Kill Switch Engage / Times of Grace... Inevitable merger?

So a while back Jesse David Leach left Killswitch because of "vocal strain / issues". Then Howard Jones took over for a while. In the interum Jesse did a bunch of stuff on the side. Recently Jesse and Adam Dutkiewicz started a little thing called Times of Grace which was amazing. All of the sudden Jesse is back in KSE and more surprisingly Howard has problems from undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes. All I can say is GEEZ. Being a sufferer of Type 1 Diabetes myself I can only imagine. In their chronological order, Jesse In kse, Howard in kse, and times of grace.

Update (10/24/13) HA! I told ya so.

Short lived Human Abstract

So I know I write a lot about music. I have realized that Travis Richter has left The Human Abstract. For all I know they may have disbanded completely. Dean Herrera has released some Mozart cover that is pretty amazing. He responded to me on Formspring insiting that there is no way Nathan Ells will ever sing for THA again. Fine. Nuff said.

Abigail - Motionless in White

Everyone on the forum has given names to their project bikes. I have named my 77 CB550k Abigai.

CB 550k tank prep and carb tear down

Ok I weld filled the one crease / dent in my ebay tank getting ready for my buddy to grind and shape it. Then its off to the powder-coater. As far as my carbs I tore them down to the very last piece and will also have them powder-coated to match the engine.

CB 550k electrolytic rust removal (part 2)

48 hours later and its working well. The entire inside was surprisingly clean. I gave it a few rinses with warm water and then mixed another bath of detergent. Already i have some rust on the surface of the water. So ill let it cook a few more hours and then rinse again.

CB 550k electrolytic rust removal.

I am attempting to remove the rust out of this used tank which is the foundation of my paint scheme. I got it on ebay for 50$ shipped and it really wasn't bad inside. Its working well so far i think ill give it 48hrs. The picture of the test anode shows discoloration after only 5 minutes in the tank.

CB 550k top end done.

So tonight we adjust valves and assuming everything is good start it up and adjust carbs.

CB 550k top end rebuild.

Some random pictures from last sunday. Re-assembly started. Pistons are standard but thermal barrier coated faces and microslick skirts. Valves got the same treatment. New rings thanks to ebay. Professional 3 angle valve job and needless to say all new gaskets and "o" rings.