I haven't always been Deadstiffcatt. Many moons ago, in the far off land of Texas, I was born and named Joe. It changed one day when I was working with the steadily declining stock, Napster, and the most natural screen name to hit was Deadstiffcatt. Since then, the handle has stuck, as I have branched out into this learn- how-to-make-bucks on the internet thing. It's a real gas to look people in the eye when they ask me, "What do you do?", and reply that I run a small business named Deadstiffcatt Enterprises. I mean, how many people can say they make a small living using that as a name????
I grew up with a love of old Triumph motorcycles, and have always had one since I was about 16. Oh sure, there was an old Harley 45 once or twice in the mix (and there's your explanation for the tank shifter on Penny), but I always come back to the old Brit tin. Apparently, as I have discovered, you can't readily use whitworth spanners on American or metric bolts, and I'm too cheap to buy a new toolset, so it looks like I'll be a Triumph guy for quite some time. The current love of my life is Penny, a lovely lass from 1965. She's not stock, but has a few of the features I like in my motorcycles. We've only been together a couple of years, but hey, a new bike (for me anyways) and starting a newer blog seems like a good recipe for something to come out of pounding on these confounded little letters on this computing machine.
As I like old Triumphs and play with them frequently, it seems there is a lot of information both new and old that can be published here. Keep your eyes out for new project articles, pics, and other fun old motorcycle things, as well as a re-visit to some older ones that need a newer, more permanent home.
Til the next post, Cheers! Joe
