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365Ink81.Pdf As I read this, I notice myself following a theme. Last year I moved to a new house. My friend And that is that I never seem to get rid of any- Paul offered to put it in his garage during the thing. I believe there are three possible reasons. move and we could work together to see if it 1. It still works. They are perfectly good, why get was salvageable. That was 8 months ago. Then something new just because it’s new? If a little one warming April day I finally called Paul and elbow grease will bring it back to life, why not? said let’s do this thing. He was ready to go. At 2. It has sentimental value. Granted, there is very that point the wheels would not turn; it would little sentimental value in the toilet we fixed last not go into neutral. We had to drag it like a brick month, but in my truck, my old guitars, my dad’s outside and play with it. If it was coming back, it tools, there is huge value. And 3, I am a cheap, had a long road. cheap bastard. Oh wait, I am incredibly lazy. That’s 4 things. Undoubtedly, it is a combination Ether is some amazing stuff. I’m fairly convinced of all of them. But I think most of all it’s the first that it will start up a dead man for about 10 sec- two. I would love a new Jeep, but I’m a realist. onds. We hooked the bike up to my truck bat- My old Honda Passport works just fine... maybe tery and took out the air filter to get a straight a little smoke now and then, but at least I don’t shot into the carburetors. Paul thought there was have to worry when I fill it with band gear, or no chance. I, on the other hand, had seen this newspapers, or fence posts, or compost. Bring bike come back from the dead about ten times. it on. I knew there was still some magic in the beast. 30 seconds later, it turned over for a few sec- So this brings me to today’s installment. Perhaps onds. Paul’s eyes got very big. 30 seconds later the biggest sad sack story of them all. It is also we had a rather large fire in the air filter hous- about my Honda. But a different Honda. It’s a ing because the starting fluid pooled and when 1980 Honda CM 400T motorcycle. And it has it backfired through the carburetor we got a little come back from the dead... again. hibachi surprise. Paul stuffed a towel in and put out the fire. Crisis averted. Another minute later, In 1986 my brother bought the bike at the As- the bike started ... and stayed started. After all, it bury City-Wide Garage Sales for $400. That’s 23 is a Honda. I knew it would. years ago if you are counting. He took it to col- lege and thoroughly abused it, even making it For a month, we have been tinkering with ev- up 99 of the 100 law school steps. It didn’t end erything else. Paul was a hero, putting in tons of well. Eventually he got a bigger bike and gave time when I could not be there. Soaking the rear that one to dad. Dad rode it for a few years then brake assembly in WD40 to get the pieces sepa- I came of age and inherited it. One night while rated, then cleaning and reassembling them. I following a dump truck out in the boonies, he got new choke and throttle cables, and what stirred up a big group of birds and one hit me seemed like gallons of every kind of lube you right in the face. Funny now, not so much then. can imagine. A new battery, a new front tire, a I wrecked the bike that night. But I lived. It sat in light sanding of the rust off of the chrome and, the garage, abused and forgotten for the rest of of course, a new paint job. True to the spirit of the year. Then spring rolled around and dad and the bike, it was a quick and dirty three coats of I put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. glossy black spray paint. Then I found a couple of 365ink stickers to put on her just because it I eventually took the bike to college as well. It was too funny not to. This Honda rides again. served me well there for four years. I brought it home and continued to ride it for another five, On Sunday, in between rains, I took my wife for never really doing anything to it in the way of her first ever motorcycle ride. There’s nothing maintenance. Then stuff started going south. Ev- like the feeling of the wind in your face on a ery year we got it started again, seemed like a motorcycle. I’m thinking I should name it High- minor miracle. Eventually, enough was