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https://www.facebook.com/1691511874492457/posts/2895364970773802/ Mama and I went for a ride. Had lunch in Tombstone Arizona. Went to Bisbee and to the border town of Naco. Headed back via Sierra Vista. I forgot to get an insulin shot. Riding back on hwy 90 my blood sugar was high and so I had to stop to pee. A normal response to high glucose. I was fully intending to make it to the truck stop at I-10 and hwy 90, but something told me to stop at the Chevron station at 90 and 82. I slowed preparing to turn in. The light was green on north 90. A black car was flying on 82 west (100 mph +). He blew the red light and hit the silver car. If I would have continued straight in another 15 seconds it would have been us. When God tells you to stop and pee... stop and pee.

Trying to make room in the garage, and am looking at this old CT110, and think she's gotta go. This was Dads' bike, ...he bought it new in '81 and to this day it has 831 miles on it. It sat for a while, so I went over it, put new tires on it and brought it back to life, although it was just a bike I'd use for riding around a friends farm when we'd take the motorhome there for 4th of July and such. My brother moved down to the lower Fl. Keys and I thought that since I didn't use it much, he may want it to run around Big Pine Key for fishing, or to run to the grocery store or whatever, so I gave it to him. He had it parked in the garage, and then came Hurricane Irma. He got the heck out of Dodge and came Back up to Ohio to wait out the storm. When he was allowed back down, maybe 3 weeks later, the house was still there, although the roof had enough damage to have damage in the home as well. The garage, which was the ground floor of the house...garage under the house....was subjected to 30" of saltwater for a day or two. Car in the garage and bike sat in this water, were moved around the garage a bit...bike was on it's side like that the whole time. Car and pretty much anything on the floor was totaled. When he got back down, he had bigger fish to fry than to worry about this bike, but another week or so into it, he drained the oil and flushed the crankcase with kerosene a couple of times..put fresh oil in it and would kick it over every once in a while just to keep the motor from seizing up. After a year or so of doing nothing other than an occasional kick to keep the motor free,....the kickstarter snapped something inside the case and no longer turns the engine. That's when he asked me if I wanted it back, or if he should trash it. I took it back, figuring that someday I may try to bring it back, but I'm starting to think the saltwater may have damaged it beyond repair. It still rolls, but the brakes are seized, and everything is rusted, although early on I coated the whole bike with Fluidfilm. Needing room in the garage is making me re-prioritize what I need to keep and what to get rid of. This one's tough 'cause it was Dads, but I think he'd understand. Next I need to think about my old Yammy TT600 and BMW Funduro 650. Need to make room and let go of old desires.

Thankyou

Feels good!

That is a hard one. But I like Freebirds thoughts. Would dad be happy knowing his scoot is back on road? And the TT600. Little heavy but a decent off roader. And it's setup for Street which is a requirement for off road bikes in AZ. At least if you want to run the forest roads! Good luck... Let us know if we can help somehow... D

Hey, you can tour the world with that bike!! Or at least this guy does! https://c90adventures.co.uk/

If you keep it, it will most likely just sit there and rot some more, but of you sell it there is a good chance that the new owner might restore it or at least bring it back enough to be used. Which would your dad do?

That's sad. Those are really cool old bikes. I bought one a few years ago just out of nostalgia. Rode it a bit around here but ended up selling it. Thought when I bought out that my son would take an interest but he never really got into it. I understand that it's a tough decision for you.

Thank you! We put some primer on the fenders today: