Category Archives: For Fun
Ten Years – part 7.
The year 2008 was full good things and one big not-so-good thing. I think the biggest thing as far as this business goes was that the JK Special was officially offered for sale. I had no idea what to expect when it was introduced but it’s turned out very well. Over time more and more …
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Ten Years – part 6.
Where the years 2005 and 2006 were more about keeping things rolling, 2007 was a year of change. I’d been working some with new tubesets and while I very much liked individual tubes from these sets I was not thrilled with the sets as a whole. The new hot tube was Reynolds 953 and in …
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Ten years – part 5.
2006. 2006 was a good year. One of the things that happened was that many one-time Kirk owners got in line for a 2nd or 3rd or even 4th bike. Nothing makes you feeling like you are doing a good job more than repeat business. I even had a few people get in line for …
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Ten Years – part 4.
2005 2005 was a bit like 2004 in that it was a year of maintaining and building momentum. Business was going well and things had become more efficient with repetition, practice and the refining of my shop methods. Most of the changes I made were pretty small but in the end added up to saving …
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Ten Years – part 3.
2004. I knew going into this business that if getting the ball rolling was a challenge then keeping it rolling could be even more so. The funny thing is when you first hang your shingle you have no money at all but you have the luxury of time……….but when you get orders in hand and …
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