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TAAF Bike

So from the avatar... looks like you made it to the TRACK!
 
budman said:
So from the avatar... looks like you made it to the TRACK!
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Yes sir, and I did pick up a set of track plastics (serendipitously painted RED! :laughing) to spare the newly painted fairings of any risk for now. I happened to have some leftover TAAF decals, and was glad I didn't throw them away. :thumbup

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SuperMike said:
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I like what you did with the TAAF on the front!
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Thanks for the extras! I made sure I put them to good use. :teeth
 
Your attention to detail, meticulousness and patience are unrivaled.
You should be working for MotoGP. Thanks for the show, Dennis.:thumbup


Now, am i dreaming or was there a post in there that also said you were hung?:teeth.

if yes...good thing you erased it...God has clearly blessed you with enough talents.:teeth :)
 
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Thanks for doing this - and for this cause. My dad suffered an AVM while at home alone one night, and while he has made a miraculous recovery, (in no small part thanks to my nosy grandmother checking in on him that night) it's something not many people know about. Thanks for raising awareness.
 
vought said:
Thanks for doing this - and for this cause. My dad suffered an AVM while at home alone one night, and while he has made a miraculous recovery, (in no small part thanks to my nosy grandmother checking in on him that night) it's something not many people know about. Thanks for raising awareness.
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PM'd. :thumbup
 
By the way, TAAF is holding their 6th Annual Aneurysm and AVM Awareness Walk on May 1st, Sunday, at Fort Mason's Great Meadow, San Francisco.

They have requested that I bring the bike to display it, so if any of you happen to be attending or will be in the area and want to saunter over to have a look at the bike as well, I would also love to put faces to the names that I haven't met yet. :thumbup
 
The bike did its first tour of duty for TAAF's 6th Annual Aneurysm and AVM Awareness Walk on May 1st, Sunday, at Fort Mason's Great Meadow, San Francisco.

Photo's taken by the event photographer:
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One of the event volunteers; she said her brothers
race back in their home country (Irish accent?), and that
she was going to send them a photo of the bike cause
they'd get a kick out of it. AND she's also a road racing fan!:thumbup​

They also asked me to create a poster-type of informational sheet for the bike, so I came up with this. Kinko's came through at the last minute, even redoing the whole thing after they had done because I missed a T in motor-sports. :teeth

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I was told it was a hit with the attendees, so here's to hoping to more invites from the foundation to have it at their events. :thumbup

Thank you again BARF, for helping make this happen! :applause :applause
 
:applause What a great, great use for your bike, and validation of your concept. Well done. :thumbup
 
flying_hun said:
:applause What a great, great use for your bike, and validation of your concept. Well done. :thumbup
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You know, I have to say, it's quite an experience to have thought of an idea in your head, put it down on paper, and actually see it come to life through and through. It's one of the most phenomenal experiences I've ever had . :thumbup

It's funny to think that I originally bought this bike (from OG BARFer JnglsTICAL himself) as a rebound after totaling my dream bike, and yet it has been the most satisfying and rewarding ownership compared to all others I've had, even the aforementioned dream bike. :teeth
 
Well, now that the bike's officially posted here, I guess I can make an official announcement as well. :)

By no intent of mine, this bike is now due to participate in Yamaha's Custom Sport Bike Show during the Laguna Seca round of MotoGP next month! :shocker

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Let me try and summarize a rundown of how this came to be...(may be tldr; for some :twofinger)
CLIFF'S NOTES: I asked if I could display my bike with Yamaha somewhere in the Laguna Seca GP, and instead they put the damn thing in a bike show and contest with compensation, prizes, and chit!

I've been going to the Laguna Seca GP for the past three years now, and I always remembered seeing a Yamaha tent filled with what were clearly privately-owned custom bikes. I even remembered the Bostrom Brothers being associated with the gallery when Ben Bostrom was racing a Yamaha in the AMA. So, after the paint job that I did on the bike last year, I kept in mind to try and find out if there was a way to get my bike into the display tent, as part of my ongoing m.o. of raising awareness for TAAF.

