SEW/SEX (90-99)
43 Suzuki RM-465 X/Z (81-82)
43 Suzuki RM-500 D/E (83-84)
43 Suzuki SP-600 F (85)
43 Suzuki DR-650 SET/SEV/SEW/SEX/SEY/SEK1/SEK2/SEK3/SEK4 (96-04)
43 Suzuki GSX-R750 J/K/L (88-90)
43 Suzuki GSX-R750 WR/WS (94-95)
43 Suzuki RF-900 RR/RS/RZS/RT/RV (94-97)
43 Suzuki RF-900 RR/RS/RZS/RT/RV (94-97)
43 Suzuki DL-1000 K2/K3/K4 (02-04)
43 Suzuki TL-1000 SV/SW/SX/SY/SK1 (97-01)
43 Suzuki TL-1000 RW/RX/RY/RK1/RK2RK3 (98-03)
43 Suzuki GSX-1100 GM/GN/GP (91-93)
43 Suzuki GSX-1100 GM/GN/GP (91-93)
43 Suzuki GSX-R1100 WS/WT/WV/WW (95-98)
43 Suzuki GSF-1200 K1-K3 (01-03)
43 Suzuki GSF-1200 K1-K3 (01-03)
43 Suzuki GSF-1200 SV/SAV/SW/SX/SY/SK1-SK4 "Bandit" (97-04)
43 Suzuki GSF-1200 SV/SAV/SW/SX/SY/SK1-SK4 "Bandit" (97-04)
43 Suzuki GSX-1300 RX/RY/RK1/RK2/RK3/RK4 "Hayabusa" (99-04)
43 Yamaha YZ-125L/N (84-85)
43 Yamaha YZ-125 S/T (86-87)
43 Yamaha YZ-125 U (88)
43 Yamaha YZ-125 B (91)
43 Yamaha YZ-125 D1/E1/F1/G1 (92-95)
43 Yamaha IT-200 L/N/S (84-86)
43 Yamaha IT-250 K (83)
43 Yamaha TTR-250N/NC/P/PC (01-02)
43 Yamaha TT-250RM/RMC (99-00)
43 Yamaha WR-250 ZB/ZD/ZE/ZF/ZG/ZH/ZJ (91-97)
43 Yamaha YZ-250 H/J/K/L/N/S/T (81-87)
43 Yamaha YZ-250 U (88)
43 Yamaha YZ-250 B (91)
43 Yamaha YZ-250 D1/E1 (92-93)
43 Yamaha YZ-465 H (81)
43 Yamaha IT-490 K/L (83-84)
43 Yamaha YZ-490 U/W/A (88-90)
43 Yamaha WR-500 ZD/ZE (92-93)
43 Yamaha TT-600 K/L/N/S (83-86)
43 Yamaha YZF-R6 L/LC/M/MC/N/NC/P/PC (99-02), YZF-R6 SN/SNC (01)
43 Yamaha YZF-R6 SR/SS (03-04)
43 Yamaha FZR-1000 W/WC/A/AC (89-90)
43 Yamaha FZR-1000 W/WC/A/AC (89-90)
43 Yamaha FZR-1000 W/WC/A/AC (89-90)
43 Yamaha VMX-12 E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/EK/EKC (93-98)
43 Yamaha VMX-12 E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/EK/EKC (93-98)
43 Yamaha VMX-12 E/EC/F/FC/G/GC/H/HC/J/JC/EK/EKC (93-98)
43 Yamaha VMX-12 L/LC/M/MC/N/NC/P/PC/R/RC/S/SC (99-04)
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 AH/AHC - AM/AMC (96-00) "Royal Star"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 AN/ANC (01) "Royal Star Boulevard"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 ATH/ATHC-ATKJ/ATKC (96-98) "Royal Star"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 ATL/ATLC (99) "Royal Star Tour Classic"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 ATM/ATMC (00) "Royal Star Classic"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13LTJ/LTK (97-98) "Royal Star"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 LTMJ/LTMC-LTN/LTNC (01-02) "Royal Star Tour Deluxe"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 TFL/TFLC-TFS/TFSC (99-04) "Royal Star Venture"
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 TFSM (00) "Venture MM Ltd. Ed."
43 Yamaha XVZ-13 TFSR/TFMS (03-04) "Royal Star Midnight Venture"
43 Yamaha XV-1600 AL/ALC-AP/APC (99-02) "Road Star"
43 Yamaha XV-1600 ALM/ALMC (02) "Road Star MM Ltd. Ed."
43 Yamaha XV-1600 ATL/ATLC-ATR/ATRC (99-03) "Road Star Silverado"
43 Yamaha XV-1600 ASN/ASNC (01) "Midnight Star"
43 Yamaha XV17 AS/ASC/ATS/ATSC (04) "Roadstar"
45 Honda CR-125R (90)
45 Honda CR-125R (91)
45 Honda CR-250R (89-90)
45 Honda CR-250R (91)
45 Honda CR-500R (89-90)
45 Honda CR-500R (91)
45 Honda CBR-900RR (93-99)
45 Honda GL-1500C"Valkyrie" (97-00, 03)
45 Honda GL-1500CF "Valkyrie Interstate" (99-01)
45 Suzuki RM-125 M/N/P/R/S (91-95)
45 Suzuki RM-250 M/N/P/R/S (91-95)
45 Suzuki RMX-250 M (91)
45 Suzuki RMX-250N (92)
45 Suzuki RMX-250S/T/V/W (95-98)
45 Suzuki GSX-R600 V/W/X/Y/K1/K2/K3 (97-03)
46 Honda CR-125R (97-98)
46 Honda CR-125R (99)
46 Honda CR-125R (00-04)
46 Honda CR-250R (96)
46 Honda CR-500R (96-01)
46 Honda XR-650R (00-04)
46 Kawasaki KX-125G1 (89)
46 Kawasaki KX-125K3-K5 (96-98)
46 Kawasaki KX-125L1 (99)
46 Kawasaki KX-125L2-L3 (00-01)
46 Kawasaki KX-250G1 (89)
46 Kawasaki KX-250K3-K5 (96-98)
46 Kawasaki KX-250L1 (99)
46 Kawasaki KX-250L2-L3 (00-01)
46 Kawasaki KX-500E1 (89)
46 Kawasaki KX-500E9-E16 (97-04)
46 Kawasaki ZX-600G1-G2 (98-99)
46 Kawasaki ZX-600J1-J3 "Ninja (ZX-6R)" (00-03)
46 Kawasaki ZX-900C2 "Ninja (ZX-9R)" (99)
46 Kawasaki ZX-900F1-F2 "Ninja (ZX-9R)" (02-03)
46 Suzuki RM-125 K (89)
46 Suzuki RM-250 K1-K3 (01-03)
46 Yamaha YZ-125 H1/J1/K1/L1/M1/N1/P/R (96-03)
46 Yamaha YZ-225 FN/FP (01-02)
46 Yamaha WR-250 FN/FP (01-02)
46 Yamaha WR-250 FR/FS (03-04)
46 Yamaha YZ-250 H1-R (96-03)
46 Yamaha YZ-400FK/FL (98-99)
46 Yamaha WR-400 FL/FM (99-00)
46 Yamaha YZ-426FM/FN/FP (00-02)
46 Yamaha YZF-450 FR (03)
46 Yamaha WR-450FR/FS (03-04)
47 Honda CR-250R (97-98)
47 Honda CR-250R (99-00)
47 Honda CR-250R (01-03)
47 Honda CRF-450R (02-03)
47 Suzuki RM-125K1-K4 (01-04)
47 Suzuki RM-250K4 (04)
47.5 Kawasaki KX-125L4/M1/M2 (02-04)
47.5 Kawasaki KX-250L4/M1/M2 (02-04)
47.5 Suzuki RM-Z250 K4 (04)
49 Suzuki RM-125 T/V/W/X (96-99)
49 Suzuki RM-125 Y (00)
49 Suzuki RM-250 T/V/W/X (96-99)
49 Suzuki RM-250 Y (00)
49 Suzuki DR-Z400 E Y- K4 (00-04)

