I build motorcylces here in Daytona Beach, Florida as a hobby have my own little back yard garage and everything, right now there is a metric bike
that is called a Johnny Pag that was in really good shape its a small metric chopper only 250cc but its one hot ass bike now that its customized a wee bit
Its my first build and well its in the style of an old rat chopper awesome bike it is my first build so I`m sorta predjudice on the subject.

Anyways I`m here to learn and grow as a biker enthusists, builder and lover of hott ass bikers and the bikes we ride.

This is a pic of my bike that I built my ole man has it up for sale on ebid for me but you can see how nice it is and maybe some day I will be as famous as jesse james lol
I`m not that good but inspire to be so. http://us.three.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?auction=13219223&mo=auction – see my Johnny Pag Here

Does anyone know where I can buy more metric chopper or bobber frames, parts etc?

I saw Oscar Peterson passed. What a body of work.

ala’a means “to be near god” in arabic.

i have been very disappointed in journalists these past many years. but there are beacons out there like this. like the nytimes reporter on the kentucky dentist i posted down blog. tom ricks of the washington post. kudos to carrie antlfinger and the associated press.

GI Saves Iraqi Boy in Unlikely Adoption
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER – 1 day ago

MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — Capt. Scott Southworth knew he’d face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad’s most dangerous areas. But he didn’t expect Ala’a Eddeen.

Ala’a was 9 years old, strong of will but weak of body — he suffered from cerebral palsy and weighed just 55 pounds. He lived among about 20 kids with physical or mental disabilities at the Mother Teresa orphanage, under the care of nuns who preserved this small oasis in a dangerous place.

On Sept. 6, 2003, halfway through his 13-month deployment, Southworth and his military police unit paid a visit to the orphanage. They played and chatted with the children; Southworth was talking with one little girl when Ala’a dragged his body to the soldier’s side.

Black haired and brown eyed, Ala’a spoke to the 31-year-old American in the limited English he had learned from the sisters. He recalled the bombs that struck government buildings across the Tigris River.

“Bomb-Bing! Bomb-Bing!” Ala’a said, raising and lowering his fist.

“I’m here now. You’re fine,” the captain said.

Over the next 10 months, the unit returned to the orphanage again and again. The soldiers would race kids in their wheelchairs, sit them in Humvees and help the sisters feed them.

To Southworth, Ala’a was like a little brother. But Ala’a — who had longed for a soldier to rescue him — secretly began referring to Southworth as “Baba,” Arabic for “Daddy.”

Then, around Christmas, a sister told Southworth that Ala’a was getting too big. He would have to move to a government-run facility within a year.

“Best case scenario was that he would stare at a blank wall for the rest of his life,” Southworth said.

To this day, he recalls the moment when he resolved that that would not happen.

“I’ll adopt him,” he said.

cont’d
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iJ4klfaBtFmmxh03OjensoJiuUxAD8TN9RH80

the kids are old enough to not believe in santa anymore, and young enough to be wildly excited. sweet.

later we’ll go to my sister-in-laws for dinner. the two families. they’re good folks; no angst.

christmas is kind of grim for me as my health has been craposis the past few months. pretty nasty. just an old broken down airborne ranger. but, i feel i’m coming out of it. (i also do a crappy job of exercising and self care. resolution for 08: fewer websites, more exercise. )

switching gears. i never had christmas overseas in a war zone. THANK GOD! but, i was overseas in an outpost of the empire. really plucks at the heart. some good things tho. (i may write it up later.)

part of what makes my christmas brighter, in this era of madness, is this blog. it’s like the tv show cheers. we all know each other…even the lurkers. community is good.

taters/anyone, do you have any info on this song? who sang it origionally? was it from the ’60′s? thx.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hY4JlbC6wQE

also, here is cass dillon with billy joel’s song, “christmas in fallujah.” (hoosier hoops i’m thinking of your jordan. a classmate of mine was in the marine corps barracks in beirut, which if i’ve got this right is the same marine regiment that h.h.’s son is in.) 04:54.

It was really low-key. We chatted, played with the cats, fed the outdoor homeless cats, and even watched some TV. Tomorrow’s more of the same. Nice.

Hope you had a great time too! LOVE your post. Will comment later there.

I have played w/ the great piano player and singer Charles Brown – the writer and original performer of the tune.
Slightly ot – I just recently got word that I am on a grammy nominated recording for this year – I was fortunate to have made a cameo appearance on the track Got My Mojo Workin’ on an Otis Rush recording and DVD, “Otis Rush Live…” for best traditonal blues.

Best Traditional Blues Album
Pinetop Perkins, “Pinetop Perkins on the 88′s – Live in Chicago”
Otis Rush, “Live…And in Concert from San Francisco”
Kenny Wayne Shepherd featuring Various Artists, “10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads”
Koko Taylor, “Old School”
Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr., “Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas”

http://www.austin360.com/news/content/music/stories/2007/12/1207grammylist.html

http://www.modernguitars.com/holland/archives/000468.html

Otis means alot to me and he’s a friend. He suffered a stroke a few years back and is no longer playing guitar – but he’s still singing. The afore mentioned recording was prior to his stroke. I also got to record with him before on “Tops” – released in 1985.

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $1 million in donations and distributed more than 400,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas

http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/