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Can-Am Update In the late '70s Can Am produced a military bike based on the TNT. In addition to being green and having a center stand it had an oversized steel tank. The Cowboy tracked one down and convinced the seller to put it in a suitcase and bring it over from England (he was coming here anyway). So now the Kid's busy stripping layers of paint between rides. It's ok, they're in Arizona...besides my Dad said it's safe. They used the same stripper in Viet Nam. Nice bike, too bad they spilled paint stripper on that Saguaro! Baby's Home The Jeep arrived late Friday night and I had to work Saturday but we got to play with it all day Sunday. It starts runs and drives pretty well and it's in good overall condition. It's had an easy life on the ranch and basic maintenance has been kept up. Paint's thin and the hood was repainted in the past. The seats were covered but original. The vinyl is stiff and has cracks. Lori put some vinyl...

Shop time with the YZ80 Finished stripping the YZ80 chassis and will split the cases tomorrow. So far other than the oil pump mess it seems solid. I'm going to go ahead and bore the cylinder and go one up on the piston. Drilling more screws out. More cleaning, it still needs a few more passes. G/S needs to go for a ride soon. Dream Jeep  We've made the final arrangements for the baby we're adopting and she should be here in a couple weeks. She's lived on a ranch in San Luis Obispo since 1988, and a ranch in Santa Ynez before that. Life's been easy with 17,000 original miles. She's powered by the "Dauntless" V6 which was originally used by Buick in passenger cars. It's all stock but the radio and the roll bar. We'll give her a bath and see what we got when she gets here! Schott has my back on special delivery to Chase Bank. The new baby...look at those hubcaps! and that face! Throttle Merchants Magazine ...