Everyone Can't Be in Your Front Row

2009-10-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

Below is a forwarded email I received. I forward a half dozen emails a year and when I do it is usually to a select 2-5 people. But last night (and into the wee hours of this morning) I had a front row seat in a basement full of speakers and amps. I tried to be sly about recording with my iPhone and figured I'd ask later and not interrupt what he was asking the guitar to do.

He says we "accidentally" recorded the intro and a few tracks to a new album idea that dawned on him last Sunday morning. I guess when a person has the ability to make a guitar sound as whimsical as a whistle and you know what sound you want then the genius can manifest itself in less than two days- I spent months designing a flat-bed trailer and I still don't know if it's done. I don't play any instruments myself but to be that close to how it all works musically in someone else's mind ranks right up there with tying the perfect steelhead fly and bringing an anadromous beast to my hand.

Life is a theater - invite your audience carefully.

Not everyone is spiritually healthy and mature enough to have a front
row seat in our lives.

There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a
distance.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you LET GO, or at least
minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible,
not-going-anywhere
relationships/friendships/fellowships!

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to:
Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones
discourage?

Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going
downhill?

When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse?

Which ones always have DRAMA or don't really understand, know and
appreciate
you and the gift that lies within you?

When you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth, the easier it will
become
for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be
moved to the balcony of your life.

You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people
you are around!

Ask God for godly wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people
who sit in the front row of your life.

My Review of Keen Voyageur Mid Hiking Boots - Men's

2009-10-08T14:29:00.001-07:00

Originally submitted at REI

Like its cousin, Targhee, the midheight Keen Voyageur hiking boot offers the same 4-wheel-drive traction and stability minus the waterproof barrier.

Finally a shoe made for the human foot

By FinChasers from Tualatin, Oregon on 10/8/2009

Gift: No

Pros: Arch Support, Comfortable/No Break-In, Great Traction

Best Uses: Everyday, Long-Distance Hiking, Day Hiking, Light Loads

Describe Yourself: Casual/Recreational, Professional/Guide, Avid Adventurer

Sizing: Feels true to size, Feels true to size

I was looking at all other brands for a shoe that came in "widths" and the REI sale person kept telling me to try the Keen. I tried everything else and came close to finding exactly what fit my foot correctly. I finally let her get me a Keen and I couldn't believe what someone had made for my foot. I am wearing them right now and they are divinely inspired. Now I just wish they made shoes to go over waders for the fisherman lifestyle as well.

(legalese)

Confessions of a Fly Shop Manager

2009-10-08T09:58:00.000-07:00

Confessions of a Fly Shop Manager
A jaded fly shop employees final requests to customers

As I prepare for my departure from the fly shop manager life of riches, fame, and glory, I'd like to get something off my chest. Its a small list of requests, suggestions, rants and facts directed towards the every day fly shop customer. New and old, rich and poor.

1. Under no circumstances enter the shop and let the first words that roll out of your obviously silly grill be, "So whats hot". Stop and realize what an open ended statement that is. Try saying, "Hey I'm not as awesome as you, and therefore know nothing, I promise tidings of beer and my hot sister if you teach me your ways". Watch what happens then you [REDACTED] [REDACTED].

2. Don't complain about the price of flourocarbon, it makes you look like you don't know what you're talking about.

3. If you rip your brand new Cloudveil waders on a piece of barb wire its not my [REDACTED] fault.

4. I really don't want to hear about the 20 fish between 12 and 18 inches you caught on the Arkansas last weekend. I'd honestly rather chew glass than listen about all the small fish you and your buddy caught "on the dry", "it was epic bro", [REDACTED] gag me.

5. Just because you know some guy who guides for some shop I've never heard of doesn't mean you get the "bro hook-up".

6. No matter how many fish you catch, it doesn't make you any less of a douche for wearing that bright orange Simms vest.

7. Wet fly is no longer an acceptable description of a nymph. Period.

8. If you are going tarpon fishing but don't want to spend "a lot of money" on gear…….don't go tarpon fishing.

9. Step into the 21st century folks! We have better fly patterns than the Orange Asher and the Royal Coachman nowadays. Buy a [REDACTED] extended body Beatis that flaps its own wings with the help of a microchip and nano-motors. Geez.

10. And finally, people please, PLEASE!!!!!!! Replace your fly lines more than once every 5 years. Most of us replace it yearly, hell, I replace mine quarterly. The reason your line doesn't float, is because you have been stepping on it for a year and never cleaned it. Its not the line company's fault. And it sure as hell isn't mine. Its yours.

(11)Never hold up a fly in a shop and ask….."what size fish you goingg to catch on this little hook?" Idiot phase 1.

There it is. Lets work towards nirvana in fly shop employee-fly shop customer interactions. I leave this list in hopes that it will one day help the brothers working the long hours listen to people bitch about something they know nothing about. And here's to humidity, sand, gators, and redfish. I'm out with no more time left for lip service.

Windmills of your Mind - Movie Version HQ

2009-09-20T03:02:00.001-07:00

Gliders landing in fields where hot chicks in convertible Americana
just pulled in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rTq6lDtCsU

Eliot

Sent from my iPhone

Summer's Last Lunch

2009-09-08T11:31:00.001-07:00

With Italian flair we share what may be the last daddy daughter lunch
date. AKA Spaghetti factory leftovers. An umbrella and ice for mom's
forgotten breakfast can of diet DP and the dregs of the bottle poured
last night during everyones dinner party exit.

