Dad 2 be

Due to other necessary priorities I haven't been very active on the scooterscene here in Stavanger so far this year. We are expecting a little princess any time now, actually we are 4 days past due. Having several home improvement projects going, I need to focus on getting them finished. Really looking forward to being a dad, but not really looking forward to spend the rest of the evening in the basement, sanding plaster walls...

So far, the little time spent in the garage has been to change oil on Regine and to take her out to commute to work. Also, I've finally got some sort of a homepage for Roughnecks Scooterclub up and running, but this will require much more work before I'm satisfied. Hopefully I will get more time to work on Ferdinand this summer, but how far I will progress here is uncertain.

I am still attending this years scooterevent, Classic Scooterrun 2010 Trondheim, looking forward to this!

Incontinent Vespas & getting control of the garage

This morning smelled different than other mornings... My missus complained about gasoline smell from the basement, which also incorporates the garage.

I immediately understood what the problem was, more about that here in Regines blog.

Yosephine has been out of service since the puncture, but things are about to happen, I hope... More about that here.

Lately, I have also been in the "tidying-things-up" mood, and the past few days I've got some quality time in the garage. Working on getting control over my "overflooded" garage and workshop area in the basement of my house, I'm looking at getting the garage equipped with new work benches and getting control of all my tools. Not an easy task, but it's getting better every day.

This is this weeks result:

A rolling cabinet for all my TIG stuff...

Argon bottle and TIG consumables go inside, plenty of space.

Now, I've been a pretty nice fella this year, so can I have one of these for X-mas?

These rolling tool cabinets comes in different configurations and price categories. But I'm sure it will be worth the cost, I have a nasty habit of buying new equipment because I can't find the equipment that I already have...

By the way, meet my new companions:

Mr Race, excellent companion on cold days...

and Cleo (Siamese) and Linus (Korat), eagerly follows me into the garage if I forget to close the door.

Winterseason is getting close

It's November, but still scooter-weather here in Stavanger. Almost every day I commute to work with either Yosephine or Regine. Both blogs have been updated with new posts.

As long as the weather stays above a couple of degrees Centigrades, I will continue scootering to work.

With regards to restoration work on Ferdinand, things have been going very slowly lately. Weather does not permit painting of parts outside, neither is it pleasant to work in a cold garage.

Autumn is here

For the first time ever, my 180SS failed me this morning. We've been on holidays for two weeks, and the weather back home has been cold and wet. The scooters are stored in my garage, but obviously, two weeks of neglect was too much for Regine, my 180SS. Running back and forth a couple of times in the driveway only helped working up a sweat.


Then it was pretty convenient to have Yosephine standing by, my 1973 Vespa 50S. Made it to work on a scooter today too... :-)

Adding "links to my different projects"

I've decided to divide the blogging into different blogs. The project blogs will contain information regarding that individual project. See "links to my different projects"!

I'm starting off introducing my current range of Vespas.

Meet Regine, Ferdinand and Yosephine and "the Underdog".

If you want to follow my blog, I would suggest you follow the main blog (Turbojeger). All my blogs will be linked in to this main blog.