thanks dennis....

52....

about 8 or so years ago my wife spotted a car driving through newtown in sydney....it spun her head around about 360 degrees and the love affair started....a couple of years later after seeing it many times and loving it every time we saw it together and we both stood in the street looking at this thing shaking and the hardest lookin mother driving it and we went very very weak in the legs... no less than a week or so later i ended up meeting the bloke who owned it and he striped my 50 norton.....we became friends and now hes one of the few i call a mate.... since then we (my wife and i) had been in the chev a couple of times...going to the drags and rods shows and stuff and we always said that given the chance we would buy it.....well the chance came up and now it resides at machine. its one hell of a car....it was built by a hell of a bloke who had a lot of trouble letting it go after 12 years of work....but hes a mate and he can still drive it any time he wants....im just very happy that my wife finally gets to drive it into town and make all those babies and women cry.... thanks daz...for being such a motherfucker... ...

XS....

...i rode the xs this morning and when i left home it was before the sun came up and it must have been like 3 or 4 degrees....it was fucken cold as...my visor kept fogging up and my fingers were white when i got in town....stopped just as the sun came over the hill on my way....sometimes living in the country is really the best.

Australian Motorcycle Museum....

.....a couple of weeks ago i took a trip to queensland to check out some stuff....and found myself at the Australian Motorcycle Museum,....in Haigslea...there i met the museum owner alan and his missus....i forgot her name but i heard stories of her riding skills roundin up the boys.... if you are anywhere near this place i suggest a drop in...some serious bikes here im tellin ya...anyway...they were real nice and thanks to Soapy for takin me out there.... hey alan..thanks for the wine....and that book is a beaut!... www.australianmotorcyclemuseum.com.au

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norton....T.C. Christenson

...."i gotta do what i gotta do.....some people play golf.....less exciting i think"

MY 1926 NORTON...

...is more than likely going to go interstate to a new owner very soon....being part exchange on the vincent motor of a couple of posts ago....ill be sad to see it go but i need to get my hands on that norvin before i die... ...is more than likely going to go interstate to a new owner very soon....being part exchange on the vincent motor of a couple of posts ago....ill be sad to see it go but i need to get my hands on that norvin before i die...

DRAG BIKE SHOTS...

...if anyone has any old drag or speed trial shots could they send them to me....machineshed@bigpond.com...thanks

NEW STUFF...

...ive been crazy busy here getting the house underway....so ive been spending more time with concrete than steel.....but i did take a day off yesterday to go on one of those big white birds to visit a bloke about a big chunky motor for that norvin i always wanted to build.....so very soon it will be in my shed....i better get one of those fontana brakes soonish....i will explain the details of this motor at a later date.....but lets just say....90hp not 50hp...i also visited the australian motorcycle museum.....ill post some photos later but here is one shot of the back end of an imola replica....and i thought i loved drilling steel....

34 dodge...

....i had a long day yesterday and drove the 34 up to sydney to be returned to its home...it went like a beaut and didnt skip a beat....the trip home was a bit faster in the wifes f truck though...

machine 1 ... my bandsaw....

...ive been wanting to post some photos of my machines since i started this blog but never had a camera that could take the right photos.....no excuses now... heres some shots of my bandsaw.... pehaka..made in 1961 in west germany...blade length is 2400mm...its a ripper...the job never gets hot cause the blade is so long...its got a built in welder and grinder so that if you snap a blade or have a roll of blade then you can repair or make your own.... its one of the best machines i ever bought....and i use it all the time..