LOUD PROUD AND PUNK

The BUSINESS kicked ass last night. Oi Oi Oi

Swing by my place....

with your time machine on payday. I need to pick up a few things....

And the latest find.

The motorcycle gods have been good to me lately. Drove out and picked this beauty the other day. 1974 CB550. A classic example of a 70's budget/mild custom. +10" over fork tubes, aftermarket drag pipes, rear wheel wheel laced to a 16", 6 band buckhorn bars, twisted highway pegs. Too cool. This bike was bought as it is in 76, road from brandon to SK twice and out to BC once. the owner moved to Saskatoon in 1980 and parked it in the shed at his acreage. Has sat ever since. 30 years of storage. He said he had it fired up 10 years ago but hasn't rode it since 80. i have to get it going and ride it as is a few times, but I unfortunately have bigger and badder plans for it. Period 70's chopper winter project. more on that later....

Parts!

I decided to pass on the pre-unit frame to a brother in need. A few of the Regina boys drove down a few weeks ago to pick it up. Had a blast drinking beer and shooting the shit. good luck with the build bobby. heres a few items that i acquired in the deal.




JT passed along a few boxes of old HD parts the other day. Alot of bearings and junk, sprockets, cables, but heres the gems. Panhead era trans side cover and ratchet top, and an old HD speedo, that i have't been able to identify yet. neat stuff. thanks bud.

1976 CB400f PERIOD Cafe - Highway robbery -

ok i have lots to update on as, in my usual fashion, i haven't had time to get on here. But here is the latest jewel in my collection. Came across this SWEET cafe through an old friend at work who had been bugging me for the last few years to check out and buy his old bike. i wasn't all that interested in picking up another old stock Jap bike. Little did I know. Its a 76 CB400 four. the bike was bought new by my friend and he went on to build it through the late seventies/early eighties. Its got tons of OS parts and custom work done. Fiberglass cowel, clubman bars, had the tank dished for bar clearance. fork brace, Koni rear shocks, yoshimura race pipe (very rare), pirelli phantom rubber, custom fiberglass rear section. bar end mirrors. The coolest thing is the engine. Last run in 88, the motor was pulled and sent out for full rebuild including big bore kit (to 458cc) track Cam, and some porting was done to the head. Upon return of the motor the bike has sat in heated storage ever since. The motor hasn't been set between the frame rails yet. Now its my turn to have my fun with it. I shouldn't even say what i paid for it. Highway robbery.

Interesting weekend.

Well the weekend came and went, but not without its share of motorcycle related craziness. Gary Grady's Chopper run was on Saturday., I drove like a madman back from the lake to catch the run leaving rec supply, only to be ten minutes late from the pack. When we got to dundurn, we found out the run went to delisle first. Burgers and beers ensued as we waited for everyone to arrive. The chop was running like a dream, for the time being. We grew anxious waiting for the run to get to Big mur's so we decided to ride back to the city for a beer and then return to mur's at 7 for the festivities. Well in our usual fashion of laziness and waiting on deadbeat buddies, we didn't make it back till 8 and missed all the bike "games". Fuck. Had a blast riding around with Slider on the motorized picnic table tho. As for the chopper, i blew out the clutch rod seal on the second ride, which progressively got worse and worse, completely drenching the back half of the bike( and the rear tire!) The oil musta found its way into my electrics box cuz on the ride home my running light on the tail light quit working, then my low beam, and finally after a delicious double hot dog at OJ's (it had bacon on it!) I headed across the city in complete darkness as my highbeam shorted out as well!! fuck!

But on a positive note, i finally cracked the case of the non-charging ironhead. When i replaced the original speedo/tach dash i just capped the wire leading to the GEN light. apparently this wire need to be fed to power for the gen to function! who knew? well i have a strong charge and am STOKED! one less thing to worry about.

obsession

pre-unit

Frame looks pretty good once its all stripped down. haven't put it in the jig but it appears to be nice n straight. Still unsure what i'm gonna do with this...

California dreamin..

Wishin i was boarding a plane today to check out the BF2 show. Gonnna be insane. Have fun Jordan, and bring home that pan!

cretin

84 ironhead. Split rockers, and other fun stuff....

New lid!

newest addition to my collection. liner and decals by moi.

A piece of moto history..

My newly acquired 1947 Triumph T100. Not much to look at, but definitely a conversation piece. I have no intentions of actually building anything with this bike any time soon, so it may go on the auction block. would look pretty good on the garage wall as well...

loco @ draggins 2010

Back in March, bikes never been so clean. New mods include sissy bar, new seat, shaved front forks, and check out the sick deck painted by decay.