July on it's last day of 2016. And wife been sick for the last 4 days and says she's getting better. I'm staying clear. ;-)
Inquired about the truck status Friday and still missing one part to being finished so we'll hope for Monday if possible. Told them, not a problem, just curious. Probably check on the Vette status Monday during the  day and see what progress is being made on it's Woes about the engine. Then can start learning more about it. Did receive the replacement spare tire for it a few days ago so ready to go.
On the KLR, another front LED sig light went dead. But, had a set of spares so installed new fronts with regular bulbs in them. More visible anyway and stick out more.
Another change to the bikes was putting the Givi Monokey tail trunk back on it and putting the Cooscase on the KLR. Now, have 2 extra hard tail boxes just sitting on the shelf.

Didn't like how dry the Fig wine came out so poured it in one of my 3 gallon containers and the container started leaking wine all over the work bench so had to quickly get out one of the 6 gallon jugs and put it there. Added about 2 cups of sugar to 3 gallons of wine and letting it set to make sure the yeast don't come back to life. We'll sample it again in a few days and rebottle it.

Did service the battery in the Wife's Nissan yesterday. Cleaned the post, applied electric grease and painted with clear paint over everything on top of the batter. Especially the posts.

Now, let's see what this day will bring. Probably a good ride on Suzy the Bandit just not sure what direction yet. ;-)

Hello Wednesday and it's payday for the SS peeps in my group today. Ya!
Did get the Vette to the shop Monday morning. And, no work yet on the truck that's been in the body shop since Monday the 18th. But, will be done when done. Still have my two motorcycles to do what I really need and want to do. Plus, they are great on gas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Not lots going on by cutting grass in my yard and the neighbor's yard. Mine , about every 5 or so days the way it's growing, the neighbor's , try to make it at least two weeks and get paid for it also. Every 60 bucks helps in gas and maintenance.
Got the Factory 1995 Corvette manuals in yesterday and WOW  Big Books. So, unless something really exciting happens, I'll be studying them on and off for awhile.

Nice little 95 mile ride yesterday in an unusual coolness about the air. 86 Plus F instead of mid 90's. Bandit and I visited Evangeline, Iota, Maxie, Rayne, Kaplan, Gueydan, Lake Arthur, Jennings. Saw storms to the South out of Kaplan to Greydan, but the rest was clear.

Plus about 10 miles on the KLR thoughout the day. So, all is good in the life.

Well, after washing the car before bringing it to the shop for work, I did take a decent picture of it.

Yesterday, decided to check the spare tire which the PO ( Previous Owner ) had no idea there was one. Yuk, Tire deflated and unseated at the bead, full of mud and water. No way the supplied socket would take off the wheels. 

So, took the tire apart and tired to salvage but an hour or so of wasted labor as it would not hold air anymore. Date on the tire was 4 week of 94 so it's way old and cracked. Got a replacement coming from Ebay. 

No word on the Truck yet from the body shop but hopefully this week. No hurry, not going anywhere I can't do on one of the motorcycles. Just gotta watch out for the rain is all. 

Been a great day and did get some riding in on the KLR , having to dodge rain a time or two. Then again for a trip to the store and to Darrel's for a beer or 2 or 4. LOL . All is good and watching Netfilix at present. 

Till the next. 

As times flies by and I'm lazy about my blog. Several things have happened since my last entry.

Flat rear tire on the KLR about a mile past US 165 on LA 101.  Tried to break the tire down on the road but could not break the bead. So, called friend to hook up my trailer to truck for wife to come get me. She was not happy about that. But she and a friend came. But, passed me as she was driving too fast. Then puts the truck in reverse, forgetting about the trailer back there. Jackknife city damaging the right rear fender but missing the exhaust.
So, truck in shop for repair since Monday the 18th.  Should have it back next week early.

Then , tore down rear tire off KLR and tube split where nail had punchered  it. So , would have not been able to repair it anyway. Put new tube I had in shop and order a spare.

Next item of interest is

A 1995 C4 Corvette I bought from a friend. Many little things wrong with it I can fix. But, engine running really ruff so an appointment Monday the 25th with Mark's Auto to see what it needs there.
So far, Have disconnected hood light, fixed console door, changed oil and filter, washed underneath with pressure washer.  Greased to ball joints but gonna have to pull the front tires off to do the bottom one.
Still learning something about it everyday.

Next was bottling last batch of wine made from Figs. Had started the batch at 1.07 sg and finished at .998 sp which is about 10% alcohol by volume. Pretty dry but, will mix with grape wine that came out too sweet for me to see how that does.  May just add a bit of sugar and hope the yeast is dead being as I have it bottled already. ;-)

Mowed grass across the street also yesterday so stayed sweaty most of the day. Today , chill day, I think. LOL!  May see about that grease zerk on the vette though. Well see!

Till the next.

Already into July by a few days and time flys by.  Things of note from the past week or so kinda goes as such.
Did a little work with the GoPro set up on any old road North of Basile that used to be gravel and rough years  back when we would travel it on our DR350's. One of my travel buds is gone now and another about gone from cancer. But, I'll ride the roads in memory of them till I can't any more.
Was fun re learning to edit the film strips , plus learn some new software to edit them.. The KLR's suspension worked well on the old roads from North Basile to Oakdale.

Just about finished with the dewberry season and have made over 5 gallons of wine from them and it's all bottled up. Did re rack it today into smaller bottles.

The dew berry, the muscadine, the banana. 

The only Banana bottle of wine I have left and saving it for aging and ditto on the two other bottles. But, have many bottles of both the muscadine and the dewberry. I think I'm going to cut it down to doing about 3 gallons of wine at a time instead of 5 or so.  Probably need to get some fig and watermelon wine started also.  Have not picked figs for the last few days so it's gonna be a lot of them tomorrow. 

On the bikes these past couple weeks. Changed out the front LED signal lights on the KLR.  About half of the others had quit working.  I do have a set of regular lights if I get fed up with these LEDs having to deal with the KLR's voltage spikes.  

And did cross the 48,000 mile mark on the KLR today in a short little 30 some what mile ride about. 

The Suzy just keeps on purring. But, with it shorter suspension, I only do smooth stuff with it.  I did get it out for a few good rides last week in riding with a friend to Intracoastal City and Freshwater City. At least it's black top all the way to Freshwater now. 

Was going to take the boat out last Thursday but hurt my back again that morning early so that and riding bikes till today was out. Probably Tuesday , after the 4th of July and things get back to normal from the holiday, the boat and I will get some water time.  Still get the urge to just sell it and quit the boats once in awhile.  But, then I do like roaming about the lakes and bayous with it at times. Plus, it's paid for, as everything else I own. 

Also had the washing machine fixed this past week and that was near 400 bucks. Working better than it ever has  so really should of called them first time it started messing up a few years back.  Still had a month warranty on it but no luck in getting ahold of them.  

Back feeling betta and may go ride some more in the morning while it's cool. We'll see.