HiTech

10 hours ago, ron.brown11 said:

Nick, one other thing happened the night I showed up after having my neck fused, and wearing a hard cervical collar. We were parked next to a guy named Bubba, and Bubba was running a street stock (like a bomber class). Apparently Bubba was pissed off at another driver for wrecking him. I went into our trailer to grab a tool that I wanted to have with me, when my driver went out for the main. Well, Bubba was apparently looking to fight someone over his crash, and because we had a generator, he thought it was too loud. So as I was walking out of the trailer, he said that I needed to turn it off or he was going to kick my ass. I told him I'd be waiting in the trailer, come on over. I don't know if someone talked him out of coming into the trailer, or he realized that his nuts hadn't quite dropped yet. But this I'm certain, not coming in that trailer really saved him a lot of pain. I had pulled the jack handle from the floor jack. And I would have used it too. The first shot would have been to his face. And as I had played baseball for over a decade, and fast pitch softball, I could still rip a good swing. My doctor had told me that if I got above those plates, I'd probably be a quadriplegic. Yeah, there's now way he would have gotten the first hit. Bubba finally shut his mouth, and I went about my business. But I did leave something behind. I plugged my cellphone in and turned on the video camera.That way, if he wanted to steal something, he'd go to jail. If he wanted to fight, he'd go to the hospital first, then on to jail. Or I could have ended up in the morgue, but I doubt that..

Merry Christmas!!!

UR  one bad man ..lol.........ONE DRIVER came  to our shop one night  had a couple to much to  drink  normal . he felt ten foot tall and bullet  proof . he mouthed off  enough  that i told him to go home we do not allow drinking  at the shop and u already had to many .... well that made him mad  so he picks up a 4 pound sledge  and thought i was going to run away or back off  he was wrong almost dead wrong i came around the 70 chevelle  so fast his eyes looked like apples being drunk and afraid i suppose    i shoved my left hand up under his neck lifted him up where he had no control and headed for the 4 foot open fan with a 2 horse belt drive motor  turned on  we were  about two feet away from him  loosing his head  in the open blades when my brother and another driver grabbed him away from me ..they realized just what i was going to do near the last seconds ... they saved him  .he kept his mouth going till my brother told him  get out or die dont go back inside  ..i was very  serious .... i never gave it a second thought about taking his life ..u pull a weapon better get me fast . not going to run and get hit in the back of the head .so  i figure  may aswell help them out  least  i will see it coming .. ill fight u hand to hand and i do not like to fight  at all most stuff isnt worth it  .but pull a weapon   i have no rules but one and he found out what that rule was ..

On 12/6/2022 at 8:00 PM, rebelracewriter said:

Sonuva......We agree on something again.....I've made this comment to several, got shot down every time....If you give away, say, 100 tickets and get only 10% return, that's still ten new faces....Of course you have to provide a good, well run, timely show too.

i agree with this also ..  .it cost nothing to give tickets to those who have never been .. u can only win in the end .. i can tell u frank gave me some tickets to give away  when he was alive and running cc speedway .and rank was a tight wald ... but talked him into 20 tickets ... i know two of them  turned into racers . 1 turned into a sponsor for me and robert .. i know three drivers gave up drinking  to race . two of them we built their cars .. nether one had ever been to a race ... heck my wife had never been to a race till i took her once in 1984 .. and  she helped me buy my first car   the next season  .. and we have never missed a season sense   after 92 i sold both my cars and have helped others sense ..  .. parking a racecar out where its seen is one the  best advertisment around out near major road ways   and such .. alot of poeple  have never been to a race and alot do not even know there is a racetrack around ..  justabout every racers buying gas has had someone come up  to them looking at the cars and asking where is the track .i have and some showed up ... .. another thing alot of folks wont come out when they do not know a racer .....i dont go to a ball game unless i know someone .......

3 hours ago, arob said:

Well if the demise of the internal combustion engine and the fuel that powers it comes to pass by 2030 that would be the end of it anyway.

 

 

nah we would have to go solar power .. nick i believe  youwere part of the go faster group .and u never drove a racar or owned  one i suppose ..  u just made them working on the on  moving part that fit under the motor . i remember the racars sitting around the  gas staions ..

