Wednesday, July 28, 2010

今年も東海岸へ

準備オケ!(。。最初地図を忘れて一回戻って来たけど。。)
最初のキャンプ。全然寝られなかった。。(ウェーリングスケートパークの奥の森だから。。うるさかった)
東海岸にある島で、馬が好きに生きているみたい。。辛かったりしたら噛まれる。。島は一応
マーリランド州のパークだけど名前忘れちゃった。。
三日目かな。。
デラウェア州で水泳!やっぱり年に一回は一日だけでも海で泳がなきゃ!
最後の日のキャンプ。テントが朝の霧でぬれて、チムの乾かし方。。微妙
最後の朝、キャンプした後、準備オッケ!やく1700マイル走って来た。楽しかった!俺はそろそろこのバイクのタイヤーを交換しないと。。

最近のスケート

インディーの若者の一人。。。。大きくないけどランプまでのプッシュがありえない。。

チムさんも今年から先生になる!おめでとうのブラント。
チムと言えば、ランプの鬼。オーバーバートのCrail。。写真が微妙。
友達の付き合っている女の子の子供のアイザックだけど。。クルーズしている
またCrailのしゃしんだけど、友達(ちゃんとライトとかを持って来る写真をとっている友達)の光を借りてとったやつ。それでもちょっと遅かった。。チムはちゃんとボードを握っていたぞ

Monday, July 19, 2010

DownHome...

Decided to put a new rear end on my CL. Wasnt ever that happy with it in the first place and the seat was bad.... Put a fender on it? Hmm......
Down home on the ranch. I will move out to the country again one day (minus the horses).
About time to head back to Indy......

Markle Indiana WHAAAT

Calista loves the to be the passenger on these go karts......but today she has become a driver!
Me and Calista about to jump the hill! YEAAAAH!!

This buggy was not meant for a 10 year old but with a little modification.......BOOM!


Oh yeah, rollin' fast! Where did she learn this from? HaHaHaHa......



Sunday, July 18, 2010

Shiho and Saho

Shiho and Saho. Look at that expression on Saho!
So cute!
Thank you for the tasty treats! The postcard to the left is for her show that is going on now in Tsukuba.
I took this as I was saying goodbye. What is she thinking?


I got to visit my good friend Shiho who I haven't seen in years this summer. When I lived in Japan we did a photo show together, 3000 world. She is doing another one at a cafe in Tsukuba right now! I am glad I got to see her and her baby Saho!

Rat Bike Indy - Hutch style

So while I was wiring the bike Hutch got a little crafty. Don't be fooled by the cute face and flower like shapes.......these are deadly

Bikes that run perfect are fun but........rat bikes rule! Hope that wiring works out! Wakin' up the neighbors after working on it all day!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Ritz'n~ I love you!

The best veggie burger I have ever eaten. Everything is made in the store, including the bun. The burger patty is small but is complimented by a succulent slice of marinated daikon.... If i lived close to this place, I would be a poor, poor man.
And with the lunch set comes a few daily sides which change with the seasons and are always vegan!
I have been going to this place since it opened 10 years ago. It was my salvation when I lived there. There is a cafe restaurant and a natural foods/products store connected to it. Of all the vegan restaurants I have been to in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, this is hands down the best. Everything is always vegan. The sides are all Japanese style made vegan and they usually have an amazing selection of deserts. Masaru, eat here for me one more time before you come to visit!

http://www.ritzn.jp

Ten cent Manju

YEAH! I love these little cakes of joy!
Store front picture. They always sell th regular Manju and Matcha Manju but on this day they had 3 seasonal items, Plum, Peach, and Black sesame seed!
Sampling is very important. You must try each one I think I bought about 50 Manju. Soooo good....We need one of these stores in America!
I try to come here every year, it is a ritual. It is close to where I went to school.... The person working the register on this day was no Japanese....she complimented me on the quality of my Japanese. Masaru Laughed, I felt strange.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Where does cup noodle come from?





Right here ladies and gentlemen. Back roads to nowhere Chiba prefecture I am pretty sure.

