I cracked open my first couple bottles of my latest home brew, an American Pale Lager.  I've worked on this recipe a few times, and thi...

I made a trip to BevMo, and over to our local Grocery Outlet today, to pick up some cheap Port.  I wanted to get an idea of what the low-en...

I thought this was a decent intro to Port, as written by Jack Busch: http://www.primermagazine.com/2011/learn/the-10-minute-guide-to-port ...

This is actually the first budget Port I picked up, over the Christmas break. It relieved me of $6 at Trader Joes, which has a good selectio...

I'm starting to take a shine to Port, so I've decided to do a bit of tasting with some cheaper options. The latest is a bottle of Tu...

I started to assemble the new bike a few days ago, and before I knew it, I had a rolling bike. Most everything is semi-gloss black, but I...

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I got the engine assembled for the project bike.  It is a Yamaha GT80 base, which is a 80cc two-stroke with 7-ports and reed valves.  Very ...

I fabbed up some footpegs for the project bike. These were on a spare crash damaged Yamaha GT80 frame, so I cut off the mounts and welded t...

Here is the headlight glass lens with a few coats of Krylon yellow stained-glass paint.  It gives it a nice amber look. The tai...

My neighbors Camry got hit and run last night.  It appears the culprit is a silver Honda product, thanks to some silver colored front bumpe...

I fabbed up some headlight brackets for the project bike.  I needed something to mount the CB160 headlight assembly, to the S90 forks. I de...

After a bit of fitting, standing back and looking, and more fitting, I've decided to use the headlight assembly below.  I think it is a...

I assembled the rebuilt carb on Christmas afternoon.  After an overnight dip in the carb goop, I ran everything through the little ultrason...

I found a pair of Keihin PW20 carbs in my box of carb parts.  I'm hoping to make one good carb out of two, for the project bike.  I got...

I fabbed up an exhaust a couple weekends ago. Since this a two-stroke motor, I ran through some calcs to determine the size and shape of th...

I couldn't resist rescuing this beast, a 1970 DKW/Sachs 125 motocross bike. No plans for it yet.

A few random selfies and portraits: