I just thought I would put in a plug for a blog that I was recently introduced to; "Electra Glide in Blue" This is definitely a gearhead blog with some vintage pictures as well a current series on the author's top end rebuild of his '68 Shovel. If you are into vintage iron, give it a click, its worth a look!
Well the weekend is over and I’m home after some 1300 miles (2100km) in the saddle..On Friday it was a quick stop at “The Farm” and Lucifer MC autumn party. On Saturday it was my birthday and the most important day (to date) for the bike & car building community here in Norway. There we laid down the lines for saving the future for our precious hobby which includes cutting up cars and bikes! Our organisation from 1981 NFSOK (which stands for something like “Norwegian organisation for special and customised vehicles”) is now reborn and has a board of members and an agenda for the future.. EU here we come ;o)
.By Laurent Tomas
It is on the famous and legendary Donington Park circuit, where Norton has recently installed his new factory that a lot of enthusiasts had met to exibit the models made by the most famous British brand.
Norton Owners Club took this opportunity to invite all the members to spend the week-end and discover the new Norton models.
The oldest Norton, a 1907 who won the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man this year with a Peugeot Frères engine as well as the very last,the Norton Rotary racer NRV588 developed by Brian Crighton with a Spondon framework and driven by Michael Dunlop in the last TT.
Parade of factory motorcycles took over throughout the weekend. Those machines were riden by renowned pilots such as : Alan Cathcart, Terry Rymer, Trevor Naton & Norman White.
The factory presented also the last tourism production, the Norton Commando 961SE that will be produced during the second quarter of 2009.
Alongside this unique environment, no less than 39 classic motorcycles races took place between Saturday and Sunday with over 1000 bikes .
English people have a real culture of the race bike and don't hesitate to put on the track the most mythical race bikes ever built.
There's a photo Gallery
It is on the famous and legendary Donington Park circuit, where Norton has recently installed his new factory that a lot of enthusiasts had met to exibit the models made by the most famous British brand.
Norton Owners Club took this opportunity to invite all the members to spend the week-end and discover the new Norton models.
The oldest Norton, a 1907 who won the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man this year with a Peugeot Frères engine as well as the very last,the Norton Rotary racer NRV588 developed by Brian Crighton with a Spondon framework and driven by Michael Dunlop in the last TT.
Parade of factory motorcycles took over throughout the weekend. Those machines were riden by renowned pilots such as : Alan Cathcart, Terry Rymer, Trevor Naton & Norman White.
The factory presented also the last tourism production, the Norton Commando 961SE that will be produced during the second quarter of 2009.
Alongside this unique environment, no less than 39 classic motorcycles races took place between Saturday and Sunday with over 1000 bikes .
English people have a real culture of the race bike and don't hesitate to put on the track the most mythical race bikes ever built.
There's a photo Gallery
.By Laurent Tomas
It is on the famous and legendary Donington Park circuit, where Norton has recently installed his new factory that a lot of enthusiasts had met to exibit the models made by the most famous British brand.
Norton Owners Club took this opportunity to invite all the members to spend the week-end and discover the new Norton models.
The oldest Norton, a 1907 who won the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man this year with a Peugeot Frères engine as well as the very last,the Norton Rotary racer NRV588 developed by Brian Crighton with a Spondon framework and driven by Michael Dunlop in the last TT.
Parade of factory motorcycles took over throughout the weekend. Those machines were riden by renowned pilots such as : Alan Cathcart, Terry Rymer, Trevor Naton & Norman White.
The factory presented also the last tourism production, the Norton Commando 961SE that will be produced during the second quarter of 2009.
Alongside this unique environment, no less than 39 classic motorcycles races took place between Saturday and Sunday with over 1000 bikes .
English people have a real culture of the race bike and don't hesitate to put on the track the most mythical race bikes ever built.
There's a photo Gallery
It is on the famous and legendary Donington Park circuit, where Norton has recently installed his new factory that a lot of enthusiasts had met to exibit the models made by the most famous British brand.
Norton Owners Club took this opportunity to invite all the members to spend the week-end and discover the new Norton models.
The oldest Norton, a 1907 who won the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man this year with a Peugeot Frères engine as well as the very last,the Norton Rotary racer NRV588 developed by Brian Crighton with a Spondon framework and driven by Michael Dunlop in the last TT.
Parade of factory motorcycles took over throughout the weekend. Those machines were riden by renowned pilots such as : Alan Cathcart, Terry Rymer, Trevor Naton & Norman White.
The factory presented also the last tourism production, the Norton Commando 961SE that will be produced during the second quarter of 2009.
Alongside this unique environment, no less than 39 classic motorcycles races took place between Saturday and Sunday with over 1000 bikes .
English people have a real culture of the race bike and don't hesitate to put on the track the most mythical race bikes ever built.
There's a photo Gallery
Hi all
I come back to you after a month without the "internet machine", during which Franksider served valiantly the blog.
It feels good to resourcing and live the real adventure, forget the virtual for a while ...
I come back loaded with a lot of new original photos taken by Laurent, Benoit and me and we'll share them with you.
