Saturday, March 19, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
i have this mate....
...who is quite a lot like me in a lot of ways.he's a bit older than me but when we are together having a glass of wine or a bottle, we talk the same language, loud, and at each other.
he's a lot smarter than me but thats ok,...cause i'm more handsome.
we talk about bikes and jazz and life and he's always wise.
one day we will ride very fast on our very old bikes together...hopefully soon mate.
today he gave me a present and its just perfect for me...it was given to him by someone and he passed it on today...he's never ridden with it cause his head is too big..mine is like a pin so it fits me like a glove.
its got this little cross hand painted on it and a little story came up while we were talking about the lid today and its something like this..
"a very well known racer in the days past knowing that his time could soon be up, decided that because he had such a rare blood type, he would write it on his helmet so that in the event he had a bad off, the people treating him would know what blood they should give him immediately. so the night before this big race he sat down to paint in red on his silver helmet his blood type but just as he started to paint he remembered a split locking pin he had left off his manx norton while he was race prepping it that afternoon....fearing he would forget that pin in the morning he went directly to his machineshed and put the pin in. he walked out of the shed and decided to take the dog for a quick walk. when he came home he poured another glass of wine and fell asleep in his chair listening to the radio.
in the morning the racer grabbed his helmet, loaded his bike, and took off for a hard days racing.
the painting on the helmet never got finished, the racer died that day on his norton and his helmet got passed from man to man to man"
thanks bruce. you made my day mate.
always mr cool..
hi max...the photography was done by michael schmidt of the world is flat and is perfect as you would expect...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
the machine xs....
....has gone to live in the city.... today i met a cool young bloke named rob who has bought the machine xs and has taken her home.... he seemed like the kind of aussie bloke who would look after her but ride her hard too.hey rob....good to meet you mate...have fun....
Friday, March 4, 2011
mark 1 exhaust.....
...did my head in a bit...i always hate how long the exhausts look when they follow the lower frame tube so the first system that i ran just bugged me...redone now and all tigged up....though not in this shot...this one i took yesterday.
hopefully i will start it up this week....
Thursday, March 3, 2011
mark austins flathead...
...mark sent me these shots of his UMG Flathead...super rare bike...hes done a special that Guy from GK tells me he's going to feature so keep an eye out for it.
Mark owns Pacific HD and has helped me over the last ten years or so with parts and stuff...If you need anything try him...if he dont have it he knows where to send you... go here to find him..
these nice photos were taken by Roger Chambers...hey roger if you have a link you want me to post send me an email....
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
the world is flat....
if you want to see some outstanding photography about the stuff we love then you need to go here ...... the world is flat is photography by michael schmidt and its so crisp...latest post has some shots from kim's new shed....and a bike hes building for BF3 ... check BCM -----------> i love this shot.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
more rain ..... less shine
...makes for nice country road riding....i wont show you a shot of the 48....this was off the side that has a fender.....and still i love it...
Sunday, February 13, 2011
can i do a trip like this one day...
max schaaf, ken nagahara and chris lindig...check this out...get hotbike magazine issue 118 to see more stuff....
__ HIT THE CITY __ from max schaaf on Vimeo.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
48
changed the intermediate jet on the 48 again...still playing around ....getting it right...so crisp this motor.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
48
ive never been one for high bars but ive had this ace pair for a while and just wanted to see...i think i like em.
Monday, February 7, 2011
48 bar mounts...
...so its the age old thing with springers....you need to keep that top clamp and mount attached which has pinch bolts but you need to be able to mount bars better than dogbones and all that excess stuff...so i had these old mounts around and turned them down as you can see with the one on the right...they will slide down into the fork tubes and sit flush or slightly over the top clamp...then i put a cut in each fork tube with the grinder so that the pinch bolt on the top clamp will also compress the fork tube slightly onto these turned down mounts...all interference fit mind you so pretty tight.
i had to widen the bars slightly but im thinking its gonna work just fine....i will leave the ears on the top clamp until i decide if thats the way ill stay with it...
ill post some picks of the finished product in a couple of days.
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