just ride will ya.

so for the last two days thats what i did.....big ride yesterday, met up with some mates down in the valley....some old and a couple of new ones (Larry and his great wife on their shovel...hes 52 and shes 58 ...they just rode this shov to melbourne and back).....then for a beer or two and a steak sandwich...then headed down the coast for a night in the bay...

 beautiful suspension bridge in the kangaroo valley.

then today i rode home sort of a long way ive never ridden before...hard going cause the wind was totally extreme and i was freezing my nuts off...fuck it was cold....good times, but sometimes i ask myself the question.....(do i really need to be this cold?)

love this little movie...

one of the best motorcycle photos ever   thank the dutchman...and one of the best pans ever for me..

100% beard






bob wrote the song and OCMS do it to perfection......




also....can you tell im on holidays.....i love motorbikes.

classic webber....class choiniere

7 months old...

smartest bitch ever.......

sideburn sick arses.....

damos centre stand....

was cracked and shitty.....i asked steve (all things ducati)...he said its a common problem and the best repair jobs have a strengthening solid insert (interference fit)....so here it is....lets see how it road tests before powdercoating...

three weeks holiday.....

....so lets see if i can finish mikes wl, cut the lawns, fix broken fences, build some bit of the house, and ride a couple of good rides in the freezing cold.

one of my favourite norton shots of all time.

somehow....

....a quarter of a million people looked at this blog...its a bit weird...but its also very humbling....thank you to everyone who has cared to look...i will try to do my best with this thing and as i said way back in early days....i love motorbikes...but bad. 

nobodys fault but mine

Morris Magneto Impulse G5 info required....

im thinking of running a MORRIS IMPULSE G5 maggy on my 48 thats about to get a makeover.....anyone running one that can give a review...... how does it perform?.....would love to here before i spend the big mooocho dollariiii...email me if you dont wanna comment...machineshed@bigpond.com

j sent me a shot of him, his bluey and..

the beautiful spanish countryside....nothing really compares to warm afternoon light through tall grass.....and a hd. j's mum is aussie so he's one of those lucky types with more than one passport...

1974 DUCATI FOR SALE

 I'm putting my roundcase up for sale...if anyone is interested in owning a beautifully restored bevel ducati that is totally sorted and runs like a top then give me a shout ... machineshed@bigpond.com

dellortos to attention

photos taken by one of my oldest brothers mick at my other brothers house......

wideline featherbed frame needed....

i'm looking for a wideline featherbed frame and swingarm.....(i've given up leaving messages and sending emails to Ken McIntosh in New Zealand.....my god just one email back would be ace)......if anyone has a lead on an original frame that would be great....send me an email at machineshed@bigpond.com 

i'd love to find one in australia if i could .....Funny i remember a time about ten or so years ago i had a nest of featherbeds....and now i need one for an atlas project i've had floating around for a while.... so any help would be good help blokes.

the man that is max....

50

been tweaking little things on the 50 when i get a spare minute every now and then......

t shirts all over the world.....

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sometimes im freaked out how weird this world is....i've been writing envelopes and customs declarations for the last couple of nights sending t shirts from south america to spain, from england to dearborn michigan, not to mention all the aussie mates....i'm totally humbled.

thankyou to all who have bought a shirt....i know all the boys have been doing it for years and i've got a stack waist high but its just such a thing to know that people will give you money cause they dig what you are doing.

thank you again.....im up to date with all orders til tonight....expect them soon i suppose...

big thanks to my local post office and postmaster BK and his helper GC.....i know what i need to do now.......

mm

my first real T shirts in stock blokes......

......ok, so i've got the BIG CARTEL thingo set up.... you can see it in the side bar at the top, and i've worked out that its really expensive to post shit out of this country...all prices include shipping so i hope its not too expensive for everyone...maybe next time i gotta get only one side printed to keep the cost down a bit....anyway.... i'm sure you will let me know what you reckon.

i can say that the shirts are real nice quality (i bought the good ones) and the printing is A1...not to mention some sick artwork by by man jed.... the machine roboshed on the front and the wind in the face dead man on the back.

i've got small, medium, large and extra large......send me an email at machineshed@bigpond.com if you want me to measure size for you......thanks ay!....

reading.....

reading and reading.....and more reading and researching.

my vincent motor is calling for attention.....

im almost ready to start.

michael's 6 over movie...ready to go boys and girls...

get a load of it.......shot of hoodlums drag racing tractors taken by troy.......

machine wall photos.....george.