Do you remember the Honda Motorcycle commercials "You meet the nicest people on a Honda"?
Well, I'm here to tell you that there is a Rat Rod Bikes forum version.
Some of you may have noticed a thread I posted in "For Sale".
Anyway, 2 rat-rodders did notice, and they PM'd about the parts that they were interested in, they also said that they were local and wanted to do a local pickup. Well around here, "local" is relative, miles-wise. They traveled quite a number of miles to Casa del Southlake thru a lot of road construction, but they made it!
So today was the appointed meet day.
First off, "sprocketpower" (David) showed up at my door exactly when he said he would, and he bought the parts that he said he wanted, plus a couple more that he saw sitting around. He was happy, and my pocket was happy, but that was the least part of the visit. We must have spent at least 2 hours talking about mutual interests in bikes, cars, and what-not. I showed him all my bikes, from the junk yard, to the future projects, and the completed ones that I'm proud of. I can only hope that one day David will invite me out to his place to see all the great looking stuff that he showed me on his cell phone.
Much later in the day I got the call I was expecting from "nwt76" (Nolan). His visit was late in the day because today he was doing his Reserve Duty at the Joint Reserve Base in Ft Worth. He also brought along a Reserve buddy, who I had the honor to meet, and who, to my complete embarrassment, I cannot recall his name.
Suffice to say, I humbly, (as a VN veteran myself), THANK them both for their individual service to our country!
We had a great time talking about bikes and lots of mutual interest stuff, pretty much like a replay of David's visit. Nolan liked the seat that he came to buy, and as I showed them around my bike junk, I slowly started to wonder if the American Pickers (Mike and Frank) were actually in disguise, as both of them dug out stuff that I hardly remembered that I had, and that they wanted, and I had no idea what to ask for a price. I don't bargain hard, so I think all 3 of us were happy with the results.
I guess the point of this post, is to say that without Rat Rod's (Steve) efforts to put this Forum together, I would never have had the honor and pleasure to meet these fine people. All 4 of us, at one point or another commented on how comfortable it was to invite in each other's presence, and that there is an easy trust just implied if you first meet someone thru this forum.
Bottom line..... Thanks Steve for doing more than you probably will ever know for this special interest group of people.
J
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Well, I'm here to tell you that there is a Rat Rod Bikes forum version.
Some of you may have noticed a thread I posted in "For Sale".
Anyway, 2 rat-rodders did notice, and they PM'd about the parts that they were interested in, they also said that they were local and wanted to do a local pickup. Well around here, "local" is relative, miles-wise. They traveled quite a number of miles to Casa del Southlake thru a lot of road construction, but they made it!
So today was the appointed meet day.
First off, "sprocketpower" (David) showed up at my door exactly when he said he would, and he bought the parts that he said he wanted, plus a couple more that he saw sitting around. He was happy, and my pocket was happy, but that was the least part of the visit. We must have spent at least 2 hours talking about mutual interests in bikes, cars, and what-not. I showed him all my bikes, from the junk yard, to the future projects, and the completed ones that I'm proud of. I can only hope that one day David will invite me out to his place to see all the great looking stuff that he showed me on his cell phone.
Much later in the day I got the call I was expecting from "nwt76" (Nolan). His visit was late in the day because today he was doing his Reserve Duty at the Joint Reserve Base in Ft Worth. He also brought along a Reserve buddy, who I had the honor to meet, and who, to my complete embarrassment, I cannot recall his name.
Suffice to say, I humbly, (as a VN veteran myself), THANK them both for their individual service to our country! We had a great time talking about bikes and lots of mutual interest stuff, pretty much like a replay of David's visit. Nolan liked the seat that he came to buy, and as I showed them around my bike junk, I slowly started to wonder if the American Pickers (Mike and Frank) were actually in disguise, as both of them dug out stuff that I hardly remembered that I had, and that they wanted, and I had no idea what to ask for a price. I don't bargain hard, so I think all 3 of us were happy with the results.
I guess the point of this post, is to say that without Rat Rod's (Steve) efforts to put this Forum together, I would never have had the honor and pleasure to meet these fine people. All 4 of us, at one point or another commented on how comfortable it was to invite in each other's presence, and that there is an easy trust just implied if you first meet someone thru this forum.
Bottom line..... Thanks Steve for doing more than you probably will ever know for this special interest group of people.
J
.
