Ducati sport tank....

all finished and ready for petrol....steve and i started the sport last week....she's all finished bar some choke cables and a few bits and pieces...

steve is a very old aussie mate who has been restoring ducatis (and other marques) for longer than i've been alive...(well almost).

as our mate mick said to me the other day he's forgotten more shit than we ever knew.

pete young's..... OCCHIO LUNGO

OCCHIO LUNGO is one of my favourite blogs....if you don't already check it out then get to it mate.....informative posts galore.

check this post and video he just loaded.....ace.

thanks pete.....

pipeburn feature on the xs 650....

andrew at pipeburn (if your not following this site get to it mate), did a great little feature on the xs that Rob in Sydney now owns and rides the tyres off.....totally amazing photography and lots of nice words and comments....its nice to be appreciated thats for sure.

the best thing about it..... Rob loves the bike....

as always, thanks blokes.

2012 BIKE EXIF CALENDER...

Im jumping out of my skin today because i just found out that Chris Hunter from BIKE EXIF has included my Mark 1 Le Mans in next years calendar.

To be selected as 1 of 12 by a man that features around 300 motorcycles a year puts a big smile on my face....thanks Chris i'm totally honoured.

pre-order a copy here

finally its aligned....

Joe the owner of the 50 panhead and i decided that we would fit a new inch and a half bprimary drive and ditch the old 2 incher...there seemed to be some dodgy work done on the front pulley on the old one and to be honest i could never get it to run 100% true...always seemed to pull the belt an 1/8 out....

Anyways, we order a new drive set up and when i go to fit it seems the alignment is like half inch out....seems the previous owner had moved the gearbox over in order to accommodate a dodgy front pully that had been cut and rewelded....WHY!!!!!!

New gearbox plate, then pull hub, and sprocket and install a non offset sprocket and now its sweet...what a mess to clean up.

Fitted a more appropriate brake light switch also.

Im not looking forward to having to redo the exhaust to accommodate the new gearbox position...the kicker is surely going to hit....its all fun though.

holy fucken shitbags....

get a load of this....

6 Over - Teaser from Wild Honey Productions on Vimeo.

big balls and itchy eyes...

....i call these two.

got the pan out after a long cold winter this week. changed the oil and the gas....and off she went.

riding home i stopped to say hello to these two fellas. one just looked at me and the other was too busy with his itchy eyes. he looked like that scene with mel gibson and the blue face.

itchy eyeballs from matt machine on Vimeo.