Thursday 31 December 2009
Monday 28 December 2009
Monday 21 December 2009
Friday 18 December 2009
Pills , Vils and Bellyaches .
Sunday 13 December 2009
The Bug
Thursday 10 December 2009
Saturday 5 December 2009
The Same But Different ...again
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Sunday 29 November 2009
Folkstone , the Wind , the Jooks , the Stars .
Took a little trip up into Kent last night , to see my mates the Royal Stars do a gig with the Jooks of Kent .
Halfway there , I started to think it wasn`t to be . Felt like gale force winds and driving rain were trying to blow us right back across Romney Marshes .
We struggled on and I have to say it was worth the trip. Good music , great people , what more could you ask for ?
Managed to finally meet up with Chris , Scarlett and Tim , who , aside from being the Jooks of Kent , are the driving force behind the Dirty Bobbers forum (see link bar ). Great band , great people .
Note to self , don`t go out and not drink , you fucking hate it , make Jelly Ellis drive next time .
Halfway there , I started to think it wasn`t to be . Felt like gale force winds and driving rain were trying to blow us right back across Romney Marshes .
We struggled on and I have to say it was worth the trip. Good music , great people , what more could you ask for ?
Managed to finally meet up with Chris , Scarlett and Tim , who , aside from being the Jooks of Kent , are the driving force behind the Dirty Bobbers forum (see link bar ). Great band , great people .
Note to self , don`t go out and not drink , you fucking hate it , make Jelly Ellis drive next time .
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Sunday 22 November 2009
Sprunghubs ~ Hardtales.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Coffee pot Carb Accessory
Monday 16 November 2009
Sunday 15 November 2009
Thursday 12 November 2009
Sunday 8 November 2009
Terrier and the Ton Ten
Friday 6 November 2009
Monday 2 November 2009
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Barn Job
One of the first crappy jobs I had after I left school was working in a factory making commercial catering equipment . Like most manufacturing jobs , it was tedious to the extreme . The only plus point was , I had a nice sideline getting mine and my mates bike parts polished and chromed , the plating was much better quality than the stuff you got on off the shelf parts . They also had a huge machine shop , with a lot of engineers who would do `homers `.
This was around the time when the craze for buying Oast Houses was in full swing . Builders would buy up farm buildings cheaply , do them up a little and sell at a massive profit . One of the draughtsmen from the factory drawing office bought such a property and I can remember him coming into work saying he had found an old bike in one of the untouched outhouses on the property.
Sure enough , a few months later , he rode into the factory car park on a freshly restored Panther sloper . I can still remember the lazy beat of the engine , the smell of the thing and just how fucking cool it was .
Anyway , here`s some more from my mate Rowan . In the pictures , we see a nice little plunger BSA , which Rowan acquired from a farmer for a very modest sum . The farmer even lent him a lawnmower fuel tank and temporary seat padding . After a little tinkering with the carb , he was able to ride the thing home !
Monday 26 October 2009
Friday 23 October 2009
What Lies Beneath
Monday 19 October 2009
The Grapevine
Thursday 15 October 2009
I don`t know about art but...
While I was looking for my old Irvin jacket , I came across this old leather jacket . Aside from being pleasantly surprised it still fits me (just!), I`d really forgotten how good the artwork on the back was.
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It was painted back in `91 by my friend Jelly , he did it all with an airbrush from a poster I had found.
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Nice thing is , he`s still at it .
Take a look at this Series 2 Lambretta he did recently.
It was painted back in `91 by my friend Jelly , he did it all with an airbrush from a poster I had found.
Nice thing is , he`s still at it .
Take a look at this Series 2 Lambretta he did recently.
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Monday 12 October 2009
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Oz`s bike (the rigid chopper ) looks like it may be an older build , which has been given a makeover in the smooth and chunky late eighties style.
The pre unit Triumph motor in the stretched and raked BSA frame is classic English chopper material .
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Neil`s orange Streetracker is a total contrast .I could live without the rearsets , but otherwise this is a great Bitza hooligan machine .
Love the seat unit and that`s a great colour for a bike like this .
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I`d have to change a heap of stuff on Oz`s bike if it was mine , but back in`92 mag wheels and psuedo HD styling were very much `in`.
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Thunderbirds look great in any build style.
I think Ginge ( who gets mentioned in the first line of the article) might be the same bloke who built the 45" in a BSA previously featured here.
Saturday 10 October 2009
WWII Jacket
Friday 9 October 2009
1951 TR5 Trophy
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The TR5 shares many common parts with the Side Valve TRW , which probably makes it one of the most `fake~able` high value vintage Triumphs .
Special short wheelbase frame , 20" front wheel and that beautiful tank .
The engine is mainly Speed Twin but with the alloy head and block as used on the GP model.
I love the shorty rear mudguard and the lovely (not shown in pic)high level siamesed pipe.
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