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Hensley's

*Good turn out & Good times were had last night.

Joe Wood at Hensley's

Wednesday evening April 29

It's a good to excuse to get out on your bike and have a little dinner with some friends

Rear Spring Fever?

Swing Arm Flu Outbreak 

I have at least 6 confirmed cases one of which is me.

Good friend Todd Scott "Scotty", (Halseth) from Sac town sent in his cone shovel version in mock up form. Check it out. there's a whole lot of unique stuff going on here, rear fender struts & Scotty's formula for mids being my favorites . 

Not more that a few hours later Flat Iron Mikes checks in with his latest update,  FIM styled pipes in some 90 degree heat. Mike will probably be riding this thing by Sunday and I'm going on the 1.5 year mark???

 It'll pop wheelies Mike.

And then there's always the "rub it in" photo.

I'll be playing catch up in a couple of weeks and then it's on.

Thanks a ton for the content guy's.

ERWN SR500 update

It's moving along kicking and screaming every step of the way. 

Tomorrow new brake lines made up and routed, under seat electrical tray & bits mounted, bracket seat pan, (& the Beemer's seat too). The rest of the week, the new carb, air filter & throttle set up arrives ready for installation, shape the seat foam, come up with a tail light and license plate mount. Then  finish cutting, fitting & mounting the tank. Only to tear it all apart again.

Norton

I was rooting around in the garage yesterday and found a Norton Commando. I started my Commando project and it got to be too much for my "Skill Set", I wasn't making any progress I was pleased with so I  put it in the corner. It'll come back around this summer and I have a whole new outlook on the bike so we'll see.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should?

Busy

Sorry for lack of posts I've been busy trying to get this RWN SR500 out of my life. Progress is steady but for some reason slow? I'll upload some of the progress intel over the weekend.

In the mean time enjoy this thieved ROUSER photo of McGoo getting it on  aboard BCM SR500 #1.

UNCORKED!

The history of the term "Uncorked". 

If your in it for more than the pictures, check it out over at:   Prolly Is Not Probably

*Via 002 

Hoedown - Bash weekend.

Crazy Weekend.

I had big plans of shooting a lot of photos so I could have something to post & I started out OK but beer, moonshine, sunburn & sleep/food deprivation all took it's toll on my motivation. You know I really just wanted do a bunch of nothing with my friends anyway. Thursday out at Kutty's was fun & the ride was beautiful. Thanks to Bob for putting us up.

Of course The Bash was well planned and came off without any major drama. Just a great time with great people. Bill, McGoo & Chris, Thank You once again for putting together another amazing event. 

There's a lot of photos over at the Jockey Journal if you want.

LINK:  Jockey Journal Bash Thread

Pat shook down & ironed out his Sporty this weekend. Some small issues to work on and it should bullet proof for summer. 

I was out at Kutty's 5 or 6 weeks ago and since then he's built a mini ramp, a nice big shop and made a good amount of progress on his latest digger project.  I think he's figured out how to add more hours in the day? This bike is going to be amazing. 

San Diego Dudes... I can't get enough of that orange bike.

Slim, as to be expected a YZ490 packed in an RD350 chassis, some sort of bore/hand made piston deal? 

There was a ton of old american iron, some really great brit bikes and even some well done jap bikes but this XS 650 that JD built was my favorite bike of the weekend. JD's passion for the details is something I can easily relate to and it sure showed in this bike.

Photos thieved from Kevinhog

I really like this bike.

Dudes getting hung up on theses divider humps/center stands all weekend.

Friday evening dinner.

I hadn't seen these in a long time.

Amongst a lot of great bikes my SR brought home 3rd place, Stoked/Surprised...

Hitting The Road

We're Bash Bound & I'm stoked. See you Monday.

McGoo's CB450 Street Tracker

Go over to the Biltwell site & check out McGoo's finished build. He's been busting his ass hoping to finish for the Bash, he pulled it off and it looks *Freakin Sweet.

*peter griffin

SKILLS! Phoenix Police Motorcycle Competition 2009

This was on Jockey Journal & I had to thieve it. If you have ever done time on a bagger you know how impressive this is.

Works Bikes

Marty Tripes 1979 RC 250 & Bob Hanna's 1979 OW40

Jonny O'Mara's 1981 HONDA RC250A1D

Kent Howerton's 1980 Suzuki RH80 250

One off aluminum tank Roger Decoster used to win the 1973 World championship

Early 70's Yamahas hand machined titanium hardware

Growing up my grandparents owned newsstand/convenience store which meant I had access to amazing selection of magazines and throughout the 70's & early 80's Motocross Action and Dirt Bike were my among my favorites. Looking back I realize that the reason I was  really fond of that era of motocross is there was a lot more focus on bikes. It was the "Works Bikes" era and one off parts were being fabricated and tested on a daily basis. Back then they weren't afraid to test these parts on race day either which added another element of the unknown/excitement which is racing.  

Don't get me wrong this stuff has never gone away but ever since the production rule went into effect in the 80's the bikes are just not in the spotlight like they were. Although I still enjoy eyeing up a Pro Circuit race bike it's just not the same. 

A while back I stumbled across some photos the legendary Mugen ME125-W1 (header photo) which lead me to MXWORKSBIKES.COM a great site by Terry Good.  Terrys collection of these bikes. parts, and information from this era is amazing and brought back some great memories and generated some new inspiration.

Check it out: MXWORKSBIKES.COM

Alan foster Update

I received an update email from Al's wife this morning. Yesterday Alan underwent 6 hours of surgery to fuse his vertebrae. The next challenge being a 6 week to possibly a year recovery including a back & neck brace 24/7 until the Dr. says they can be removed. 

Let's try and keep the rubber side down people.

Kutty's & The Bash Roll Call

Who's in?

AF Down

Good friend and BMX fixture Alan Foster went down hard at Sheep Hills yesterday.

Alan fractured 3 vertebrae, two ribs and scraped up his face pretty good. Alan is coherent, moving all limbs and able to talk with no difficulty. Surgery is scheduled for Monday or Tuesday.

I'm not a religious man by any means but I'll be sending good vibes in that direction.

Duane Ballard Custom Leather

I dropped the pan and foam off at Duane's on Monday afternoon, He calls me yesterday (thursday) morning, it's done. The woman & I drove out to pick it up today. While there I got to check out McGoo's Street tracker seat/tail section & Duane showed me the progress on his new digger creation The Pink Taco, All great stuff . It's a pleasure to work with people who get shit done and done well. 

Thanks Duane I'm grateful.

link:  Duane Ballard Custom Leather