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Big Dazzas emailed me from Hong Kong this morning, he's been enjoying the sights! Perhaps inspiration for some modded vintage subs in thr future Mr D!!!

Well I go about in my kayak as you guys know I live on a lake I get to be alone with nature it's nice an quiet and I grow vegetables in my garden not a big one actually very small but I am pretty anal about it so it takes some time. So you can imagine the winter puts both of them on hold , not fun! My work for the most part is rather rewarding I get to help people all in all pretty good.

The guy who set this speed record is a friend of mine...I worked with him and his brother at a Kaw/Yam shop for a few years. I nicknamed him 'Zeek' and later 'Hatchet Head' because he is so little and skinny. http://best-motorcycle-accidentlawyer.us/2016/02/27/kawasaki-h2r-top-speed/ Zeek's brother and his dad made a run at a record a few years ago. I nicknamed the brother 'Mighty Mouse' because he is a little bitty guy too. http://www.sportrider.com/kawasaki-zx-10r-maxton-project-red-sled I have a bunch of crazy stories about my 12 years at this shop plus I worked 5 years before that (in the early/mid 1980s) at a Yam/Suzuki shop owned by a pro wrestler (Devoy Brunson) and a couple years in the late 1980s at a Ducati/Husky shop (owned by a guy who was crazier than I was). Started out in a Norton/Triumph/Matchless/Ducati/AJS/Velocette shop waaay back. All my MC shop jobs later on were part time but my 'regular job' was just 3 days a week. Another pro wrestler named 'The Mongolian Stomper' used to come in the Yam/Suzuki shop often to see the owner and he drove a VW Scirocco...he was 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighed about 275...nicest guy you ever saw. He literally unfolded and crawled out of that little VW. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-12-08/entertainment/0012080078_1_mongolian-stu-hart-wrestler http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=the+mongolian+stomper&qpvt=the+mongolian+stomper&qpvt=the+mongolian+stomper&FORM=IQFRML I been around. I trade watches now because I'm crippled up from various 'endeavors' throughout the years. Started MC riding about 1960 and started getting crippled up in the early 1980s when I went deer hunting on a '83 Suzuki GS1100ED up in the mountains. Score = Deer 1 Me 0 Now I can tell when it is going to rain a day before it hits.

Nice ! Here are mine 5513 meter first 6538 Didn't try to double layer my decals.

Where are you based Kernow? Cheers Mark

Great first attempt. I double layer my decals. It helps to clean up the lines on the text and prevent any brass from showing through. It does make the dial thicker though. I usually remove the date wheel and dial spacer to balance it out. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Hello Ozgur, welcome to one of the best forums on Earth! Can you tell us about the kind of reps you can buy from the streets of Turkey these days? I have heard pretty different accounts of the rep watches found in your country.

Correct, rude ones taste better.

Oh IPA's on a let us say a regular basis!!

I enjoy watching Rugby and football (soccer) on TV and also movies. I also enjoy JDM cars and have had mine for 10 years now. I'd love to own a classic 911, be it a 993 or a 964(Singer). The Singer is much less likely though. Activity wise: cycling, surfing and the beach life here in Cornwall. A nice beer or three to relax with friends along with some Indian food - curry! A simple life for me generally.

Me? I live in Alaska for a reason. Well, several. This is the place where you can be yourself, and you can pursue your passions. It's weird but here, if you're killed while doing so, you take on an almost heroic mantle. There are no commonly accepted limits to what can, or cannot be done. Go Big, or Go Home ... if you can talk the talk and then back it up... men will buy you beers until the day you die. We are *fiercely* independent here, and we enjoy camaraderie. Sometimes we just want to be left the hell alone. Other times it's right to get your friends together around a fire and share a few beers, and chances are nobody will say a word. Out loud..... lots is still being "said". So in that environment, what are my hobbies? Anything that's BIG, solitary, cold, tall or distant. Anything with barely controllable power in it. So you'll find me on a weekend sleeping in a snow cave when it's cold. The colder the better. Or riding the mtn bike down ridiculous terrain. Or backcountry XC skiing alone in the shadows with the bad sounds.... wolves, creaking ice, crunching frost, heavy close by breathing from something hairy and toothy. Playing hockey on a glacier lake. Hiking with the dog up something in time to catch sundown from the summit. Playing my Martin on the deck at midnight with a nice single malt. Teaching a kid how to do pond hockey and to shun playing with boards. Carving hunks of cottonwood bark into ridiculous sitting dogs. Sneaking up on a sweet fishing hole and enticing a fish smarter than myself to bite something. Living by wits, and respecting the memory of someone who didn't quite have it one day. Read the poem "Call of the Wild" by Robert Service, and that will explain it better.

First attempt at home made gilt dial on brass plate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Geez, how did I miss this??? Congratulations and strike up the band Could not have chosen a better group of guys. Be well my brothers!

Congratulations to all the new mods. Now who DOES make the best sub? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This look just like my previous gen 5513 with the crown being the only exception (and no patina on dial and hands). Beautiful. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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