James and the Giant Peach

2009-08-21T19:40:00.000-07:00

I find it relaxing to imagine the enormity of my life being about the
size of a peach and any of it's inhabitants. Things are much more
manageable in my mind.

Eliot

Sent from my iPhone

Shazam

2009-08-17T15:01:00.001-07:00

Pickathon 2009

2009-08-02T10:48:00.000-07:00

You don't get closer than this

"Stack-On" Business Model

2009-07-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

A Father's Woe

2009-07-11T12:18:00.001-07:00

Should I be worried when I tell my daughter to get dressed for the
beach and she comes downstairs looking like a 5-year old who works for
"Charlie"?

Know a good body shop?

2009-06-26T17:37:00.000-07:00

Why stupid people shouldn't have nice cars!

#10. Bugatti EB110 - $500,000

You know these are expensive crashes when a $500,000 super-exotic barely makes it to #10 on the list. This 1992 Bugatti EB110 was being driven by a mechanic as part of its annual checkup. He claims there was an oil slick on the road which caused him to lose control and crash into a pole. The owner of the Bugatti is a famous "feel good" guru named Emile Ratelband. Not sure how good he was feeling after this wreck.

#9. Pagani Zonda C12 S - $650,000

Only 15 Zonda C12 S were ever built but that didn't stop this owner from driving it like a bat out of hell. He crashed this beauty in the wee morning hours while driving in Hong Kong .

#8. Mercedes Benz SL 300 - $750,000

The SL 300 "Gullwing" represents the very finest of Mercedes. It is THE classic car. Unfortunately, there's been more than one crash involving this masterpiece. You're looking at a car that was once worth nearly a million dollars. The owner thought it would be a good idea to race it on the streets of Mexico . No, not a street race, but the annual "La Carrera Panamericana" race which is limited to classic cars produced before 1965.

#7. Jaguar XJ220 - $1 Million
Here we have our first million dollar crash (and we're only #7 on the list). The XJ220 once held the record for highest top speed for a production car (217 mph).

#6. McLaren F1 - $1.25 Million

The McLaren F1 took over the Jaguar XJ220 not only in price, but also highest top speed at 231 mph. (broken only in 2005). There were only 107 ever produced, and several destroyed. Including this one driven by Rowan Atkinson, the popular actor who plays "Mr. Bean". Atkinson has the unfortunate history of crashing multiple exotic cars, including an Aston Martin.

#5. Ferrari Enzo - $1.3 Million

The Ferrari Enzo sure seems to attract a lot of crashes. This is surprising considering the price tag. You would think the owners would be more careful, but we've documented at least 14 crashes involving the Enzo. That's nearly $20 million worth of crashes! The most famous was the Malibu crash of 2005, when the driver, "Fat Steven" Eriksson crashed the car at 196 mph. Below is the result.

#4. Bugatti Veyron - $1.6 Million

The Bugatti Veyron is the most expensive production car in history. And unbelievably, it didn't even make the top three on this list. Only 300 are expected to be produced and already two have crashed. Below is the first one. The driver thought it was okay to speed at 100 mph in the rain. He only had the car for one week.

#3. 1959 Ferrari 250 GT TDF - $1.65 Million

Now we start getting into the extremely rare classic cars. The owners who are willing to take these machines on the road are just plain crazy. The ones that take them on the track are even crazier. This 1959 Ferrari 250 GT "Tour de France" crashed into a wall at the Shell Ferrari-Maserati Historic Challenge back in 2003.

#2. Ferrari 250 GT Spyder - $10 Million

Just when you thought it couldn't get much more expensive, the damage has been multiplied. The record price for a 1961 250 GT California Spyder at auction was set on May 18, 2008 when a black one was sold for $10,894,900. So what is one doing buried in the sand? The unlucky owner had it stored near the beach when a Hurricane hit.

#1. Ferrari 250 GTO - $28.5 Million

We now present you with the most expensive car crash ever. Touted as the Ferrari that most successfully embodies the traits of the marque, the 1962-64 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most valuable car in the world. In 2008 an anonymous English buyer bought a 250 GTO at auction for a record $28,500,000. The crash below represents a car worth more than the combined value of all 14 Enzos involved in accidents. It is simply unbelievable that an owner would even dare take this car on the road.

After a track event involving historic cars, the owner of this rare beast rammed into the back of another car after traffic slowed down.

Edit a treatment?

2009-06-26T03:07:00.000-07:00

How do I add that...

the production is mainly Gomez's latest album? Starting and
finishing with track 13 as well as having the rest of it run through
the middle? And have about 4 more sings snippets off that particular
album. And a couple other random tracks.

So Dakota salmon fishing

2009-06-25T17:40:00.000-07:00

(I wish my dad would hook up that iMac I sent him...)

\You dad told me to send these to you. don s**rs

An Example of Tone

2009-06-13T12:42:00.000-07:00

A discussion with David James Duncan about his writing and his work
with the Sierra club is happening around a campfire while a 6-string
is being strummed from the other side of the flame. "Campfire Audio"
continues while the video shows a few snippets of gearing up for
fishing. Dubbed in an around this are Duncan's questions being
answered regarding where we are going and what flies we are using
which was captured in the truck on the way to the river. The "Gearing
up" video brings us all to shots of us "stepping into the river"and
making a few casts... and then BLAMMO! A "hook set" shot and a
mastered audio track of our musical guest accompanies a little fishing
action.

That was just the first six minutes. Add day two and three of the
trip, mix well and enjoy your Telly.

Eliot

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Whose Baags?

2009-06-06T18:46:00.000-07:00

I got a great comment from "baags" on an older post.

Reveal yourself to me... but not in the "old Gregg" way, thanks.

"I got some Bailey's"

Some Tough Lyrics

2009-06-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

I think it's about embracing the person that God made you. In each of us is the desire to do good, be better at our core, become a positive addition to a community. In some people these desires are at the root of how they operate and live their life. Some people make choices that oppose these desires, maybe because it's easier... easier to convince themselves to do bad because that is what they have been dealt by others. It is what they know best.

Anyway, I don't think the Greg Brown is asking God to "leave him alone". I think Greg acknowledges the good that God gave him by saying "my actions are my own and You put the desire in my heart to do good and that is what I AM supposed to do anyway".

And if you are one of those people who really enjoys music and were still wondering what the big deal is about Bob Dylan let me lend what help I can. Try giving a listen to 4th time around on his Blonde on Blonde album.

