Crawlin
04-06-2010, 09:00 PM
First let's apologize for the pics, it's just from the blackberry as I wasn't really expecting to have to take some time to bum around. Thought it would be a quick in and out of the city. But definitely was a cool trip.
I had posted about needing a truck to run to Indy last week and today was the day. I ran down to Vance & Hines to meet Eddie Krawiec and pick up my new bike.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy10.jpg
It's a pretty small shop. I mean it's 40,000sqft. Ed said. It seemed wide open, but he said they had just built a shop across the street and that's gonna be 60,000sqft. They are gonna double the workforce to help keep up with orders since they were behind on alot of stuff.
I got there early and Eddie took me through the whole shop. From the engine dyno room, chassis dyno area, fab area, design area, engine work area, etc... Got to see some VERY cool stuff I wasn't allowed to take pics of, haha. Got to see them working on some of the Suzuki NHRA stuff. They had loaded up the hauler as Ed is flying out Thursday morning for the Houstin NHRA race. They were working on a new exhaust for a certain style bike and were trying to see what it would take to make it fit both generations. I was offered two different styles of pipe to go on my bike, but I decided to stick with the "race" stuff instead of the upswept street exhaust. I will say, it looks badass and definitely sounds sweet.
Anyways, they needed some more time to finish up the bike and get it back together, so I took a trip around town. I was born in Indianapolis but was only there for a year after that, so I don't remember anything. Got the address to the house I first lived in with my parents, and drove past that. Was awesome to see that.
Also took a trip over to the Indianapolis Speedway Museum.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy2.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy12.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy13.jpg
Anyways, on the way back through I noticed something.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy11.jpg
So I had to take the turn and see what else was down this strip. It was the same industrial park as Vance & Hines, just a little bit more towards the front. This is what I found.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy7.jpg
This was kind of emotional for the guys who know what happened.
His place was HUGE. It was closed down, not many people there, but the place (the first pic and second pic) was literally as big as the old Roundy's warehouse off of 45 and Burleigh. HUUUUUGE place. Saw a brand new mustang pulled up in front of the building on one of the passes. Figured maaaaaybe...??? Did see a hot chick in a Range Rover HSE Sport leave that looked familiar. But wasn't too sure.
Anyways, these were all on ONE street.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy6.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy4.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy3.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy5.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy8.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy9.jpg
Again, sorry for pic quality. Just wasn't expecting to see all of this stuff. For those that know about a certain safety equipment manufacturer going at it with SFI, I thought this was funny...
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy1.jpg
So the trip was awesome. Left early this morning and got back a bit ago. Dropped the new toy off at work to keep it there for a bit. Have to spend some time playing with it. I'll get some new pics of that tomorrow. Totally forgot since the trip was actually more exciting then picking up the new toy.
I had posted about needing a truck to run to Indy last week and today was the day. I ran down to Vance & Hines to meet Eddie Krawiec and pick up my new bike.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy10.jpg
It's a pretty small shop. I mean it's 40,000sqft. Ed said. It seemed wide open, but he said they had just built a shop across the street and that's gonna be 60,000sqft. They are gonna double the workforce to help keep up with orders since they were behind on alot of stuff.
I got there early and Eddie took me through the whole shop. From the engine dyno room, chassis dyno area, fab area, design area, engine work area, etc... Got to see some VERY cool stuff I wasn't allowed to take pics of, haha. Got to see them working on some of the Suzuki NHRA stuff. They had loaded up the hauler as Ed is flying out Thursday morning for the Houstin NHRA race. They were working on a new exhaust for a certain style bike and were trying to see what it would take to make it fit both generations. I was offered two different styles of pipe to go on my bike, but I decided to stick with the "race" stuff instead of the upswept street exhaust. I will say, it looks badass and definitely sounds sweet.
Anyways, they needed some more time to finish up the bike and get it back together, so I took a trip around town. I was born in Indianapolis but was only there for a year after that, so I don't remember anything. Got the address to the house I first lived in with my parents, and drove past that. Was awesome to see that.
Also took a trip over to the Indianapolis Speedway Museum.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy2.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy12.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy13.jpg
Anyways, on the way back through I noticed something.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy11.jpg
So I had to take the turn and see what else was down this strip. It was the same industrial park as Vance & Hines, just a little bit more towards the front. This is what I found.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy7.jpg
This was kind of emotional for the guys who know what happened.
His place was HUGE. It was closed down, not many people there, but the place (the first pic and second pic) was literally as big as the old Roundy's warehouse off of 45 and Burleigh. HUUUUUGE place. Saw a brand new mustang pulled up in front of the building on one of the passes. Figured maaaaaybe...??? Did see a hot chick in a Range Rover HSE Sport leave that looked familiar. But wasn't too sure.
Anyways, these were all on ONE street.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy6.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy4.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy3.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy5.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy8.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy9.jpg
Again, sorry for pic quality. Just wasn't expecting to see all of this stuff. For those that know about a certain safety equipment manufacturer going at it with SFI, I thought this was funny...
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Indy%20Trip/indy1.jpg
So the trip was awesome. Left early this morning and got back a bit ago. Dropped the new toy off at work to keep it there for a bit. Have to spend some time playing with it. I'll get some new pics of that tomorrow. Totally forgot since the trip was actually more exciting then picking up the new toy.