Chez Classified has been a busy place this holiday weekend. We had a crazy grab bag of stuff going on — visits from fellow gearheads Clay and Erin Rathburn, Ric Bergstrom and Jason Ledford, front end swappage, tank prep, bimmer treasure hunting outside of town with Mr. Ownby, dirtbike tuning and sporadic Nerf gun battles throughout. Cindy even came by to help in the lamp department. We got Adam Stockton's XS750 replacement tank stripped, brushed and ready for nickel plating. I took lots of measurements relating to the XV920's rear end mods. Ruled out more rear tire options for the CM185 and did some more work on Brandon's Virago. And this was kind of fun — we placed a small ad on Chris Hunter's amazing moto blog BikeEXIF. Just doesn't seem right to keep all these Classified Motos and Moto Lamps to ourselves! Overall, a good full weekend. And now, I shall pass out.

I love my 1979 Triumph Bonneville T140V. But you wouldn't know it to look at her. I came to own this bike through a complicated flurry of trading and swapping a couple of summers ago. The dealings involved, among other things, a 1981 Kawasaki KZ550 and a 1996 Land Rover Discovery. Had a blast riding it around and was always impressed when it roared to life on the first kick. Anyway, when other projects squeezed Bonnie out of the garage into the elements, she took a turn for the worse. Now I have less time and space than ever, but my guilt is peaking and I have to do something. I'll probably clean it up, wait for some Brit inspiration to hit me and have at it. But come to think of it, I'm on the lookout for an old KZ1000. I wonder if anyone wants to trade. Hmmmm. (Photo: Adam Ewing)