Liberty Glass

2009-06-05T01:51:00.000-07:00

I pray i remain humble when I convince myself that I actually am as
cool as I think.

Eliot

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1990 Miata Club Car for sale

2009-05-31T11:50:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it? Justin thinks it's becoming an
"addiction".....but we have agreed that with only two of us, and a
three car garage, we are in the market to sell a couple of our
vehicles! Fun weekend to "market" them!

We only plan to sell one of the red cars, so "Little Red" is the one
that will go. '90 red Miata in great shape and very fun to drive if
you know anyone interested. Only 113,000 miles and we are the second
owners...always garaged (and covered) and loved like crazy! 26+ miles
per gallon. $3,950.

Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/

Hole in the back of my head

2009-05-22T11:30:00.000-07:00

Intro is warhols song with some video and pictures of the fishing show
with overlaid animation of the bummers in life trailing out (I.e,
lawnmower, crying baby at a dinner table, a congestion roadsign

Eliot

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If I can't whiz in my own yard

2009-05-21T01:04:00.001-07:00

I won't pay to live there

Eliot

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Warming up some chicks by the fire

2009-05-11T21:05:00.000-07:00

My celebrity alter-ego

2009-05-11T20:21:00.001-07:00

Bessey Higgenbottom

Always working on something weird and pretty much oblivious to the
shared reality

Eliot

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FinChasers Marketing

2009-04-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

Someday, I need to donate a boat of mine to LakeO for homecoming week or whatever. Let them spray it up with Anti-Pacer stuff and wack away at it with sledge hammers like we used to do to an old car every year.

The problem is that I don't think they could get through an FC hull. We'll even rent a back-ho to drop a huge rock on the boat, or lift up the boat and drop it on the rock. (Check out this great video from Lavro who makes the second best hull to mine and gets very little credit in the industry for it.)

So we also have another company's composite hull driftboat on a trailer around behind the high-school that has been sprayed up by Seniors in the "Young Entreprenuers Club" in the same anti-Pacer way, but instructing them to leave enough of the "CLA..K..CR..FT" or "H..DE" name. Let them bash that all up. Capturing it on video.

A few Noahs

2009-04-09T00:52:00.001-07:00

I would not put it past my God to have spoken to a few guys before
the flood. The stories that end up finishing in another part of the
world may beer away from my God, but I wouldn't put it past him to
have tried.

Eliot

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The art of Turin

2009-04-07T01:07:00.001-07:00

I believe the shroud is perfect art from a genius mind. Even the
long fingers and disproportianate height make perfect sense to me.
Imagine the coloration of the shroud being caused by the brilliant
white-hot light of the risen Lord discoloring the fabric as his "body"
is restored to it's now supremely enlightened state. And the body
moving in an instantaneous but angelically slow in regal motion. The
forefinger seperating from the others first and them the middle finger
following it. Dragging across the fabric and removing it from the
other fingers in subsequent sequence and creating the appearance of
disproportion.
Imagine both legs lifting simultaneously from mostly bending at the
hip. The feet experience the same excess duration of contact as the
body emerges from the cloth and by this time the hands and arms have
removed the top half of cloth from contact with the front of the body.

DaVinci was a step ahead of todays investigators. Smart dude

Eliot

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2009-03-30T22:17:00.001-07:00

Teachers rule.

My wife, her mom and my step-dad are like my favorite people in the world and they deal with weird mini-adult wannabes all day. They rule and I couldn't deal. We used to do middle-school trips to Europe as "chaperones" cuz Lisa (my wife not step-dad) is bestest friends with the french teacher. Free rides to a dozen countries with accommodation and meals comped and it was barely worth it. Weird when they are as big as me and act like American middle-schoolers... what was I thinking?

I pretty much came home after the Tetons and set up base camp here in Oregon. I fished really hard for the next couple years while still calling myself a student if I needed to. taken a few trips to Alaska, Belize, Australia, but been playing in Idaho and Oregon and feeling like there is so much to explore right here still.

Avery is 7 now. Regan is 4 - (pr. "Reagan" like the pres). Awesomest little girls I could ever have. They are teaching me to play with dolls and that only a gruff voice is needed in some conflicts. All three make me better as a real person everyday instead of some guy who could just live out of his truck and be "left the hell alone" with a smile.

We do a family camp event every year or so. My wife's idea of camping is room service. And with them it's my idea as well... so I'm not fishing as much I used too. But how can a guy keep up with 300+ days a year on the river and pay a mortgage?
... but they all dig that dad goes out and gets dirty and sleeps on logging roads for a weekend every other month or so.

I'm so lucky I actually have the perpetual feeling that I might win the lottery someday.

Howard Hughes and hubbing McCall

2009-03-01T14:32:00.000-08:00

I'm watching a bio on Hughes and realize that the missing piece of the
empire in mccall is a small fast jet fleet airline and a car rental
company. Beautiful new composite jets with the latest in quiet and
fast turbine technology flying to Spokane, Seattle, pdx, as well as
the Colorado mountain towns and southern Canada. And really nice SUVs
and convertibles in the rental fleet. The rental company is in all the
small mountain towns that the fleet services.

Short little two-hour layovers in mccall coupled with a really nice
shuttle to downtown which is part of the rental company and advertises
the rental company in vail at their destination... And also showing
more people how quaint and wonderful mccall is for the future
destination spot and probably bringing the town a bit of cash in the
short term by selling a burger at "my fathers place".

Eliot

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The Neverending Story

2009-02-27T18:32:00.000-08:00

Maybe the eyes miss deliberately as long as the wanderer believes his
own heart is pure and knows it for real.

Eliot

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The degoba system

2009-02-22T14:52:00.001-08:00

It's mostly at our worse point when we really are inspired to do what
we are supposed to do. When Luke had freed himself from the cave of
the ice monster and was wandering around a snowstorm was when Obi-wan
told him to go the degoba system to get real intensive Jedi training.

In a euphoric state of hypothermia Kenobi's spiritualized hologram
speaks to him. Maybe that's when we listen best to the voice of our
Creator.
Eliot

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Things like this

2009-02-06T01:01:00.000-08:00

It"s things like this that are the subtle keys to fatherhood. The actions taken by the dad that enable the healing and growing of the greater good... the entire family structure.

Playing catch with your kids. So cliche. No one but actors with a Tim Robbins smile are actually caught in the act of doing this. Most dads have though, at least on one occasion. Don't get all high-and-mighty, Even I, the father of two girls, have gone through this act; not because I'm super-rad, I am compelled to do so once every year or so. I like to crouch down and give them that same big target-of-a-mitt, time and again, to perfect a throw... just like a catcher.

