motor shots...did someone say knucklehead?...

.....hows this knucklehead grab ya.,

motor shots...

so here it is......

....its been a long time coming.....ive wanted to build a bike with a vincent motor for as long as i can remember...(i talked about it with MG60 about ten years ago on my last trip to brisbane...) so here you go...here it is running on the bench....its going to test me this one but im ready for it....i just drove 2600km to get this motor and drop off the flat tanker...im tired and ready for bed... stay tuned for some close up photos shortly..

the model 18 is leaving Machine tomorrow...

...i'll be sad to not see it in the shed anymore...its such a beautiful looking machine...so simple and purposeful....but im excited about whats coming in its place.....

wl s for me and mike.....

....next projects in the shed are two similar bikes.....my good mate mike wants to get his wl on the road.....hes done seriously well in pieceing it together so far....so im going to get that triumph gearbox nutted out and finish her off......ive also had a wl put away for a while so i am going to hit that at the same time....my frame had a triumph four speed installed a long long time ago so all the frame work is done on that one.....

been thinking about hopper lately.....

...vincent put me onto this...

50.....

....going home today....

Lucky B Design....

....my mate Dave from Lucky B Design in Paso Robles, California sent me some T Shirts today....so cool.......but best of all....he did me this sign for the front door of the shed as a surprise present......gold leaf...my fucken favourite.....we love it!......

new machine in the shed....

....a couple of years ago i spotted in the corner of my mate rob (my sandblaster)...in his shed, an amazing polishing machine...i told him if he ever wanted to sell it i would buy it in a flash......as my old man used to say....slowly slowly catchy monkey.....its now in the machineshed...i can tell you with total confidence you can push a bit of metal into this baby and she wont slow 1 single rpm.....there is no substitute for quality....there is no rating on the general electric motor but id say 4 hp......and totally quiet...

for sale...triumph t110 ......SOLD!....

....650cc motor and speed twin...(i think) rigid frame and front end.. motor looks like its been refurbed and just put together finger tight......i can see pistons going up and down but i think it mightbemissing pushrods....i could pull it apart and check if need be...carb, maggy...looks real nice...like its been done over...actually allthemotor looks like that....no wear at all on the gear...see photo.... frame looks straight as....front end is with it....that frame could stay as is...paint is good.... this might be a cool project for some young bloke. email me at machineshed@bigpond.com

ken block...totally totally unbelievable...

for sale...1923 indian chief frame...SOLD....

im going to be selling some things on ebay over the coming weeks.... so i will post them here also...this is a 1923 indian chief frame and front end....i bought it about 5 or so years ago and had a special project in mind for it....i had it blasted and primed ..its in unbelievable condition....i have the handlebars also but they are not so good.... this is the aussie ebay item number 270645734862 but the start time is not for another 7 or so hours.... email me if you are interested...machineshed@bigpond.com

le mans...seat and tail...3

trying to finish off the last of the brackets and bits and pieces for the lemans before i send the frame and swing arm to the powdercoaters... heres how the seat is shaping up...its testing my patience...

1950 panhead

guy has posted these shots on the greasy kulture site and he will be doing a feature on the 50 the issue after next which im really stoked about...

listen to this....

...i was watching the conartism blog and the conartist posted a serious you tube clip of a big valve excelsior super x starting up...check it out...holy jesus. ...http://conartism.blogspot.com/ then i got onto this other clip of an 8 valve indian running....

XS 650 FOR SALE.....

...im going to put the xs on ebay in the next couple of days...its a great bike..loads of fun...easy to start...im not saying its a chicks bike but some girl would look great riding this around the city... if your interested send me an email machineshed@blogspot.com and i can give you the rundown on whats been done and what hasnt...

XS

XS 650 FOR SALE.....

last night.....

....i got to meet up with all my friends in sydney and show them the 50...it was a fantastic night....thanks to greg and pierre at the deus cafe for allowing me to have a little thing in their space and for being so accommodating....i hope we didnt cause too many problems....thanks to dare, ben and carby for all the support...thanks to my bestest of mates for all coming along...damo, joycy, emile, luke, rose, johnny, jordy, karl, paul, tony, fadi...and to all the girls...thanks especially tash and maz i know you had to rush from work to get there... young paul who i met last night and your mate....good to meet you....im sure we will talk again soon. thanks to joe...your unwavering friendship, support, and unquestioning faith in me astounding...i hope this bike is all you wanted and more.. lastly, but most importantly, my wife sophie, for putting up with my totally obsessive crazyness for motorcycles .... i am thankful everyday that i have such a beautiful, amazing, person who can put up with me.

1950 panhead...

...im pretty excited about taking the 50 up to sydney tomorrow to deliver it to my mate joe...i put a lot of work into it.....thought about it a lot.... and hopefully took what i learnt on the 48 to the next level of resolution...its going to come back soon though....i know the clutch needs a tweak and im thinking about a new dizzy as well...and i want to take some nice photos of it here at the shed...(t can you come and take them?) ..tomorrow night...im getting together with my closest friends to show them the bike...i hope they like it...ive always tried to not give a fuck about what other people think about what i do.. but really, deep down inside, i love it when they love it.