FRED LORENZEN'S 1966 GALAXIE STOCK CAR . . . YOU WANT TOUGH ??? THIS IS FUCKING TOUGH, AND I'M A MOPAR GUY !!! - YouTube

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE EARLY 60's THROUGH TO 1970 WAS THE ZENITH FOR NASCAR RACING, MAN, THOSE CARS WERE THE NASTY SHIT, BIG BLOCKS, BIG SPEED AND BIG BALLS !!! BY THE EARLY 70'S THEY HAD DROPPED FAT BLOCKS, BROUGHT IN RESTRICTER PLATES AND THE WHOLE THING HAD BEEN DILUTED SOMEWHAT, NEVER TO RETURN TO IT'S BEST.

EVEN OUT HERE IN AUSTARLIA I WAS A FULLY SMITTEN FAN, EVERY SUNDAY ON ONE OF THE TWO AVAILABLE T.V CHANNELS IN THE MID/LATE 60'S THEY WOULD RUN THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S NASCAR HIGHLIGHTS AND I'D SIT THERE WITH DAD BEFORE LUNCH WATCHING IT, DREAMING I WAS KING DICK, ANY ONE OF THEM WOULD'VE DONE ME JUST FINE, TRUTH BE KNOWN . . .

ANYWAY, TO THIS DAY, OUTSIDE OF THE BATHURST 1000, IT'S STILL MY PREFERRED FORM OF CAR RACING . . . WHEN INDY CARS FIRST CAME TO THE GOLD COAST [YAWN . . ], THE NASCARS WERE ALWAYS THE CROWNING GLORY FOR ME, FROM NEARLY A KILOMETRE AWAY WHERE I LIVE YOU COULD HEAR THOSE SNARLING, BRAWLING BEASTS MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE TRACK, IT WAS UN FUCKING REAL ACTUALLY BEING TRACKSIDE WATCHING IT IN THE FLESH !!!

I was initially trawling around for some decent footage of #43 . . . and we all know who's number that is, then I stumbled onto this short but oh so sweet half minute clip of one ot the mid 60's hardest competitors cars, Fred Lorenzen's 1966 Galaxie in all it's unadulterated, cock throbbing glory. This hornbag 'Stocker', [that's a relative term, ha ha ha], has been left unmolested and lavished with love for the past forty five years, still with the legit Holman and Moody 427 big block in obviously fine fettle.

TO MY EYES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BLUE WITH A PLYMOUTH OR DODGE BADGE ON IT, IT LOOKS FRIGGIN IMMACULATE, THE STEELIES, DIRTY GREAT SIDE EXITING PIPES, THE REAR PANELS PUMPED OUT LIKE A YOUNG ARNIE IN A SMALL TEE SHIRT . . . . AND THEN, THEN THERE'S THE SOUND WHEN THEY FIRE IT UP . . . IF ANYBODY RECKONS THAT DOESN'T SOUND FUCKING TOUGH, I'LL EAT SHIT FOR A MONTH !!!!!

***** Come on, I know you want to, click on the post title, turn the volume up to 'bleed' and watch this old girl snarl, thanks to 'LOOKATMATTSCAR' for the brief but bewdiful footage, get it on !!!

UNKLE "BURN MY SHADOW" . . . I TOLD YOU I'D HAVE BLOODY NIGHTMARES !!!!! - YouTube

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!

I WAS BEING CHASED BY A RIDERLESS, HUBLESS MONSTER . . . THEN I WOKE UP, THANK GOD !!!!

GET INTO A BIT OF THE MEN FROM "UNKLE" . . . IAN ASTBURY ET AL FROM 2007, A TOTALLY
BRILLIANT TUNE, EXTRAORDINARY CLIP . . . . HOOK IN BY HITTING ON THE LINK BELOW . . . . .
NYE NYE FOLKS, SLEEP TIGHT, DON'T LET THE HUBLESS MONSTER BITE . . . HA HA HA HA HA
Unkle - Burn My Shadow - YouTube

HUBLESS FUCKING MONSTROSITY !!! IT MADE BILLY LANE'S MODEL SEEM SOMEHOW TASTEFUL . . . WE KNOW IT CAN BE DONE NOW, SO NEVER, EVER AGAIN !

I'M GONNA HAVE NIGHTMARES TONIGHT, HAPPENED UPON SOMETHING I'D HOPED I WOULD NEVER ENCOUNTER AGAIN . . . A CRIME AGAINST THE LAWS OF AESTHETICS AND NATURE . . . A THING SO WRETCHEDLY AND ABOMINABLY GROTESQUE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN CRUSHED AT BIRTH !!!

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT . . . THE HUBLESS MONSTER !!! REMEMBER THIS VULGAR EYESORE FROM A FEW YEARS BACK ??? CHRIST ON A CROSS, HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU NOT !!! THE WAY TO THE FUTURE, THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME . . . . . 'TRON' ON A BAD ACID DAY MORE LIKELY !!!

Look, I realise the mechanical and engineering 'genius' behind this hideous, two wheeled Frankenfuck, but, really, who cares when it looks uglier than shit on a stick, has the handling characteristics of a . . . . Jesus, let's face it, it doesn't handle, it makes Swiss Family Turtle's OCC contraptions look like G.P bikes, and to top it all off the shiny shitbox costs the entire U.S defence budget to build !!!

Sorry if I'm missing the point, however, I doubt it, but building anything just to prove it can be done has never been a validation of that thing's existence and this jigger is the definitive example in the world of two wheeled transport . . . . I'd rather be nailed to a Boehmerland [I know I've screwed the spelling] than even be seen in the same street as this monument to masturbatory stupidity.

Having said all of that, the idea is clearly catching on given the hundreds I see every day on the road . . . no, seriously now, if I ever clap eyes on anything remotely resembling this heinously horrible ode to motorcycling obscenity on a road I'm riding or driving on, I swear to the Gods of all that is good, cool and easy on the eye, I'll invoke the spirit of The Divine Wind and take the fucker out . . . . TORA, TORA, TORA !!!!!

*** I LIFTED THE ARTICLE FROM THE "ANYTHING AND EVERTTHING" BLOG WHERE IT RECIEVED A GLOWING ENDORSEMENT, CLICK ON LINK BENEATH OR POST TITLE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAWK AT THIS DELIGHTFULLY TASTEFUL RENDERING OF MOTORCYCLING MAGNIFICENCE . . . .
Anything & Everything: Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes

**** I DID MENTION IN MY BLOG HEADER THAT THERE WOULD BE MOMENTS OF VITRIOLIC VINDICTIVE AND DOWNRIGHT NASTINESS ON OCCASION . . . . OOPS . . . I WAS RIGHT.

IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - "WAKE UP AND MAKE LOVE" FROM 'NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES' - STRAIGHT OUTTA LONDON, THE OSCAR WILD OF ROCK AND ROLL, . . . . WHO SAID WHITE BOYS CAN'T GET FUNKY ?? YouTube

*THIS ONE'S FOR "LOVELESS" . . . . THERE ARE THOSE WHO CALL HIM . . . . TIM.

THINKIN ABOUT DR FEELGOOD AND WILKO JOHNSON LEAD MY MIND INSTANTLY TO A GEEZER WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO MY MUSICAL HEART . . . HE TOOK THE HIGH ROAD STRAIGHT OUT OF KILBURN AND PRODUCED SOME OF THE CATCHIEST, SUPER FUNKY, QUIRKY, GROOVE DRENCHED POP TO COME OUT OF THE ENTIRE POST PUNK, 'NEW WAVE' ERA . . . IAN DURY, WITH AND WITHOUT THE FABULOUS BLOCKHEADS !!!

How can you possibly not like someone who, afflicted by polio as a child and with withered arm and shuffling gait, writes a tune called "Spasticus Autisticus" as a protest about something that now escapes me [damn !!], gets slammed by all the social do gooders, banned by the Beeb [BBC], then, politely tells them all to stick it up their arses I'll write what I want ???

How can you not be totally moved by a bloke who can articulate the following line " . . . slap, bang, tickle, the Vincent motorsickle" and then work it into a fucking cracker song ??? One of my very favourite Dury lines comes from the tune I've featured here, the oh so 'Morning Glory' inducing, "Wake Up and Make Love" . . . . "I come awake in a horny morning mood, you're still asleep, in the naughty, naked nyude", [he pronounces 'nude' as 'nyude'], what bloke could not possibly relate to that universal observation  ???

Here's a handful of classics from the bard himself that are easily found for those unfamiliar with Ian Dury's musical genius - "What a Waste", "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll", "Reasons to be Cheerful part III", "Sweet Gene Vincent", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", "There ain't 'alf been some Clever Bastards", "I wanna be Straight" and the bitingly scathing "Spasticus Autisticus".

DURY WAS A DEEPLY TALENTED AND UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, INTELLECTUALLY AND MUSICALLY, A POET, SONGWRITER, ACTOR AND CHAMPION OF THE COMMON MAN, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE GUY, HIS MUSIC STILL LIFTS ME ABOVE THE TURGID MIASMA OF EXISTENCE AND BRINGS A HUGE, SHITEATING GRIN TO MY DIAL AND I FIGURE IT ALWAYS WILL . . . . " . . .

*** [click on the link below or on post title to bop along with the infectiously catchy 'Wake Up and Make Love" . . . let the fancy take you . . . ]
ian dury - wake up & make love - live - YouTube

THE REAL DEAL !! DR FEELGOOD "MILK AND ALCOHOL" . . . SUPPORTED THESE GUYS TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW, NO FRILLS, NO BULLSHIT, NO PRISONERS !!! - YouTube

BACK WHEN MOSES WAS RIDING A Z50, WELL, 1984, MY FIRST BAND OPENED FOR DR FEELGOOD TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW AT JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY IN TOWNSVILLE, FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND, IT WAS A PERFECT GIG . . . THEY WERE 100% OUTLAWS !!!