However, the key is to make it a challenge on some level to myself. I use a catcher's mitt on my right hand which makes me learn some finesse while throwing with the off-hand.

But, you see. there are no left-handed catchers, therefore no right-handed mitts. They are as rare as an EMT dispatch call without "vomitous".

Think about it: A player with a right-handed catcher's mitt throw's with their left hand (the quick throw to second base is the most common). But the majority of batters will be standing right in front of that throw. So there are no left-handed catcher's, therefore the catcher's mitt for the right hand is pretty much non-existent.

But I have one. It's a Rawlings from "the sixties" I guess. My dad gave it to me about 15 years ago and he had it when he was a kid or something. Anyway, I gave it some Langlitz leather conditioner tonight for its first "drink" in half-a-millenium. Man it looks good and "old-timey".

I should throw the ball with the kids more often.

...

2009-02-04T22:46:00.000-08:00

Every one of us is an actor to some degree. We have decided the roles, even when we feel we didn't approve the casting.

I think the the way to go though is in mastering the art of Directing so you don't inadvertently give that job up to someone else. It's your play for crying out loud.

Or is it God's?

It's supposed to be.

Maybe real mastery is when you have read the Director's notes thoroughly and have attempted to put yourself in His shoes to fully understand the authenticity of the scene.

Is He a Director of the ultimate improv?

An old foreign coin collection

2009-01-27T01:33:00.000-08:00

Most of these coins are from countries where governments represented on them are no longer in power. My Dad gave them to me with a bunch of old trinkets that his grandpa, Ernest Ray Sprague, gave to him. I think the coins are mostly things my dad picked up in his tour of the South Pacific in the 70's with the Enterprise.

Avery is charged by her second grade teacher to come in with foreign money. We are going to throw a curve ball into her geography lesson and mix in some social studies and poli-sci in history.

They'll probably just notice the different colors of metal. I'm charged with taking a quick inventory to make sure nothing is worth a few G's per chance... to spice up her collection of Aussie coin and decade old money that was just prior to the EU. I would hate for that kinda thing to end up under the tire swing via some Gap Kids Overalls.

1. Research proper cleaning technique: Cleaning coins is hotly debated among collectors and could negatively affect their value. I am going to identify coins first.

A few coins:
1972 Hong Kong Dollar with Queen Elizabeth on the back. Been around for more than One-hundred years. No problem letting this one go with her.

1961, 1972, 1974, 1976 Peso. Again have at it.

the rest:
Ecuador
Netherlands
Peru 20 Centavos ... which is worth about 10 bucks probably or $35 at an online "police auction"
Argentina
and two odd ones that have the Mandarin symbol for dollar but no date or country.

... I'm not too worried where any of them end up.

An Intro

2009-01-24T10:57:00.001-08:00

I would like to give you an intriguing background story on your author. One that instantly seals the deal with you, the reader. David James Duncan is the pro at that. But this isn't fiction and I don't know what the truth is. Sometimes I have heard it said I was a C-section baby with hours of excruciating labor and other times I was almost born on the way from my Dad's house on Lake Maloney to North Platte General. Sometimes my dad was driving, other times I think I have heard that he wasn't there. It is an event that I can gather as much data as possible on, but in the end the conclusion comes ultimately in faith about like The Big Bang theory, or evolution vs creationism... I wasn't really there so I'm not going to fight anyone about it or go to the extreme and place a bumper sticker on my car about it.

Jr. Bonner - Riding Sunshine

2009-01-21T00:42:00.000-08:00

Ace: "Lord, that does ease the pain of a loser." (as he takes a shot of rotgut) "If this world's all about winners, what's for the losers?"

Jr: "Well somebody's gotta hold the horses, Ace."

Prehistoric Shark Tooth, Cat Tooth?

2009-01-09T00:46:00.000-08:00

In 2007 I found a 2" shark tooth (or something) at 800' elevation while elk hunting in territory that I will only disclose to a scientist who doesn't hunt elk...

I originally thought it was just the splintered joint-end of a major mammal bone that had been eroded and serving as a calcium supply for rodents in more recent times. But I showed it to my wife's cousin and he kinda freaked. He told me that it's the most common fossil in the world, but this one, given it's size and location, needed to be shown around. I showed it to him in early August of 2008 and I am finally taking the time to document it. I guess I figured, "what's another couple months?"

Blast Off!

2008-12-26T11:45:00.000-08:00

"One, Two, Blast off!" Watching my four-year-old girl, Regan, leap from the arm of one couch to the cushions of the other I am reminded to stay child-like in my later years. Knowing that life is what I make of it and I can be anything but it first starts in my mind. Not pretending, but deciding what I should each day... and acting upon that decision.

Now, I could have reminded Regan that we don't jump on the couch, but it's the day after Christmas and I am enjoying my children. If she had fear and hesitated in her leap she would have fallen short and then while she was crying in my lap I would remind her of our somewhat-enforced safety rule. Instead she said "Blast Off!" with confidence and instantly sprang and stuck the landing no less.

Where shall I spring to now?

Oz Wedding Redeaux- a vivid dream

2008-12-18T11:12:00.000-08:00

Mobhit.
Gerry bought huge farm under a new business name for the wedding. I
parked the 912 and was taken in by a detective as i arrived. He
showed me the crime scene in the building I parked near and the 912
transmission linkage came out in my hand as I parked. He took me on
the tour and ithe hit happened the day before. Apparently the hit
was the wrong day... And the wrong wedding party. (this farm venue
was already booked for weddings when he bought it). The Detective
told me that he wouldn't be attending todays ceremony if it were him.
Everyone was shot even the priest doing the ceremony. I saw all of
the body markets on the floor. After questioning me Sarah was
brought into the scene by the detective. (It's probably the only time
I have ever seen her not smiling and I had to dream her expression to
get it). We passed each other without saying a word.
I wandered aimlessly through the whole pre party and finally found
Lisa but failed to mention anything due to being surrounded by
others. It seemed that some were catching wind of this but no one was
talking about it. Due to the interrogation I still hadn't gotten
dressed and was running around looking for my suit. Older ladies were
giving me tasks to keep my mind off of things cuz they knew. I rinsed
some blown glass vase and the glass flowers in it. I tried to go back
out into this farm complex to find the building where I parked the
Porsche and got questioned in hopes of finding my suit but couldn't
find it instead found polo ponies returning from a match. I kind of
got stuck in between these horses going from field to barn and they
were real jittery animals. Jacked on roids for being athletes I
thought to myself. I was at this wrong building full of industrial
cleaning supplies and such when I stopped for a moment to watch and
approach a group of monitor lizards. As I came closer one ended up
being a strange owl that I almost reached out to touch but pulled my
hand back at the last moment.

