Sun City West trip

This is the road I want to take with the Dual Sport bike.
From here, after a series of dirt and trails, you can get to the location of the Oatman massacre.  Will get it done either this Spring or next Fall.

First day since late December that we hit 80 degrees! 

Lanny (Biglefti's) house in Sun City West

Cruising down I-8.  Nice day for a ride.

Lanny was out in his shop at 5:30 AM.  He built a metal break out of a heavy duty hinge that he welded to some square stock.  Worked good to bend the Stainless Steel he's using.

I really believe Lanny can fabricate just about anything.  And, he has!

Using the "just made" metal bender.

The Quail Motel.  Metal lined so the Coyotes can't dig them out.  He ran out of grain a few days ago.  He tried oatmeal, but they don't like it.  A small flock had just stopped by to check it out, but they got mad and left before I could get a picture

Dawn in the Biglefti back yard.

500cc Piaggio scooter.  The "errand bike"

Pidgeons on a neighbors TV antenna

Bending, thinking, cutting, grinding, drilling, and more thinking.  It's coming together

Lanny added the workshop on the end of his garage.  Small, but there's been a lot of good work produced from here.

Some of the last cuts with the saw-zall

The T-Dub is back together after Lanny's last pretty serious crash last Fall.  It's ready for more action now.

Large Coyote, across the street. There were 3 of them.  Lanny has seen a pack of 9 here in the neighborhood before.  They cruise the area looking for food.

The large one is in back, this smaller female is headed that way.

Final measurments, adjustments, and assembly

Adjustment with the grinder, and fabricating spacers

New MIG welder Lanny used to make the metal break.

The new tool.  It worked great!

Buffing out the edges.

MUCH better than the one that came with the J&M CB unit.  This is going to look and work good.

When I get back to Yuma I'll remove it and polish out the stainless steel.  Lanny gave me some S/S bolts which I'll buff out and use. Should end up looking like chrome.  A job well done.  Biglefti does it again!!!!

This bunny escaped the Coyote's breakfast hunt

Fisherman on the Gila River just below the old Gilespie Dam.

The Gila still has some water in it up here.  By the time it joins the Colorado in Yuma, the farming and irrigation needs have almost depleted the water flow. 

Gilespie Bridge over the Gila on old Highway 80.  In 2011 the mounting blocks were changed, and the bridge was made safe again for normal traffic

One of the original mounting pads.  For expansion and contraction, they were on rollers as you see underneath.  These rollers were replace with new technology, using sliding pads that will hold up better.

Lanny explaining to me how the mounting pads work

Lanny rode down to Patterson Road, almost to Gila Bend, with me.  Nice warm day, but cloudy.  Was 82 in the shade when I got home around 3:30.  Nice ride, good weather, and the new bracket is PERFECT!!!!