Drew S – Page 4 – Not Your Average Engineer

March 23, 2013March 23, 2013

Bombing up Marys Peak in a RWD Toyota HiLux in the Snow and at Night

Drew and I went up to Marys Peak last night to see how much snow there is on the road. We found several feet up near the summit. The 80’s Toyota HiLux that Drew mobs around in did an amazing job. The photo above is from my camera phone. Note that this truck is RWD, has an open differential, and we didn’t have any extra weight in the bed.

A retouched photo from Drew’s camera makes it look like daylight. I can assure you that it was night.

The lights of Corvallis behind Drew’s truck. Yes, we really did go to the summit in well below freezing temperatures with tube doors.

Another photo of Drew’s truck. The fog was swirling around below the mountain top.

This is a short video of our drive to the summit. We encountered several big 4x4s at the top. One had become hopelessly stuck in the snow. They couldn’t believe that we had made it in our little RWD pickup.

September 19, 2012

Miscellaneous Motorcycle Photos

Here are some miscellaneous motorcycle photos from the last few months. Above: the XS850.

The XS850 luggage.

Drew’s ATK right before we did a sketchy CraigsList deal in Cottage Grove.

The XL500S before I sold it.

Mileage at second fill-up for the XS1100. Subtract 98.4 miles from this and you get the mileage I started at.

Out with Ashley in Belfountain.

September 16, 2012

How to NOT move a PC800 motorcycle

Drew and I were moving one of my two PC800 bikes (the one without plastics) to our shop space the other day when we ran into some problems. Rather than getting one of the motorcycle ramps we keep at the shop, we instead used a metal bed frame. The night before when I sold the Honda XL500S we used the same bed frame to get that bike up into the back of a truck without problems. It turns out that the PC800 is about twice as heavy. As you can see, hilarity resulted. Yes, there is a video from the security camera that I am working on getting.

We ended up getting several strapping young men from the fraternity to help us lift the motorcycle and frame into the truck. At our shop we cut the frame off using an angle grinder. The frame didn’t survive but the bike is just fine. From now on we will be using proper ramps rather than making frat solutions.

I will post videos and other photos once I get them from Drew and from the fraternity’s security cameras.