Hi all
I come back to you after a month without the "internet machine", during which Franksider served valiantly the blog.
It feels good to resourcing and live the real adventure, forget the virtual for a while ...
I come back loaded with a lot of new original photos taken by Laurent, Benoit and me and we'll share them with you.
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A few weeks ago i ask Jeff Decker to answer for the Southsiders to the "Inside the Actor Studio" interview, after the Proust Questionnaire.
Here is what he answers :
1. What is your favorite word? : Aesthetic
2. What is your least favorite word? : O'l Skool
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Well built mechanical objects that are ahead of their time & have endured molestation.
4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Poor attention to line, proportion & detail.
5. What sound or noise do you love? : Quiet.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? : A loud woman.
7. What is your favorite curse word? : There are no curse words left, in order to offend, one must use politically incorrect words such as nigger or faggot.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? : Executive of a trust fund.
9. What profession would you not like to do? : Anything that required a desk, boss & set hours.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? : I expected more... but you did good enough.
Thanks Jeff for the time you took to answer this questionnaire
A few weeks ago i ask Jeff Decker to answer for the Southsiders to the "Inside the Actor Studio" interview, after the Proust Questionnaire.
Here is what he answers :
1. What is your favorite word? : Aesthetic
2. What is your least favorite word? : O'l Skool
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Well built mechanical objects that are ahead of their time & have endured molestation.
4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Poor attention to line, proportion & detail.
5. What sound or noise do you love? : Quiet.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? : A loud woman.
7. What is your favorite curse word? : There are no curse words left, in order to offend, one must use politically incorrect words such as nigger or faggot.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? : Executive of a trust fund.
9. What profession would you not like to do? : Anything that required a desk, boss & set hours.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? : I expected more... but you did good enough.
Thanks Jeff for the time you took to answer this questionnaire
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A few weeks ago i ask Jeff Decker to answer for the Southsiders to the "Inside the Actor Studio" interview, after the Proust Questionnaire.
Here is what he answers :
1. What is your favorite word? : Aesthetic
2. What is your least favorite word? : O'l Skool
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Well built mechanical objects that are ahead of their time & have endured molestation.
4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Poor attention to line, proportion & detail.
5. What sound or noise do you love? : Quiet.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? : A loud woman.
7. What is your favorite curse word? : There are no curse words left, in order to offend, one must use politically incorrect words such as nigger or faggot.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? : Executive of a trust fund.
9. What profession would you not like to do? : Anything that required a desk, boss & set hours.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? : I expected more... but you did good enough.
Thanks Jeff for the time you took to answer this questionnaire
A few weeks ago i ask Jeff Decker to answer for the Southsiders to the "Inside the Actor Studio" interview, after the Proust Questionnaire.
Here is what he answers :
1. What is your favorite word? : Aesthetic
2. What is your least favorite word? : O'l Skool
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Well built mechanical objects that are ahead of their time & have endured molestation.
4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? : Poor attention to line, proportion & detail.
5. What sound or noise do you love? : Quiet.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? : A loud woman.
7. What is your favorite curse word? : There are no curse words left, in order to offend, one must use politically incorrect words such as nigger or faggot.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? : Executive of a trust fund.
9. What profession would you not like to do? : Anything that required a desk, boss & set hours.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? : I expected more... but you did good enough.
Thanks Jeff for the time you took to answer this questionnaire
Here is an interesting Flanders set up I picked up over the years. Designed to raise and rubber mount your stock springer handlebars. I have never seen these on a bike (or anywhere else for that matter) and would imagine there are allot of "flex" points. Probably not too popular back when.
It actually took me a while to figure out what the fuck was going on with these things. The risers were loose in a box of stuff with the "right angle" handlebar mounts in them the way you see them in the photo. There was no clamp or handlebars to clue me in. I threw them in a cabinet with the rest of my riser stuff and forgot about them. Then one day while mounting a set of stock handlebars on a springer it came to me. I pulled the weirdos out of the cabinet and started messing with them and sure enough it all came together.
Now I guess you might look at it and say the risers are upside down. I thought the same thing, but that is where the "right angle adapters" were when I got 'em and they just didn't want to go together "right side up". I guess you could arrange them a few different ways. I'll have to slide them on a fork and see what's what.
Ok.. Been on the road this weekend. Lucifers MC party last night and a meeting about the future of bike building here in Norway at Ramc MC in Trondheim today. The European Union is fucking things up for us here in Norway as in the rest of Europe! Fuck EU! Volbeat Rock's every day though...
Viaja solo desde Canada en su Harley-Davidson 45" 1943tiene 12 meses de viajar y esta en CR
Puede ver el video en You Tube
San Jose, Costa Rica, august 27th 2009
The second attempt to leave La Vida Loca is succesfull. The first one on sunday turns into a late night party, what else can I say, I like Jimbo’s parties. On mondaynight, despite good intentions, it gets late again but this time I don’t sleep in & we leave. Sweet memories swirl in my brain as I take Betsy for her final spin on the beach. As Marcus and me ride out of town it rains, just a little bit and that will be on and off during the day. On some unpaved road of about 15 miles I’m just happy it’s dry. We could reach San Jose before dark if we wanted but it doesn’t seem smart to me, everybody says the city is a traffic nightmare. So we sleep in Atenas, which is supposed to have world’s best climate, always between 17 and 37 degrees Celcius.