RON  back when we ran prosedans / just taking two cars upto  red river speedway  cost near and  over  8 to 12hundred min  .. our tire bill with  14 inch  slicks could cost us 600 plus of that money alone .. even going to sa could and did  cost 500 plus  again tires alone were a big cost .. and u run for what $300 AVERAGE .  JUST OUR  little four bangers cost 10 to 12thousand  just  to keep them running with the jones ..i think in 2008  nearly if not over 20 grand to run that season ...... 1989  we had to re build our class  by cutting  modifcations out .. again tire cost was one big issue even then ..we had to go recaps and then later on  eagle test tires ... ..  . when we raced a bomber in kyle sa and cc  we raced street tires cheaper and lasted longer we had an advantage there .my brother inlaw owns a tire store and he helped us pick out the best tires to run  and that worked  . stock motors .. so cost went way down but still not cheap .. .. now we are on dirt at first cheap .now factory stocks are running some are 10  k  motors   special chassis  up graded control arms ball  joints and such   .and shocks that is the biggest shock .. 800 bucks  for four  min .some who can afford them go way past that mark .. the main thing here is they went to pull off slicks that cost alot less  than what we were running .but that is the only savings  which does not offset the rest everything else is up .. ... lucky  not like asphalt racing  u can take your car just about to any dirt track and not have to change much  .maybe a rear gear  .and some adjustin of springs . the rules are  common .. ashalt  racetracks were so afraid of losing cars  they did not work together on common  rules till its was way late .....  .  ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUE was sponsorship  it was very hard to lock heavy sponsors down ..the most normal excuse for not sponsoring us  was sponsors got burned  in the early years .cars not showing up and such .. . . just touching a few things that worked agaisnt asphalt racing,,,, i see alittle of it heading into dirt track racing .. mainly the cost a factory stock is not cheap ..  soon to repeat  past history  ..on its way  to killing itself  .. nothing new here common issue / start a new lower class that starts the process all over ..

2 hours ago, rails said:

I not only go to the races, but I spend a considerable amount of money doing so. It is important to excel at the basics on race weekend. TMS fails in that aspect. Its great to hear that they have other revenue streams. I go there for the fall race weekend. Getting the tanks pumped in your motorhome should be easy, its not. Buying a bag of ice on the grounds when it is a 100 degrees for 4 days should be easy, its not. 

I understand its not 1997 anymore, but when you have been doing something since 1997, you should have the basics sorted out. TMS does not. The opener at HMP for the new series ran out of a lot of stuff at the concessions stand, you expect that, they will figure it out and get it sorted out. There is no defending TMS these days for me. Its not called the Texas Convention Center, it is Texas Motor Speedway.

WOW 1997 FIRST NASCAR   race  we went to .. went to the bush race  where it rained and rained and stayed in a mall  for hours nad hour waiting for the race to restart ..and we loved it  cool seeing the race finish at night .. sunday we had to park three  miles past the track we paid 20 bucks a car to park on a ranch .. the all 10 of us with ice chest  blankets and many other items walk those three miles  .. got there  just as the cars were rolling off  pit road .. after the race we crossed over the freeway . as a truck was baout to pass us up  i stuck my thumb up the truck stopped  we loaded up  the driver took us to our cars ..  we sent  the next five years taking ten of us  to the track .. we always paid for 12 seats  .ice chest and itens needed a place to sit too ... have not been back to a nascar race  sense 2002 .. rained us out that day and we had ot come back seeing  i owned a fed ex  gorund route with no one to  cover my route ..  a $1000 bucks wasted ..   did go one years to an irl race .. 

On 10/16/2022 at 10:37 PM, mfmotorsports said:

You probably checked this already, but if it's loading up and fuel pressure leaks down after driving it you may want to make sure the regulator isn't bleeding down and flooding cylinder #8. Also, if you mean it takes a few cranks to get the fuel pressure to reach a steady 60psi or so, you may have a fuel pump bleeding down. Hope I understood you right.

yep u heard me right ..number 8 injector is stuck open  . i am going to change both all the injectors and fuel pump ..its been sitting almost four years  .. and both   have never been changed .. i can get the parts cheap enough .. this is for a brother whos other truck is worn  out he has no money and can not work .. another brother and i bought this tahoe for him  back in march or so  he does not know about this ..  it had some miner front end damage i already fixed .a electrical  short typical of these trucks . a couple of rust holes from spending most of its life near the beach fixed  .i  repaired and replaced parts on another 99 that someone uses for hunting ..  he iwll have some spare parts that were still good off the other truck .. the owner hunts in mexico so we upgraded alot of stuff  ..so i have many spare parts  and shocks that will fit this tahoe ..lucky me .. .. its almost done  to turn it over to my brother  .i spent two months on the veterans car that took time away from this project .. i seem to be  doing alot of projects that make no money but cost some  as of late but worth  every minute and it helps  those who need it ..  after the truck is finished no more projects  like this for awhile ..i have hundreds of stuff to finish around the house  i  started 5 months ago  ... once u retire  u go to work . ill need to get a job just to get a vacation .. covid created this back log  at home ..

