The wheel adjuster threads had stripped on the frame. Luckily you can tap it out to 3/8" and use a larger Knucklehead bolt.
6th Jan there are two serious motorcycle auctions in Las Vegas. Countless boardtrackers, Vincents and Von Dutch paintjobs. If I had won the lottery a couple of months ago when it was £113,000,000 (I actually spent £6 on tickets and won £7 so who's laughing now) I would buy these...
1934 Harley Davidson CAC, one of their first factory racers, extremely rare and could well be one of the most expensive HDs to be sold at auction. It's all business.
Excelsior Speedway bike. Just because it would look great sitting next to the CAC.
From me ol' mucker Pat's excellent EXACTAMUNDO Blog.In the house: DicE, GKM, Black Widows, Pangea Speed
On the decks: Buzzcocks, Damned, Eater, Saints, Anti-Nowhere League, Penetration, Germs, Dickies, Ramones, Cockney Rejects, Clash, Sham 69, Johnny Moped, Slaughter & The Dogs, X-Ray Spex
Thanks again to Sampo from Finland for sending me the rest of the article regarding The Enterprise! This machine currently in the Frank Westfall stable.
Talking of heroes (see post below), it's quite odd to now be in a position where I'm regularly rubbing shoulders with motorcycle people I have long admired.At Yokohama, there were plenty of characters whose work I have pored over in magazines through the years and who most people would jump at the chance of meeting: Cole Foster, Rico, Duane Ballard, Ian Barry etc etc. But I'm not an outgoing person and generally can't bring myself to do one of those dorky "I've loved your work for years, uh uh, I publish a magazine called..." intros.
Jeff Decker, of course, is one of those people I've admired as an artist and builder for many years. So when someone tapped me on the shoulder and asked about the Pendleton shirt I was wearing at the Mooneyes afterparty, I was more than surprised to discover it was Jeff. His tone was so familiar and friendly, and he was so smiley, I presumed he knew who I was and launched into a typically English ironic (and supposedly humorous) ramble about how I only wore Pendletons because he was my hero and I'd studied his own shirts for years.
His face fell slightly as I wittered on. Then he looked downright puzzled. He may even have stepped back away from me as my realisation that he had no idea who I was kicked in and made me talk even faster.
Finally, "What's your name?" he asked warily, from a safer distance away.
Apologies Jeff. I'd drunk a lot of beer and my heroes don't generally have a habit of admiring my shirts.
(For those of you who love a vintage shadow plaid shirt, the one he coveted is the top left shirt in this old ad, kindly supplied by Pat who witnessed the whole sorry incident.)
VINTAGE GOLD FLAKE $250
SIZE: large
CUSTOM RELINE
NEW RUBBER TRIM
email for questions: womby_w@yahoo.com
SIZE: large
CUSTOM RELINE
NEW RUBBER TRIM
email for questions: womby_w@yahoo.com
We like old sailor tattoos -
Ships, Pin Ups, Eagles and Anchors, no doubt - all classics.
Yesterday I visited one of our local tattoo shops, and noticed a lot of Flashes illustrated with pretty girls faces in profile, decorated with roses and banners with names of the loved ones.
I thought HEY! I gotta´ beat my own ONGO BONGO drum Flash #2..... and a pretty face will make a sweet flash #3
I think I´ll do this like the tattoo guy in the store, one take and only use a couple of hours.
I know this is only a flash on paper so I can´t really compete with the guy in the tattoo store - yet....
First of all! -
A lot of the name-banners in sailor tattoos, were not only about pretty girls, they also referred to ships.
And suddenly one particular ship poped in to my mind -
The DEMETRE...
The badass ship that transported Prins Vlad
(aka. "Dracool" 1431 - 1476) from Transylvania to London.
According to Bram Stoker
And that ship was of cause named after a pretty girl - Miss Demeter.
(aka) - also known as, Ceres..
That´s by the way - according to Greek mythology.
Demeter was the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, and the seasons.
