Hudson learns some lessons

[Hudson]

1. Not one, lots of them! One here, one there, wherever I found them!

2. Many are called, few are chosen.

3. How can I miss you if you don't go away?

4. Every gun makes it own tune.

5. If you do that, you'll always be poor.

6. One ******* goes in, another comes out.

I'll explain tomorrow night after I get back from the dealer.

 

[Panman]

We always like us a good story.

 

[LKLD]

Sounds like expensive lessons. :grin:

 

[FJReady]

this otta be good...

 

[Auburn]

I have a good idea what it is, but I won't spoil Huddy's story.

 

[Niehart]

Jealous, JSNS

 

[Hudson]

1. Not one, lots of them! One here, one there, wherever I found them!

So you may recall it started with this:

And then quickly turned to this:

And because I couldn't stand the thought of a wrecked one, I added this:

Resulting in this:

As gorgeous as the twins were, the reality was that I couldn't properly ride them. The ergonomics were all wrong for a heavyset middle aged guy, and the bikes are really track bikes with horns, lights, and a license plate. Pretty to look at, but after 8 months, I had ridden them less than 150 miles for both.

Something needed to change.

2. Many are called, few are chosen.

I hatched a plan to part with one or both. Originally I had really wanted this:

How Can I Miss You If You Don't Go Away?

So I went home, looked at both of the twins, and decided that one of them needed to be set free in the wild.

4. Every gun makes it own tune.

The F4 sings a most amazing song with with a quartet

More to come...

 

[TripperMike]

Isn't that every guy's dream? To have a pair of extremely sexy twins waiting for you when you get home, and the biggest dilemna of the day is to decide which one to ride. <sigh>

They are absolutely HAWT!!

 

[escapefjrtist]

...waiting for the next chapter Hudson!

--G

 

[dcarver]

.....so then i bought Carver's 1991 HD Evo with straight pipes. Now I'm set for life!

 

[Hudson]

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[Hudson]

I really thought somebody would pick up on the clues I left early on. Most of the above "lessons" are lines from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

I think I'd rank the bikes as follows:

1. The Brutale - The Good
2. The F4 - the Bad
3. The wrecked F4 - the Ugly...but since I built her back, she's really the The Bad.

That probably leaves my FJR as the Ugly, because she currently sits deader than a doornail with her parts askew as I try to tear into it to figure out why no power.

One guess what I'll do if I get frustrated and need to temporarily blow off steam...

wait...what's my son doing on the Brutale?

Hey....you...get away from there....

 

[Panman]

wait...what's my son doing on the Brutale?

Hey....you...get away there....

What are you going to do when he asks for the Keys Dad?

 

[RaYzerman19]

Very nice. Sexy bikes indeed! Congrats on the new acquisition.

About your avatar, way back early in my automotive career, I worked at AMC which originally was a merger of Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator. I was in charge of the Precision Layout department at the time and in one of our old tool cabinets I found a set of 4" vernier calipers engraved Hudson Motor Co. I had them framed and we gave them to my boss as a retirement gift........

 

[Dr. Rich]

Dave.... You will have to consider a side car so that you can take Pops for a ride....remember you could put your eye out with that thing.

 

[Hudson]

Pan, he's got to get more dirt time before I'd ever let him out on the street. If he was 18, he can get a ten year old beater like I did, and once he showed good skills, I'd let him ride it with me coming along beside.

Dr. Rich, Pops is welcome to try her out. It was his S4SR that I was trying to replicate.I am less worried about my eye than I am about my license.

Rayz, cool story! It is fun to go through the history of an old make like Hudson. They were solid cars. How cool to find those old tools!

 

[escapefjrtist]

Sexy beast you got there Hudson! ;-)

--G

 

[RaYzerman19]

There's more stories...... big granite layout plates from the assets of A. V. Roe, designer of the AVRO Arrow. More of a Canadian historical significance......

Working at AMC though was more like family. The little automaker that could..... the Jeep history in Toledo, whenever I go through I drive by the brick chimney of Overland....

I headed up a team that hand built the first Jeep YJ in Brampton, Ontario (1985)...... now that was something too.

 

[sportsguy]

Few more pics...