well today i replaced the headgaskets lim and uim on a 99 grand am with a 3.4, took lauren to the doctor then came home and lauren harley and i worked on my motorized bike i built when i was 13. needs some new innertubes for the motor mounts because the old ones have worn down to the point they are paper thin, and then i need to replace the studs for the exhaust. rode it around for a few miles anyway though. for the first 3 years i had it, i rode the thing almost every single day rain snow or sunshine. on 1 3/8" road tires. i was a pretty determined kid. lol. i figure that bike probably has close to 7-8K miles on it at this point. i think i did a pretty damn good job taking care of it as a 13 y/o for it to have lasted so long. just a little chinese engine with needle bearings. its the simplest engine i have ever worked on. no battery no pull start, just let out the clutch and go.


heres a pic of it right after i first built it and a gif of me doing dounts in the snow with it. i also included a pic of it attached to a ghetto wooden trailer i built for it also at age 13. i still have it actually. its damn sturdy apart from the gooseneck thing. the floor is made from 1 1/2" inch deck treads. haha.
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Ha ha Jason that is a very cool bike project! At 13 you were already into it!
Wow on the little trailer- nice job. What did u use it for paper route or something??

Finally, got my truck out of the garage, first time in 5 years. 15 minutes later, I put it back in the garage so I can finish up some odds and ends on it.

I ran the mower around my GXP and decided it needed a good polishing. I'll put up a thread with pics when I do. 54k miles so far, only 300 miles put on it last year. I may or may not plate it this year....to many toys.

you look into modified insurance and that, curious if you could get it for something newer

Nothing, just drove around with the AC today and racked up a bunch of miles. Not bad for a 22 year old car. Snapped a few pictures with my new smartphone.

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What phone do you have, Nate? Those pictures look great for a phone!

Samsung SCH-I545

^ Yup that is the one. The 13MP camera really does take some awesome shots.

The Galaxy S4 is pretty sweet. Samsung finally put a good radio in one of their phones. I pick up 4G in several places I barely had 3G before