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Building up the camper - 2013

So, I unfortunately got so heads down on this project I forgot to document everything... so here's the jist of my work during the year of 2013. The entire project began with me getting into welding. I hadn't welded since a class I'd take…

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Woodruff Key Seared, the bike is dead.

Okay, I finally found some spare time to get in there. My suspicion was that it was flywheel related, given the history of these engines and all. I also could engage the starter and it just free spun, so I knew something was up. The engi…

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Rough Cut -- Fire 2013 Set first take

So I'm DJing a party again... after 5-6 years or so now. I'm rusty behind the decks for sure and don't have my song memorized anymore like I used to, but I threw together a set I'll be polishing up between here and the event. Enjoy an ea…

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...and then it dies...

So it was time to take the Vulcan out for a longer and more accurate shakedown of how it would spend it's life. I hopped on the bike and took the hour long commute into work that I drive every day. It's all highway driving and at a good …

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New Shoes and My first ride on the bike!

Despite the relatively steady progress I had initially with the bike, completing the Vulcan 500 brought me to a near standstill. Perhaps it was the other projects I had going on, perhaps it was returning to work full time again after my …

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A Simple Toy Hauler on the CHEAP!

I should have just renamed this blog CHEAP SHRED JESSE as I constantly am trying to do things on the cheap. To demonstrate my point, the same day I ran out to get this trailer, I went and bought a cheap hunting rifle because the price wa…

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