Hello Stranger...

Let me catch you up to speed. I sold the RC51 to buy a 2026 Season Pass for Track Time track days. I don’t miss it; but don’t take that the wrong way. I loved the torque, the riding position and the sound. I had tons of fun on that bike. But old bikes are a pain in the ass. Manufacture’s support is basically none. You can buy oil filters and spark plugs, but that’s about it. If the vibrations have created a pin-hole leak in the radiator, like it did on mine; you are at the mercy of eBay to either take a gamble on an old OEM radiator or a Chinese (will it even fit?) knock off. Sold it to a motorcycle salesman who already has three or four RC51s. I see an obvious problem, but people have different priorities…

So how come I haven’t written a newsletter in over 6 months? Well, I’ve been doing the other half of writing. Reading.

I found a challenging, hard to read book, that’s was a little over my head. Using technology to help me understand, it took me six months to complete.

Delete your social media account(s) and go find a challenging book to read!!!

I lasted 843 days as an “active” business owner. I have decided to quit, but my license, bond and insurance is still valid until expiration. I will let them run out just in case I receive a call from a customer that’s willing to pay a pretty penny. Efficiency diversity, thank you Dietrich Dorner.

It would be easy to say that quitting my fancy corporate job to start a business in something I’ve never done before (professionally); a dumb decision. The experience, knowledge and wisdom I have gained from this seemingly dumb decision negates all of that. If you took me and left me at that corporate job I will have gained a little more of that specialized knowledge. But in these last 3 years I have been drinking through a fire hose in lessons. Growth, not corporate stagnation. If you’ve ever started a business, you will know.

I was the marketing department, accounting department, legal department, licensing department, parts department, vise-this and vise-that. I was upper, mid and lower management. Driver, customer service, operator and employee to name a few. I was also the CEO, CFO, CMO, CTO, and the COO, all while trying to keep myself from going COO-COO.

Was it a success? Yes. Proof: I created a real business from zero; in a field I’ve never worked in professionally. Customers paid me. I generated repeat business. Customers referred me. Customers publicly vouched for my work. Customers tipped me (evidence that perceived value exceeded the agreed transaction). My advertising had a very long tail. My estimates became valuable products in themselves. I discovered a transferable strength. And I learned enough to deliberately reject the business model.

If it was a success, then why would I leave it?

A system can reward continuation long before it reveals if you are on the right path. My business has uncovered something. And a brighter burning bush has emerged.

Our burning bushes are pointing us in directions to better destinations. Is there ever a final destination? I don’t think so. It asymptotic, always reaching, always refining, but never arriving.

I can’t have a newsletter called, “Pictures with Words” without some pictures. So here you go:

If there are grammatical errors, mis-spelled words, run on sentences, horrible transitions; it’s just a fuck’n newsletter man. I’m not trying to build German tanks.

With that said. I miss writing. And I miss writing to you guys. I would love to do a lot more. One in the works is, “Parental Control, Not Traction Control”. I could be wrong, but my hypothesis is that our sportbike ECUs are obedient, not competent.