These were in two consecutive dreams since I woke up in the middle
and got my bearings before drifting off to finish the dreams
sequencially.

I even had conversations with others regarding why Sarah brought my
Porsche to Oz, especially since I sold it back in the states. Oddly
it had moss under the boot from sitting in Oregon so long. I met her
brothers and cousins. I ran and walked through three diff buildings
over a couple hundred acres when it was all said and done.

I wrote this while laying in bed immediately after I awoke. It was
too detailed and vivid to let it go without some written closure to
signify it was just a dream. I had only two drinks that night to
induce this. Nothing else.

Eliot

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Stand by Me sung around the world

2008-12-11T13:55:00.001-08:00

These guys are all just playing for change. pretty cool montage.

Motorcycle rental in Gold Coast Australia

2008-12-10T10:55:00.001-08:00

After about 3 weeks in Australia I still hadn't gotten out to see "Australia". Sure, we did the Koala Preserve on Phillip island, and saw the Little Penguins March from the sea to shore as they do each night after dusk at the Phillip Island (half-way through Regan asked "Where are the adults?"). We even got to pet the Koala's at David Fleay's Wildlife Park in West Burleigh- which is a way more natural experience than the other tourist attractions right off the Gold Coast highway.. and half the price).

But I felt like I needed to go out and see something on my own and there was no other choice for me but to rent a 2008 Ducati Monster. The place to do it is Scoot and Toot. The owner, Danny Grofski, treated me real well. If you don't have an endorsement you can pick up a scooter -like so many of the "schoolies" do once they sober up. My rental came with clean and "newish" helmet, armored jacket, gloves, backpack and a map... although I forgot the map on the counter.

I hired the bike (Aussie term for rental) for a 24-hour period but there are many different timing options. I did the loop up to Natural Bridge and down through Chillingham into New South Wales and back to Gold Coast, Queensland the first afternoon and then got early the next morning and did it again! It wasn't the desert outback experience that we all think of... for me, it was way better. I saw the rain forest of Southern Queensland in its Spring-blooming glory. It was what I pictured New Zealand to be like- green, lush and the twistiest of twisty motorcycle roads.

I do think it might be one of the best roads for motorcycling that I have yet experienced. I was constantly torn between taking in the scenery and seeing how far I could lean the bike over around the switch-back of blind corners. A huge purple tree in full bloom around one corner gave me no choice but to bring the twin to an idle for a picture. I think Ducati-Red goes perfectly with the backdrop but that's me.

Chillingham was just a dot of a borderline-anti-establishment community and one of the highlights of my stops along the way. I slowed down to a safe speed as I rolled through town, passing the two little "businesses". On my way out of town I saw my first Aussie roadsign that let me know there was no speed limit! I opened up the throttle through the first turn and then knowing that I wasn't probably going to stop again with no speed limit my heart told me to head back into town and see what I was about to miss.

I stopped at the "fruit, etc" stand for a cup of coffee and browse the baskets of fresh fruit grown behind the lean-to. I got a chuckle when I told the lady I had to come back because "I didn't read all of her signs my first time through". I bought some candy for my girls called "Chillingham Dog-Droppings" which were black licorice rings covered in chocolate- nicely twist-tied in a baggie with a home-printed name-tag inside. They were a hit when I got back home.

I also asked her for some advice on what to put on a bite that I recieved while swimming with the girls. I showed her the inflated wound and she handed me a small bottle of "Neem Seed Oil" for $4AU. I don't know if it worked but it smelled like sesame seed oil and helped the itching nonetheless.

As I left Chillingham for the "drive according to conditions" limitless rainforest road ahead I only stopped one other time. I was waved down by a girl in her twenties or so. Her brother, as I am told, was returning the neighbors cow that got loose on the highway around the next bend. They heard the bike screaming up the valley floor and so she ran down to stop me. It was the first time I was glad to see a girl in sweats and milking boots, however weird the situation was. I asked her to snap a pic before I roared out of there and headed back to Surfers Paradise.

Among the fleet of nice new scooters, Scoot and Toot had other full-size bikes for hire such as a late model Buell 1200, new Triumph cruiser and "Zed-750" Kawasaki, but the Ducati was pretty much a no-brainer and I could not have been happier. Thanks, Danny- maybe next time you'll let me go over the 250km/24hr odometer limit without a fuss.

Billabong Wedding

2008-12-10T10:35:00.000-08:00

Brent and Sarah's wedding in Nagambi... the wine country of Australia. The setting was 480 acres of which about 120 acres were used for Gerry's vineyard. If I were to guess only about 350 acres were for the racehorses of Limerick Lane. That leaves a "small" portion for the house which backed up to an amazing billabong (or pond). Avery and Regan were amazing as the flower girls, the bride was stunning, the first dance was performed perfectly by Zia accompanied by Adam Deneen who isn't even a professional piano player- but definitely could be.

The marriage ceremony was held in the early evening and the party lasted until about 3am and the lighting on the place was phenomenal. Gerry lit up the island snag trees in blue which was soooo cool. The picture does it no justice.

Walking With Dinosaurs - Behind the scenes of the BBC live experience

2008-12-10T10:21:00.000-08:00

While we were on our trip to Australia we got to visit the compound that manufactures all of the dinosaurs that are designed and made for the Walking with Dinosaurs live experience brought to you by the BBC. Avery got to drive the T-rex but Regan was a little bit unnerved by getting that close and chose to stay on my shoulders.

Storm in Surfer's Paradise

2008-12-02T03:28:00.000-08:00

Here are some video stills I captured at the Ryan's apartment in Gold
Coast. And we needed sunscreen in the day. Not a bad place to hang
out...

I'd pick up trash on the sidewalk like an inmate if I could live in
that town

The 2008 Honda TransAlp

2008-11-29T13:26:00.000-08:00

This photo was taken in Melbourne Australia at the Honda dealer
downtown. We cannot get this rig in the states possibly due to
emmissions, or maybe they just dont want it cannibalising sales on
the more profitable lines of bikes.

Waiting on a cow

2008-11-28T18:07:00.000-08:00

So I am hauling around the bend overlooking a valley between Chillingham and Mudgereeba on the border of New South Wales and Queensland. I am really ripping it up on this most epic motorcycling road ever gouged from a hillside. Signs read "Drive According to Conditions" which means "There's no speed limit, but please don't add to the Aussie public health care bill by being stupid."

So I come around the corner and this chick in milking boots and sweats waves me down and asks me to stop. It seems her brother is trying to return the neighbors cow that got loose. Nice kid. I woulda hopped on and tried the "Man from Snowy River" move and see how we fared down the cliff. But thats me if I was a bored farm kid (...and I am talking about the cow).