BOTH BANDS GOT ON THE PISS TOGETHER TWO DAYS RUNNING, WE SAT AND LISTENED TO LEE BRILLEAUX, THEIR DYNAMIC, FULL ON, FOUNDER/FRONTMAN AND INSANE HARP PLAYER, REGALE US WITH TALES FROM THE U.K POST PUNK SCENE AND TRAVELS ALL OVER EUROPE THEN SAT SIDE OF STAGE BEING BLOWN AWAY BY HIS AND THE BAND'S SHEER FUCKING PSYCHO ENERGY . . .

THEY WERE SWEATY, DIRTY AND TOTALLY FULL ON, R+B WITH A GENUINE PUNK INFUSED ENERGY THAT WAS PALPABLE . . . SADLY THEY ARE TO THIS DAY, WAY UNDER-RATED OR AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGED IN A 'POPULAR' SENSE . . . YET THEIR INFLUENCE IS VAST WITHIN THE GLOBAL MUSIC SCENE.

LEE DIED SOME YEARS AGO, ALCOHOL AND LIVIN THE LIFE TOOK THEIR TOLL BUT THE MUSIC LIVES ON . . . WILCO JOHNSON, THE ORIGINAL AND LEGENDARY GUITARIST, CARRIES ON THE LEGACY BY TURNING UP AT 'CANNERY ROW', THEIR SPIRITUAL HOME, AND PROMOTING THIS UNIQUE OUTFIT'S CATALOGUE OF MATERIAL.

I KNOW I SAY THIS A LOT, BUT GET OUT THERE AND GET INTO THE FEELGOOD'S, THE STORY BEHIND THE NAME, WHERE THEY CAME FROM, THE ACTS THEY USED TO WORK WITH, THEY WERE THE 'REAL DEAL' !!!! ACCEPT NO PHONIES !!!

**** HIT THE BELOW LINK OR POST TITLE TO MIX YOUR DRINKS WITH DR FEELGOOD AND A GROOVY LITTLE DITTY CALLED "MILK AND ALCOHOL" . . . 1, 2, 3, 4 . . .
Dr Feelgood - Milk & Alcohol - YouTube

ENGLISH DON: "COOKIN' IN HELLS KITCHEN" BY DAVID SNOW

**** SUPPLEMENTAL TO PREVIOUS POST, REALLY COOL PIECE ON ENGLISH DON FROM HIS OWN BLOG . . . WRITTEN IN '96 BY SNOWY, A MAN WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY, THE PEOPLE, THE BIKES AND THE PLACES IN THE WORLD OF CUSTOMS, CHOPS, BOBS, FLOBS AND CHOBS THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER PERSON ON THE PLANET . . . . GIVES YOU A NICE INSIGHT INTO THE TIMES OF A DECADE AND A HALF AGO . . . PARTICULARLY ENGLISH DON'S POSITION WITHIN IT.

I'M HEADIN OFF FOR A BLAST IN THE RAIN THEN, UPON MY RETURN, I'M GOING TO DO A BIT OF SEARCHING BECAUSE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT THE 'DON' IS STILL AMONG US . . . I SINCERELY HOPE HE IS.
[Hit the link below or on post title to gleen more history on chopping, rebelling and living free]
ENGLISH DON: Cookin' in Hells Kitchen

SEGMON VON HEINTZ - SEEING 'MAXINE' FOR THE FIRST TIME NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO TOTALLY SHIFTED MY PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY CHOPPERS

BY 1994 I'D BOUGHT A BRAND NEW SPEED TRIPLE, [YES, THE ORANGE VERSION] I WAS STILL BUYING 'CLASSIC BIKE' EVERY MONTH AS I HAD SINCE ABOUT '90, I HAD FINISHED HAVING MY '74 T140 REBUILT, PUT A NEW 351 CLEVO IN MY ZC FAIRLANE AND BASICALLY HAD NOT HAD TOO MUCH INTEREST IN CHOPS . . . .

Reason being, back then, certainly here in Australia, most chops, especially the ones we saw coming into Classic Bike Tune, were fucking horribly butchered, ugly as sin Trumpy's, Beezers and the occasional 750/4 that were owned by guys who clearly wanted a Hoggly . . . I was fully into altered, performance enhanced, ultra 'rideable' classics . . . preferably T120's and 140's.

As far as choppers went, there was fuck all cool, little finesse, even less engineering talent and generally no hope of ever riding the things in anything less than a straight line. Even the Harley crew of the late eighties and early/mid nineties in Oz seemed preoccupied with 16" solid front wheels, billet accessories and silly paint jobs lifted from the current hot rod scene, yuk !!!

Funny thing was that I had always been into the post war 'bobber' thing and the halcyon days of the sixties to early seventies chopper scene, especially a lot of the rides that were built to be flogged and flailed, whether 'Frisco' or East Coast in style, they were about speed, performance and being ridden flat out in all situations.

In late '94 while wating to pick up a couple of wheels that needed new tyres fitted from one of the local 1% club owned Harley workshops, I was flicking through the new edition of "Iron Horse" and came across a bike that reminded me of the "Billy Bike" which had always been a red hot fave of mine.

That bike was "Maxine", it was compact, tough, functional and way cool, a real fucking hot rod in the traditional sense of the term and it had been put together by a bloke with an equally chilled name, one Segmon Von Heintz, which instantly linked in my head with Ed Roth and Von Dutch for all the right Teutonic reasons. He also went on to have a hand in the legendary "Babylon Taxi", but that's another story entirely.

As it turned out, both bike and builder were to become significantly influential in the rebirth of what has now become the almost pop fodder chopper movement, unbeknownst to me at the time, he was also close mates with one English Don and a fella by the name of Indian Larry, from a time way before Biker Build Off and Discovery Channel Syndrome.

WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF MY SOUL LAID BARE, THAT BIKE SKEWED MY TAKE ON MODERN CHOPS AND WHAT COULD AND SHOULD BE POSSIBLE . . . FORM DEFINITELY FOLLOWING FUNCTION . . . I'M JUST STARTING ON A '74 SHOVELLER AND I'LL BE FULLY STOKED IF IT CAN LOOK HALF AS GOOD AS SEG'S . . .

*** I'VE STOLEN AN ENTIRE PAGE FROM SEG'S OLD "PSYCHO CYCLES" BLOG TO ILLUSTRATE NOT ONLY THE NATURE OF MAXINE BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE OTHER PHOTOS AVAILABLE, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR POST TITLE TO BARE WITNESS . . .
Psycho Cycles Inc

BAD T.V, BAD FOOD . . . SOMEHOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER . . . IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS DRIVEL YOU NEED SOME SERIOUS TWEAKING !!!

I SHOULDA SIGNED UP FOR THIS BLOGGING LARK YEARS AGO . . . THAT WAY I MIGHTN'T BE QUITE SO FULL TO THE EYEBALLS WITH POISONOUS BILE AND VITRIOL ABOUT THIS JOKE SERIES !!!!

I happened upon this bit of promo for the show that so many, probably the same fucking idiots who made American Chubber into the popular but unwarranted success it became, have been fussing over for however long it's been on . . .

I'm not going to spend anymore time on this shit than I really have to, suffice to say, I found the tie-in between a tray of tawdry, scuzzy fast food and a show that I'm sure is just as bland and disposable, was perfect in every way, a real 'synergy' in current marketing lingo !!

And for those about to sledge me for 'hating on' their favourite show, let me piss you off even more . . . . I've honestly never seen one episode . . . . for the self same reason I've never watched 'Idol', never bought a Nickleback c.d and have never eaten a turd . . . I just 'know' it ain't right !!!

. . . . at last I've purged myself, feels better already, been a 'long train runnin', now, if you want to, and I fully comprehend if you don't, hit on the link below or post title to cast your eyes over a union made in beige !!
Sons Of Anarchy Season 2 Covers Covers Hut

***** IF YOU WANT TO SEE REAL FOOTAGE OF REAL 1%ers, THERE'S PLENTY OF LEGITIMATE MATERIAL OUT THERE TO FEAST UPON, PLENTY OF OLD 'B' MOVIE STUFF AND LOTS OF BOOKS OF VARYING LEVELS OF INTEGRITY, BUT MY SINCERE FEELING ON THE MATTER IS SIMPLE - GET A FUCKING LIFE !!!!

INSANE, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS SHIT !!! 5 RIDERS INSIDE THE "BALL OF DEATH" !!! AT THE AUSSIE 'NON-MOSCOW' CIRCUS, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY FUCKING COOL !! - YouTube

TOOK MY DARLING DAUGHTER TO THE SO CALLED* "MOSCOW CIRCUS" ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE ENTIRE SHOW WAS REALLY ENJOYABLE, BUT THEN . . . .

THEN OUT COMES THE "BALL OF DEATH", THE RIDERS WERE ALL ON WHAT LOOKED TO BE KX 80'S, THE BALL AIN'T BIG, STARTS OUT WITH ONE GUY, THEN ANOTHER, THEN ANOTHER . . . .

I DREDGED THIS CLIP UP FROM POOTUBE . . . SAD TO SAY THE GLORIOUS CACOPHONY OF TWO STROKES GOING HARD HAS BEEN DROWNED OUT BY SOME ADDED IN PUSTULESCENT BOG METAL WANNABE TRACK . . . . BE THAT AS IT MAY, JUST IMAGINE THE NOISE OR MAKE YOUR OWN.

IT WAS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE FIFTY YEARS, FUCKING MIND BLOWING !!!! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THOUGHT IT WAS THE SHEEEET !!!!

*****CHECK OUT THE "BALL OF DEATH" INSANITY BY CLICKING ON LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE . . . . TOTALLY WILD !!!!
Amazing Ball Of Death - YouTube

*So called due to the fact that nobody in the troupe had ever been anywhere near Russia, let alone Moscow, either that or they just easily feigned Aussie accents !!!! The willing suspension of disbelief can go a long way to embracing any show . . . . Thanks Moscow Circus, brilliant stuff !!!55

CHRISSIE HYNDE, THE COOLEST, SEXIEST CHICK IN ROCK+ROLL, 'THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE' COULD'VE BEEN WRITTEN FOR HER - YouTube

SOME FOLK FIND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED BY PAIN, HEARTACHE AND SORROW AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES . . . . . AT ONE POINT IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES THIS INCREDIBLE WOMAN COULD'VE DROWNED IN IT . . .

