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Get a Harley! It's got a masculine sound that goes potato - potato - potato - potato. That being said, here's one of mine. '73 Suzuki TS185. When I rode it a while back it had to trouble lifting the front end. But it's worn out, a little buggered up here and there, and I'm doing a total...

I've never seen this type stove design before. Here's a vid of a guy making a very nice wood burner out of tire rims, and the air intakes seem to be positioned to create a "cyclonic" effect inside. I know this stove ain't rated or legal for the insurance companies, but are there commercially...

I used to ride a lot in winter and wore a heavy down jacket to keep me warm. I was riding through a residential area at about 40 mph and lowsided the bike after a big dog chasing another dog ran right out in front of me. It's one of those things that happens so fast you can't react in time. I...

I plant leeks each year, and I get them from Bonnie's. The plants are pretty tough for as tiny as they are. Getting them established and growing is difficult. They grow slowly at first and are so small that the weeds coming up around them will crowd them out completely unless you go down the...

Rockwood, Harriman, Spring City, Dayton, I've spent some time in all of 'em.

Not only that, but with the local churches helping out!

Looks like a win-win here......... https://www.wate.com/news/free-firewood-program-offered-in-roane-county/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WATE_6_On_Your_Side

I've got one of these, it's been sitting for a least two years now, and I'll probably have to install a new carb just to get it started. The seals in the hydraulic cylinder have gone bad, and I'm unsure right now about how to get it fixed. I've got so much firewood piled up around here that I...

I didn't have much of a potato crop last year either. I'd been too busy to watch my potatoes and I let the potato bugs get out of control. This year I almost did it again and also had a lot of those tiny flea beetles. I sprayed this time with some Sevin I've still got left, which I use very...

I've been watering this year, the hard way. I've got a few of those black soaker hoses that you run down the rows next to the plants, they are a hassle to set up and they run up the water bill, especially the old ones that blow out a big leak and then flood your garden on one spot. I've been...

I've never had much success with the various tomato fungicides, including the copper sprays. This year I'm trying a spray made with baking soda and oil. I like your setup for hauling water. I don't like it when I get my water bill and I'm being charged for sewage treatment when the water is...

"riding gear"? I've had to think a minute about the riding gear I used. No full face helmets, I even had one of those "half helmets" that barely covers the top half of your head. With my winter riding I was using the same jackets and jeans I'd been using on backpacking trips. A few weeks...

I had a wreck just like yours except it was a big dog that "pulled out in front of me" chasing another dog. I was going a leisurely 40 mph or so in a residential area. One second I was up - next second I was low siding the bike after hitting the dog. I limped home with road rash and torn...

okaaaay! Let's see yer bikes. Well, after many decades out of the saddle I purchased a motorcycle a couple months ago. It's an '81 Yamaha virago xv750. For a while now I've been experiencing something that must be sorta like a guy's mid life crisis - except maybe mine is a senior life...

I've ridden all over the eastern half of the country on long touring trips, but I never managed to get enough time off from work to head out west. I've just bought another bike and haven't been riding in something like 40 years. We'll see how it goes. If things go well, I'd like a western...

It's always good when stupid people die - it improves the gene pool and makes things just a bit better for the rest of us. In a few ways, I'll be quite happy when the final economic catastrophe kills the dollar, making fuel mostly unavailable or rationed for the average person. Idiots then...

I hear ya. For me, the absolute very best motorcycle ride in the general area is the section of the Blue Ridge Parkway that starts at Cherokee NC. The road climbs quickly up to the high country - maybe around 5000 ft elevations. It looks almost alpine up there, you get to ride through a...

I've only been back to the place a couple of times, and each time I left feeling very badly. I'll never drive that road again unless I have to. My first dragon experience happened in the early 70's. I was riding around the Caves Cove Loop road in the Great Smokies in January It's nice there...

For some reason, I'm finding myself dreaming about motorcycling again. It might be a bad idea though, but I'll probably do it anyway. I'm reading that people who haven't ridden a bike in many decades must start over completely - even to the point of taking the motorcycle safety course. I had...

Here's a motorcycle story for y'all. In the mid 70's I hired on with a small construction outfit building homes. I was an apprentice and got the usual amount of hazing and other crap you get in the blue collar world starting out. At the time I didn't have a car but I did have three...