- Website
- http://betterbeaters.blogspot.com/
- Description
- Lifetime SF Bay Area resident. Been messing around with bikes and cars for 45 years. Still doing it and having fun. I like to find the affordable but interesting cars to have fun with. I prefer to drive not idolize my cars. I started a blog a couple of years ago. I can say that I'm learning more and my writing and posting skills are improving .
![In the previous installment, I had done all these modifications on my ’77 XLCR to make the bike perfect for my third epic ride. A month long trip around the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SCAN0566.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Cycles Of A Lifetime — ’77 Harley-Davidson XLCR Part 2 — More Apologies to Willie G.")
![There is an old saying, “You can always tell a Harley rider, but you can’t tell them much!” I had wanted to make the move up to Harley-Davidson for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SCAN0573.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Cycles Of A Lifetime — A Harley-Davidson… at Last!")
![After the debacle of the re-assembled Honda 750 engine and pieced-together chassis and running gear, I decided to get another 750. But this time it would be a factory […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/red-Honda-750-1976.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – Cycles Of A Lifetime: 1974 Honda CB750 — Freedom Comes In Four Cylinders")
![Motorcycles had always been important to me, and I used them as basic transportation. I rode them to work, on various errands, as well as pleasure riding. My Father […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1971_honda_350_sl_16079968868644dbfdIMG_1650-1.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Cycle Of A Lifetime: Two Honda Twins and a Knucklehead")
![When I saw the new 2005 Ford Mustang, I thought this was the best looking Mustang since the late 1960s. I had owned a ’66 Mustang and as I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2007_ford_mustang-pic-6370457024151822710-1024x768-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #14: ’07 Ford Mustang – A New Classic Version Of America’s Car.")
![In 2007, Ford advertising adopted the theme: Bold Moves. Their truck ads featured stories of buyers who used their new trucks to make real changes in their lives. Like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20170602_103626-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL#13: 2007 Ford F150 – Bold Moves")
![As I mentioned in my last post, this time I was looking for a fancy minivan! While I wouldn’t have considered a Chrysler in the same league as a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7beefdb5673e45a0aa7ebe26ca1e9051_hrs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #12: 1997 Chrysler Town and Country LXI")
![This was my second dream car. It raised the question; “Can a dream car really serve as a family car?” I hadn’t thought too much about Cadillacs for quite a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/wpid-96_cadillac_seville_sts-2011-04-5-22-12.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #11: ’94 Cadillac Seville STS – Can A Dream Car Serve As A Family Car?")
![This was another one of the few cars that we bought new. In many ways, it was my favorite of all the cars that I have ever owned. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rGNdQkgK-EAA62-ga9w-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #10: ’90 Honda Civic SI")
![While the Cougar wasn’t the worst family car, the birth of our son made it clear that something bigger was needed. We were already a family of three, our daughter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/caravan-hero.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #9: ’90 Dodge Caravan")
![My new job was in Downtown Los Angeles, we lived approximately twenty miles east in Whittier. My work commute usually took a half hour when traffic was light and we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GA9355.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #8: ’84 Mercury Cougar")
![My first Dream Car, a 1977 Coupe de Ville. The ’57 had served me well. I was approaching my college graduation. Finally, after seven years of part time attendance. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1977_cadillac_deville_1577067640f66e7dff9f98764daIMG_8396-e1578036757618.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #7: 1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of")
![The quest for another vintage Cadillac started again. I had found a ’58 Coupe de Ville on a used car lot in San Leandro, that looked like a good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1957-cadillac-coupe-deville-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #6: 1957 Cadillac Sedan de Ville")
