This is an unfinished project passed on from father to son.

This is a project I've been dragging around for years. I've wanted to make a 500 single cafe racer based on the Yamaha SR 500. I bought my first SR500 in 1983. I commuted on it in LA for a couple of years and when we returned to Puget Sound and moved to Whidbey Island I ended up with a second SR500 for another couple of years of commuting. Both SR500s were not ridable but I had hopes of combining them into one good bike. I've reached the point that all the projects I have aren't going to get done in my lifetime and this one was getting in the way of another project so my son Robby, with the help of his cousin Adam, are going to give it a shot. I wish them the best of luck.

The other project that the bikes were getting in the way of is a darkroom. I have a 6 foot stainless sink and a bunch of 3 1/2 gallon stainless tanks for developing film coming by the end of the month. I have no interest, actually I have less than no interest, in setting up an darkroom for printing but a black and white film line would be most useful. 3 1/2 gallon tanks are big enough to develop 8x10 film. This will be handy since, along with the sink and tanks, I will be getting an 8x10 view camera with studio stand. The 8x10 comes with a large brass soft focus lens. I'm getting them from a photographer that I do occasional printing for. They are projects that he realizes he isn't going to get done in his lifetime. He will be back from a trip later this month and will then haul them out of his storage. Stay tuned.