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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

btw i "finished" this I present to you: the Harlesaki

ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

personal favorite. Cat And Car Spotting Chat Where You Can Only Say "Nice" and "Oof". The single best group chat i've ever been in. nobody discusses shit. its just photos of animals and vehicles, and folks saying nice

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This is a good thing, right?

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I machined/fabricated a bunch of parts to make the tank and rear fender bolt up without cutting the frame at all. In addition I made a seat pan out of aluminum. that'll be getting upholstered in a couple weeks.

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Any Sleep album or similar stoner/doom metal is fantastic its hypnotic and meditative in a way that makes you feel like

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

i do not condone the unabomber or whatever insane takes mangione has but this image appeared in my brain and it wouldnt go away until it was manifested

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

nothing like moorland in december

taken from the drivers seat of a 2000 honda insight going 28mph across the forested moorland of the anoka sand plains of east central minnesota. it is 6:45am on december 9th, 23°f. pitch dark and a heavy fog is in the air catching the light of the headlights and blurring the trees

apple carplay screenshot of spotify playing Mercenary Blues by Slabdragger from the album Rise of the Dawncrusher, currently at 7:41 with -4:03 remaining in the song

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Similar vibes to one of my favorite photos i've ever taken. About 7 miles east of Adel, OR on hwy 140. Utterly desolate, and the 200aqi worth of wildfire smoke enhanced that feeling significantly. I was taking the shot of just the road and mountains, and a lone motorcyclist rode by. it was Perfect

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

is anyone in this industry capable of critical thought? have you ever asked yourselves "why do we routinely recieve death threats"

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

found this the other day kinda feel like it matches the vibes

an 1834 drawing of demonic plesiosaurs battling other sea monsters in primordial darkness

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

seriously quitting has had a huge negative impact on the amount of time i spend Pondering

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

they have that 16oz aspect ratio. Youtube Tallboys

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I'm a big fan of this photo, I dm'd the artist on instagram and he sent me a full res version lol

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

On one hand this is hell, but on the other hand, I've spent much of my adult life repressing my inner night owl so i can be a productive member of society, and man does it ever feel nice to have the Calm Quiet Dark for the entire evening

minnesota sunset schedule. up at 7:30am down at 4:30pm

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

heres a fun example, we have a machine that turns that straight piece of wire into this part. one at a time, 4-6 hours a day. it has made Millions of these in the last 30 years. if you've ever used a 3M tape-and-masking-paper roller dispenser thing it might be a familiar shape to you

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

here's one little thing, its a double acting pneumatic cutter for a small wire straightener. the moving "cam bar" has a slope in it that a bearing rides against, which actuates the cutter when the cylinder moves. being double action it's much quieter and uses half as much air as a single action

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

two of them rear subframe/fender mount/seat mount fabrication will begin tomorrow

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

oh yeah. there's the dopamine

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

this thing is so shiny, its gonna be a real shame to powdercoat it after the subframe for the rear fender and seat is made up. but on the other hand the old bridgeport is cutting better than ever despite putting in 30 years of work with basically no maintenance

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

there's nothing quite like hanging out at work after hours on a friday listening to steely dan at incredible volume and putting 14x more effort than necessary into machining parts for your motorcycle that could just have easily been a piece of conduit cut in half with nuts welded to it.

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

today, i am thinking about how small happenings can put a damper on an otherwise good day

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

the lake superior tall ships festival arrives in Duluth, MN on june 19th 2025. they offer rides on several fully functional replicas of historic sailing vessels

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

today i an thinking about Baltimore Clippers

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

corner cafe lunch soup, to cleanse the timeline and the soul

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

been a long time since i watched letterkenny but i feel like this guy would respond fluently out of nowhere

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

"fuckin yankin yer skeeters off bud"

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

spooky surprise this morning goodbye for the next 6 months, motorcycling

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

I love pretending to be a machinist. There is nothing quite so satisfying as turning a piece of scrap into a part that is nicer than the bike its going on. Let me play with the lathe. I will not tie my hair up. The thrill of tempting fate is part of the equation

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

true but like. Pizza Rat? he's different

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

seriously dude it keeps going and going and going. check out this fucking bullshit. that is an h1 2 stroke triple

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

and you cant forget about the extremely cool but undoubtedly higher budget NorVin

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

today, i am thinking about Norleys Turns out the Triton isnt the only thing british goofballs were doing with featherbed frames in the mid-late 50s. Makes sense, 45ci harleys were everywhere after the war, cheap, high cc, and big-for-the-day numbers were feasible on a budget.

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

I love that so much. Dailying that thing is nuts, youve got to be the coolest one in the work parking lot The sprocket on this turd is supposed to be chrome, but it has such a perfect, even layer of dirt and chain oil on it that I just pretend its flat black lol

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Fun fact, cut up and sliced open pool noodles are a great way to add soft cushions to your frame for the purposes of mocking things up like this.

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

I had a bad idea earlier, and it tickled my brain in just the right way that I had to investigate. Hmmmmmmm

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Today I am thinking about this image, specifically, exclusively

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

cool semi truck. 90s(?) pete, real dark bluey green, bro has that shit THLAMMED Not really, but its def lowered and thise fenders arent leaving much clearance

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Today i am also thinking about this the DesmoHog

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

a 450 desmo would also do the trick

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ryan @themapbackwards.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Today, I yearn for a Ducati 250 Desmo

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