rfmueller Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Yeah, I'm pathetic. Sitting here on-line browsing the forum, and thinking "Is it spring yet?" Only 10 weeks and the Red Baron comes off life support. tap tap tap tap tap. That "finding other stuff to do during the winter" thing isn't going so well. Anybody got any cool MC collections to show? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fzar Posted December 20, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted December 20, 2019 20 hours ago, rfmueller said: I really like your Snoopy additions, the vintage fridge, obviously the bike, but what comes before Everything written on the wall?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 "Forgive Everyone Everything". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I like pic #2 the best, cracks me up! The guy just sits there as if he's went into winter hibernation and waiting for the first sign of spring before he moves again. Might I suggest some graffiti in red on the plywood with the caption, "The Red Baron Was Here!" Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 How about helmets? Anybody got any cool looking helmets they'd like to upload and show off? Any custom painters out there? I've done some custom painting from the aerosol cans from Home Depot. (You can only do 'so much' with Krylon.) AP996 looks like he had some kind of custom paint on his MC that he recently posted in a different string. C'mon guys (and gals): drag out the coolest looking pics ya got. We're trying to get through winter here and need some action! What was your favorite ride last year? Best pic? What's your absolute favorite piece of MC paraphrenalia? FZ07 shorts? MC meme? Battery powered nose warmer? ("other" battery powered warmer!?) Knee pads ya wore out doing a low corner? Helmet with car paint etched in the side from a crash you survived? (I had one of those but like a dummy, through it away.) MC key chain your brother gave you for good luck? Hot Wheels MC? The color image below is a bit off; the real red is darker than it appears: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member bornagainbiker Posted December 21, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted December 21, 2019 This is how I get through the winter, LOL: 1 1 Give Respect To Get Respect https://jeff-galbraith.pixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versysrider Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Pic of the FZ on the drive in front of the stable. 3 '16 Yamaha FZ-07, '15 Yamaha FZ-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versysrider Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Different angle winter pic. 1 '16 Yamaha FZ-07, '15 Yamaha FZ-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, versysrider said: Pic of the FZ on the drive in front of the stable. SWEEET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, versysrider said: Different angle winter pic. That looks wonderfully UNPOPULATED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 hour ago, bornagainbiker said: This is how I get through the winter, LOL: The longest I've gone without unlocking the MC garage to look at the FZ is two months. This year it's been almost three weeks. Had to check the battery tender you know. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1tondriver Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 minute ago, rfmueller said: The longest I've gone without unlocking the MC garage to look at the FZ is two months. This year it's been almost three weeks. Had to check the battery tender you know. Maybe it’s better that way. I have to look at it sitting in the cold garage everyday and just think, tomorrow is the first day of winter.., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 You've got a point there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyribs Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 1 hour ago, versysrider said: Pic of the FZ on the drive in front of the stable. Screen name "versysrider" with a FZ09 slumming around with the 07 guys! I'll be your friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twf Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 hours ago, rfmueller said: How about helmets? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyribs Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Kinda garage art related, but definitely a way to keep busy when indoors for winter. I always try to make something for my peeps as Christmas times. This year the theme was garage art/ scrap metal sculptures. Fun way to keep busy when the weather is nasty outside. Will be loading up the saddlebags and delivering gifts tomorrow! Etched this emblem and mounted it to a powdercoated sprocket for my buddy who restores old Triumphs. Etched another emblem and mounted it to a powdercoated old sidecover for my BMW buddy. Betcha already figured that out, though... This one's for Dad, who likes chilling at his beach house and always falls asleep while picking his mandolin. Still need to add the mandolin strings to this one. One for my fishing buddy. One for buddy who digs his old Ironhead. I think this one is my favorite. Little gear rack dealio sent to a buddy in Finland. He's in to steampunk stuff, so I gave it a shot. Has a place to hang keys, gloves, jacket/pants and a helmet pedestal. Can't make it out, but the copper emblem up top that shows when everything is hung up says "Ride More" in Finnish. When you get all the gear off the silver emblem says "Ride Safe" Whipped up a gear rack for myself since my living room coat rack was getting out of control. Just burned grain and shellac. Quick and dirty. Also made that bow rack for wifey's bow and my own. Leather strips where the bows hit wood, and leather hidden hinges for the bottom compartment. Wifey likes owls. Made from cheap spoons and forks. Edited December 21, 2019 by shinyribs 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twf Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 You will like this one better 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGonzales Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I made a pencil holder. The hardest part was the seizing of the piston and the way home. I think, this is my tin sign. Bought it at a motorcycle meeting, i guess it's cheap chinese stuff. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versysrider Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 @ rfmueller: Thanks, we love being in total privacy on acreage. @ shinyribs: I bought one of the first Kawasaki Versys in Washington when they first came out and joined the Versys forum about the same time, then just kept using that as I joined other forums. As far as “slumming around” I have a 2016 FZ-07 in the garage (in “Raven” black) alongside the 2017 FZ-09. I’ve had a bunch of other much more expensive, so-called premium brand bikes in the garage along with FZ’s but they are the only street bikes currently in the garage. I value fun, reliability, ease of maintenance, light weight, wheelies, and “bang for the buck”. In all these areas my Yamaha’s excell. I just wish the Japanese bikes would look like Italian bikes and had an option for upgraded suspension and brakes. I can use all the friends I can get. Very cool sculptures by the way, might like the owl the best. To all the others that created tables and sculptures, well done. I’m always surprised how creative people can be, and love seeing stuff being recycled in our “disposable” society. Makes me kinda sick to see how wasteful our country has become. 1 '16 Yamaha FZ-07, '15 Yamaha FZ-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 @shinyribs I didn't know you were an artist. You do nice work and there's money in that (sculpturing) you know. With a proper website you could be making extra money on the side for something you enjoy doing. Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossrider Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Good stuff folks! My wife put you all up to this to get me to clean up the shop, lol? Did snipe this pic from AP's shop yesterday, Guardians of the toolbox... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyribs Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 7 hours ago, Beemer said: @shinyribs I didn't know you were an artist. You do nice work and there's money in that (sculpturing) you know. With a proper website you could be making extra money on the side for something you enjoy doing. No artist here, buddy. Just a broke dude who enjoys making Christmas presents instead of stressing over spending money. My wife and I started doing this a few years back and it's been a lot of fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Artists create things from their minds. If that's not creativity then what is? If I would pay good money for that owl then I know others would, too. I'm dead serious, you could make money with your creations. 3 Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmueller Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 The glass coffee table held up by helmets rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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