I want to thank nick for all he has done ... 

On 9/20/2022 at 6:14 PM, Nathan said:

one of the labonte bothers was interviewed not long ago and was asked about the sad asphalt racing scene in texas and if he was going to do anything about it.  he said texas is where he grew up but North Carolina is his home.  he also said it was sad but doesn't effect him.

SOUNDED LIKE TERRY  bobby was young ...use to be a promotor in texas speaking with terry  in george west  he said promotor wanna be ....... 

Just now, HiTech said:

cool car  and  surprised its still around .... i do not know anything about those cars .. but our history buff tex tom sees this he may  know something ..rare when he doesnt .

Just now, HiTech said:

cool car  and  surprised its still around .... i do not know anything about those cars .. but our history buff tex tom sees this he may  know something ..rare when he doesnt .

 might be A  dumb question  is that an iron duke motor . like i said i dont know much at all about those cars .

cool car  and  surprised its still around .... i do not know anything about those cars .. but our history buff tex tom sees this he may  know something ..rare when he doesnt .

19 minutes ago, ron.brown11 said:

Sorry, I forgot to tell you that the Camaro looks great Too!!

  SORRY  I HAVE NOT SENT ANY NEW PICS ..  i had the vet at the shop today we are having issue with the shifting ..found the shifter was worn to much .. . i ordered him  one tonight .. wont be in till the 27th ..i tried to get it sooner using our prime account  but that is the prime time being a holiday week .. ... he got his best look of the car today   slid his hands over it  just   twitching to drive it .. but he knows we had an issue with the shifter  worn  to much to use  something i did not get to see from the start  someone else took it out  before i got to the shop .. and they didnt notice the issue at that time .. fact till i put it in  at 2 am  i didnt notice it .. ... ..  after market cheese cake junk that came with the car  .. ,he could have driven it but taking a chance of missing something up  was not what we wanted ...  it has been a long time like two years sense he was able to go  some where with it  besides around the block ... good thing today  he met another vet who served around the same time  i made sure of that . the vet was the one who fixed the trans ..they hit it off  .. . i promiss tomorrow ill get some new picks  .of the car ..  like i said i was just the servant   u all became my helper  this  could not have been done with out u ... 

3 hours ago, Flagman said:

HiTech,

  I know you are not looking for a pat on the back. You have done an amazing thing for many people taking on this project. You have made new friends helped many people that you don't know with this.

   Thank You for allowing others to participate and share in giving back to others.

 NO SIR U ARE  CORRECT   no pat on the back i am just the servent    EVERYONE WOULD need a pat on the back is not what we all wanted .. . I mJUST GLAD SO MANY  saw what  i was trying to do with little information  .. all who  joined in  get the same thanks  and joy   that we played all a  part in . so many need our help and it is impossible  to do that ..  but like racing we work hard to pass the next car and the next the next week and so on ..  this was a no loss finish, first place everytime .. . david our vet is  not comfortable  right now around big crowds  just yet  ..  .only time will tell and i am sure   that someday soon that can all change but still have a big hill to climb i may need a tow rope  to get up there .. i told him  i can only help him so far and  he  will be meeting  some who shared his life  i asked him  to  meet some  brothers i cant be .. and will  little by little this will take some time.. but time is in   his favor ..  i have plenty  left i hope ... ...   glad you took the ride with us . tell the wife and son thanks ..

3 hours ago, rails said:

Glad to heat it went well. Send some photos to Nick of the car.

 Yes sir  i  will   . i have the car at the shop  with finale touch ups and fine tuning  . ill  get some phottos to crazy saturday for any ........... after talking  to david  last night i really realized even more what this car means to him ........... IT  helps him find  a tiny bit of his  life before the service  ...  he loves the new look  and over taken about it ...so many helped .. 