Within the space of eighteen months or so, this expat American domiciled in the U.K, lost both her guitarist/boyfriend and her bass player to the ravages of smack, half of the band just gone . . . that alone would've been enough to send many people into total and life fucking depression . . . doubtless she felt like giving it all away, thank the universe she didn't !!

From the moment I first heard and saw her in the clip for 'Brass in Pocket' in my final year of high school, it might've even been earlier on The Kenny Everett Video Show, I thought she was the perfect combination of sexiness and flatout cool, like, exceptional !!! She totally did it for me, had real smarts, played a Tele, wrote great tunes, looked gorgeous/sexy/tough and just rocked out everytime . . . she had it all goin on !!!

Over thirty years nothing has changed for me, she is ageing gracefully and with consumate style and cool, she and Martin Chambers, the drummer, are still playin awesome gigs, she is articulate and savvy with a well balanced view of the world and I still reckon she's the sexiest, coolest woman in rock !!!

I've chosen a real kickarse tune, a cover if memory serves correctly, that she did not too long after the deaths of James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, if you've never been a fan, well, I guess you fucked off when you read the post title, if you are, check out how she moves and holds herself, ooh la la, now that, that's real cool shit !!!!

[go through the usual processes in clicking the link below or on the post title to see Miss Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders MKII getting down in "The Middle of the Road" . . . kick it !!!]
The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road - YouTube

"JOHN WAYNE WAS A FAG" AND OTHER STRANGE TALES FROM THE REPO MAN - YouTube

JUST FINISHED WATCHING "REPO MAN" ON CABLE . . . . . . . . . . AGAIN !!! I CAN'T ESCAPE IT,
EVERY TIME IT'S ON, THIS MAGNETIC FORCE WON'T LET ME CHANGE CHANNELS, NOT THAT I'M FIGHTING IT . . . . FUCKING GREAT FILM !!!!

IT'S BEEN NEARLY THIRTY YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED AND IT STILL HOLDS ALL THE POT SMOKIN, TRIP TAKIN, IGGY PLAYIN ALLURE FOR ME AS IT DID BACK THEN . . . A DEFINITE LOWBROW CLASSIC, TRUCK LOADS OF SUBLIMINAL STUFF GOIN ON, COOL CAST, QUIRKY AS HELL, SHIT HOT ONE LINERS AND A TOTALLY HIP SOUNDTRACK . . . WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE ????

Gonna have to split, "Rumble Fish" has just started and it's been a while, time to reacquaint ourselves . . . I'll report back on the morrow . . . . . . "if you're gonna leave people, you have to have somewhere to go" . . . .

[take a look at the Duke scene from Repo Man by clicking on below link or on post title]
John Wayne was a Fag - YouTube

GUY MARTIN - CERTIFIED MADMAN - TT HARDMAN - A REAL, NO FRILLS SPEED FREAK !!!

UP UNTIL THIS SUPERDUPER FREAK CAME ALONG, I WAS STILL GETTIN OVER THE ABSENCE OF "YER MON" FROM THE WORLDS OLDEST AND ULTIMATE TOURIST TROPHY RACE . . .

All I'm saying here is that I love watching this Guy [ha ha ha] race at the Isle of Man . . . . balls to the wall, on the pin, take no prisoners pedalling . . . . I just want the unluckiest man in road racing to grab a 1st in the Senior TT !! I don't want to hear from his critics re his percieved problems either, so fuck off !!!

After some lower podiums, a seeming succession of fucking DNf's and some almost mythical fast laps since 2005 or thereabouts, The Kirminator [that's my Martin nickname, he comes from Kirmington . . . you can use if you like Guy] placed 2nd in the 2011 Senior . . . surely the long awaited win is to be this year ????!!!!

I went and saw 'Closer to the Edge' in 3D late last year, it is now one of my all time favourite three bike flicks, and I was shattered . . .it's sooooooo fucking good !!! The 3D effects are absolutely, well . . . . 3D, and the photography, supreme . . .

Focusing on Guy and several other of these dudes who can manage the disconnect required to attack this 'killer' circuit as they do, including Ian Hutchinson, his main rival, the story has a real sense of build up and is riveting from go to go harder, I went the next night and saw it all over again . . . . get it on DVD and have a perve, if you dig fast, nailbiting, arsehole puckeringly on the edge road racing . . . you'll lose your load !!!

I STILL MISS JOEY DUNLOP, I RESPECT THE CONTEMPORARIES OF GUY MARTIN BUT "THE KIRMINATOR" . . . . "TO QUOTE DERRICK AND CLIVE" . . . HE GIVES ME THE FUCKIN HORN !!!

[in the meantime, here's some way cool lid-cam footage of Guy talking you through the entire course, at a fairly brisk clip as well . . . . hit below link and pucker up baby !!!!]
GUY MARTIN TT Isle of Man Lap on-board Honda 1000 - 1 of 2 - YouTube

"CRAZY FAST CRACKER'S ROCKET" - I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ARSE WHAT ROSCOE SAYS, TOM FOSTER'S RIDE IS CRAZY FUCKING FAST !!! YouTube

O.K, A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW JUST WHO THIS CRAZY BARRIO BRED WHITE BOY IS, HE'S BEEN FEATURED IN THE GLOSSIES MANY, MANY TIMES, CARS, BIKES AND INK . . . HE HAS STITCHED UP SOME SUPER HIGH QUALITY SHOOTERS FOR FOLK GOING BACK TWENTY YEARS OR SO . . .

APPARENTLY GIFTED WITH A BRAIN THE SIZE OF A PLANET, HE'S WORKED AT THE POINTY END OF AERONAUTICS AND HAS APPLIED THAT MEGA MIND TO HOW HE BOLTS MOTORS AND FRAMES TOGETHER INTO FEROCIOUSLY FAST FEAR MACHINES, AGAIN, IF YOU AIN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE MAN, DON'T LEAVE IT AT THAT, EXTEND YOURSELF, LEARN SOME SHIT AND FIND OUT !!!

THE POST I'VE THROWN UP FROM MY POOTUBE FILES WAS INITIATED BY A DEBATE I HAD WITH MY MECHANICAL MAIN MAN, ROSCOE BUCHANAN, REGARDING HOW QUICK FOSTER'S BEASTLY BIKE ACTUALLY IS . . . BEING A TRULY MASTERFUL SPANNERMAN AND SOMETHING OF A SCEPTIC AS WELL, HE WAS RELUCTANT TO CONCEDE THAT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS IS REALLY "THAT FAST". . . . .

I, HOWEVER, ON THE OTHER HAND, RECKON THIS VID SHOWS A FUCKING FAST, STREET REGO'D, YANK, BIG TWIN, MOVING RATHER RAPIDLY DOWN THE STREET . . .

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CLAP YOUR EYES ON THE LINK BELOW THIS LINE AND WATCH AS MR FOSTER AND HIS TRUSTY STEED VANISH INTO THE DISTANCE RIGHT QUICKISH . . . .
*****CRAZY FAST CRACKER'S ROCKET - YouTube

BIG LOVE TO "LOWBROWWORKS" FOR THE ORIGINAL FOOTAGE AND TO TOM FOR HAVING THE BALLS TO DO IT . . . . GIDDY UP MOTHERFUCKER, BOOOOOM !!!!

MAXIMUM SCHAFF ON A MINIMUM TOFT - FROM "NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS" BLOG

JUST ONE OF THOSE ACCIDENTS OF FOLLOWING YOUR NOSE ON THE NET . . . LOOKIN FOR MAX'S FIRST BIKE AND THEN . . . BANG !!!! . . . THERE HE IS ON THE "NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS" BLOG TEARIN IT UP ON A GENUINE PERIOD SIMS LONNIE TOFT DECK, WE'RE TALKIN LATE '77 OR THEREABOUTS . . . OOOOWEEE !!! . . HEAVY FLASH FOR AN OLD TIMER LIKE ME . . .

LONNIE RODE FOR BIG TOM BACK IN THE DAY AND WAS A PRETTY COOL SKATER, KNOWN FOR HIS BLUNT, WIDE, PREGNANT PADDLE POP STICK SHAPES . . . LESS REMEMBERED WAS HIS INSANO EIGHT WHEELED, CARPET COVERED SKATE HE CALLED . . . . FUCK, CAN'T REMEMBER THE BLOODY NAME, SOMETHIN LIKE 'OUTRAGEOUS' I THINK . . . FLYING DOORMAT ???

ANYWAY KIDDIES, DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE SUCKER AND TRIP ON BACK WHEN ACID WAS STILL REASONABLY UNSTABLE. IN THE MEANTIME ROLL ON AND CHECK OUT THE MAXIMUS SCHAFFTSTER ON A SIMS CLASSIC . . . HIT ON LINK BENEATH OR ON POST TITLE . . . NYE NYE.
Nostalgia on Wheels: Max Schaaf's Latest!
**** IT'LL HAVE TO BE THE POST TITLE , I FUCKED IT UP . . . NO SURPRISE THERE !!!

BIG HUGS TO "NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS" FOR PRE-PILFERING THE SHOT FROM 'THE SKATEBOOK'

"CHAINSAW" - AN EARLY INCARNATION OF DENVER DAN'S HIGHLY ACCLAIMED, FREQUENTLY EVOLVED CHOP . . .COOL JUST KEPT GETTIN COOLER

I FIND MYSELF MORE AND MORE OVER THE LAST YEAR, LOOKING BACK THROUGH ALL MY OLD ISSUES OF BIKE MAGS IN MY BEDROOM, LIVING ROOM, THE DUNNY, THE GARAGE, ALL OVER THE HOUSE REALLY . . . . SOME GOING BACK TO THE EARLY SEVENTIES . . . . TREASURE HUNTING.

LIKE MANY OF YOU, I HAVE NO PARTICULAR MISSION DURING THIS EMINENTLY ENJOYABLE PROCESS, I SUPPOSE INSPIRATION IS ONE ANGLE AND TAKING A DUMP IS OFTEN ANOTHER, NOT THEFT OF SOMEONE ELSES IDEAS, RATHER LETTING A PICTURE OF A RIDE I'VE ALWAYS LIKED SPARK MY MIND INTO CRYSTALISING WHICH WAY I WANT TO GO WITH SOME ELEMENT OF MY OWN PROJECT . . . .

