This year, I spent the entire Thanksgiving holiday painting my XL250 engine. Originally, I hadn’t planned on doing any paint myself. To be honest, painting …
RIDEWELL Rebuild Project
After owning my own custom vintage bike for a year, and doing a few small maintenance projects, I decided I wanted to try my hand at my own custom build.
So, in Feburary 2017, I bought a 1982 Honda XL250R, and started tearing it down. During the process, I kept a log of my thoughts, feelings and frustrations here.
Scenes from the RIDEWELL Garage
Since my last update on my XL250 rebuild project, I've gotten a lot better at keeping my project moving. It wasn't easy to integrate yet another responsibility …
So, I Took a Metal Shop Class…
When the PCC summer course catalog featured a female welding graduate on the cover, it felt like a sign. The universe wanted me to take metal shop. Or, at …