THERE COMES a time when you are speechless . where u cant find the words .. 

 i am having a hard time finding the words 

...  A STORY  that started Well over a year ago  a quest  an adventure into the unknown  ..HOW WHEN AND WHERE  ... was the theme i  spent many a nights thinking about worrying  about afraid of .. sleepless  nights  for weeks and  wondered am i doing the right   thing am i doing it  the right way  even though i have never done something like this  . i have always helped anyone where i could even at my own cost  thats just me .. . but did i take on something i am not prepared for ..   many times i thought man its to much  it took alot of time away from my family days nights weeks ........   but a thought always stood in the way to help me on my way .. no way could u not .someone needs your help  u have it made  .the others suffers and is lost . and needs a helping hand .  the future could be brighter if only i can do something  nomatter my cost my familay and friends cost .. oe erson i met was in worst shape . something i could not live with with out helping  as small as it may seem  but can send someones future  leaps and bounds in the right dirrection  ..that partstill holds a furture  not proven yet   ... .. 

 I SOON REALIZED  it was much bigger than i .. i needed the help of many   starting right  here  at home with my rock my wife and then onto   sam and his family  then brandon and his shop and many others i cant think of right now .. i ventured into a raffle i never in my life tried before did i do it the right way  ... it paid off so i guess it worked .. speedzone members  joined in most of all  we have never met  but many helped in many ways .. silent faces with a strong voice loud and clear   ad faces i may never see .but know they have a big heart a caring heart  a love of country a love of their fellow americans ..  many were veterans i  can only say thanks  the true and real feelings can not be shown  ...........  THE  SHOWING OF THE CAR that sam along with his dad and brother put so much energy into  making that a happen ..  i was there to witness an amazing  family .i learned so much yes old dogs can learn  i never in my life  of 66 years sanded a car over and over just to find it needed more sanding and that i am not all that great at it ,,..................................................... when davd the veteran  saw his car   . his voice said its blue  the sound had excitement i never heard  from him   the walk around was amazing to watch   all the folks outside to witness this   in the cold and rain  .. which brought the numbers way down who could attend .. and glad they didnt  with what mother nature had to give ..  i think the rain was sent  to help wash  some of the pain  the veteran carried  for so long .. ...    he was joyfull   . just what we all hoped ..i saw clear eyes  his true color not those dark  eyes i have gotten used to  that low voice as if to say i am afraid to speak ..   IN THE END LEAVING FOR HOME  david and i had a minute  face to face .. i saw life i saw color  i saw  happeness  i saw relief  .i saw a person who realized he isnt the only one  i left him saying  . its time to get out go back find that person u loved  .u have a wonderfull family inside the building  to live for  and u all deserve to be happy  ,u have many brothers and sisters  u will never meet   they all pulled for u  and  helped us along the way  .. .......... .. THANK U IS ALL I CAN SAY .. 

2 hours ago, rails said:

Hold your head high Sir.

 lol ..my arms  cant hold my head up .. tired too .

3 hours ago, NickHolt said:

How did the day go for y'all?

 TIRED   WHY I HAVENT SAID ANYTHING TILL NOW  i// came down to the last minute and a few more  . .. .. the car made it an hour late  but showed up  looking good  ...... ILL TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT  monday night my mind is shot . just  relaxing one day without much thought about the car and what it still needs  .............

21 hours ago, Radical said:

It looks awesome!! You guys have done a very fine job. I apologize for not doing anything. 

THANKS  but no reason  to apoliogize .  i do not take down  numbers  👎of those i know who will not or can not help ............ just not that sort of person  , not doing this for  brownie points ..

 DONT u just hate it ..u spent your teen years that seemed to last forever trying to hit  18 least in my time  so you can go party  buy beer  vote  and get that dreaded  draft card . then life real life hits u in the bud .you  get  married going on nearly forty years  with the wife .. your son is 31 and getting married   your bones hurt   you find yourself forgetting where the keys to your truck  are when they are right in your left hand . somone is  screaming get out of the way grandpa you are to slow  while showing u the all american you are number one hand signal  no left or right turn on that one  no mistake on the meaning . u worry about what tomorrow will bring  you, find  ten minute jobs turns into an hour or more  . you look at the  youths of today thinking  wow they are crazy wild misfits   this  countries future is headed towards hell ..yet never realizing  the old said the same thing when u were young .. it seems garbage  day is every two days when its 7 ..... u looked forward with excitment for dec 25 th   now wondering  what am i going to buy my family  my  wife  so the easy way out  is  a gift card .. adds all over the place and pop ups on your phone every second of the day drive u nuts . when  sears roebuck catalog was then the  most exciting  thing to come around at christmas and christmas holiday started in december  not september .. mowing yards back then for 2 bucks pulling that tiny little  no horse power motored contraption  behind your bike  with tiny little wheels that never seemed  to follow  your forward motion we needed nicks chassis class back then and in time swinging a yo yo  to cut high grass down .. because the tiny little movwer had no horse power  all that hard work  to finally save $300 bucks to buy  your first car after two years worth of mowing ..an old 62ford falcon  with springs poking   your behind through the cotton seats   one burned out cylinder  the first five cylinder  u ever owned  .wipers didint work headliner  flapping in the no air conditioned two 70mph windows down ac , all the good old days  that old car made me proud .now the young kids today  have to own a spic an span shining new truck  to keep up with the joneses  ..hell  the best car i owned was that old falcon i paid for it with blood sweat an tears . an had tears when it got wrecked . meaning  i now had to walk again .......................but the best thing now is i and u are still alive to tell about it . 2023 NEVER GAVE IT A THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THAT ...IF  i make it that far .but again its only going to feel like  two days away  . garbage day again  

