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General Photo Album
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Click on many of the pictures for a larger image!! and sorry about load times.. (if you're patient, it's all there).
| Here's 'ole yeller: completed July 14, 2007 |
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| She's old built from 2 Coast Kings, 1960's vintage.. and yellow in honor of ADC & his free plans |
| Coast King #1 (Coast to Coast brand) |
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| These babies were true junkers, rust and all! |
| Coast King #2 |
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| There's a special place in my heart for the bike so gone that it looks beyond redemption! |
| Stick welding in process! |
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| Anyone can build a TE clone: this is my 5th homebuilt in little over a year! |
| Two months later: on the happy maiden ride!! |
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| Cost: about $4 (paint & welding sticks). I added a back brake the following week. |
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| This is Faye, my oldest daughter, 24! |
Pictures are a window to someone else's world.. or images that reveal the heart. Here I will open the window periodically.
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| Maila's new haircut! |
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| Sarah, 10 years old.. taken with my new Kodak, no flash! |
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| Small town homecoming parade! Sept. '03 |
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| Mike's $100 John Deere (1974) |
| New Hobby: building bents from junkyard rejects! |
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| Here's me on 1st TE clone, 11/15/06, after 26 mi shakedown cruise. Temp got up to 32 degrees! |
| First TE clone, November, 2006 |
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| Built entirely from junkyard bikes. Cost: $3 in welding sticks and a can of paint! |
| Here's my first bent built summer, 2006 |
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| This SWB built from Huffy girls bike. Rides great and very stable. Cost: $1.50 |
| Mike's last game, October/2006 |
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| They lost--but they fought nobly. |
| First Wrestling Tournament, Stanley County, 2006 |
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| Mike wins first place! Weight class: 145 lbs |
| Cruising Again! |
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| T-shirt in November, wow! It may be a foot of snow next week. |
| Prairie Ride, 2007 |
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| The solitude of the American Midwest. |
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| My Radio Shack, KI5CT |
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| Click on this picture for my amateur radio profile! |
| Power Supply from a junked vcr. |
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| Tuna Can Special: VU20 and "cb" transistor amp: 4w |
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| Here's Marilyn! |
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| Mike's 1st pheasant of the season! Oct/03/03 |
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| Town Water Tower taken with Kodak, Jan. 20 '04 |
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| See some of my garden produce! (& I got some okra, too!) |
| 2nd bent built about 6 weeks later. |
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| 24 inch frame, 24/20in wheels. Bike was trash before reclamation. Cost: another $1.50! |
| Marilyn after just completing long bike! |
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| She rides this one! |
| Under construction! |
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| Built from 2 junkyard bikes welded together and just before painting at the back door! |
| Cruising! |
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| It was cold this morning! |
| LATEST HOMEBUILT, May 2007 |
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| First building project of this year. Built from girl's 26-inch road bike. Love the curved handlebar. |
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Thanks for dropping by. 73, mike/ki5ct
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