Not a motorcycle but...

Well I didn't play with any motorcycles today but I did make something cool so I guess it's ok. Today Matt and I built a removable roll cage for our friends Suzuki Samurai. He wants to take it to Moab and treat it bad and be able to take off the cage when he gets home. This should fill the bill. It looks pretty if I say so myself.

The Knolls

Went riding today with some buds at the Knolls in the West Desert of Utah. It's in exactly 15 miles from nothing 35 kilometers from nowhere. BUT, if you need a place to learn you a thing or two it is a great spot. One hour from down town Salt Lake city and there are sand dunes, single track, miles of open smooth salt flats and big hill climbs in rock, dirt and sand. Like I said it's a sweet spot.
I did have some trouble though. I took my bike out of the truck, warmed it up and took it for a lap around the parking lot. When I stopped the engine was spitting oil on the front tire. A plug in the head had fallen out somewhere in the first lap.
No worries though. I found an old license palate and Macgyvered a new plug. Only 25 mins wasted.

Decals!

We have the first decals finished and available to purchase on our website. MiNEandCo.com. They are pretty sexy and an almost perfect likeness of our founder, Senior Skull/Star.

Pain in the butt.

After riding the bike the other day I realized that the seat rails were too far apart. With the pegs mounted in the rear it is really pain in the hind end. So today I chopped off all the cool mounting of the ignition, fuses and kill switch and narrowed the frame just so someones butt would not feel left out.

This pic is of everything in what I thought was finished position.

And here is everything cut off and the frame narrowed. (Sorry for the camera phone pic.) It should be much nicer on the back side.

First post on our new blog.

That's right. Now MiNE & Co. has a blog. Now you can follow us around and look at all the magical things we are doing.

Right now we are working on building a Sort-kinda Cafe Racer out of a 1980 Yamaha XS650.

Last we we finally got the clutch and throttle cable shortened so they work. The clutch is still giving me a little stress. It might need a rebuild.

Yesterday I took it for its first test ride. It was a little sketchy with the clutch still not adjusted and no front brakes yet. Here are a few pictures and a video of what we did yesterday.

This picture is a before shot of the kick starter.

And here it is after we fancied it up to help clear the knew foot pegs.

Here is some weight savings done to the case.

The clutch looks ok.

Here is a good side profile with the finished, wrapped 2 into 1 exhaust.