John 2:1-11

Ok. Wow. Seriously. It was brutally hot yesterday. This past weekend. I mean, hot. Ridiculously no reason to be out there hot. And so odd that my silly floor fan had a tough time trying to cool it off in there...

So, getting back from The Home Depot around 8 am in the morning- thanks to a botched golfing day and missing clubs (I'll just leave that one there instead of getting all riled up about that once more. Kids...), and my car's thermostat is screaming a nice 121 degrees at me.

At 8:am.

So, whether or not it was actually this temp or not, it was certainly close. And I really wanted to get some progress this weekend, so I had to work through it. So this time, the beer was appropriately substituted for water. Lots of water.

Time for some color.

It was definitely not the right temperature for painting anything, but seriously, this is not rocket science here or even toy rocket here, so I figured my rattle can color special would be OK. Yes, I want it to come out as good as possible and will strive to make that so, but at this point really want some progress, and I've been not-so-diligent in that category of late.

Plus, I needed to see this 'retro' color in the flesh and get over the "I dunno if this is gonna work" part, since I'm been waffling on that for a few weeks. I just really wanted to spray some on a board or a piece of paper or something and just see what I would look like. But I guess, I just thought I would spray some, you know, on the gas tank, since I was here and all...

Funny how that part worked out.

And also funny how it ended up looking exactly like the previous Photoshop experiments of old. Which was telling and also pretty funny, considering the conversations in the paint aisle about this project and the colors and choices. I'm pretty sure that poor woman who works there would probably have preferred to not have asked me if I needed help. When you see a man staring at the paint selection for several hours without blinking, it's best to leave him be.

Yeah, its how I shop. Should see me in Guitar Center.

So, I grabbed two cans of this 'antique turquoise' color and one can of a nice subtle cream color for the center stripe. I'm gonna take some time and try and make this part look as good as possible, but I'm pretty happy with the direction and I think once the Fury emblems get attached (gotta figure that part out still) it will look pretty good.

Which all of this makes for me wanting this bike to go again pretty badly, and that's a good result too. I figure at this point, I need to go ahead and add new fluids and change the oil and driveshaft lube. After that it's just a matter of that pesky wiring harness and some fresh gas and turn the key. Right?? Oh wait, I gotta figure out where/how to mount the ignition, the turn signals, brake lights...

Though really, knowing me and, well, me... I just want it to run again. Once I get it running, that will get me pumped to get it ridable again. And that will mean the rear sets will need to be purchased. My last big expense... Not sure when or how that one will be solved, but getting her purring again will be motivation to figure that last expense out.

Maybe I can make some spare cash with this turning beer in water thing. Nah, that miracle been done before (sort of) and it's probably the opposite direction most would prefer anyway...