There are a stack of this current generation of rider/builders who I thoroughly respect and admire and am inspired by, many of them listed in the blogs I follow, a few are from a crew who even preceeds guys my age, they are passing the flame and the baton to all those prepared to take them up and to run with it.

I really dig checkin out the bikes and the articles, the clips on PooTube, time and time again, hour after hour, just sucking it all in and letting it spontaneously gel in my subconcious so it's simply 'there' when I need to draw upon it, the pursuit of knowledge, history and understanding is endless and rewarding, even in the world of bikes, whatever your bag is.

Furthermore, now that I've taken the plunge and started this blogging shindig after ten plus years of pathetic, passive and distant voyeuristic observation, swearing not to join in 'cause I was chickenshit scared of something I had no idea about, namely the net and all it has to offer, the truth is, I'm enjoying it so much more than I ever imagined I could or would . . . it's un-fucking-real !!! Just wait til I get the uploading of photos and videos mastered . . . look out world !!!

BOTTOM LINE, TO ALL THE CREW WHO OPERATE THE BLOGS I FOLLOW, ALL MY SINCERE RESPECT AND THANKS, FOR THE INSPIRATION, [SOME OF YOU I'VE BEEN 'FOLLOWING' SINCE YOU STARTED BUT I NEVER 'SIGNED ON' OUT OF FEAR OF HAVING MY PALTRY BANK ACCOUNT EMPTIED OR MY IDENTITY STOLEN, THAT WAS MY INTERNET PARANOIA AND UNDERSTANDING - WHAT A TOOL !!] THE KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR TOLERANCE WITH MY OFTEN OVER ENTHUSIASTIC COMMENTS, I GUESS I'M JUST MAKING UP FOR LOST AND WASTED TIME.

FINALLY, THE SUBJECT OF THE BIKE IN THIS POST, DENVER DAN BEGAKIS' "CHAINSAW" . . . I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WAS THE FIRST EDITION I RECALL SEEING, I THOUGHT 'WOW, TOO FUCKING COOL' AND AS IT SO HAPPENS, EVEN THOUGH IT LOST SOME OF ITS RAW APPEAL IN THE SHOT TAKEN BY THE LEGEND DUTCHMAN FEATURED HERE, IT GAINED IN SUBTLE BEAUTY AND ELEGANT FORM BY THE TIME IT REACHED 'GLOSSY STATUS' . . . DEFINITELY AN INFLUENTIAL SCOOT IN MY LITTLE WORLD . . .

****[have a good look at Dutchman's photo by clicking on post title or below this line - FTW]
- Auto & moto - denver dan's chainsaw.jpg

MAYBE I JUST HAVE A PREDISPOSITION FOR HOT LIME METALICS ON BIKES . . . ??? AN OLDY FROM THE VAULTS, FRENCH KISS KUSTOMS PAN . . . C'EST FANTASTIQUE !!

I WAS SITTING ON THE THRONE IN THE GENTLEMENS READING ROOM THUMBING THROUGH THE APRIL '07 ISSUE OF 'THE HORSE' AND CAME ACROSS A SHOT OF THIS SUPER NEAT PAN FROM "FRENCH KISS KUSTOMS" AT SOME SOUTHERN GATHERING THAT SERIOUSLY SEXED ME UP BACK THEN . . . SO DID THE CHICK WITH THE MASSIVE YABBOS STANDING BESIDE IT !!!

I thought it was P.F.C [pretty fuckin cool] then and nothing's changed now . . . Then, just before wiping time, I started to realise that I really do have the hots for classic hot rod lime green metal flake paint jobs and I reckon it's because when I was a kid growing up in the sixties colours like that and all the vivid flake purples, oranges, blues and reds that were being used by all those inspired by pioneers like Roth, Watson and Barris et al were so nothing like stock, factory paint jobs it was as though they were from some whole other psychadelic, koolade galaxy !!!

Now, as a fifty year old bloke, they still have the same effect on me today, makes me feel like a kid all over again, the French Kiss ride featured in the Horse only went to reinforce my belief, it's just a wicked gorgeous colour, throw in some sicko scallops and pinstriping and it's a complete winner.

THE ARTICLE I'VE LIFTED FROM AN OLDER "JOCKEY JOURNAL" PIECE ALSO FEATURES SOME OTHER SHOTS OF ANOTHER REALLY KILLER KUSTOM THE BORDEAUX BROTHERS PUT OUT THAT IS CROWNED BY AN OLD HUSKY TANK WITH ENGINE TURNED DETAIL ON THE EXPOSED ALLOY SECTION . . . . TOO SWEET !!!

Alright, that's it for now, take a look at some great shots of some bitchin bikes courtesy of the "Jockey Journal" and French Kiss Kustoms . . . . Lime Green metalflake . . . perpetually perty . . .
[click on the link right under this line or at the top on post title]
French Kiss Kustoms... psychadelic cyclewerks - Page 7 - The Jockey Journal Board

TALKIN OF GUITAR TWANGERS, FOR THOSE IN EUROPE READING THIS BLOG, GET OUT AND SHARE THE NOISE AT ONE OF GILBYGTR'S UPCOMING EURO SHOWS !!!!

I DON'T KNOW GILBY CLARKE FROM GILBEYS GIN BUT I KNOW HE IS ONE TALENTED BASTARD WHO CAN NOT ONLY WAIL ON AN AXE BUT ALSO HAPPENS TO TURN OUT HIS OWN PRETTY FUCKIN COOL SCOOTS AND HAS DONE FOR SOME TIME . . .

HE'S ON HIS WAY TO THE CONTINENT RIGHT SOONISH, SO GET YOUR CREW TOGETHER, SORT SOME ACCOM, STRAP THE TRAVELLING KIT ONTO THE BIKE AND TURN IT INTO A ROAD TRIP TO RIP . . . LOCK UP YOUR PANHEADS, COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU . . .

GILBY CLARKE DOES EUROPE . . . GET YOUR ARSE INTO GEAR !!!!!

[put your little pointy thing on the link below or stab it into the post title to get a squiz at the tour dates]
gilbygtr

ROBERT GORDON WITH THE ONE AND ONLY MISTER LINK WRAY - "RED HOT " . . . THE INVENTOR OF DIRTY, DISTORTED, OVERDRIVEN GUITAR, PLUG IN AND TURN IT UP !!!!

I'M GOING TO HAVE A BIT OF AN OUT AND OUT BOAST HERE FOR A MINUTE . . . . I HOPE Y'ALL CAN UNDERSTAND WHY AND FORGIVE MY GRATUITOUS BRAGGING . . . . BUT IT'S A GOODY !!!

In over twenty five years playing live music for a living [fuck, is that what it was ??] one of the enduring highlights was getting to hang out and sing three tunes in mine and my closest mates club, "The Doghouse Blues Bar and Grill", with the unbelievable Link Wray and his band when they toured Oz back in '96 . . . .

My first original band for five years from '81 - '85 was a psychobilly outfit and I was a huge fan of his and very aware of his special place in the world of rock+roll and guitar in particular, he'd also had a career revival on a couple of wicked albums with the very fucking cool, Robert Gordon, who I also totally got into . . .

Anyhow, in the aftermath of "Pulp Fiction", once again there was a surge of interest in this greatly under acknowledged man and his contribution to the music we take for granted today . . . we booked him to play at the Doghouse, spent all afternoon hanging out with him and his young Ramones like Dutch band, had dinner and some beers and got back in for the gig, at this stage Link must've been seventy years old !!

He came on stage to a packed house of about a thousand sweaty, amped and psyched punters and proceeds to crank out the most insane, ear bleedingly loud, blisteringly fast set that we were to see in nearly three years of live bands at the gig . . . the guy is fucking seventy something and going completely berzerk !!!

Then, just before the end of his manic set, he asks me up to join him for a number, well screw me sideways, what a thrill, I kid you not !!! We did a super fast version of "Walkin the Dog" followed by "Flyin Saucer Rock and Roll", then, as if that wasn't enough of a stoke for me, we ended up doing the best rendition of "Route 66" I've ever done in my life . . . totally mental !!!!

Link finished with an encore of the viciously distorted "Rumble" and an equally malevolent interpretation of, you guessed it, "Batman", then he retired to the band room where he sat on the floor, his back against the wall, covered by a towel, sweating bullets, completely and utterly spent . . . his wife stayed by his side for the next hour . . . . he had given so much that night he was simply all used up !!!

I fared him well later that night, thanked him for making my life and watched his limo vanish up the alleyway . . . a night I will always cherish !!!!

**** SO, NOW THE YARN IS OUT OF THE WAY, CLICK ON THE "LINK" BELOW, HA HA HA, TO SEE THE MAN, THE FATHER OF FUZZ GUITAR AND HEAVY METAL, LINK WRAY, TEARING IT UP WITH MR ROBERT GORDON ON THE WICKED BILLY LEE RILEY CLASSIC, "RED HOT" - DIG IT CATS !!!
Red Hot Robert Gordon Link Wray Rob Stoner Punk Rock1978 BillyLeeRiley 57 Billy The Kid Emerson 1954 - YouTube

BIMOTA DB1 - I RODE ONE OF THESE ONCE . . IF I WASN'T SUCH A FAT BASTARD IT WOULD'VE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

GRIER PAGE . . . WHERE ARE YOU 'GRUB' ??? REMEMBER THE DAY YOU FUCKED THE FRONT ROTOR ASSEMBLY ON A CUSTOMER'S 1986 BIMOTA db1 ????
I MOST CERTAINLY DO, LESSON LEARNT THE EXPENSIVE, HARD WAY ABOUT CORRECT ORDER OF DOING UP THE PINCH BOLTS . . . .
THE INCORRECT PROCEDURE LEADS TO NEAR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AS THE CALIPER TAKES GREAT GRAUNCHES OUT OF ALL THE 'TOP HAT' RETAINERS BETWEEN DISC CENTRE AND ROTOR . . . . OUCH !!!!! STUPID BOY !!!!

