tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84280386305079182112024-03-13T06:15:19.002-05:00fasthairfasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-2271971895094412432013-05-03T16:45:00.001-05:002013-05-03T16:55:15.658-05:00That First DingKen’s post over at Passes & Canyon blog about his new to him used bike already came pre-scratched brought this memory come flashing back. True story. 12/26/1992 brand spanking new first Harley a FXSTC (that's a Softail Custom for you non-Harley folk). To say I was a proud man would be the understatement of the day. Now considering I live in Iowa you can bet that day was plenty chilly. I fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-59377306546848618922012-03-26T09:30:00.000-05:002012-03-26T09:51:42.221-05:00Got To Take the New 29er OutToday was the first day I've really have had a chance to take my new 29er out for a proper ride in the dirt. I went with a guy who knows the trails well and where they all are.   We stated out easy enough with a quick 5 miles on the road to the trail head. This trail was pretty flat and wide. Being a rookie Ted thought this would be a good way to get to know the new ride and break into dirtfasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-18891358551816371182012-03-15T12:01:00.001-05:002012-03-15T12:01:14.959-05:00Am I The Last One?OK am I just an old fuddy duddy or what? I ask because I’m not on Facebook and it seems like everyone else and their mother is. I’ve got friends and family all who harp on me to join. To be honest I just don’t see what the big deal is. What am I missing here?  Am I just being stubborn because I can’t stand that snot nosed brat Zuckerberg? That smug ass just rubs me wrong in so many ways. Arefasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-3246924409985767712012-02-11T13:44:00.001-06:002012-02-13T00:16:10.503-06:001+1=N+1So I had a bike I wasn’t using anymore and had no plans to ride every again after all the trouble it gave me for the year I rode it. I guess the worst parts was I bought it brand new and still had pay for all the repairs it needed which should have been under warranty. Needless to say I wasn’t happy and I sure wasn’t about to buy another bike from this dealer again. I’ll give them credit that fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-15954311908305018322012-02-02T14:59:00.001-06:002012-02-02T17:10:34.092-06:00That Was a FirstOne of the better things about winter cycling is there are no leave on the trees to block your view so you get to see more of the wild life. There is always the seemingly suicidal squirrels that like to always run across the path in front of me only to turn right around and run right back across. Maybe they like playing chicken or something? I don’t know but I’ve seen pictures of them getting fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-10933447697289994072012-01-25T18:02:00.001-06:002012-01-26T11:16:09.832-06:00Who Says You Can’t?When I told some friends was going to try and continue to commute to work in the winter on my bicycle I was told, you can’t do that! Since I’m pretty hard headed at times I took that as a challenge and set out to prove that it could be done and I was going to do it. Since I always rode my motorcycle until it snowed I knew how to handle the cold. But I wasn’t counting on was how much different itfasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-26825366913868621712011-10-10T17:07:00.001-05:002011-10-10T17:07:53.634-05:00Tour for the Tata'sOver the weekend I did a little different type of riding for the cause, breast cancer awareness. The best part was I talked my family into donating five dollars each and covered most of the sixty dollar entry fee. A win win for everybody.   This was a 24 hour ride held at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapid, Iowa on a banked half mile asphalt oval. I was in town for family business so I couldn’t fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-14544047356494835192011-06-03T17:59:00.001-05:002011-06-10T13:20:23.377-05:00Warning: Mobile Device Protection Association (MDPA) is a ScamFirst off sorry but this is going to be long. I bought my phone from Wire Fly back when the DX came out. I was offered insurance from this company through them and not knowing it wasn’t the same insurance that Version offered I bought it since I was a new Version customer. So over the past weekend I lost my phone while riding my bike on some trails here. I make a claim knowing it’s a long fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-34083777722632209702011-05-11T13:45:00.001-05:002011-06-01T16:58:42.018-05:00F&B Go Nitro Harley RacingThis is an old post I wrote back in March of 2003 on a private forum I belong to that I was reminded of today. Since I know it has never been posted here before I thought would offer it up for your reading. As most of you know my friend Frog is no longer with us and is enjoying that great drag strip in the sky where the track is always perfect and the sun always shines. I’ve got more stories I fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-82335201128194686672011-05-06T09:21:00.001-05:002011-05-06T09:21:09.148-05:00Insert You Are Old Joke Here Go ahead and let’em rip if you must. But I must warn you… I also want to wish a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friends Chris and Sonya (she’s the better looking one of the group clearly) too! fasthair fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-14341615539849399612011-02-28T15:23:00.003-06:002011-02-28T18:12:59.071-06:00Phil “The Mercedes” ManganBuy a Mercedes-Benz from Studebaker? Yes you can.  