El Superbeasto Fat-Train Episode II

As you well know I have started the transformation project on my wife's nightrain, what happened since then was a waiting exercise to recieve the part via Aramex - APO etc. I got the 17X6" rim together with a mean 200mm low profile tire, also recieved the struts Mashetti Style and a 9 inch fender. Since the transformation on a 17" was never attempted todate, I knew we would have some challenges in fitting the doughnut in the stock swing arm. We started at 8:30 and were done fitting the wheel at 18:00, including taking off the primary to change the original belt drive, a trip to the machine shop, extensive grinding and cutting in the frame. Next job in 10 days, installing the new exhaust and ordering more parts.

Not so glamorous!

Chances are you have seen these hot stars strutting their stuff on and off camera, raw models and fashion icons. The truth of the matter is, they ain't so hot after all, you be the judge.

That's All Folks

"All of us are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars..."

- Oscar Wilde

Thank you to everyone who came along over the past 4 years for the EuroRoss ride. Unfortunatly time has come, we go our separate ways from here... safe travels everyone :-)



Update: Thanks to everyone who e-mailed, I cannot tell you how much it means... and yes, as promised I will post the photo slideshow from Australia below later this week as a final addition to the main page. In the meantime please feel free to browse the archives :-)

Cheeri-O

Update 2: Still working on it but within a week or so the vid will be up.

Update 3: Yeah, still no video, you know... busy ;-) For all you asking I finally caved and am on Facebook, use my Rossiroo [at] hotmail [dot] com address

Update 4: Just checking in. Why have my website traffic numbers increased since I stopped blogging?? I guess the public is trying to say something! ;-)

The Future Is Now

Everyone who knows hockey knows that Junior hockey is the most exciting hockey on the planet, when you mix in 35 years of rival history then you've got a storyline for the ages. Russia-Canada summit series reunion, here's how it looked 35 years ago:



Down 2 goals in the final period, Canada pulls together and brings home the series. This time we were down 2 goals in the first period of the first game... but... never... looked... back:



In 2009 the World Junior Hockey Championships are in Ottawa... you're all invited :-)

Electric

I'm starting to wonder about my decision to live in the tallest building in the city. About 10 minutes ago the sun was pleasantly going down, some rolling clouds were rolling in when... BAM!

A thunder clap hit so loud and hard you'd swear blood was coming out of our ears. Within 30 seconds the entire sky was black and the winds were threatening to bust in the windows. Moments thereafter there was a flash of light and suddenly all the alarms in the building went off.

We had just been hit by lightning, one floor up and two floors over is apparently where the brunt of the damage is. Sleep tight tonight everyone... I know I won't!! :-)

Too Days 2 Late to Early

Juli plays my old MBA stomping grounds in Pforzheim this November two days after I leave nearby Stuttgart for Florida and then I leave the sunny beaches two days prior to my Senators rolling into town for a game against the Lightning :-( Too days 2 late to early...

Looks like Juli is mixing in some English collaborations of late:

F1 Rossiter

Travelling in Europe with long trip times and limited access... or maybe I'm just test driving Formula 1 cars now ;-)

Life Begins Every Morning

Don't be afraid that your life will end,
be afraid that it will never begin...

(Grandma gets it in today :-)

Harleyrious Clip!!

Can't,remember the movie, very funny clip!!

Schlossplatz

They finally announced that Stuttgart will bust out the "fan fest" screens from when everyone watched the World Cup in each centre city so fans can watch VFB Stuttgart win the championship this Saturday. That's where we'll be, come join us for a beer and the celebrations :-)

T-dot Weekend Skies

A great weekend in Toronto :-)



Back to the grindstone tomorrow morning...

The Championship Is Here

After winning yesturday coupled with a Schalke and Bremen loss leaves VFB Stuttgart just one home win away from the Bundesliga Championship. The week after they have a chance to add a Pokal Cup Championship, it's going to be a great week in Schwabishlande!!! :-)

Petite Amie

The Whitsunday's have some of the most beautiful islands and coral reefs in the world... and when you're finished a full day of diving and beach life the bars have some great "scenery" as well ;-)

I hate shopping, but when you're traveling with 3 girls sometimes you have to make exceptions. Besides, taking a break from the outdoor heat for the air conditioned stores wasn't a bad idea... I found other ways to amuse myself ;-)



Perhaps some company was in order, so I bought a bunch of these for my buddies back home :-)



Three more work days and I'm back on a plane, there's no rest for the wicked ;-) :-)