I got to ride the petit little 750 on the post destruction/rebuild test run, gorgeous wee rocket for the day, only drama was that it was clearly produced with midget pigmy dwarves in mind and being a solid lad of 6'1" it was never going to fit like a thumb in the bum . . . however, completely enclosed fairing, compact, great handling yada yada yada and, of course, the attendant stratospheric price !!!

Anyhoo, here's a great shot of the thing and a comprehensive write-up on one of the best sports bikes of the eighties . . . the Bimota db1 . . . . . la piccolo bellissimo !!!

Thanks to "Motorcyclespecs" for the entire shebang, tidy work guys, cheers.
[to scope it out click link below this line or on post title, make Ducati noises with mouth and read]
Bimota DB1

. . . A STRANGE THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE BRITTEN, OR, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GIT WOT YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU TRY SOMETIMES, YOU CAN GIT SO MUCH MORE!!!

. . . . SO, I WAS SITTING THINKING ABOUT THE ANTICIPATED TITANIUM PIPES I'M HAVING FABBED UP FOR THE SKIRTSTER BY THIS MENTAL KIWI MATE OF MINE WHEN SUDDENLY THE REMNANT SKERRICK OF MY MIND THAT WAS NOT OBLITERATED BY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF ROCK+ROLL EXCESSES IS FILLED WITH VISIONS OF THE HORNIEST, MOST CURVACEOUS BIKE EXHAUST I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED . . . . .
IT BELONGED TO A ROAD RACING RIDE THAT BLEW THE TWO WHEELED WORLD AWAY IN THE EARLY TO MID '90's AND IT WAS BUILT BY ONE TWISTED, DEMENTED, GENIUS BLOKE [WITH SERIOUS HELP FROM A CLOSE KNIT CIRCLE OF TRUE BELIEVERS] IN HIS BACK YARD IN CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND . . . .

GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU . . . . . THE BRITTEN !!!!

The bike, and its primary early jockey, Andrew Stroud, went on to badly embarrass the likes of Harley, Ducati, Guzzi et al in the then newish B.E.A.R.S races, it knocked the shit out of all the megabuck teams at Daytona and more, this jigger stood the motorcycling world on its collective fucking ear !! Not only did it go like a scalded, acid effected, steroid injected cat, but it was a testament to fastidious, analy obsessive quality and attention to detail in all things engineering and mechanical . . . .

Sadly, the man behind this magnificent madness, John Britten, died of cancer before the project was completely finished but there are enough of them around to insure the psychadelic dreams of this brilliant Kiwi live on . . .

Which brings me back to my initial point, phew . . . . . for weeks when this thing was all over every bike rag on the planet, I'd sit at the lunch table with my partners and our trusty apprentii at Classic Bike Tune and I would stare at the pipes on it in whatever mag had just given it yet another feature. Sleekily serpentine, they sexily snaked along the side of the bike in all their purple, pythonesquely penile beauty and to this day they still do it for me. Even though the later versions had a more coiled appearance, the first model's more simplistic lines almost brought me to stain my shorts . . . oooh la la !!!

IF YOU DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE RIDE YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO GET ON THE NET AND SUSS IT OUT, ESSENTIAL, COMPULSORY HISTORICAL READING !!!! ["Top Gear" did a beaut mini doco on it yonks ago too]

To pull this thing up in a hurry . . . . I was hunting for a suitable photo to pilfer and post for your delights when I stumbled across a shot I figured would do the job, when I punched the button it was but a couple of frames in an utterly fuck off set of pics taken at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in the U.S of A !!!!

BIG THANKS TO THE CREW FROM "UNTAMED VELOCITY" FOR THE PICS BY THEIR INTREPID PHOTOGS, SUPER WORK GUYS !!!

NOW, GO AHEAD AND CHECK THIS SHIT OUT BY CLICKING ON THE LINK UNDERNEATH THIS PARA BUT DON'T FORGET TO SPEND SOME TIME OGLEING THE POINT OF THIS LENGTHY BLURB . . . . THE ONE AND ONLY BRITTEN AND ITS SUPER SEXY SYSTEM !!!!
Untamed Velocity - Tour of the Barber Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, Alabama

THROW ON A NICE FROCK - GET YOUR ARSE TO THE DRAGS !!!

I WENT UP TO WILLOWBANK YESTERDAY ARMED WITH MY NEW FUJI X10 TO GET SOME SHOTS OF THE BOYS FROM "POWERHOUSE DYNO TEAM" LAUNCHING THEMSELVES DOWN THE QUARTER.

IT'D BEEN MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS SINCE MY LAST TRIP TO IPSWICH AMD I'D TOTALLY FORGOTTEN HOW BLOODY STINKIN HOT IT GETS !!!! CAME AWAY LOOKING LIKE A FUCKING LOBSTER AFTER NEGLECTING TO PUT THE SUNSCREEN AND HAT IN MY KITBAG AND GOT COMPLETELY LOST ON THE WAY HOME . . . . WHAT A KOOK !!!!

Nonetheless, Alberto and Blair both put in some pretty decent runs and hopefully came away as winners by the end of the day, I was on a promise so had to bail early . . . 'Berto will totally rule once he can get down the track minus a couple of rider induced glitches and Blair was well on his way to beating his own national record, too good boys !!!

I've got the camera and the shots now all that remains is to learn how to get the fuckers onto my blog and also submit some to FTW100 now I am a contributor . . . be patient, this week is the one . . . honest !!!

UNTIL THEN, HERES SOME PRETTY COOL FOOTAGE OF THE 'NITRO VOODOO' ROCKET IN ANGER AT WILLOWBANK SO YOU CAN GET SOME IDEA OF THE FACILITY IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT BEFORE, THANKS TO "GRUMPYSTU" FOR THE FOOTAGE OFF "POOTUBE" . . . .

[feast your eyes on the vision by doing the usual shit, click below or on title to jump in]
Nitro Voodoo Top Fuel Nitro Drag Bike sets records - June 2010 - YouTube

HELLO DIGITAL MY OLD FRIEND . . . I DETEST PAUL FUCKING SIMON !!!!!

THINK FOR A MOMENT OF ALL THE EPIC OLD MOVIES YOU LOVE, ALL THE PHOTOS IN OLD MAGAZINES THAT WE'VE PAWED OVER AND NOW REVISIT ON BLOG POSTS, THE FAMILY SNAPS, IMAGES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE . . . KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION, HOPPER AND FONDA IN "EASY RIDER", ALVA'S EPIC DOGBOWL AIR, WHITLAM ON THE STEPS OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE, HILARY ATOP EVEREST, THE DEVASTATION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, THE BEATLES, THE PISTOLS, MAN ON THE MOON, WHATEVER IT IS . . . . THE LIST IS LITERALLY ENDLESS . . . I MEAN, FUCKING NEVERENDING . . . .

WELL, AS OF THIS WEEK, THE COMPANY BEHIND THOSE IMAGES, IF NOT SPECIFICALLY, THEN BY VIRTUE OF MECHANISM, THE INDELIBLY ETCHED IMAGES WE HOLD IN OUR HEARTS AND THE LITTLE BOX BROWNIE OF OUR MINDS EYES IS PRETTY MUCH FINITO . . . NO MORE OF LIFES LITTLE KODAK MOMENTS.

THE IRONY IS THAT THEY INVENTED THE DIGITAL CAMERA THAT HAS NOW MADE THE REQUIREMENT FOR OLD FASHIONED FILM REDUNDENT . . . BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BUNCH OF CORPORATE SHORT SIGHTEDNESS . . . .

Which leads me to this . . . I hate Paul "Musical Soppy Beige" Simon, hate, get it ?? However, in honour of the demise of Kodak as a brand and "film" as a 100 year old medium, there is one Paul Simon ditty that now seems somehow poignant and below this very line you will find it by clicking on the link
Paul Simon - Kodachrome - YouTube

ETTA JAMES JOINS THE BIG GIG IN THE SKY . . . SHE LIVED WHAT SHE SANG, AS SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS DO

R.I.P MISS JAMESETTA HAWKINS, HER REAL NAME, AS THE "BIG WIK" INFORMS ME . . . .
GONE, BUT MOST DEFINITELY NOT FORGOTTEN . . .

IF BY SOME CHANCE YOU ARE UNAWARE OF THIS INCREDIBLY TALENTED, GROUNDBREAKING WOMAN'S PLACE IN THE MUSICAL SCHEME OF THINGS I'VE INCLUDED A LINK TO THE WIK'S BIO, WHICH IN HER CASE IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY ACCURATE.

HAVE A READ THEN GO AND HAVE A LISTEN TO HER DOING HER STUFF, YOUTUBE OR WHEREVER ELSE YOU GO . . . . NOT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AND IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL LISTENING.

FINAL WORD ON ETTA, ONCE AGAIN I'M FORCED TO CONTEMPLATE THE FOLLOWING, AS I DO EVERYTIME SOMEONE OF HER ILK SLIPS AWAY . . .
YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR IN FIFTY YEARS TIME THEY'LL STILL BE SINGING HER SONGS, SOMEHOW I THINK WE WON'T BE SAYING THE SAME FOR GA GA ET AL . . . . REAL TALENT DIMINISHES BY THE DAY IT SEEMS . . .

[hit the link beneath this line or on post title to read the wikipedia bio on Etta]
Etta James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ANYTHING BUT STOCK, ANYTHING BUT . . . . ALRIGHT, FAIR COP, MY GHAST HAS BEEN WELL AND TRULY FLABBERED . . . READ ON, IF YOU DARE !!!

PART 2 IN THE COMPLETELY OUT THERE DNEPR CRAFTY CUSTOM CATEGORY . . . . AND FOLKS, I DO MEAN OUT THERE . . . LIKE BEYOND "THE PILLARS OF CREATION" OUT THERE . . .

FROM THE SAME BLOG AS THE PREVIOUS  "LIME GREEN GNARLY DNEPR MOSHEEN" COMES THE FIRST RIDE DESIGNED FOR TRAVERSING THE SURFACE OF PLANET THHNNNN . . .
I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE WHITE KNUCKLIN STRAIGHT INTO URANUS AT MACH 734 IT'S GOT TO BE A REASSURING COMFORT KNOWING THERE'S A DNEPR NAPPING IN THE INTERGALACTIC TRANSPORT BAY . . . .

