DONE! At last the new bathroom at Mosta Hill is finished and because of the black & white check theme it feels like Victory Lane. Good friend and master carpenter H.J has done 90% of the work while I have chipped in with 10% and I'm really happy with the way it turned out...
Trying what the Nikon 1 can do, I guess with some practice it can do much more....
This last summer and fall I have been shooting most of the stuff here with my Sony Ericsson X10 Mini and sure it works OK but with some cash burning a hole in my pocket I started looking for a better camera, after checking out Samsung NX100 & 200, Sony NEX-3, 5 & 7, Olympus and other compact SLR's I decided on the new Nikon 1-series, J1, small, heavy, solid and with a minimalist look no one beats....
Yesterday and during the night Mosta Hill got the first sprinkling of the white stuff, not much but enough for both me and my Santa to get into that Christmas spirit....
Today the DP Race Tech Workshop got the last coat of paint, after insulating, paneling, painting and installing a heater/AC unit the workshop is finally winter workable. My Dear K's been in charge of painting, good friend and master carpenter H.J did the woodwork while I was running around like a chicken without a head pointing and making changes. Now the Chopper Place cigarr room is next in line after the bathroom is done, can't wait to enjoy a Cohiba with a good dark Cuban Rum....
On Saturday me and my Dear K went to the twice yearly Classic Motor Magazine swap meet, this time moved to a new local at the ABB Arena Västerås, big and fresh and to the brim filled with bikes, toys, mopeds, parts, cars, tractors and even some junk here and there. Some of the stuff that caught my eye was a Laverda moped with disc brakes front & rear, vintage Seedway Bike for 100K, a Ferguson Grålle chassi restored to brand new, a clean Suzuki K50 (exactly like my first moped), but what really got to me was an old rusty tractor but I controled myself and came home with two cool Marshal fog lights for the Volvo T21 and some junk. On February 16'th is next time and we'll be there....
Yeah believe it or not but she's alive n kickin', just the other day the good guys at Hard Parts sent a brand new Mivv Titanium pipe my way, light ohhh it's so light and hard looking, now The Indian Guru will do his pipe bending & welding magic and it will all line up, I can't wait to hear her roar! I have also fitted a Sportster headlight and "cap" so i can bin that god awefull Ducati satelite dish they call headlight....
OK here we go, some more pix of the super cool Vespa 46, but why 46? is it a Rossi thing or might it have to do with the Vespa MP6 Prototype first shown in 1946?
This last week in Milano was the yearly EICMA MC Show where (almost) all the news for 2012 was rolled out, As an Aprilia, Moto Guzzi & Vespa dealer, a Ducati owner and an Italiophile in general there were a lot to Ohhh & Ahhh over but some of the best stuff IMHO were the 3 new Guzzi, the awesome SRV 850 scooter from Aprilia (can't wait to get my hands on that one), the Ducati 1199 & MV Agusta F3 are gorgeous bikes but #1 on my wishlist to Santa this year is the Vespa 46, wow what a looker.....
Today me and my Dear K visited a man with some interesting stuff he did not need anymore. The old man graciously let us take custody of this almost untouched, early 70's Vespa V50 in daily driver condition, a new set of tires and an oil change and we'll hit the road on it next spring. Now Lucy and Tomaten has a new sister, yet to be named.....