And whom dislike fertility, a goddess and Bike riding in August and September.
It´s just beautiful, and don´t get any better.
That´s why my tattoo Flash #3 is named DEMETER.
And can i those,(Yes we can...) then I take Opium flowers instead of roses...
First my sketches -
and color -
I created this flash is in one take. One idea, one sketch, and one hand-colored.
The classic old fashioned way, pencil and markers color, cause they are very fast to use.
And then a Blog post in the end, just for you....
Click on pic. to Enlarge
Look forward to make you all tattoo flashes next year.
Happy New Year
Cheers
Cay
Ships, Pin Ups, Eagles and Anchors, no doubt - all classics.
Yesterday I visited one of our local tattoo shops, and noticed a lot of Flashes illustrated with pretty girls faces in profile, decorated with roses and banners with names of the loved ones.
I thought HEY! I gotta´ beat my own ONGO BONGO drum Flash #2..... and a pretty face will make a sweet flash #3
I think I´ll do this like the tattoo guy in the store, one take and only use a couple of hours.
I know this is only a flash on paper so I can´t really compete with the guy in the tattoo store - yet....
First of all! -A lot of the name-banners in sailor tattoos, were not only about pretty girls, they also referred to ships.
And suddenly one particular ship poped in to my mind -
The DEMETRE...
The badass ship that transported Prins Vlad
(aka. "Dracool" 1431 - 1476) from Transylvania to London.
According to Bram Stoker
And that ship was of cause named after a pretty girl - Miss Demeter.(aka) - also known as, Ceres..
That´s by the way - according to Greek mythology.
Demeter was the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, and the seasons.
And whom dislike fertility, a goddess and Bike riding in August and September.It´s just beautiful, and don´t get any better.
That´s why my tattoo Flash #3 is named DEMETER.
And can i those,(Yes we can...) then I take Opium flowers instead of roses...
First my sketches -
and color -
I created this flash is in one take. One idea, one sketch, and one hand-colored.The classic old fashioned way, pencil and markers color, cause they are very fast to use.
And then a Blog post in the end, just for you....
Click on pic. to EnlargeLook forward to make you all tattoo flashes next year.
Happy New Year
Cheers
Cay
New bike on the farm, a 1950 WR. It's the TT version with the long distance gas tanks and aloominuminum oil tank, amongst other tweaks.
New pictures will be added to a separate page, picture link on the right.
Bombsite venturi in the Linkert.
Only had to rebuild the carb and then got it running. The tools in the red box are Tony's Linkert cleaning rods, the lot on the left are a NOS unused set. Mmmm...
Timothy O'Keefe shot these cool (freezing?) images of Bill Mize recently. I talked to Bill last night and he told me this '48 was built specifically for this kind of hard labour... getting out in the snow and the salt, negotiating the gravel roads that haven't yet iced over near his Sioux City home.
Bill's one of my heroes, but of course I can't say that to his face: ex-road racer, skater, semi-pro cyclist... he's one of those people I admire who take life by the scruff of the neck and shake it until they've explored every worthwhile opportunity, thrill and skill. And he loves The (early) Saints as much as I do.
He and Steve Uhl have had more influence on you and the bikes you admire, ride and build than you probably realise. I've been a big fan of Bill's bikes for years and years, and am proud to call him a friend. His '57 Pan is in the next issue.
Bill's one of my heroes, but of course I can't say that to his face: ex-road racer, skater, semi-pro cyclist... he's one of those people I admire who take life by the scruff of the neck and shake it until they've explored every worthwhile opportunity, thrill and skill. And he loves The (early) Saints as much as I do.
He and Steve Uhl have had more influence on you and the bikes you admire, ride and build than you probably realise. I've been a big fan of Bill's bikes for years and years, and am proud to call him a friend. His '57 Pan is in the next issue.
Bill Mize from Timothy W O'Keefe on Vimeo.