So I asked the Milking boot-Betty to snap a pic with my iPhone.

The book that captured my attention from start to finish

2008-11-28T17:29:00.000-08:00

26 hours ago I picked up a book at the Melbourne Airport before heading back to the silicon forest of PNW .

The Four Hour Work Week

I think it is changing my life... or am I enjoying the justification of it?

Here is a snippet I ran across in the first 5 mins on the author's blog Tim Ferris:
The top 5 reasons to be a jack of all trades.

... But there is SOOOOO much more to it. Get some, BMag.

Shameless in Sydney

2008-11-18T14:50:00.000-08:00

Almost two weeks in this cool country and I haven't been to the wilderness unless you count the 500 acre race horse farm in Nagambia. But those days were hardly roughing it.

Hamish invited us over for a BBQ so we stuck around Sydney and did the tourist deal. Fruitbats in the botanical garden, sharks in the aquarium, lunch near the operahouse.

So last night I am over at Rossers with my cute family having some lamb and mint suasages when I just decided to get shameless and let my lady take a pic. Avery's smile looks so good I thought I would share and let you all know how well we are doing.

Oh the art on the back wall was for selling a few extra albums of "Highly Evolved" in the UK.

It is sad that the band seems to be coming to an end, but I sampled many of the Hamish beers last night from his home brew and they were perfect. I can never stomach home brew but this stuff was golden- "Skinny Blonde" actually and you can find it in pubs locally already but he can't keep up with demand. Anyway, Nice beats, Hamish. And your brew is highly evolved as well.

Sprague Update from Oz

2008-11-11T17:29:00.001-08:00

I've had to concentrate real hard behind the wheel of our rental in
Melbourne since I've been doing all the driving. Everything is
reversed from the side of the driver in the car to the side of the
road I'm supposed to stay on.

While visiting the offices and warehouse where "Walking with
Dinosaurs" is actually made, Avery got to run the remote on the 30
ft T-Rex. How many kids around the world have gotten to do that?

I got to experience "How it's Made" in real time by walking through
Jayco Australias dozen manufacturing buildings with the founder and
CEO, Gerry Ryan. It's a big operation to say the least. Aussies
love their caravans and Jayco has 48% of the market while the other
52% is shared among over 150 other manufacturers.

Watching "Stakes day" of the Melbourne Cup from an owners box suite
is a nice way to experience horse racing. The track is grass not
dirt so you get a sense of the rarity of the race. Especially when
the "riff-raff" having thier picnics on the lawn by the track are
all wearing suits and ties.

Dinner at the Ryan's was not to be outdone. Fig paste with a bit
of blue cheese (not the dressing but blue cheese) and red wine was
one of the finest deserts I have yet to experience.

Avery asked if the "waiters" are always working at their house.

Huge fruit bats moved overhead at dusk as if they were crows while
we sat on thier patio that would have put any sunset magazine
centerfold to shame.

And I was asked the most absurd question in my life... "sir would
you like to taste the worlds best Shiraz from last year". Uhh...
Yeah I think I better try that.

Eliot

Happy Halloween -

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Trick or Treat

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Hmmm...

2008-10-14T23:45:00.000-07:00

Does...

I mean ...

Can the assurance of salvation encourage one to sin?

Bear creek- the house of root

2008-10-13T23:45:00.000-07:00

We serve senbei Ginger chips with the bill. We have the ten best root
beers we can find. Unlimited root beers for guests of the lodge. We
charge a bit more. Keeps us in the. Upper end. But delivers more of an
experience.

Eliot

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A donut for two, please

2008-10-11T14:08:00.000-07:00

Robe and jammies on a chilly October morning with a fresh donut from Lee's farm.

Hard to beat a morning like this...

Your Signature Themes - Gallup Online

2008-10-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

My Signature Themes after taking the Clifton Strengths Finder

Many years of research conducted by The Gallup Organization suggest
that the most effective people are those who understand their
strengths and behaviors. These people are best able to develop
strategies to meet and exceed the demands of their daily lives, their
careers, and their families.

A review of the knowledge and skills you have acquired can provide a
basic sense of your abilities, but an awareness and understanding of
your natural talents will provide true insight into the core reasons
behind your consistent successes.

Your Signature Themes report presents your five most dominant themes
of talent, in the rank order revealed by your responses to
StrengthsFinder. Of the 34 themes measured, these are your "top five."

Your Signature Themes are very important in maximizing the talents
that lead to your successes. By focusing on your Signature Themes,
separately and in combination, you can identify your talents, build
them into strengths, and enjoy personal and career success through
consistent, near-perfect performance.

Strategic
The Strategic theme enables you to sort through the clutter and find
the best route. It is not a skill that can be taught. It is a
distinct way of thinking, a special perspective on the world at
large. This perspective allows you to see patterns where others
simply see complexity. Mindful of these patterns, you play out
alternative scenarios, always asking, "What if this happened? Okay,
well what if this happened?" This recurring question helps you see
around the next corner. There you can evaluate accurately the
potential obstacles. Guided by where you see each path leading, you
start to make selections. You discard the paths that lead nowhere.
You discard the paths that lead straight into resistance. You discard
the paths that lead into a fog of confusion. You cull and make
selections until you arrive at the chosen path—your strategy. Armed
with your strategy, you strike forward. This is your Strategic theme
at work: "What if?" Select. Strike.

Futuristic
"Wouldn't it be great if . . ." You are the kind of person who loves
to peer over the horizon. The future fascinates you. As if it were
projected on the wall, you see in detail what the future might hold,
and this detailed picture keeps pulling you forward, into tomorrow.
While the exact content of the picture will depend on your other
strengths and interests—a better product, a better team, a better
life, or a better world—it will always be inspirational to you. You
are a dreamer who sees visions of what could be and who cherishes
those visions. When the present proves too frustrating and the people
around you too pragmatic, you conjure up your visions of the future
and they energize you. They can energize others, too. In fact, very
often people look to you to describe your visions of the future. They
want a picture that can raise their sights and thereby their spirits.
You can paint it for them. Practice. Choose your words carefully.
Make the picture as vivid as possible. People will want to latch on
to the hope you bring.