NOTE THE CLEVER CONVERSION TO COOL COGS, ACTUALLY VERY CLEVER, AND THE MANY OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS CCCP DESIGNED, ONCE TOP SECRET, SPACE TRAVELLING, TWO WHEEL TORPEDO.

ONCE MORE, BIG LOVE TO THE GANG AT "EVERYTING BIZARRE ABOUT BOXERS" . . . .

QUOTABLE QUOTE . . . "WHEN THE GOING GETS WEIRD, THE WEIRD GO DNEPR" - COLONEL YURI GAGARIN, 1961.

[to see this Vladivostok Rocket click on link below or on post title . . . be prepared]
Anything But Stock Boxers

* What in the name of Igor Stravinsky are some of these guys putting in their borsht ???

ANYTHING BUT STOCK . . . . . WHAT THE FOCK ????

THE GNARLY DNEPR CHOPP . . . ER ?? . . . . YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, WHOEVER 'THEY' MIGHT BE . . . . DIFFERENT STROKES FOR TOTALLY DIFFERENT FOLKS . . . . IT'D BE A FAIRLY DULL OLD WORLD IF WE ALL DID THE SAME SHIT . . . . I GUESS ????

GOOD ON YA MAN, WHEREVER YOU ARE BROTHER, VIVA LA DNEPR !!!!!

Check out the reborn Russian classic . . . 'specially all you Ruskies regularly reading my blog, a big shout out to you comrades, thanks heaps, appreciate your company . . . stay warm, shiny side up !!

[hit the link beneath this line or the title to be blown away]
Anything But Stock Boxers: september 2010

**** a big thanks to "Anything but Stock Boxers"

PRETTIEST SPORTY I'VE EVER SEEN !!! SEX ON WHEELS !!!

YOU KNOW WHEN SUDDENLY YOUR MIND FLASHES ON SOMETHING OUT OF THE PAST, THEN THE NEXT HOWEVER LONG IN YOUR LIFE IS SPENT DOGGEDLY AND BLINDLY PURSUING THAT MOMENTARY FLICKER OF HISTORY AND A CHANCE TO RECAPTURE IT . . . . ????

I had one about a week ago and it's been fucking with my life ever since . . . . until ten minutes ago that was. Victory !!! I found the source of the plaguing, painful micro second flash . . . black rigid sporty, clip ons, zip front brake, think man, think . . . punch in another potentially useless descriptor into Google, come on, one more time . . . .

BANG !!!!!! THERE IT IS ON "BIKEEXIF" FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THIS GORGEOUS, COME-FUCK-ME ALL OVER, CUSTOM SEX MACHINE, WHAT A SURPRISE, IT'S OUT OF ANOTHER SUPERB JAPPY MOB CALLED "MOTOSHOP TONOUCHI" . . . NO BLOODY WONDER I COULDN'T LOCATE THE LITTLE FUCKER . . . KEPT ASKING THE WEE MAN INSIDE MY COMPUTER TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING FROM THE STATES . . . IDIOT BOY !!!!

Nonetheless, it's beside the point now, the flash has been made real and all is well in my soul, have a squiz at this absolutely delightful bit of kit from the land of the Katana and sashimi, as suggested in my title, I think it's likely the most beautiful Skirtster ever cobbled together . . . and, flat out, one of the prettiest scoots I've ever seen . . . MAGNIFICENT !!!

[click right under this line or on post title to see some legit two wheeled titilation]
http://www.bikeexif.com/harley-davidson-sportster-custom#.TxjcRmhN55A.blogger

*****P.S - SEE COMMENTS SECTION, YOU TOO, STEVEN . . . . BITCH !!!!

FTWCO - JEFF DECKER, TALENTED ?? WAY BEYOND THAT !!!

JUST CHECKED OUT THE USUAL SUPER COOL V.O.D FROM THE BRAD AT FTW AND THERE IS A "MOTOR COMPANY" FLICK ABOUT JEFF DECKER AND HIS INSANELY EVOCATIVE SCULPTING WORK . . . .
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIS WORK OR THE CLIP BEFORE, EVEN IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'RE INTO BIKES, HISTORY AND LEGITIMATE ARTISTIC GENIUS, TAKE A GANDER AT IT . . . SHORT, BUT VERY FUCKING SWEET !!!

A lot of us have much that is negative to say when it comes to the modern era Bar and Sheild operation but when the subject of their endeavours is one Jeff Decker, what's to criticize . . ??

Correctomundo, nothing, anyone who's been half into the subculture of classic chops and bobs and the history of H-D over the best part of the last decade has heard of, or seen, work done by this fella, often in cahoots with his illustrious cohorts at large, "The Sinners" . . . . .

The guy is one superbly talented, gifted, possibly touched by the hand of god, cat . . . whether it's belt buckles, bikes, sculptures, artwork whatever, Decker and his fingers shower sparks of inspired magic . . maybe it's his spiritual beliefs, who knows . . . . and from what I've been told by a few connected dudes close to him, he is, as we say in the Antipodes, a bloody good bloke as well.

***SEE MORE OF MR DECKER AT HIS "HIPPODROME STUDIOS" SITE

Thanks to Brad at FTW for posting the piece . . .

[see a perpetually smiling Jeff Decker by clicking on link below or on post title]
FTWCO

SOUTHERN FRIED BAG GRAB - ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SCENES IN CINEMA HISTORY !!! clip 3 - YouTube

C.O.C POSTED THE GREAT CLIP FROM "SLAPSHOT" AND IT REMINDED ME OF SEVERAL OF MY FAVES I'VE GOT STASHED ON MY POOTUBE CHANNEL [OLDREDUN] . . . SO I WENT FISHING AND DECIDED ON THIS ONE FROM "MISSISSIPPI BURNING" . . . AWESOME FILM . . . MY NOMINATION FOR BEST BAG GRAB EVER IN A MOVIE.

DEDICATED TO T-BONE AT (((NOISE))), WILL THOMAS, MR VAUGHS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO CELEBRATED THE SPIRIT OF 'MLK DAY' RECENTLY . . . . RACISM SUCKED BACK THEN AND STILL DOES, NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY YOU'RE LIVIN IN . . . .

[click on link below or on post title to witness Mean Gene's handfull of sac]
Brad Dourif Mississippi Burning clip 3 - YouTube

SONG OF THE DAY, "WOT'S GOIN' ON", MARVIN GAYE, SHOULD BE COMPULSORY LISTENING FOR EVERYBODY . . . THE MESSAGE IS POSSIBLY MORE PERTINENT NOW THAN FORTY YEARS AGO.

HUNTER S. FEELING LIKE A PUSSY WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE GHOSTS OF GONZO JOURNALISM PAST - YouTube

I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE LATE DOCTOR GONZO AND ENJOYED IMMENSELY READING ". . . HELL'S ANGELS" EVEN BEFORE I GOT TO "FEAR AND LOATHING" IN GRADE NINE OF 1976 . . . HOWEVER, HE GETS WHAT WAS COMING TO HIM WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE FOLLY OF HIS WAYS . . . .

Sadly, too many crew the world over have assumed the worst about 1% clubs, even moreso now, without any first hand experience whatsoever, apart from equally inexperienced and overhyped press reports, the bottom line remains, however, that the Gonzo King wanted his cake and to eat it too . . . what he ended up getting was a big ole mouthful of cold crow . . . . a black eye [that ain't a beating !!], and a best seller . . . .

Anyhoo, some classic celluloid, from a much discussed event from a time that shaped a lot of our lives . . .
If you haven't already, read the fucking book, do some background researching, but don't be taking Hunter's account as gospel . . . yeh, I don't know that for sure . . . . . it's a pretty good hunch though.

[squirm as you watch Hunter on the hook by clickin on link below or post title]
Hunter S. Thompson Hells Angels Footage - YouTube

"ROCKET BIKE" - ANOTHER OLDIE BUT INSANE GOODIE FROM THE 'McWONT' FILES . . . TALK ABOUT LESS BEING SOOOO MUCH MORE !!! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

IT'S HARD TO GAUGE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN, LOOKING THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY, BUT I RECKON JEFF McCANN MUST HAVE SHOT JUST ABOUT EVERY TOP FLIGHT SHOW QUALITY RIDE IN HIS BROADER VACINITY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN IT WAS ALL BRAND NEW . . .

I've never been a huge fan of the early 70's "digger" thing but I fell in love big time with this jigger the first time I saw it some years ago on somebody elses blog . . . . low, lean and carrying absolutely nothin more than what was required to do the job . . . . bare bones minimalism at its finest !!!!

JEFF McCANN, LOVE YOUR WORK ON DOCUMENTING THE MOVEMENT FROM A PERIOD THAT IS STILL AS COOL NOW AS IT WAS FORTY PLUS YEARS AGO . . . . THANKS HEAPS MATE !!!

[click on link beneath or post title to step back in time]
rocket bike Flickr - Photo Sharing!

ROSE TATTOO "BAD BOY FOR LOVE" 1977 - YouTube

THE TATTS . . . . THE ORIGINAL LINEUP, WIND IT UP TO TEN AND DROP THE CLUTCH !!!!

My first band, a psychobilly outfit called "The Ballistics" ['82 - '85], supported the Tatts once at Bombay Rock on the Gold Coast . . . what a fucking gig . . . however, the most memorable part was watching Angry and Pete Wells destroy the band's entire drink rider during one of the most ferocious soundchecks I ever witnessed !!!

They were at one point alledged to be the loudest band in the world, not sure if Lemmy would agree, and they were certainly a fantastic act to see live . . . they got banned from 'Countdown' for a bit of "man pashing" at about the time they released this, their first national single . . . . . Bad Boys for Love indeed !!!!
ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL !!!!!!
****[click only on post title this time, stand on the loud pedal and enjoy !!!]
  