I just heard on the radio that this was the coldest December (in this area) for 110 years…..That`s something to celebrate…….there are no need to get warm now, I am going to watch speedway:
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For our last post in 2010 we felt like closing the year with a life sized toy.... We are also children after all!
All shooting sessions in Ze studio are an adventure story, this one could take two books full of what can be discovered and told about the machine and its pilot.
In this first post let's talk about this "machine". I write of a "machine" cause it's a strange mix between motorcycle and car as you're about to see.
It's a 1951 COOPER MK V, at those times it raced in the 500cc class of formula 3, very popular in England.
On such cars, some of the most famous english pilots have started and competed: Sterling Moss, John Surtees, Jack Brabham, Ken Tyrrell among many others.
500cc class was launched in 1946. John Cooper and his childhood friend Eric Brandon wishing to race in this economical category, decided as many other pilots of those days, to assemble their own prototype (T2). They will create later on, with John's father, their compagny, The Cooper Car Compagny.
John and Eric will win many races among which The Prescott Race and will make the COOPER 500 evolve during the following years. Afterwards, John had a brilliant carrier as a Formula 1 tuner and belongs to those who revolutionnarized this sport.
The prototype (T2) prefigures the model we photographed, its a tubular chassis, the bodywork is alloy made, the engine, placed behind the pilot, is an air cooled, mono cylinder, alcohol fed 500cc J.A.P 4B providing 45 Hp at 7000 rpm with a compression rate of 16.1 . Direct transmission is with a motorbike chain. At those times this JAP engine is quasi universal in many sports in England such as speedway, sprint, grasstrack, cycle cars....
The 4 gears box is of a NORTON MANX. A few models are equipped with a 4 gears BURMAN. The rims, true pieces of art, are made out of magnesium.
For some versions, they will even use the 1000cc V shaped bicylinder JAP.
For later versions the Jap engine will be replaced by the NORTON MANX one more powerful about 50hp soon on some models they will use a 500cc T100 Triumph alloy engine, this is the case for the one we photographed.
The owner, prefering the sensations and the torque of the mono cylinder, replaced it by a JAP.
For our last post in 2010 we felt like closing the year with a life sized toy.... We are also children after all!
All shooting sessions in Ze studio are an adventure story, this one could take two books full of what can be discovered and told about the machine and its pilot.
In this first post let's talk about this "machine". I write of a "machine" cause it's a strange mix between motorcycle and car as you're about to see.
It's a 1951 COOPER MK V, at those times it raced in the 500cc class of formula 3, very popular in England.
On such cars, some of the most famous english pilots have started and competed: Sterling Moss, John Surtees, Jack Brabham, Ken Tyrrell among many others.
500cc class was launched in 1946. John Cooper and his childhood friend Eric Brandon wishing to race in this economical category, decided as many other pilots of those days, to assemble their own prototype (T2). They will create later on, with John's father, their compagny, The Cooper Car Compagny.
John and Eric will win many races among which The Prescott Race and will make the COOPER 500 evolve during the following years. Afterwards, John had a brilliant carrier as a Formula 1 tuner and belongs to those who revolutionnarized this sport.
The prototype (T2) prefigures the model we photographed, its a tubular chassis, the bodywork is alloy made, the engine, placed behind the pilot, is an air cooled, mono cylinder, alcohol fed 500cc J.A.P 4B providing 45 Hp at 7000 rpm with a compression rate of 16.1 . Direct transmission is with a motorbike chain. At those times this JAP engine is quasi universal in many sports in England such as speedway, sprint, grasstrack, cycle cars....
The 4 gears box is of a NORTON MANX. A few models are equipped with a 4 gears BURMAN. The rims, true pieces of art, are made out of magnesium.
For some versions, they will even use the 1000cc V shaped bicylinder JAP.
For later versions the Jap engine will be replaced by the NORTON MANX one more powerful about 50hp soon on some models they will use a 500cc T100 Triumph alloy engine, this is the case for the one we photographed.
The owner, prefering the sensations and the torque of the mono cylinder, replaced it by a JAP.
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