Motorcycles in miniature

[Winky]

Winky, my friend but now I understand all that you wrote.
I've seen all of your work that you share here, and I can say that everything is made very original (все сделано с душой)
I respect people who despite of everything are engaged in the favourite business - you one of such people

(Спасибо, мой друг ... Ваша работа является удивительным.) Sometimes when I see the work of others I feel very inadequate ... I have a friend who works for DSR ... Tom Michael Patsis ... http://t.co/9tLKQngS ... this guy just blows me away and some day when I have some extra money I'm going to have him make a piece for me ... probably a model of Antron Brown's rail ... another friend.

[Rambozo]

I had an eye patched for a week or two once for an injury. The thing I remember most was how much concentration it took to ride my motorcycle back and forth to work. I would be totally stressed out at the end of the ride. so many little things are missing. I can't imagine racing that way. Hat's off to you Winky. Yet I had a coworker who lost an eye when he was around 3 or 4 and he was a football quarterback in high school. I asked him about depth perception, but he had just learned to cue on different things. He could no more explain it to me then I could explain how my brain would process the two images, it just works, and he was better at distances than I was.

[Winky]

I lost my eye in 1977 when I was in my mid 20’s it was due to a motorcycle crash … I broke a lot of bones in that incident … I had been released from the hospital for about three weeks when I just had to get back in the wind … my bike was totaled so I asked one of my club brothers if I could take his bike for a spin … it must have looked really strange to see this guy riding a motorcycle with wires sticking out of his head and gauze bandages and a cast on his right leg … could only use the front brake so when I was in gravel it was a challenge stopping. The biggest problem I have now is when I’m walking in crowds … people don’t realize I can’t see on one side so they walk into me and sometimes give me a hard time because they think I deliberately bumped into them. On the road it’s not a problem because I adjust the mirrors to compensate, while racing we don’t use mirrors but we have dedicated lanes. It’s kind of funny because even though I am missing my left eye I prefer the right lane, outside groove. When I’m left lane I prefer the inside groove even when I launch from the outside so I tend to move over to the inside after I launch … not a good practice … costs me time and in between groves you don’t have good cohesion. Being close to the wall at 100 plus MPH makes me nervous when I can’t see it, generally when I make my move to the inside I’m at about the 150’ mark but I really need to stop doing it because it costs me almost 1/10th of a second in my ET … that’s like an eternity in drag racing.

[everlastsupport]

(Спасибо, мой друг ... Ваша работа является удивительным.) Sometimes when I see the work of others I feel very inadequate ... I have a friend who works for DSR ... Tom Michael Patsis ... http://t.co/9tLKQngS ... this guy just blows me away and some day when I have some extra money I'm going to have him make a piece for me ... probably a model of Antron Brown's rail ... another friend.

Very cool. I was thinking about doing one (chopped) with my son. But I get a mental block trying to find the parts. The sealed bearing Donor had is slick and even the bearings. But they are not cheap and I do not have surplus.

Now that I saw Winky's Tom guy, maybe a bike, maybe a rail. The sky is the limit I guess.

[Winky]

Very cool. I was thinking about doing one (chopped) with my son. But I get a mental block trying to find the parts. The sealed bearing Donor had is slick and even the bearings. But they are not cheap and I do not have surplus.

Now that I saw Winky's Tom guy, maybe a bike, maybe a rail. The sky is the limit I guess.

Tom has it made because working for DSR and has an unlimited supply of nitro fueler parts … they have to rebuild motors after every pass. What I do for parts is stop by shops and ask if I can dig through their scrap bin and trash … even offer to pay a token amount for broken parts … I find bearings, valves, oil pumps, cams and chains, springs … you name it.

[everlastsupport]

Tom has it made because working for DSR and has an unlimited supply of nitro fueler parts … they have to rebuild motors after every pass. What I do for parts is stop by shops and ask if I can dig through their scrap bin and trash … even offer to pay a token amount for broken parts … I find bearings, valves, oil pumps, cams and chains, springs … you name it.

Not a bad idea. Might try that for fun of it. I know my son would like to go with me.

My Mom is blind in one eyes, from birth, right handed and left eye. Funny watching her shoot a rifle with a scope. With her, you can not tell either, eye moves and look normal, just does not see. She is a pretty good driver too, but hers was from birth, so never know what two views looked like.

Glad the accident did not even slow you down.

[Winky]

Not a bad idea. Might try that for fun of it. I know my son would like to go with me.

My Mom is blind in one eyes, from birth, right handed and left eye. Funny watching her shoot a rifle with a scope. With her, you can not tell either, eye moves and look normal, just does not see. She is a pretty good driver too, but hers was from birth, so never know what two views looked like.

Glad the accident did not even slow you down.

It's good that she has normal appearance ... that has actually been one of the hardest parts for me ... people stare and sometimes make rude remarks to each other as they pass but little kids are great ... they ask about it ... I love their honesty. The only places I don't mind being with the public are places like drag strips and bike or hot rod shows and such ... there are a lot of people with battle scares so I fit right in.

[everlastsupport]

It's good that she has normal appearance ... that has actually been one of the hardest parts for me ... people stare and sometimes make rude remarks to each other as they pass but little kids are great ... they ask about it ... I love their honesty. The only places I don't mind being with the public are places like drag strips and bike or hot rod shows and such ... there are a lot of people with battle scares so I fit right in.

Being female, good point on appearance. She's a blonde haired green eyed beautiful lady. No one knows she is blind in the one eye. I never thought about it unless we went shooting or something.

For us guys, well, we live with the scares, loss of hair and eyesight, weight, etc. hahahahaha.

Kids are cool. Do the parents freak when the kids ask?

[Winky]

Being female, good point on appearance. She's a blonde haired green eyed beautiful lady. No one knows she is blind in the one eye. I never thought about it unless we went shooting or something.

For us guys, well, we live with the scares, loss of hair and eyesight, weight, etc. hahahahaha.

Kids are cool. Do the parents freak when the kids ask?

Naw ...not usually ... they sometimes apologize and I tell them no big deal and smile at the youngster and explain. Green eyes ... how unusual and I'm sure gorgeous. Back to the subject at hand ... when I look at Donor76's bikes I am totally stoked ... he does awesome work ... makes me see how far I need to come. I made some Christmas tree ornaments in the shape of motorcycles and I'm getting quite a few orders for them ... I threw together a short video about them today ... http://youtu.be/jkL_rgQFA0c