Just now, HiTech said:

JUST GOT HOME  ..we have our work cut out for   friday . got some of the interior back in . still have the front end to put back on .. all of it ..  still waiting  on the trans should have sometime friday another one of those murphy laws deals .. that never ends it seems one of  the   new trans parts was  broken  for this t56  .if we cant  get the new one early friday morn  we will use the old trans   ,,  someone i do not know as of now  has a trans we can  put in it sorta trade deal .. yahoo ..  . then we have to install it ..   u watch all those builders shows foose and all .and  as always they have a thousand things left to do in 15 hours or less .. well that is not fake  lol ..  seems the more we put back on the car the more we have left to do .. .the faster we try to work the slower we go .. .shoot spent 80 bucks just refilling the  propane  tanks to keep the shop warm enough to  paint  ... never seen propane tanks freez up .. then again never emptied one so fast ..  but with all of this we still have our spirits up .sam  his dad and brother have worked long long hours along  with this rookie  no days off .day 17 i think i lost count ..see you at the dealership saturday ..i hope alan can hold the rain off for us .......

the yenko on the fender was airbrushed  .this man can do wonders  . freehand looking at a pic ..

7 hours ago, NickHolt said:

More pics from Mike

JUST GOT HOME  ..we have our work cut out for   friday . got some of the interior back in . still have the front end to put back on .. all of it ..  still waiting  on the trans should have sometime friday another one of those murphy laws deals .. that never ends it seems one of  the   new trans parts was  broken  for this t56  .if we cant  get the new one early friday morn  we will use the old trans   ,,  someone i do not know as of now  has a trans we can  put in it sorta trade deal .. yahoo ..  . then we have to install it ..   u watch all those builders shows foose and all .and  as always they have a thousand things left to do in 15 hours or less .. well that is not fake  lol ..  seems the more we put back on the car the more we have left to do .. .the faster we try to work the slower we go .. .shoot spent 80 bucks just refilling the  propane  tanks to keep the shop warm enough to  paint  ... never seen propane tanks freez up .. then again never emptied one so fast ..  but with all of this we still have our spirits up .sam  his dad and brother have worked long long hours along  with this rookie  no days off .day 17 i think i lost count ..see you at the dealership saturday ..i hope alan can hold the rain off for us .......

4 minutes ago, rails said:

I am curious to see what they are going to do with TMS after this year. In the lower grandstands they took out every other row and put in a table ledge to set drinks and stuff on. I could still swing a cat in any direction and not hit a soul from my seats. Not sure how long it is going to be able to hang on that way. I know there has been talk of some sort of reconfiguration. But my gut tells me that date could end back up at North Wilksboro. 

I hope not, but the way the place was managed from a fans perspective at this years fall race it my be better if it goes away. 

 

Hopefully HMP will be back to a full race season next year. I was able to make the Sept race and it made me happy to be back there and see a really nice crowd. 

Now I hope to be able to make it down to Corpus for the 3 day show in December. Just need some luck to go my way. 

 ILL WISH YOU THE LUCK  ..

 I PAINTED MY FIRST RACE CAR BLACK  cheap walmart paint  all the car was  worth .. found out painting a white stripe on it  still got me run over  anyway .. .. i mean  the drivers told me they could not see me so  the stripe was added .. i think it was  because  i was a rookie and rookies you can bounce off  of  and still  convence the rookie  it was at fault .. 

 Thanks but mother nature put a stop  to the painting today . bought another heater tonight  to help warm the area up .. . makeing it harder to finish ..  WE HAVE   alot to put back on that car  plus put the trans back in  once we get it back . but nothing can be done till its painted ..... the big hand on the clock moves slow .but  the little one is  moving much faster  ..we will keep working to finish it   just have to put even  longer hours on it   IN ZONBIE LAND . before saturday // it will make it ... 