Next day we hit San Jose easily. Can’t be missed. Soon we loose our way in town, just no directions! I stop at a gassattion. The guys there can’t really help me, but a mecanic next door can. When we walk together out of his small but deep transmission shop, he almost jumps in the sky from joy seeing Betsy. You believe in coincidence? This guy owned a bike like mine when he lived in Texas. Blindfolded he can name and point all typical Harley flathead parts. He has a nice solution for our destiny for the day, hotel La Castilla, managed by Darren, a friend of Jimbo’s. He calls his buddy Johann who has a day off. Within half an hour he shows up on a 1966 Harley. It takes a small hour to ride up to the hotel. Next Johann (see me and Johann riding through the San Jose streets at YouTube, press on: Johann) directs me through motorcycle shops and H-D dealers. I find my oilfilter and buy the genuine heavy weight (single grade 60) oil, yihaa! When we are back at Dante’s shop to change the oil, he tells me that a lot of people showed up when we left his place on our bikes. The guys of the gassation where unanymous talking about Betsy and me, ‘man that guys’s gotta have either big balls or no brains’, they just couldn’t or wouldn’ believe I drove a 1943 motorcycle all the way from Alaska to Costa Rica.
The hotel is in the heart of the nightclub area. Ever since Nicaragua I’ve been hearing stories about La Rey in San Jose, Central America’s most famous brothel. In the evening Dave, one of the regulars of the hotelbar takes me on a cultural tour. From club to bar to club to bar, a beer at every joint, to La Rey to the bar the daughter of his girlfriend works as a bartender. Dave could be my father but he almost turns in to my father-in-law when I meet his ‘daughter’. I had to take a deep breath to leave. Going by cab we skip the transvestites, well, I couldn’t see it but the ‘experts’ tell me they are boys, but sure good-looking ones!
Friday going into the direction of Panama.
The second attempt to leave La Vida Loca is succesfull. The first one on sunday turns into a late night party, what else can I say, I like Jimbo’s parties. On mondaynight, despite good intentions, it gets late again but this time I don’t sleep in & we leave. Sweet memories swirl in my brain as I take Betsy for her final spin on the beach. As Marcus and me ride out of town it rains, just a little bit and that will be on and off during the day. On some unpaved road of about 15 miles I’m just happy it’s dry. We could reach San Jose before dark if we wanted but it doesn’t seem smart to me, everybody says the city is a traffic nightmare. So we sleep in Atenas, which is supposed to have world’s best climate, always between 17 and 37 degrees Celcius.
Next day we hit San Jose easily. Can’t be missed. Soon we loose our way in town, just no directions! I stop at a gassattion. The guys there can’t really help me, but a mecanic next door can. When we walk together out of his small but deep transmission shop, he almost jumps in the sky from joy seeing Betsy. You believe in coincidence? This guy owned a bike like mine when he lived in Texas. Blindfolded he can name and point all typical Harley flathead parts. He has a nice solution for our destiny for the day, hotel La Castilla, managed by Darren, a friend of Jimbo’s. He calls his buddy Johann who has a day off. Within half an hour he shows up on a 1966 Harley. It takes a small hour to ride up to the hotel. Next Johann (see me and Johann riding through the San Jose streets at YouTube, press on: Johann) directs me through motorcycle shops and H-D dealers. I find my oilfilter and buy the genuine heavy weight (single grade 60) oil, yihaa! When we are back at Dante’s shop to change the oil, he tells me that a lot of people showed up when we left his place on our bikes. The guys of the gassation where unanymous talking about Betsy and me, ‘man that guys’s gotta have either big balls or no brains’, they just couldn’t or wouldn’ believe I drove a 1943 motorcycle all the way from Alaska to Costa Rica.
The hotel is in the heart of the nightclub area. Ever since Nicaragua I’ve been hearing stories about La Rey in San Jose, Central America’s most famous brothel. In the evening Dave, one of the regulars of the hotelbar takes me on a cultural tour. From club to bar to club to bar, a beer at every joint, to La Rey to the bar the daughter of his girlfriend works as a bartender. Dave could be my father but he almost turns in to my father-in-law when I meet his ‘daughter’. I had to take a deep breath to leave. Going by cab we skip the transvestites, well, I couldn’t see it but the ‘experts’ tell me they are boys, but sure good-looking ones!
Friday going into the direction of Panama.
"The KnuckleDragger" is finally nearing completion!
Well behind schedule, but I am maintaining some important objectives:
Well behind schedule, but I am maintaining some important objectives:- I have not gone into debt or dipped into savings for this project
- I have not missed family events or given up time with my wife to work on this project
- I have not let this project become any kind of obsession
In other words, this is the polar opposite of my racing career 24 years ago.
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