Fast forward to now when the Laguna GP is upon us, I contacted Zoom-Zoom since they were Yamaha-sponsored, to see if they may have a contact that knows a thing or two about the upcoming Laguna Seca GP. They didn't, but they did send me the link I posted above for Yamaha Custom Sport Bike show, thinking that that's what I was referring to. I looked at it, and I wasn't sure if this was the same display I had seen, but I did see an email contact at the bottom, which I decided to contact.

I basically fired an email saying that I saw the show announcement, but that I wasn't really interested in entering my bike (hell, I didn't even think my bike was contest-quality), but was wondering if Yamaha had another tent or area somewhere to showcase customer/modified bikes as part of their regular display. I mentioned that the bike is modified, but particularly noted the custom paint job to create awareness for the foundation, and I included a link to TAAF for their reference.

A day later, Sarah Timleck responds to my email. Sarah is the person who runs STCreates.com basically, she's the one that is in charge of organizing and pulling off all the events for her clientele, with her two major clients being Yamaha and Icon at the moment. In her email, she says that they would love to have my bike in the show, and that they wanted to include it in their "other class." Before I could email her back to ask what she meant by "other class," Sarah actually calls me to touch base, and basically:

The contest is composed of two class - the Pro Builder class, and the Amateur Builder class. Pro Builders are people in the industry of building and/or heavily modifying bikes; think of a motorcycle shop and the like, while Amateur Builders are regular Joes like me who DIY and just bolts on parts available that they buy online. She wanted my bike entered into the Amateur Builder class without even having seen a photo of it yet. I guess she must have taken a real liking to the fact that it's promoting a non-profit foundation and their cause :). She practically guaranteed me a spot, asking me to complete an online submission as a technicality, but that she was going to contact Yamaha herself to let them know to definitely include me and my bike for the Laguna Seca GP contest. Apparently, they will accept 100 online submissions, and from there, choose 30 bikes to participate during the MotoGP contest next month in Laguna Seca.

She then tells me that as part of being chosen for the contest, each participant will receive $300 from Yamaha to cover the expenses to bring the bike to the contest, along with two (2) General Admission tickets good for the whole weekend (worth $80 each last I checked)!

AND, that she has a contact with Super Streetbike magazine (who are co-hosting the contest this year), and with my permission, she wanted to send them my bike and my contact info, cause she felt that they would be really interested in running an article or a column about my bike and its story.

I had to soak this all in while I was listening to her in the other line. I basically told her how floored I was, cause I would've been grateful if they just had a corner or something where they would allow me to put my bike on the stands and my self-made poster next to it (she even told me I can bring my poster ALONG with their display for my bike! :wow). I didn't even think to think my bike and I could or would participate in something like this! And without sounding too eager, I even clarified that I will get the free admission passes, because at that time, my friends and I were finalizing our GP plans and were ready to purchase our passes. Sarah tells me on the phone:

"No. Don't buy your passes. You're getting the free admission passes. You're in."

Un-freakin'-believable!

So now I've actually been making arrangements and bolting on some new bits and pieces on the bike to get it ready for the show and contest. I honestly have NO aspirations to win (I will fucking FLIP OUT if I do! :laughing), but I figured if Yamaha and Sarah are willing to put it in the contest for whatever their agenda, the least I can do is make it look like it ought to be in competition. :thumbup

Oh, and if by some grace of the motorcycle gods my bike does win or whatever, any monetary proceeds I do receive will of course go straight to TAAF, including the $300 they will give the contest participants. :thumbup :thumbup

You know how they say that no good deed goes unpunished? If this is the kind of punishment I'll be getting for this deed, I'll gladly be a glutton for punishment!

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Well done, Dennis! :applause
 
So now that your bike is going to be on display, don't you think it would be reasonable to...i don't know...replace those rashed up engine covers :rofl

I mean every thing else on the bike is ssoooooooo BLING :laughing





sorry, I know :deadhorse

but I couldn't help myself




oh, and Me and Lili thank you for the free tickets:teeth
 
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