WINE OF THE WEEK, 2009 CRAGGY RANGE "LE SOL", HAWKES BAY, SYRAH, N.Z - absofuckinglutely sex in a bottle, cool climate shiraz at it's best, a nose that really delivers the often non existent peppery notes so many others claim, along with dark berry fruits, spice and a bee's dick of oak then the palate is a genuine mouthfuck of fine tannis, ripe fruit, cracked pepper, lively acid, a poofteenth of judiciously intergrated oak and a length and finish that go on forever . . . not cheap but worth killing, lying, cheating and stealing for !!!
SONG OF THE DAY, **** SEE "TATTS" ABOVE . . . .

DAVE "V" - WHOEVER YOU ARE, COOL RIDE, HAPPENIN THREADS AND MO !! JEFF McCANN 1967 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

A VERY BRADY CHOPPER DUDE . . . . TAKEN FROM JEFF McCANN'S FLICKR SITE.

DRESSED IN HIS DANDIEST RIDING CLOBBER, THE CONUNDRUM WRAPPED IN AN ENIGMA THAT IS MAN OF MYSTERY DAVE "V" SITS ATOP A SUPER CHILL TRUMPY BACK IN '67 . . . NOTE THE ASSEMBLED COLLECTION OF PERIOD CARS AND THE BRADY ENDORSED HOUSE . . . .

I RECKON THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO MANY MIDDLE CLASS, SUBURBAN WHITE BOYS SHOWING CLASS LIKE THAT BACK IN THE DAY . . . . JOB WELL DONE DAVE, HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE HELL OUT OF IT !!!

[same old scene, click right below this line or on post title to see Dave and his mount]
Dave V and 650 Triumph chop Flickr - Photo Sharing!

**** HOPE YOU'RE STILL IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING DAVE, YOUR INSPIRATION LIVES ON, WELL, IN THE AREA OF SCOOTS AND CUSTOMS AT LEAST, LOVE YOUR WORK !!!

"CROMAGIC" STRUCK AGAIN !!! ONE OF MY TOP TEN SCOOTS OF THE DECADE !!!

CRO CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES . . . THIS FELLA HAS AN INCREDIBLE EYE FOR QUALITY AND AESTHETICS . . . HE'S NEVER TURNED OUT A BIKE THAT IS ANYTHING LESS THAN "COMPLETE".

Some are simply born with it, the gift of being able to make real what they percieve in their minds eye, to take something from a mental image and fully manifest it in the real world. Caleb Owens has achieved that very thing with every ride he has put together, in my opinion, and this particular bike, Matt Davis' '72 Shovel, is the one that has always given me the full horn !!!
Every detail on this bike is utterly and completely perfect, when I first saw it I nearly shot my load . . . the choice of colour, fine detail, the stance, bars, wheel and tyre set up and of course, the donk itself, each disperate element going to together to make one stunning whole . . . . fucking perfect !!!!

*** ANYONE CAN THROW SOME COOL PARTS TOGETHER, ONLY A FEW TURN IT INTO SOMETHING TRULY OUTSTANDING . . . . .

ANYHOW, I'VE LIFTED THIS SET OF PICS FROM CRO'S OWN BLOG, HOPE HE DOESN'T MIND, SO CLICK ON THE POST TITLE OR THE LINK BENEATH THIS LINE AND FEAST YOUR EYES, AGAIN FOR A LOT OF YOU, ON ONE THE SWEETEST CUSTOMS BUILT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS . . .
Matt's 72 Shovelhead

DOOHAN, DOIN IT THE HARD WAY ON PSYCHO BIKES THAT DIDN'T LIKE BEING RIDDEN

BRAD AT FTWCO POSTED SOME FOOTAGE OF ROSSI'S INSANE WIN OVER JORGE LORENZO A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, INSPIRED ME TO FIND SOME STUFF ON THE MIGHTY MICK DOOHAN . . . .

Without taking anything away from Rossi or any of the other MOTOGP riders, there is a truth to what is said about the old two stroke steeds from the previous era . . . . that truth is this . . .
THEY WERE FUCKING BRUTAL, PSYCHOTIC, VIRTUALLY UNRIDEABLE THINGS SENT FROM SATAN HIMSELF TO SEEK OUT AND DESTROY ANYONE WHO DARED ATTEMPT TO CONQUER THEM !!!!

Mick, his contemporaries and those who came before in the era of the buzzsaw bike bombs were on the very precipice of oblivion every time they stepped out on these Neanderthal machines and nobody was as capable of kicking the shit out of their satanic souls as one Michael "Sid" Doohan . . .
Furthermore, he could've had another title if it were not for a leg injury that would've kept a lesser man on the sideline for life. ESPN put together the mini-bio I've posted here pretty well, it's a good overview of a kickarse career and a truly stellar, tough, big balls rider from a time when bikes were evil, hateful things that few ever mastered . . . . he was one who did . . . . VIVA THE SID !!!!

[as per usual, click on either the link below this line or on the post title to check it out]
ESPN Focus on Mick Doohan - YouTube

AFTER HOURS CHOPPERS - MEGA COOL SHIT FOR YOUR RIDE -100% MAD IN THE USA

WAS JUST READING A POST FROM THE CRO MAN RAVING UP GABE'S WORK FROM "AFTRE HOURS CHOPPERS", I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIS CAPER FOR QUITE A WHILE AND ENDORSEMENTS FROM PEOPLE LIKE CALEB OWENS ONLY CONFIRM MY SUSPICIONS THAT THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOURS ARE TOP NOTCH . . . . I TOO WILL BE BUYING SOME OF HIS KIT TO THROW AT MY '74 FXE PROJECT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE . . . .

MOREOVER, NOT ONLY IS THE GUY AT THE TOP OF THE HAND FABBED CREATIVE TREE, HIS TAKE ON LIFE IS TOTAL GROUND LEVEL, NO BULLSHIT, CYNICAL WITH A TWIST, PERCEPTIVE GENIUS AND HIS SITE IS COMPULSORY READING FOR ALL WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES LEFT FIELD . . .

BTW, CRO CUSTOMS HAVE DELIVERED YET ANOTHER MOTORCYCLING MASTERPIECE, CHECK THAT ROLLER OUT ON HIS BLOG . . . .

[hit on link beneath this line or the post title to hook onto A.H.C]
After Hours Choppers~Unique parts for your scoot~100% made in America

***WHETHER YOU'RE IN AUSTRALIA, N.Z, THE STATES, U.K, SWEDEN, WHEREVER - REMEMBER, SUPPORT ARTISANS, FROM THE HUMAN TOUCH COMES PASSION AND LOVE, IT REMAINS WITH THE PART LONG AFTER ITS ON YOUR SCOOT OR CAR . . . . "HANDMADE" RULES !!!

THANKS A MESS TO ALL READERS OF THIS CHAOTIC BLOG . . .

YOUR PATIENCE AND PERSERVERANCE WILL BE REPAID WITH THE INCLUSION OF ACTUAL PHOTOS AND SO FORTH BEING IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE ON THE BLOG DURING THE COURSE OF THIS VERY WEEK . . .

A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE MOB AT "SUPREME SEVENTIES" FOR BEING THE FIRST OFFICIAL FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG . . . RESPECT !!!

OFF TO MY TECH GURU TO UNDERGO INTENSIVE REMEDIAL THERAPY TO HOPEFULLY OVERCOME YEARS OF OSTRICH LIKE BEHAVIOUR WHEN IT COMES TO COMPUTER SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGY . . . .

IT'S TIME TO JOIN, NO MATTER HOW HAPHAZARDLY, THE 21st CENTURY . . . . HOLD THE DOOR, I WANNA GET THE FUCK ON !!!!!

ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VIST MY BLOG AND PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO BECOME A FOLLOWER,  CHEERS,

WHITELINES.

ZEN BOYS POST A PEARLER - GREAT PERIOD SHOT OF TWO SUPER SWEET RIDES.

THANKS TO THE CREW FROM ZON FOR PUTTING THIS ONE UP . . .

BOTH PICK UP AND BIKE SHOW CLASSIC LINES AND A REAL SENSE OF RESTRAINT IN DESIGN FROM A PERIOD THAT STILL HAS A POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON MANY OF US TODAY . . . CARS, BIKES, SARTORIAL STYLE, THE WHOLE BOX AND DICE . . .

"REAL COOL" NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE . . . KEEP IT SIMPLE, LESS IS SO MUCH MORE.
****SOMETHING THAT OCC AND ALL THEIR ILK HAVE OBVIOUSLY NEVER FUCKING HEARD OF !!!!

[point little thing on link beneath this line or on post title to get a sniff]
The Zen of Neato

HELL DRIVER TRUCKIE AVOIDS MINI - WHAT A SAVE !!!

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT !!!! DUMP TRUCK DRIVER WITH F1 SKILLS . . . . THAT'S TALENT !!

WOULD'VE BEEN ALTERNATIVELY COOL SEEING THE RESULT HAD HE NOT MANAGED TO AVOID THE STATIONARY "BRICK" . . . OH WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHANG, I MEAN . . . . WHERE WOULD YOU PUT IT ?????

[click on link below or on blog title to view the action]
Truck swerves on two wheels

SPEEDWAY - THE POMS, AUSSIES AND KIWIS WENT NUTS FOR THIS TWO WHEEL MADNESS !!! British Pathe

MY FIRST TASTE OF MOTORCYCLE RACING, SOLO SPEEDWAY AT SYDNEY SHOWGROUNDS 1970 . . . .
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE TWO WHEELED RACING FORMS, THUMPING GREAT 500cc SINGLES, NADA BRAKES, VIRTUALLY RIGID AND FUCKING FAST !!!!

EVERYBODY'S GOT A "BAD" UNCLE, THE BLACK SHEEP, THE FAMILY FUCK UP, MINE WAS MY DAD'S YOUNGEST BROTHER, PETER, ESPECIALLY IN MY MUM'S STRAIGHT-LACED EYES !!!

Too young to join up in WWII, he was the perfect age to buy a surplus WLA in 1946 or thereabouts and it was he who took me to the "Speedway Royale" when we got back from dad's posting to Darwin, it further twisted my head to total devotion to the two wheel cause, mum never forgave him . . . . dad didn't mind, he used to take uncle Peter before the war with twenty thousand plus other punters as well . . . .