My mentor and best friend Phil Mangan was there at the start of that partnership. He was working for Handler Motors that was a Studebaker dealership in Des Moines, Iowa at the time. He told me that story many times. When I moved the shop a few years ago I found his certificates that he had earned from Mercedes-Benz datedfasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-65038706252860169212010-01-14T18:40:00.001-06:002010-01-14T18:57:46.405-06:00It’s All About the MusicI don’t know if anyone actually noticed or used the little radio link on the side of my blog to listen to KFMG radio but as of high noon 1/15/2010 my favorite radio station is going off the air. KFMG was a local low powered station that was a commercial free independent among many giant cookie cutter play-it-again-Sam-same-damn-song-you’ve-played-for-30-years-radio in town. Ron Sorenson, fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-69825577264084099452009-12-28T21:12:00.001-06:002009-12-28T21:59:15.611-06:00From The Phone Years EndWhat started out as a just a whim turned out to be rather fun. When I posted the first of the “From The Phone” pictures I had no plans for making it a series that would last all year long. The first phone photo from the lake was posted on 01/30/2009 and the last one was posted 11/28/2009 which if I added correctly that makes ten months. During that amount of time I managed to post eight photos fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-14028213993219036372009-12-06T20:14:00.001-06:002009-12-06T20:14:39.488-06:00Cool TechNote: I’ve wrote this and not sure I like it much. I’m not sure it has much value in it but I’m posting it anyway. Sorry but this one just might suck on so many levels. Here are a few things I’ve been playing with or wanting. I’m a Windows Media Center nut. I love it and think it is one of the best things about Windows 7. If you are worried about Microsoft's latest operating system, don’t be, itfasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-21492316361616841582009-11-28T14:51:00.000-06:002009-11-29T10:35:59.097-06:00From The Phone No Snow… Yet   Whiskeys clean... gas... sunshine,.. all check... time for a lap or two!!! Update: Yes I’m still alive. I must apologize for my lack of participation of every ones comments and blogs. The ride yesterday couldn’t have been a nicer day for what time of year it is. The sun was bright and warm plus there was no wind. I wasn’t the only one enjoying what little time we have left before thefasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-21186275255240758042009-10-18T13:25:00.000-05:002009-10-19T15:49:17.505-05:00Fall-From the Phone The seasons are changing. Not sure how many more times I get to take this shot. I think bikini season is gone too :-( Update: This picture showed the fall colors better then I thought it would. Since February I’ve posted seven of these shots from Big Creek Lake. I hope I can get at least one more before the snow flies and the lake is once again covered in ice and snow. fasthair  fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-19251222800287924822009-09-14T16:17:00.001-05:002009-09-14T16:59:37.977-05:00Race Weekend – Day 1 Antique RacersNot having been able to take a vacation of any kind for a couple of years now I decided that since this one job didn’t show up for the work that was planned that I was going to make a long four day weekend out of the Labor day weekend. For years I’ve heard of the Davenport Labor day weekend antique swap meet and races. Hell I even tried to go last but as some of you might remember I made a wrong fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-86057439118488340442009-09-06T20:21:00.001-05:002009-09-06T20:21:33.509-05:00Day 3 of the racing weekend. NHRA Nitro Drag Racing @ the Big Go @ Indy! Nirto fumes tire smokin' ground poundin' ear splittin' drag racing! Yah baby! Thank you for using Picture and Video Messaging by U.S. Cellular. See www.uscellular.com for info.fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-17620585156786663542009-09-05T18:08:00.000-05:002009-09-05T18:09:11.901-05:00Race day 2 of the weekend. AMA Pro dirt track racing this time. Tune in tomorrow and see what kind of racing I'm enjoying. From the phon. Thank you for using Picture and Video Messaging by U.S. Cellular. See www.uscellular.com for info.fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-30014110717796965522009-09-04T21:39:00.001-05:002009-09-04T21:39:59.399-05:00Day 1 of a rate weekend! Vintage half mile dirt track racing. What racing will watch tomorrow? Stay tuned to find out. From the phone. Thank you for using Picture and Video Messaging by U.S. Cellular. See www.uscellular.com for info.fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-29549588534689996122009-08-28T13:50:00.000-05:002009-08-29T13:54:52.698-05:00Good Bye Ol’ FriendIn the past couple of weeks I’ve watched as two of my customers with high miles and years of service work leave the shop for the last time. While one of them really kind of leaves a hole in my heart it was time and I actually made the call on both of them. I’m going to start with the one that I am probably most proud of, Mrs. Clay’s 1984 300SD Turbo Diesel. I’m not really sure when I started tofasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-60488063311448075452009-08-02T20:39:00.001-05:002009-08-03T09:27:45.421-05:00Sunset Ride-From the Phone Sunset in Iowa looks and feels great! A few more bugs in my teeth and all be right with the world :-) Update: Thought I would post a picture at a different time of day at the lake. After grilling some chicken grillers with corn on the cob the little Road King and Whiskey set out for some ice cream and to catch the sunset. After spending Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the race track fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-67799030618701572922009-07-31T11:34:00.001-05:002009-07-31T11:35:07.362-05:00Righteous Ran across this the other day and just had to pass it along. I don’t know who made this, but I like it… a lot!!! Enjoy the weekend everyone. fasthair fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-1381860776232956262009-07-19T22:47:00.001-05:002009-07-19T23:54:32.876-05:00Old Tractors That Helped Built A Nation While out riding yesterday enjoying the just spectacular weather we are having here in Iowa I ran across and antique tractor show and swap meet. Since I’m mechanically minded I just had to stop in and investigate. Every year at the Iowa State Fair I go up the hill and watch the steam engines chug and pop along being just fascinated that these hundred year old machines still run and do work. I fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428038630507918211.post-68027616124305994272009-07-17T14:26:00.001-05:002009-07-17T14:36:21.547-05:00Bar FlyWas having dinner last night at one of my favorite local joints and talking to my favorite bartender when a local rag called City View got brought up. When I mentioned I’ve made the pages of it twice he wanted to know what for and to read the articles if I still had them. Well I had one of them so I scanned it so I could send to him.  Once was in their section called “Up and Coming” where fasthairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16578895011107651084noreply@blogger.com3