Back
Tags
- 1968
- 1972
- 1973
- 1975
- 1977
- Accent
- Amazon S3
- BLOG
- Calgary
- chrome
- clocks
- cloud storage
- Cobra
- Consolidated Compressor
- CVMG
- ELZ2Coil
- engine
- exhaust
- Gauges
- GT380
- GT500
- GT550
- GT750
- Indy
- Kettle
- Microsoft
- MKI
- Nanton
- Nimbus
- oil injection lines
- rebuild
- restoration
- sand blasting
- Shell
- Suzuki
- T500
- Titan
- Travel
- Ubuntu
- Vintage Connections
- wasserbuffel
- Water Bottle
- Water Buffalo
- Wetaskiwin
- YA6
Author Archives: Ian R. Sandy
Amazon S3, Backups and Other Things
Most folks these days have a digital camera, and as a result have hundreds and possibly thousands of digital photos and videos littering the hard drives of their computers. Certainly this is true for me and of course it highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged Amazon S3, Bucket Explorer, cloud storage, Jungle Disk, Photos, S3Fox
1 Comment
Its Lively !
I’ve taken a 60 minute break from the motorcycles, and have been playing with Google’s new offering called Lively which is a new entry into the virtual world space similar (but also quite different) to Second Life. Unlike Second Life … Continue reading
GT750 Restoration Continued
Things are moving along. As per my previous BLOG entry, I have the rear wheel and disc brake assembly, exhaust, and a dummy engine fitted, and have been looking at options for fitting the rear master cylinder and its brake … Continue reading
The Buff Has New Shoes !
The 1975 GT750 Water Buffalo is starting to take shape. One of the things I had to attend to first of all was to replace the right rear upper shock mount which had been damaged beyond simple repair by the … Continue reading
1975 GT750 Water Buffalo
I have been riding, repairing and rebuilding motorcycles off and on for very nearly 40 years. When we were overseas, I was forced to take an extended break, so now that we are back in Canada it has been nice … Continue reading
The Squadron
One of my interests post retirement is to learn how to fly radio controlled model planes. I have one plane which I recently just finished mounting the servos and radio into, and this fall the plan is to actually try … Continue reading
Grade One Revisited
Crosby Heights Public School in Richmond Hill opened in 1958, and I was in one of its Grade One class rooms under the tutelage of (I think) a Miss. Spence. Many of us went on to high school together at … Continue reading
Way Too Busy !
It has been a busy couple of weeks ! Since my last note, we have managed to successfully bring the newest addition to the stable across the border into Canada. The little Yamaha YA6 was given an inspection by the … Continue reading
125 cc’s of Nostalgia !
Many years ago – actually many, many years ago – I bought my first vehicle. At the time, I was 18 years old and I most definitely did not have my parent’s permission – in point of fact, my Dad … Continue reading
One down, and one to go !
June 4th was a big day in the Sandy household, as our eldest son Sean graduated from Trent University in Ontario. It was a very good day, which will only be matched when our second son graduates next year. The … Continue reading