..... to say nothing about antique radios, organ refurbishing, DIY guitars, meerschaum pipes, antique watches, and homemade gin .....
Lessee, I've built a custom rifle, a 15 ft. trebuchet that launched flaming explosives, an LCD home theater projector from scratch, an Alfa Romeo autocross car, roast my own coffee beans with a pop corn popper I modified and of course I was a pastry chef and a baker off and on for about 20 years.
Never know what might be next, just depends on when the urge strikes. I may or may not be working on producing my first album, not sure if it will pass muster. (no, it's not me performing!) And I have had this urge to own a turbine engine for some time.
Sadly I don't get to ride my motorcycle much anymore. Distracted people in oversized cars don't seem to care much about guys like me on a bike. I fear that one of them will turn me into a smudge on the asphalt one day. That's a harsh reality that remains difficult for me to face.
I had that experience 30 years ago. I had lived in the East Bay where I could ride on nice quiet back roads and in the 'burbs. I moved back to San Francisco and into the traffic and one day when riding I looked down at the pavement and imagined sliding along at 50mph. Gave the bike to my brother in law.
However since then I have not had a traffic accident, but I have dislocated my shoulder walking my dog, broken my hand by losing my temper and punching a wall, and completely trashed my leg playing with my kids in the front yard.
So for me motorcycle riding may be safer than the day in, day out stuff.