Sun shows iPhone-like Java Mobile FX platform

Sun is again trumpeting Java from the top of its lungs -- and we're not talking about speweing coffee here here -- showing off what appeared to be flashy new cellphone software at the JavaOne conference this week. Not big news there, except that the Sun software apparently looked eerily like the Apple iPhone's software; in fact, the platform Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz showed off is already being dubbed "jPhone" based on the striking resemblance to Apple's goods. The actual product name is Java Mobile FX and it's based on code from SavaJe, a Java-centric mobile OS company Sun just completed acquiring last week. The OS platform war has started, Symbian and MS are leading the pack, will Apple take first spot or will Sun manage to turn things to their advantage, one thing for sure I sure do hope that they have useful functionalities.

Business Quote o' Note

Business quote of the day:

“Too often we measure everything and understand nothing. The three most important things you need to measure in a business are customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and cash flow. If you’re growing customer satisfaction, your global market share is sure to grow, too. Employee satisfaction gets you productivity, quality, pride, and creativity. And cash flow is the pulse—the key vital sign of a company.”

- Jack Welch

Business tech joke of the day:

"VISTA = Virus Inside, Switch To Apple"

Business Visual Funny of the day:

El Superbeasto Exhaust

Since my wife's Nightrain is getting a make over, I have decided to mount the meanest exhausts in the market the gatlin style Tailgunner exhaust will be black however it needs custom modifications to fit on my wife's HD.

Great Motorbikes Stunts.

Ghost Rider (TF1)

Stuttgart Visions

Just a hop, skip and a jump before I arrive... :-)

Will the real Ghost Rider please stand up!

It seems there are many riders dubbed as the Ghost Rider, Japan, Germany got one, however it seems the real Mc Coy is from sweden riding a Hayabusa, I will be posting some videos about Ghost Rider over the coming days. Please dont try this on the street.

Microsoft oPhone

Seeing as the Zune was such a hit, Microsoft decided to repeat the success and tackle the iPhone before it even gets out the gate; friends, we give you the Microsoft oFone.

PS3 vs. Xbox

I've been thinking about buying a new video game console to fill those non-existant "down-time" hours (yeah right), but which one? The PS3 or Xbox360 would both make fine choices, but perhaps a cost comparison is in order. For the same $599 plus taxes I can buy either the Xbox360 and beer pile #1 or the Sony PS3 and beer pile #2...



Ah, what the heck, I'll just buy a Nintendo Wii ;-)

TFC - The Beginning

Last week to a sold out crowd of over 20,000, Toronto FC (TFC) started what will become the greatest soccer team in Canada/MLS :-) Having bought my supporter's section season tickets over a year ago it was finally time to break bread in the new stadium. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Toronto FC!! :-)

The promo leading up to the big franchise opener, it's great to watch the game and see the C.N. Tower in the background:



Let the game begin!



The end stands are filled with all the supporter's clubs. Our club is know as the "Red Patch Boys" referrencing an old army division made up of Toronto locals from back in the day. Not only is our club name a tribute to those that died for our freedom, we have also affectionatly named the supporters stands as "the Bunker" :-)



The view from "the Bunker":



The crazy supporters that hold down the Bunker and lead the cheering for the rest of the stadium:



Wide angle shot of the sold out franchise opener:



Despite the 1-0 loss, the crowd was totally into the game and the team. Great times:

San Fran Freak

If you're a geek you'll get this. If you're not a geek then move along, nothing to see here :-)

Future Society

What future "nature" paintings will look like if the U.K. gets it's expanded surveillance bill approved:



Inspirational isn't it... :-(

Paris Love Lamp

Finally lets end the day with some community creativity and love, coming in the form of a Paris traffic light that hopefully brings a few smiles throughout the day:

Radio Shame

...and now back to evil, this time a radio show host crushes the heart of a cheating girlfriend:



Today is apparently good-bad swing day ;-)

Ice Rose

Because EuroRoss likes to mix the crudety (like the last post) with the sensitive :-)

Low Brow

Warning: this vid is a bit crude. Shows what guys are really thinking, and yes, even your perfect "my man would ever think that" guy is thinking this:

More Crazy Subway Fun

I don't know what it is about the mixture of copeus amounts of alcohol and subway trips, but it works. More "crazy" fun on the subway:






Lip Dubbing: Crazy from Jakob Lodwick

Rollers and Haters

In life there are "rollers" and then there are "haters". Don't be a hater, live life and roll baby!! :-)

Schtuo-gard

How do you get over the travel blues after returning back from Australia? You take another trip of course! I can't believe it's been 2 months since I've last been back, only 2 more weeks until we fix that sitch! :-)

What's Stuttgart like? Here's a view of some pics posted during the time when I was last there:

Downtown sunshine:



U-bahn traffic:



On my way up from Hauptbahnhof, a 2 minute walk away from the best watering hole in the city - CBP (Circle-Beer-Place) :-)



It also rained :-(



Warm up the Schwabish and their livers! I'm almost back! :-)

Worst Day Of My Life

A future PETA member in the making:

Kuwait takes 3rd place in car death accident.

