Good thing there's something to do.

[KJShover]

Good thing there's things to keep me busy.
Just got done routing a neck for a cigarbox guitar, and laminated wood for a neck and marked it for routing for the truss rod.
Just have to figure out the body and head design and what pick-up are going in it.

Pulled the instrument cluster of the Vmax and getting ready to re-do that and thank god for more football :clapping:

 

[Junior6996]

Swimming anyone???

Don't forget the chainsaw!!!

 

[Blurr]

Hey, least your not in Cordova, right?

 

[KJShover]

Hey, least your not in Cordova, right?

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Miles Long]

KJ, you and Mr. Blurr should hook up and take a ride to Chicken some time, preferably in your summer months. Check out the winter temps. on the poster.
That poster is on the door of the "Mercantile Emporium" on "Main Street"
The Main Street sign is an official Alaskan State one, stuck in the dirt just before entering the "city" (paved roads stop at Chicken - no more till the Yukon border). I kicked my *** that I didn't take a pic of it.
15 people during the winter "swells to 40-50" in summer. No power. No internet, cells don't work. Still active gold mines(anyone can buy a stake for a week, take what they find)
Freakiest - all visitors are encouraged to donate underwear(?!), once a month the bartender loads all of it in a cannon, blasts it, the remnants are hung from the bar's ceiling
Chicken is my favorite place in the world. Hope to visit again.
It has a website. Check it out!

 

[Blurr]

Actually I've been wanting to break into the Iron Butt club on my VMax, Riding from my place to KJ's is 520 miles give or take and then to Chicken and back would be another 550 miles. According to the rules all i need is for someone living in the starting and ending towns (and chicken too since I will be turning around there) willing to verify that i was there on a given day.

How 'bout it KJ, willing?

 

[SpecOps13]

I heard Anchorage and Valdez are a real mess...

 

[06VMAXIMUS]

That's friggin COLD!

 

[jbretthorton]

NO thank you!

 

[KJShover]

Actually I've been wanting to break into the Iron Butt club on my VMax, Riding from my place to KJ's is 520 miles give or take and then to Chicken and back would be another 550 miles. According to the rules all i need is for someone living in the starting and ending towns (and chicken too since I will be turning around there) willing to verify that i was there on a given day.

How 'bout it KJ, willing?

I'm up for a Chicken run. It's been quite a few years since I've been there. If my finances and time are in order, sound's like it would be a good trip. I'll have to get a hold of my friend Sam, get him and his Max on the road too.

 

[KJShover]

I heard Anchorage and Valdez are a real mess...

Anchorage is pretty good at staying on top of things, but Cordova and Valdez are having some trouble.
http://www.adn.com/2012/01/06/2249732/january-valdez-snowstorm.html
http://www.adn.com/2012/01/09/2254598/reader-photos-cordova-snow.html

 

[a113ycat]

I grew up in the Mojave desert so I have seen some hot places, I have climbed glaciers on July 4th at -10 but I can assure you that if I was ever in a place that got that cold at any point I wouldnt want to stay long!! Much respect to those of you that can handle it. As for me, I stay right here in Texas. Where I live it only drops below freezing once in a long while and never for long!

You guys gotta make the Chicken run though..How cool would it be to turn something like that into an annual event?

 

[Blurr]

Meh, Anchorage is fine, I was there yesterday. The pass over the mountain was bit nasty but certainly 'doable'. I live almost 30 minutes south of Anchorage by plane. But it is a heck of alot warmer. Weird weather lately. We got about 8 inches one day, the next it was raining and the next it was -20.

Coming from South Texas it has been...interesting.

You guys gotta make the Chicken run though..How cool would it be to turn something like that into an annual event?

LoL lets make the first one, first. I don't know if I want to annually commit to something that is over 1500 miles on a VMax; it isn't exactly the most comfortable long range bike. Also summers can be wet, like Seattle Wet, so this is likely to depend as much on the weather as time off from work and pocket change on any given day...

Don't get me wrong, I'll ride in rain without a second thought. But I'm not 21.

 

[a113ycat]

LoL lets make the first one, first. I don't know if I want to annually commit to something that is over 1500 miles on a VMax; it isn't exactly the most comfortable long range bike. Also summers can be wet, like Seattle Wet, so this is likely to depend as much on the weather as time off from work and pocket change on any given day...

Don't get me wrong, I'll ride in rain without a second thought. But I'm not 21.

haha I get it!! I think that doing it once would be something for the record books and check that off the bucket list. Wouldnt the fuel range become an issue up there too? I have never been to Alaska other than southern but arent the towns and stations pretty far apart?

 

[tothemax93]

is it cold enough to do the " throw the cup of water in the air and have it freeze" trick
It was -2 here this morning. I guess its not that cold in comparison.

 

[bazwell]

Somebody told me that when it gets cold, the rain freezes or something. :ummm:

You all know theres no such thing, right?
It's impossible to get anything colder than 0' celcius. It's all propaganda and lies.

 

[ninjaneer]

I think I'll stop complaining 'bout the 48-degree weather, now.

 

[CaptainKyle]

Glad its warm here ! My boss said I needed a day off tomorrw & to take a couple hundred mile ride. Damn I like myself.LOL

 

[SpecOps13]

Mary and I went for a ride on Strafer to the waterfront ( Soon To Be Bazillion Dollar Pier ).
It was a bone chilling 56 degrees...:rofl_200:
Oops, That's not really funny to some of you....

 

[RaWarrior]

I was out snowmobiling this morning at the truck showed -11 when I unloaded.

Heated grips FTW!