wrong lander because it cannot die. This is supported with it that it just sat. It sat for two years. Then by the guy at Sindt Motor Sales who said, “Old I got the energy up for an overhaul. At least as Hondas never die, they just get rebuilt.” If only much as I know how to do. Which is about zero. he knew. We even repainted the old beast. I got another great two years out of it. But then it had some issues again and wouldn’t start. Even worse, and I have no excuse for this, snow fell early one year and I could not get the bike from its parking space behind my house to the basement. We’re talking steps and things. Not a process you can do alone. So the bike just rode it out in the win- ter weather. By the next summer, the new paint job had faded to a dull gray and the bike was looking very rough. It sat there like that for two more years, untouched, outside. It was junk, but I could not just get rid of it. It meant too much to me. Over three years of dormancy and neglect I got at least 20 offers to buy it. Some came to my The 365ink crew... faces you already know! back door, others just stuffed notes in the bike. Tim Mike Kristina Jeff Kelli Ralph Gary Matt Lisa Chris Pam Joey Angela Ron Bob Roy Brad Bryce Issue #81 ___________________________The Inkwell APRIL 30 - MAY 13 Publisher: Bryce Parks ([email protected]) In this Issue: Editor: Tim Brechlin Old House Enthusiasts ([email protected]) 23rd Year of the Tour 4 Advertising: Kelli Kerrigan ([email protected]) Community Shorts 5 563-451-9365 Gilligan’s Island Writers & Content: Senior High Play Mike Ironside Memorial Baseball Tournament ([email protected]) Grand Pet Excursion Tim Brechlin, Bryce Parks, L.A. Hammer, Chris Wand, Mayor Roy Hempstead Spring Swing Buol, Matt Booth, Bob Gelms, Musical Smorgaschord Pam Kress-Dunn, Jeff Stiles, Me- gan Dalsing and Pat Fisher. 365 Pop Quiz 6 Designers: DSO Goes Fab Four 6 Kristina Nesteby ([email protected]) DubuqueFest Turns 31 7 Bryce, Tim & Mike DubuqueFest Cont’d. 8 Photography: Mike Ironside, Ron Tigges, DubuqueFest Kids’ Art Tent 9 Bryce Parks Writers Guild New Release 10 Layout: Tim Brechlin, Bryce Parks Pam Kress-Dunn 11 Director of Operations: Patricia Reisen-Ottavi Wando’s Movies 12 Community, Incorporated Old-School Hip Hop Weekend 13 Brad Parks, C.E.O. Mindframe Movie Listings 13 Special thank you to: Brad Parks, Bob & Fran Parks, Christy OTLAG May Exhibits 14 Monk, Katy Brechlin, Ralph Kluse- man, Kay Kluseman, Jon Schmitz, River & the Tributaries 15 Oliver Kane, Melanie Flesch, Todd Locher, Everett Buckardt, Julie Stef- Budweiser Nightlife 16-17 fen, Sheila Castaneda, Gaile Sch- wickrath, Ron & Jennifer Tigges, ba- Silver Dollar Entertainment 18 con, the crew of Radio Dubuque and all the 365 friends and advertisers for Echoes of Ireland 19 all your support. You are all 365. Bob’s Book Reviews 22 Dubuque365 / 365ink 210 West 1st Street, Mattitude 23 Dubuque, IA, 52001 LifeStiles 24 dubuque365.com (563) 588-4365 Eating Healthy w/ Hy-Vee 25 All contents (c) 2008, Community, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Waiting For Godot 26 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Crosswords & Puzzles 27 Like our stuff? We can make yours too! Trixie Kitsch 28 Dr. Skrap’s Horoscopes 28 Puzzle / Pop Quiz Answers 28 365 180 Main Entertainment 29 • Web Site Development • • Graphic Design • Warehouse Art Gallery Opening 30 • Photography • • Video Production • • Marketing / Consulting • We’ve hidden 365’s WANDO somewhere in this issue of Dubuque365ink. Can you find the master of movies buried within these pages? Hint: He’s tiny and could be anywhere, In a story? In an ad? On the cover? Good Luck! JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT AN OLD HOUSE CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS 4 APRIL 30 - MAY 13 Heiderscheits purchased it from the Van- Tickets for the Old House Enthusiasts derBerg family in 1994 and have spent 15 Tour are $10, and may be purchased years refurbishing it. The home was almost at any of the homes during tour hours. completely gutted in order to save it, with THere will be free van transportation be- problems that included cracked plaster, lay- tween Dubuquefest at Washington Park ers of wallpaper and, of course, 100-plus and the tour homes. Attendees are in years of wear and tear.
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