Friday, December 28, 2018

2018 - My Greatest Loss... Jacob Baer... R.I.P. My Oldest Son...


As 2018 comes to a close I continue to cope with the loss of my oldest son Jake. We lost Jake in May of this shitty fucking year... He was... Son, Grandson, Older Brother, Uncle, My First of Four Best Friends, The Protector of his Younger Siblings, Talented, Hard worker... I could go on and on...and although our taste in music, wardrobe and vehicles could not be any different, we were/are the same inside... I tried to teach him right from wrong, point out Life Lessons when they presented themselves, explain to him what it means to look someone in the eye while you firmly shake their hand, honesty, pride in your work, importance of family, finish what you start, stay away from the bad shit... all of that and more... somehow things went wrong for Jake... he struggled and lost... and  because of losing that battle he will forever be 29 years old... Cliche... Time heals all wounds... well it ain't gonna heal this...and frankly I don't want it to.... Rest easy Buddy... I miss you every day...

I usually don't share personal stuff but thought I would for Jake... besides, nobody reads Blogs anymore.... do they? Well here are a few pics through the years....


























Monday, October 1, 2018

Harley Davidson 115th Anniversary - Bradford Beach Brawl 2018 - Part 2


The Track!!!

Mel, Tommy and I visited Milwaukee back in May to look at this sickly little Volley Ball Beach on the shores of Lake Michigan.... The area looked pretty cool, but the sand was soft and the whole idea seemed far fetched.... Build an Oval track and Race on this beach for H-D's 115th Anniversary... after surveying the beach, there was talk of just doing a drag race like we do at TROG... but I said No way... we gotta do an oval track and it has to be as big as possible! 


I got out there on Warren's 45 Flathead Dirt Tracker which he graciously donated to the cause and gave the beach a try... my opinion... This was fuckin' Doable!!!!


Tommy and his crew went back in September and built this track in 3 days before the race... and the rest is history!!!!

Hanging out in Milwaukee...

Unloaded and ready to roll...

Getting a jump on things...

Oilers...

With Brian Charles... after I ran over his head in turn 4... he's OK

Getting around the outside...

Oops... forgot my helmet...


Found it... yes it was raining...

Lost again... goofing around the track with Mel...

With my buddy Hiro from TT and Co.

Cruising Milwaukee in the evenings...



Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Harley Davidson 115th Anniversary - Bradford Beach Brawl 2018... a few quickies... more to come

Starting things off...

The girl road my race bike all around Milwaukee

...and served as pit crew... for real
My Yuengling... 

Touring Milwaukee in the evening... hit a few events

Hanging out with Willie G. in between races...

Thursday, September 13, 2018

41 FLTT - Blown Up from Eating Dirt!

Now let's see what's wrong....

Hhhhmmmm.... chunks of ring...

My helper got to the bottom of it...

Poor thing...

Fuck...