Crusty Bike

"When I can, I Ride 'Em"

Internet Edition Issue 2, Volume Number 1 The Internet "Rest Stop" for people who love antique motorcycles and crusty old guys like me.....

Welcome to my little rest stop on the Internet!

Well, it's been a very, very long time since I did any work at all on this web site. In fact I just about abandoned the whole thing. I used to have this on the front page...."... before I forget, Baby, my 1930 VC detailed in Project Flathead, has a new stable mate, a very bizarre but enjoyable 1950 FL I call Twitch. That's Twitch at the top of the page...." Well, that's still Twitch up there on the top of the page, but truth be told, I sold Twitch about four years ago. Twitch was fun and interesting and I won two awards with her "Biggest Old Spot" and "Least Original Bike" at an AMCA National Road Run a few years ago, right after I got her reassembled. But, Twitch had a problem, she demand too much time, too much money and too much energy from this aging old man's kicking leg.

So I put Twitch up on eBay, and an Army Sargent from Virginia won the auction. Although he promised to keep in touch, the last I heard it sounded more like he bought Twitch to part out then to ride, from Bitsa to Bits, I guess is the Harley equivalent of from Dust to Dust...

I have even more disturbing information. Baby is done, but she's not on the road. I've been riding around on a Yamaha Roadstar for the last four years, I was corrupted by electric start. I did try to buy a Harley Electraglide, but the dealer just flamed my butt, so "See no Evo, Ride No Evo, buy no Evo" is still a personal mantra.

This web site actually began over 10 years ago, it was the first internet site that had any content related to the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, particularly the Yankee Chapter. It's first release was called the Yankee Clipper. It was supposed to be called the Yankee Chatter after the newsletter, but I got free web space from a balmy Scotsman who insisted it be called Yankee Clipper. Now the AMCA and most of the chapters all have their own sites and web masters now and I just keep hanging on to some of the content. The Virtual Museum is still just Reed Martin and I think he retired some time ago from the Smithsonian. Maybe sites like this is where the fringes of society get their 15MB of fame....

Ok, so I know the correct quote is 15 minutes of fame from Andy Warhol, but didn't he die before Al Gore "invented" the Internet?

There too have been other more noteworthy and significant changes in my life. Perhaps the three single greatest impediments to maintaining a web site have all happened to me since February 2003.

I met a girl.
I lost my job.
I got a new job, but had to move 1,300 miles to take it.
We got married in Vegas (I want a Tom Jone's or Elvis wedding, but that didn't happen although it was broadcast over the Net.)
We bought a new house.
We have a Daughter.

So now I have a real Baby! Juliana Marie. Juliana weighed 7lbs 5 oz and was born on August 18th, 2006.

Now you can see why I've been somewhat tardy in updating this little diversion. Anyway, I hope to change that and also, I will be opening up the site for more personal use, i.e. the wife is going to make use of the site too. So if you stop in I hope you get something out of it, maybe a part reference or a recipe for Ponsit (the wife is a Filipina,) but I hope you get something.

The"Project Flat Head" pages aren't going to change much, at least until I get Baby moved from Connecticut to Missouri. Sign The Crusty Bike Guest book

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