4 hours ago, HiTech said:

 Well  I WAS GOING TO  put the bike up for sale  one i do not ride it much anymore  two  some of the money if  not all was going into this  project  ..   TO EXPLAIN THE  oic somehow  that got in with the  others most likely  because 14 weeks working on this  project and 13 streight  longdays getting this car done ..... sam at the body shop  is just a zombie as i am .. so mistakes will happen like htis ... actually  happend monday night  . i had the bike apart replacing  out to a new fuel tank .all new chains a new  clutch cover a new front tire all new throttle and hand grip system ..new brake handle and some touch up paint ... and replaced the carb  .that is where the this damage came from ..the factory  screwed the idle all the way full throtle  instead of idle . i quess the zombie took over after nine pm  and  missed that adjust ment .. .. sitting in the garrage i decided to make sure every thing was working ,fired that sucker up and away we went i tried to hit the kill switch  but had  not aimed the switch  to where i could hit it from all angels  ..  by the time i did kill it it was to late i hit the wall  . and the  photto shows the damage  ..first time i  have owned  this for  almost 8 years   i wrecked it ,  .not  even a fall on it .. . to say i was mad would be an understatement  ........ many folks know this bike  i do not mistreat it  ...it has served me well ..... the motor has about ten hours on it .. top speed is about 35  , it can go more .. .but all isnt lost sam told  me he can fix the damage  the person  who freehand air brushed my graphics   said he  would fix the   fender  for free ,,  .nice man  .. . funny i turned down 1700 cash when i rode it the first time  after the painting was done ..  .no way do i think it will get thathigh .. when i get it ready again ..for sure tomorrow we will have the project car painted .. we have to the 19th is just a few days away , .. the car will  be at sames ford on ayers at 1pm  the 19 th .evereone is invited to the drawing . and then giving the vet back his keys  and hope it is  a hit  many and  vets and civilians are there to help ..if u can make it please take the to show yur struff  ..... abouy to fall asleep  now good night ..

 NICK   have not figured out how to go back and change  a spelling  or a line .. . shoot  i just woke up  and   read the last few lines what the heck did i say 

7 hours ago, NickHolt said:

um.... I think the last pic is of Mike's custom-painted mini bike that had a small run in with his garage wall a while back... 

Please consider helping Mike out with this project.  He has spent a bunch of his own money, time and effort on this worthwhile endeavor. 

 Well  I WAS GOING TO  put the bike up for sale  one i do not ride it much anymore  two  some of the money if  not all was going into this  project  ..   TO EXPLAIN THE  oic somehow  that got in with the  others most likely  because 14 weeks working on this  project and 13 streight  longdays getting this car done ..... sam at the body shop  is just a zombie as i am .. so mistakes will happen like htis ... actually  happend monday night  . i had the bike apart replacing  out to a new fuel tank .all new chains a new  clutch cover a new front tire all new throttle and hand grip system ..new brake handle and some touch up paint ... and replaced the carb  .that is where the this damage came from ..the factory  screwed the idle all the way full throtle  instead of idle . i quess the zombie took over after nine pm  and  missed that adjust ment .. .. sitting in the garrage i decided to make sure every thing was working ,fired that sucker up and away we went i tried to hit the kill switch  but had  not aimed the switch  to where i could hit it from all angels  ..  by the time i did kill it it was to late i hit the wall  . and the  photto shows the damage  ..first time i  have owned  this for  almost 8 years   i wrecked it ,  .not  even a fall on it .. . to say i was mad would be an understatement  ........ many folks know this bike  i do not mistreat it  ...it has served me well ..... the motor has about ten hours on it .. top speed is about 35  , it can go more .. .but all isnt lost sam told  me he can fix the damage  the person  who freehand air brushed my graphics   said he  would fix the   fender  for free ,,  .nice man  .. . funny i turned down 1700 cash when i rode it the first time  after the painting was done ..  .no way do i think it will get thathigh .. when i get it ready again ..for sure tomorrow we will have the project car painted .. we have to the 19th is just a few days away , .. the car will  be at sames ford on ayers at 1pm  the 19 th .evereone is invited to the drawing . and then giving the vet back his keys  and hope it is  a hit  many and  vets and civilians are there to help ..if u can make it please take the to show yur struff  ..... abouy to fall asleep  now good night ..