Based on Al-Watan Daily"Kuwait ranks third in the number of deaths caused due to road accidents and statistics show that an average of 124 accidents take place every day in the country," Chairman of Traffic Safety Society and Member of High Council for Traffic Bader Al-Matar as saying. Speaking at a press conference held at the Council Center in Al-Shuwaikh Tuesday, Al-Matar said a total of 45,376 accidents took place in 2003, averaging 124 accidents per day and killing 372 people. "In 2004, 55,000 traffic accidents took place and caused death of 400 people," he said, adding 32.5 percent cases were reported in Capital Governorate, followed by Hawalli with 27 percent accidents. In 2005, 57,000 traffic accidents were reported, out of which 30 percent were reported in Capital Governorate, followed by Hawalli with 25 percent. As many as 455 people died in road accidents in 2005.

We should really be proud of this achievement and really should strive to take first spot next year! Kidding aside. What the hell is beeing done to bring people awareness to a level of responsability, to understand that cars are not missiles to be given to teenagers to show their driving capabilities on the Gulf Road. When will the government establish a race course allowing speed hungry youth to unfold their talents. When will they spend money on a shock and awe campaign in the media uncovering the dangers of speeding, I guess the answer is never, life is cheap and wasta is cheaper.

Meanwhile drive safe, wear a helmet and always look in your mirrors you never know you might be the next victim.

Schumi's New Ride.

Finali Mondial Ferrari, an annual gathering featuring previously purchased ex-Ferrari team machinery held at the famed Monza racecourse near Milan. Additionally, this year Schumacher was going to be honored. They wanted to present Schumacher with a special gift of a Harley-Davidson. But not a stocker, they wanted something special.

The only hitch was the bike had to be transformed into a gift fitting for Michael…in Ferrari Red, of course, and they had just three weeks to complete it.

The timetable was tight, but the bike was completed in 20 days and shipped to Italy via Federal Express in time for the event.

The bike is a 1981 (crappy engine) FLH was transformed into the cool looking Ferrari Red “Bobber” seen here. The engine, frame, wheels and forks remained Harley-Davidson original, all I got to say, its a nice retirement gift from 500HP to 60HP :)

Friday Fest

It's Friday and time to party! Looks like some of us, namely David Hasselhof has beat us to the weekend!



Have a good weekend in the sun everyone!

Sold for $9,900,500.00

If you have seen my previous post on General Lee Auction over the past 2 days, I was following the hectic ongoing bidding on the 1969 Dodge Charger. About General Lee The General Lee is the automobile driven by the Duke cousins Bo and Luke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. It is known for the chases and stunts, especially high jumps, in almost every episode. The car's name is a reference to the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The idea for the General Lee was developed from Jerry Rushing's car, which was named for General Lee's favorite horse, Traveller. This was also the name of the car in Moonrunners, the 1975 movie precursor to The Dukes of Hazzard.

I guess Bo Duke had made a good decision to hold to 4 of these Charger the last one was sold on eBay today for $9,900,500.00, happy spending Bo.

Sarouna El-Muzainy

I recieved this email this morning, actually Saroona is a boy that has undergone a sex change. Or that could be prank, you be the judge.

General Lee latest updates..

Before I hit the sack yesterday around midnight, I checked on the status of the auction taking place on eBAY for a certain Dodge Charger (Duke of Hazards), the price was still hovering around $2.300,800. As I checked it this morning the car hit a staggering $9,900,100. Yeap folks for a 69 charger.

Canada Passtimes

As much as I loved Oz, it's also good to come back home to Canada. I think I'll go play a round of golf ;-)

Manly Hood

The dangerous side of Manly is like snow in the Sahara, you don't see it very often and if you do you're either dehydrated or drunk. Well we were drunk ;-)

Stamp scares from the club the previous night:



3:30 am crash and burn:



I lost a beer cap... honestly! :-)