Garden!

しそが生きている!ししとうも!

日本から帰って ガーデンがもう、トマトとキュウリばっかり!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

蜂と蝶



漢字はあっているかどうかは。。。
修理していて、この虫たちが飛んで来た!

Monday, July 12, 2010

ラリーのバイクが。。。

Larry brought his bike back to get a few things done.
This is what the old gauges looked like.
Here are the new gauges. I think they match the overall look of the bike way better than the stock ones....
Here is what is next. This left carb has a ripped diaphram which makes for crappy idling and a little bit-o-backfire. I am waiting till it gets cooler tackle this one. Also, something I haven't seen before, this is sticking...not sure why. Seems like the spring might be done....lubed it up earlier but nothing changed. I have an extra carb.... so if all else fails.... I'll get her to you by tomorrow Larry I promise!

お客さんのバイクだけど、左側のキャブが壊れている。。今夜涼しくなってから修理をつつけようと〜
先までゲージを交換したりー

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Mid-ohio-Madness

Got about 3 hours of sleep. Black tea and ginger kept me warm tilll the sun came up.
Good old back country Indiana (and Ohio).


This is the crew. My dad on a goldwing with trailer, just in case. Two of his buddies Todd and Mark on touring bikes and me on the shadow, being hidden by the goldwing of course.
I dont usually like riding in groups but these guys have more experience than me and the trip went smoothly. About 350 miles overall, not bad for a Saturday. MidOhio was a life changing experience. I will be camping next year. Took me 3.5 hours just to get through all the swap meet booths and that was rushing! Found a couple of cb350 carbs for me and Larry, an old brake light, old cans of paint, and a cool old honda jacket. I took over 100 pictures of bikes. Needless to say, they wont all make it up but I am planning on going through a few a week just to keep the sight updated. I also have weeks worth of posting to do on the Japan trip I just got back from....school starts in less than 3 weeks.........

Friday, July 9, 2010

Warp speed

Lightning bugs, sunset, cornfields. This is Indiana.
On a motorcycle it seems a little like your going into light speed....

On the way here I thought of a new way to view speed limit lays. Instead of the number on the sign being miles per hour, lets change it to a percentage of what the speedometer goes up to on our bikes. Mine goes up to 120. The speed PERCENTAGE for I69 is 70. That puts me somewhere around 85 miles per hour. Add 5, thats 90. Perfect.

Masaru Life

Small little baby apartment that is actually big! This same room would cost a grand a month in Tokyo, in Tsukuba, not so much. Your bedroom here will be close to this size.
Yes, cooking. This is Iron Chef Masaru and his single burner kitchen version of Miso soup. It was good Masaru, your face on the other hand, kind of scary......

Mt. Dew

This one is for Mr.Best--

For anyone that knows me, this might be something you will never see again. I don't do the dew. The Dew in Japan however doesnt have things like brominated vegetable oil, or half the other cancer causing ingredient in it that the US version does. Read about. Banned in other countries...
Oh america...
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/823337/the_dangers_of_the_additive_brominated.html

Home sweet Home

Raining, gloomy, Japan is mourning its loss...I am going home
Meals on planes. If you order a special meal of any kind on a plane, you tend to get it about 15 to 20 minutes before everyone else depending on where you are sitting. This can be a good thing, or if your like me, you feel bad and wait till the people next to you get theirs...
Fun fact:! Vegan meals on the way out of the states SUCK! Vegan meals on the way in (prepared by other countries) are way better and DONT suck. This one didn't.
My middle seat flight companion pointed this out to me while I was engrossed in reading. Thanks! Nothanks though for taking up the arm chair and half of my seat the entire way home.
Puzzle pieces and fuzz balls. Wing-in pic from the plain. Detroit I believe?

2 Weeks of busy bee couch/floor sleeping exhaustion +1 day of sleep in my bed. Now I am ready to update. These are the photos on the way back. Typical - from the plane - photos. I have HD video for a bunch of my upcoming posts but no way to edit it small enough to put in on here....boo.