Posts by JimsGirl

  • Feel Good Moment! Best Reason to own a Slingshot

    Thanks!!!!


    The 1939 Knucklehead I inherited from my best friends Dad--my second family. When I told him I was taking the rider class/getting a bike, he told his wife (mom#2) I was now the son he never had. Every time I bought a bike he was like a little kid over it, bikes were something we shared.


    The 39 with sidecar is currently sitting on the bike lift waiting patiently to be restored. Extra parts & tins hang in the garage too. They say to paint the tins first, and go work on it an hour a day. We still go out and look at it and scratch our heads where to start.

  • Feel Good Moment! Best Reason to own a Slingshot

    Thought I'd share, in case you needed another reason to love having a Slingshot..or were on the fence about getting one.


    This weekend we had a garage sale and I had parked the Sling out front to attract people to the sale, big sale sign, the works. A guy showed up and was asking me questions about the Sling, and we were joking that we were going to start giving our garage sale customers a ride for $5.00. The guy kinda flipped out and said he'd pay $5 easy to get a ride for his 11 yr old son, who loves riding with Dad on their motorcycle and the kid had seen the Slingshot at a car show and wigged out over it. I said there was NO WAY I was charging a kid for a ride, but if he came back with his son I would love to take him out for a spin. (And it meant I got out of garage sale duty!)
    About an hour later, Dad comes back with kid..who has his own helmet, and a big silly grin on his face. Dad takes our photo and just for fun (which I NEVER do) I peel out and we fly down the street. I can hear my passenger giggle hysterically. I explain we're going to drive slow down our main street, and to make sure when people wave, his job is to wave back. We immediately have people waving at us, including a set of bikers who were pointing and taking our picture. The kid asks me if I know them, I said no, they just want to tell you they like your ride! We got to talking and he tells me they are new to our town cause their house burned down in the big fire here a few months ago. This kid tells me they lost everything, but it's okay cause all his family is safe, they like their new place, and he likes his new school and they replaced his bike with a new one, so he's happy. I was amazed he was so mature about his life situation. We drove out to the freeway, people still giving us thumbs up and taking our photo - he's having a ball waving like a parade participant and we broke a few speed laws for a minute or two. We chatted about the new school, and the best place in town for pizza and then I returned him to his dad, who was also grinning from ear to ear when we 'landed". Kid was happy, thanked me profusely, and I was thrilled to be able to do something for them. The Slingshot has been the best/Silliest thing i've ever had and I'm just really enjoying the encounters I have because of it. Thought I'd share... :D

  • Memorial Day Ride

    Driving down Highway 49 near Placerville, I passed a fellow SS member! The first time ever I"ve seen someone else - so terrific!


    So, I drove my SS on a seven hour journey to celebrate a friends birthday. We drove the SS around Bass Lake, and made a ton of kids happy when we waved and honked at them,etc. Fielded a TON of questions the whole weekend, but it was fun.


    On the way home I stopped at Bass Pro for a little a/c break. It was 100 degrees outside, and my legs were roasting with the heat of the engine. As I was leaving, two boys came up to me and started asking me questions about my SS. The mom ran over to stop them "from bothering me" which they weren't. I told her to let them get in and take their picture---the one kid had on a batman shirt, so I knew it would be a cute picture. They boys were squealing, they were so excited. Mom took the picture, said I must be in a hurry, thanked me, made sure the boys thanked me. Then their two sisters came over to see what was going on, and had this look of disappointment, like they'd missed out-too late. I said HEY, girls need to get a photo too! and the Mom looked so relieved, the girls squealed (like little girls do) and jumped in for a photo - very respectfully! Then when Mom was done with the photo, the littlest one got out and came over to thank me with a big hug. Oh man, it was such a silly thing, letting them sit in it was such a small thing, but they were out of their minds happy, and that was worth it. Yes, it can be a pain when you want to get somewhere fast, and someone at the gas station wants to know about your ride, but what a great feeling to do something nice for a little person - no little kid ever gave me a hug for having a Toyota. So worth it!

  • Shifter Knobs...

    I've been told I "MIGHT" reply....Hey, Tripod...I sure like your knob. (thanks for the late night giggle!)


    But seriously, I was looking at the metal shifters and then thought they might get too hot when I park out in the sun. The review on one said they had it about three months before the whole thing started fading and cracking.


    I don't want a pool ball, a skull, a baseball themed knob, or one of the "girls"... (eew).


    Floor mats ordered. Much easier.