Healy-Guttman Blog

The weather here in West Hawaii has been really incredible these past few weeks and I have had a few opportunities to get “Dusty” (KLR-650 motorcycle) out for a few long rides.   Last week, inspired by a similar trek by sister Kathleen and her friend Peter, I headed North to “the end of the road” [...]

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2007 was a blur.  Before we set off to New Zealand I wanted to post a few photos of some end of year “happenings” in our world - Thanksgiving in SoCal with Suzanne’s side of the family, a trip to Hawaii with a visit from parents and friends, updated “Love Shack” photos, a visit from [...]

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I’ve been road racing for several years now in the vintage class but I’ve always wondered what “true road racing” would have been like in “the day” - when temporary circuits were made using public roads with real hazards (trees, telephone poles, ditchs, and other immovable objects).  Today due to safety reasons we race on permanent courses with [...]

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On a sad note, Hank the truck is gone - adopted by a new family - and so will the trailer it pulled faithfully to the track for almost 3 seasons of racing.  On the positive side, ”The Enterprise” has landed in their place to accommodate us in style while at the racetrack (or perhaps even some other adventure [...]

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Bo and I have been wanting to make a trip up the Olympic Peninsula all summer and we finally got our chance last weekend. Since our schedules have been so busy, we opted to leave on a Friday around noon and were back the next day by 5 PM. The amount of ground we covered [...]

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The 4th of July Holiday has become somewhat of an annual family tradition and Gearhart, Oregon seems to be the easiest place to meet.
In typical festive garb to match the Holiday, Mom poses with Suzanne and me (I didn’t get the memo on patriotic dress…):

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A trip to the Love Shack in June wouldn’t be complete with some adventure trips. Many of these trips were with neighbor and good friend David Bever and usually involved a motorcycle or two. However, one trip could only be accomplished with a dual sport bike like Dusty, so one sunny Father’s Day morning (aren’t [...]

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May has been a busy month here and there are a few photos to share. Brian came back from UND for the summer to work in our warehouse. His arrival:

We went down to Newport Beach for the weekend for the 50th B-Day party of Suzanne’s sister Brenda:

The Wynn Hotel gallery in Las Vegas [...]

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The 2007 Sovren vintage racing season is underway! The “new race car” #59 has finally been named after this last weekend’s “Spring Sprints” event. After several comments from spectators about the “whistling noise” that the car made as I sped past the grandstands, the name “Piccolo Pete” was coined by Suzanne. ….so [...]

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It sounded plausible enough - Bo wanted the Suzuki DL-650 at the University of North Dakota where he is finishing his first year in aviation. It made sense for him to have his own set of wheels due to his almost daily trips to the local airport. After looking at my schedule, the best opportunity [...]

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After a few seasons driving my 1969 BMW 2002 - #068 - I decided that although it was a great car to learn in, there were a few areas that could be improved. The opportunity came about after finding a ‘69 2002 shell in Idaho in August of 2006. Jim Froula, owner of [...]

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The name “Dusty” brings forth visions of cowpokes on the range with sturdy horses that are sure footed and unflappable. That is the type of name that the new Kawasaki KLR650 now wears as a badge of honor after an 8 1/2 hour round trip adventure to and around Mauna Kea on an unimproved [...]

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