Mocan & Green Grout........

...is where i go to get my double ristretto when i'm in canberra......not that i'm into pushys all too much...but miles showed me this one they have just finished as a prototype.... has some nice lines don't you think....

sick.

been listening to a lot of steve lately....

Living on the road my friend

Was gonna keep you free and clean

Now you wear your skin like iron

Your breath's as hard as kerosene

You weren't your mama's only boy

But her favorite one it seems

She began to cry when you said goodbye

And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boys

His horse was fast as polished steel

Wore his gun outside his pants

For all the honest world to feel

Pancho met his match you know

On the deserts down in Mexico

Nobody heard his dying words

That's the way it goes

All the federales say

They could have had him any day

They only let him hang around

Out of kindness I suppose

Lefty he can't sing the blues

All night long like he used to

The dust that Pancho bit down south

Ended up in Lefty's mouth

The day they laid poor Pancho low

Lefty split for Ohio

Where he got the bread to go

There ain't nobody knows

All the federales say

They could have had him any day

They only let him slip away

Out of kindness I suppose

The poets tell how Pancho fell

Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel

The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold

So the story ends we're told

Pancho needs your prayers it's true,

But save a few for Lefty too

He just did what he had to do

Now he's growing old

A few gray federales say

They could have had him any day

They only let him go so wrong

Out of kindness I suppose

the voices on these two men!.....jesus.

RIP MW

in the red.... the number of times i've sat reading books by mick walker ... especially my favourite on the manx is stupid.

thanks mw.

machine wall photos 4...

from bob holidays norton story.....

my fantastic friends ....

.....Lis, Angelo and jnr bought me zap teshima and shinya kimuras new book for my birthday..... always inspired gifts from those peoples.....thanks you guys i love it....

nice little note inside from ayu and shinya made my day even better.

amazing photography, minimalist design, printing and construction .... and you already know what i think of shinya's bikes.

go here to buy a copy before the limited run are gone....if not already.

gearbox adjusting mount....

started on the gearbox adjuster today...

and finished off the rear guard/fender mounts.

pad ...

for mikes bike... pad will be done by the local saddler just like the seat...

got some stuff planned for the rear of mikes bike....i want to mount the tail light/ stop light down low but no more number plate low down im gonna mount it off the guard/fender and have a separate plate light.......more legal like.

mikes wl....carb and manifold...

mike and i added a dellorto 32mm pumper to his build....i pretty well finished up the manifold tonight....i may cut it back just a touch more but shes pretty close to just right....

kick out....

mike....

came over today and started running wires on his bike....im glad he knows what hes doing with that sparking stuff...

dogs and bikes

i dont like spam....for t and k

trump...

....my mate anthony looks like selling his 73 bonne .....

this bike was built by one of my best bike mates matt j in sydney about 6 or 7 years ago. i remember being blown away by this bike when he pulled up at my cafe in sydney on it all those years ago....it had no front brake then.....but then neither did my 1950 norton...

featured in DicE about 6 years ago....i dont know.....maybe issue 8 or 9?.....

anyway...as are all of matts builds....perfectly engineered and dialed in, ride anywhere.

anthony says the details are:

"1973 bonneville, 70's hardtail santee frame, vintage joe hunt magneto, mikuni carbs, conical rear hub + whitewall tyre. A perfectly balanced A perfectly balanced retro chopper built right in every detail. NSW rego."

contact him directly at contact@anthonyrose.com.au for further infos

one of those shots....

...that we will look at in 25 years and say....remember when

go here to see michaels shots..

go here to see why all you need is love.

mikes wl oil tank...

....about four or five years ago AR gave me a head off his old commando....totally rooted and never to be resurrected, it sat gathering dust and mud wasps until the other day.....

...goes around and comes around.

i used to love listening to tony joe white....

with my mate jon after my dad died back in 94... my dad listened to tony joe and ccr and hank williams all the time.

saw tjw in sydney a few times and had a beer with him before one show at the basement. i called out to him to play elements and things for me that night and he did.....its always been my favourite song of his.

check this little video.....

on making one of these beautiful fittings from BTC LIGHTING

sorry about the architectural/bike cross over.....just beautiful work and informative little video that holds some secrets for us.....

italian motor magazine

....finally came....like what the hell with the postal service...thanks adam.....

there is a feature on my mark 1 le mans but i love the 900 ducati dressed as an XR that peter koren built....id love to have that in my shed....

go check out adam's site italian motor and get a sub to his mag....go now blokes....go here...

troy from chico moto....

took this photo of shinyas knuckle and i bought a print from him cause i just totally love that shot....and shinyas bike...then shinya and ayu signed it for me...thanks troy, shinya and ayu.

im a lucky bloke.

check this site....

right here bro....

dd put me onto this one.....check this dude out....1925 in philadelphia stamping loudspeaker bells at the atwater kent radio factory.

can i draw your attention to those pulleys and belts...imagine one letting go!