Maximizer
Excellence, not average, is your measure. Taking something from below
average to slightly above average takes a great deal of effort and in
your opinion is not very rewarding. Transforming something strong
into something superb takes just as much effort but is much more
thrilling. Strengths, whether yours or someone else's, fascinate you.
Like a diver after pearls, you search them out, watching for the
telltale signs of a strength. A glimpse of untutored excellence,
rapid learning, a skill mastered without recourse to steps—all these
are clues that a strength may be in play. And having found a
strength, you feel compelled to nurture it, refine it, and stretch it
toward excellence. You polish the pearl until it shines. This natural
sorting of strengths means that others see you as discriminating. You
choose to spend time with people who appreciate your particular
strengths. Likewise, you are attracted to others who seem to have
found and cultivated their own strengths. You tend to avoid those who
want to fix you and make you well rounded. You don't want to spend
your life bemoaning what you lack. Rather, you want to capitalize on
the gifts with which you are blessed. It's more fun. It's more
productive. And, counterintuitively, it is more demanding.

Woo
Woo stands for winning others over. You enjoy the challenge of
meeting new people and getting them to like you. Strangers are rarely
intimidating to you. On the contrary, strangers can be energizing.
You are drawn to them. You want to learn their names, ask them
questions, and find some area of common interest so that you can
strike up a conversation and build rapport. Some people shy away from
starting up conversations because they worry about running out of
things to say. You don't. Not only are you rarely at a loss for
words; you actually enjoy initiating with strangers because you
derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection.
Once that connection is made, you are quite happy to wrap it up and
move on. There are new people to meet, new rooms to work, new crowds
to mingle in. In your world there are no strangers, only friends you
haven't met yet—lots of them.

Self-Assurance
Self-Assurance is similar to self-confidence. In the deepest part of
you, you have faith in your strengths. You know that you are able—
able to take risks, able to meet new challenges, able to stake
claims, and, most important, able to deliver. But Self-Assurance is
more than just self-confidence. Blessed with the theme of Self-
assurance, you have confidence not only in your abilities but in your
judgment. When you look at the world, you know that your perspective
is unique and distinct. And because no one sees exactly what you see,
you know that no one can make your decisions for you. No one can tell
you what to think. They can guide. They can suggest. But you alone
have the authority to form conclusions, make decisions, and act. This
authority, this final accountability for the living of your life,
does not intimidate you. On the contrary, it feels natural to you. No
matter what the situation, you seem to know what the right decision
is. This theme lends you an aura of certainty. Unlike many, you are
not easily swayed by someone else's arguments, no matter how
persuasive they may be. This Self-Assurance may be quiet or loud,
depending on your other themes, but it is solid. It is strong. Like
the keel of a ship, it withstands many different pressures and keeps
you on your course.

'Octavio'

2008-10-04T04:40:00.000-07:00

Also a menu item.

The name of the clown-masked dude at the Babylon when Tony Montana
survives the first hit attempt.

Maybe 'Ribs Octavio' done with Cuban pork spices from the Dutch oven all
the way to the grill.

Class 'A' Chit

2008-10-04T04:25:00.001-07:00

and 'The Yayo'

These are menu items

Plus....

2008-10-03T08:52:00.001-07:00

When it's all paid off I can sit around totally naked at my huge place in the woods. What other premium could anyone achieve in this life?

What makes you think you can run this magnificent place at or near it's potential?

2008-10-03T08:52:00.000-07:00

I have been over and past a lot of seas. I have seen enough to know what is healthy for a time. I have concieved what needs to be made for me- And some others.

But don't worry. It's final episode won't be Mountain Family Koresh-inson.

The revelation of Youth Camp

2008-09-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

The perfect playlist was being had in my truck on the way to the
Coast range for my first day of hunting but the last weekend of the
month-long season.

"Lisa Says"- Velvet Underground
Forerverlove - Brian Coates
Ocean - Velvet Underground
Sweet Bonnie Brown - Velvet Underground
Ride - Warhols
New Age- Velvet Underground
Going to H - Brian Jonestown Massacre
I Want To Die - Rick Bain and the Genius Position

I got off the phone with Dustin about Bear Creek Lodge and his
reaction was "YESSSSS!! I want to live at camp all the time"

It made sense. There are a network of people in my life and my
history and past and education in life and school... it just makes
sense now.

The Lodge is missing enough rooms to make it pencil out. We havee
the expensive suites and 2 cabins... but we need th dorm style
housing to pack ski-teams in and church groups and budding
screenwriters for a writing camp.

The parents of the wedding parties can stay in the suites and get
pampered (heck , they are funding the thing), but the "kids" of the
gathering all stay in the dorms just like camp and we separate the
boys and the girls... even if the y are married already... that way
they have to sneak off for some necking... just like camp.

The hosts of the writing conference teach the seminars and stay in
the Lodge suites and cabins, but the conference goers all stay in the
dorms.

One other thing I had a revelation about on this road trip:
When you stop at a place like CAMP 18 restaurant just to go to the
bathroom... drop a dollar in the donation jug for the Families of
Fallen Loggers.

Triumph at the Republican National Convention

2008-09-11T09:40:00.001-07:00

Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance with You

2008-09-10T14:59:00.000-07:00

Give this video a full 3 minutes or whatever it takes. Lyrics and story are just nice and work well.

I still don't know who these guys are... just had someone throw me the video this morning.

An Awful picture of a fine day

2008-09-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

I shipped the first two emblems at full retail plus shipping today. These simply are the coolest emblems in the fishing industry. Anodized Chrome for 12.99 can't be beat... heck some vinyl stickers (the old skeleton fish) are north of 20 bucks!!!

3.89 to ship to Tillamook Oregon
3.84 to ship to Maryland

... curious

Waterproof spray for iPod, phone, iphone, etc!!!!

2008-09-10T10:23:00.000-07:00

Golden Shellback Waterproof Coating from gCaptain.com on Vimeo.

Relative Genius

2008-09-09T08:55:00.000-07:00

My father lives in Nebraska and his fire is fueled by hunting ducks and geese. Year round he is thinking about it and making silhouette decoys and carts and other things...

... but this was his first summer as a retiree and genius and boredom led to this amazing little rig that looks like a giant hay bale from the outside. Inside it should stay nice and cozy since he kept the stove for making coffee and hash browns.

I hope he thought through the fire-escape plan.

.... And way back in the day when hair was feathered and big he made this sweet "goose blind" that you could drive around the lake. It is made with closed irrigation pipes on each side like a pontoon boat. The neck of the goose was a gun rack. The john boat motors the thing around after you lock it in from the inside with a few ratcheting pulley deals. The goose retired after a few pics in local magazines and stuff.

He converted it into a floating island by removing the head and covering the entire canvas area with reeds... and it is still in use today.

Here is how it works:
1 - the barge/blind (goose) with boat locked in is trailered to the waterway you are going to hunt.

2 - You launch the barge and boat as one unit and motor the whole rig to where you want to set up decoys.

3 - Anchor the barge part and unlock the boat to exit the blind with just the boat.

4 - Motor around the outside of the barge setting up your decoys, and the pull the boat back in to start hunting.