I PINCHED THIS FROM THE LEGEND POMMY STUDIO MOB, BRITISH PATHE, FOR NO OTHER REASON THAT WEMBLEY IS STUFFED FULL WITH 70,000 SPECTATORS . . . . IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HUGE IN THE U.K, RIDERS FROM OZ, N.Z, SWEDEN, DENMARK, POLAND, U.S.A ETC ALL CONSIDER BRITAIN AS GROUND POINT ZERO IN THE WORLD OF SOLO SPEEDWAY . . .

[dig the classic action by clicking below this line or on blog title]
SPEEDWAY - British Pathe

**** DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE LIKES OF IVAN MAUGHER, PHIL AND JASON CRUMP, OLE OLSEN, VIC HUXLEY AND ALL THE OTHER CINDER TRACK SPEEDFREAKS, COOL SHIT !!!

FIRE IT UP SUCKERS !!! ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN HARD CHARGING IT WITH "SPEED GIRL" !!!! - YouTube

MOST OF YOU WILL BE FULLY TUNED INTO THESE GUYS . . . IF NOT . . . LIFT YOUR GAME !!!
THEY GO OFF LIKE A FROG IN A SOCK, PERFECT PRE-THRASH PSYCHE UP SHIT . . . . . I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH IT, I'M OFF INTO THE DAY, SCOOT TO BE FLOGGED AND MILES TO BURN !!!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN . . . . ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN . . . . . . AAAARRRRRRRRRRR !!!
[click it and flick it under this line, turn up to max volume and get it on]
Electric Frankenstein - Speed Girl - YouTube

"OOOH, WE'RE AFRAID TO GO WITH YOU BLUTO . . . WE MIGHT GET WET . . . "

I'M TOTALLY OVER MATES WITH RECENT MODEL HARLEY'S PULLING THE PIN ON A RIDE DUE TO THE "POSSIBILITY" OF SOME RAIN !!!! I MEAN WHAT THE HELL !!!

YEAH, I'VE ALREADY HAD A SPIT ON THIS SUBJECT RECENTLY BUT IT REALLY PISSES ME OFF, THE FUCKING BIKES ARE WATERPROOF, WE'RE WATERPROOF AND IT'S GONNA FINE UP . . . WIND AND SUN DRY YOUR SHIT OUT SUPER QUICK ON A BIKE AND WHEN YOU REACH THE DESTINATION IT'S A TIME TO KICK BACK AND RELAX WITH A WELL EARNED FEED AND A COUPLE OF COOL TREATS . . . .

I AIN'T NO HARD GUY BUT COME ON, A BIT OF RAIN KEEPIN YOU FROM A BLAST WITH YOUR BUDDIES IN A CLIMATE LIKE THIS . . . . YOU SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF NINE YEAR OLD GIRLS !!!

GET A FUCKING GRIP, GET ON THE BIKE AND GET YOUR ARSE OUT THERE !!!!

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE !!!!!

FTW.

"THE FEEN", OR, AS MANY CAME TO KNOW HIM IN LATER LIFE, THE ROUND COUNT !! Flickr - Photo Sharing!

A TRULY GIFTED RIDER WITH A SET OF XXXL BALLS AND, FOR SOME TWO YEARS, MY BOSS AND PURVEYOR OF THE THEN BRAND NEW HINCKLEY TRIUMPHS . . .

Feens could pedal fucking hard, and I mean balls to the wall, even as a bloke close to forty as he was then !!! If it were not  for a serious get off in Japan at the beginning of his career starting to really peak, he could well have become a household name before Gardiner . . . that's racing.
On the day I started working for him he took me two up on a '93 or '94 'Vulcan',  a super ugly great KwakaHarley thing, for a blast into Sufferers Palestine, man, he was punting that fucker into corners and roundabouts so hard I thought bits of the bloody thing were being broken off we were scraping that heavily . . . but I always felt he had it under control . . . ??
I was behind him, Dazzler Beattie and Mick Doohan one arvo up in the mountains behind the Gold Coast, on what we called the Hinze Speedway, the Feens was on a fully wild  KLX[?] 650 chooky a la Super Retard and Mick and Daryl were both on Fat Boys, Dazzler with his foot still recovering after having lost a couple of toes in a G.P get off a few months earlier and even Mick was relatively recently back on the track after his horror leg injury . . .
Anyway, Feens was givin it everything, really on the pin and both Mick and Daryl were throwing those big twins around like they were fucking dirt bikes !!! Insane !! Sparks like welding flash cascading in comet like tails behind them, pipes and pegs being worn down in a big way . . . . I just sat behind the three of em for two hours letting them dive on each other like a WWII dogfight, it was an unbelievable sight !!!

FEENEY SAN, AS THE SUITS FROM JAPAN USED TO CALL HIM, IS NOW THE AUSSIE IMPORTER OF HUSQUVARNA AND REMAINS ONE OF THE STRAIGHTEST SHOOTERS IN THE INDUSTRY . . . AS WELL AS STILL BEING ABLE TO ENJOY A COOL TREAT OR THREE . . . . WELL DONE OLD SON, LOVE YOUR WORK !!!

[click on the Flickr link directly under this line or on blog title to see him leathered up]
The Feen Flickr - Photo Sharing!

MINISTRY - "JESUS BUILT MY HOTROD" - (Video Version) - YouTube

WELL, HE NEVER OFFERED ANY HELP TO ME, BUT I DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST THE DUDE . . . .

ONE OF MY GUARANTEED TO GET YOU PULLED OVER BY THE PO-PO TUNES, EVEN WHISTLING THIS CAN RESULT IN EXCESSIVE SPEED AND EXTREME TUNNEL VISION . . . BEWARE !!

Reminds me of a night trip to a one time mate's wedding with my best friend in my '70 ZC Fairlane, it had a pretty worked 351 Clevo, C4 auto, tall 9" diff, open 2.5" system, 15" Cragars, GT Falcon suspension, no stereo, no tacho and in the fucking weeds . . . . all required 'personal preparations' for such a journey were undertaken and we set off about midnight . . . . .

There were times during that early morning, and I speak with no fork tongue, when the needle on the speedo was sitting hard against the bump stop for mile after mile after speed blurred mile . . . . .
My best mate never once raised so much as an eyebrow, 130 odd mph and not a word !!! He just sat there in comfortable silence as the Fairy ate up the distance.

In all the road trips we took in my various hotted up cars he was always . . . ice fucking cool !!

Anyway, nothin has changed, he's been my main man for thirty years through thick and thin, this one's for you I.B - love ya brother.

[hit the clit on below line thingy or on post title and get the word from the Ministry]
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod (Video Version) - YouTube

BMW MOTORRADICAL - ISLE OF MAN TT 1939 - YouTube

GEORG MEIER WIPES THE SUPERIOR SMILES FROM THE FACES OF THE POMS AT THE '39 TT . . . .
THE 500cc KOMPRESSOR WAS SO GOOD . . . SURPRISE, SURPRISE . . . . THEY BANNED IT !!!

The thing I'm lovin most about having joined the modern world and starting this blogging caper is being able to interact with all the like minded crew out there and what you're up to, but also being afforded the opportunity to share the stuff that has been such an intrinsic part of my life long obsessesion with bikes, cars, and music with whoever's interested . . . .
My dad told me about Georg Meier and the legendary BMW 500 Kompressor's victory at the last TT prior to WWII when I was just a kid and was fixated with Ago and the M.V's . . . it wasn't until much later in life that I finally "got" the significance of the feat and what dad had tried to impart to me . . . .

This neat micro doco/bio piece I lifted from PooTube is a really good overview of the bike and it's superbly talented pedaller, Meier and what he achieved on that day all those years ago . . . . the old Boxer format can certainly rock and roll, you just might have to leave your briefcase and panniers at home . . . .
[you know what to do, click under here on on the title for sehr schnellster motorradikal aktion]
BMW Motorcycle Racing - Isle of Man TT 1939 - YouTube

THE TOECUTTER AND THE LADS BREEZE INTO TOWN . . . . BUBBA, JOHNNY - FFFFWWWW !!!

"MAD MAX" - NOT MUCH TO SAY HERE OTHER THAN 'A TIMELESS CLASSIC' FROM THE LAND THAT GAVE THE WORLD OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, AIR SUPPLY AND THE HILLS HOIST . . . .

". . SEE YOU ON THE ROAD SCAG . . . . !!!!!"

[same routine, immediately below or post title . . . hook in]
Mad Max Motorcycle Gang - YouTube

"STONE" . . . AUSSIE BIKE FLICK CLASSIC

1974 . . . MY FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, "YELLOWBRICK ROAD" IS TOP OF THE CHARTS AND "STONE" HITS THE CINEMAS . . . Z BIKE FEVER OFFICIALLY TAKES HOLD !!!!!

The Z900A became a classic the moment it hit the showroom floors in '73 out here in the Antipodes, we'd just got used to the everyday, commonplace sight of CB750 K1 thru K3 when all of a sudden Kwaka releases the sexy as hell Z900, a tank like Jayne Mansfield's tits, an inline four that made the Honda seem mild and the killer set of 4 into 4 pipes just waiting to be slid down the road due to the behemoth's typical Kawasaki front end non handling characteristics . . . .
When "Stone" was released it was the "Mad Max" of its day, every Aussie bloke was talking it up, especially due to the astronomical number of Z's that featured in it . . . . reality was only about a fifth of the bikes in the film were real 900's, the rest were well hidden and disguised 650's and, I think, even 400's.
Nonetheless and needless to say, the film went gangbusters and the "Stone Legend" was born and became instant biker folklore, a lot of it due to the scene I've pilfered from PooTube here, The Funeral Ride.
If you haven't seen the movie yet you need to get your shit wired tight and check it out, dated, yes, worth a perve ??? Abso-fucking-lutely !!!!

***** INTERESTING FOOTNOTE, IT WAS THE OBVIOUS INFLUENCE OF "STONE" THAT WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND THE YOUNG EX MILITARY GUYS BACK FROM VIETNAM AND FEELING, AS THEY DID IN THE STATES ALSO, RIGHTLY DISAFFECTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY, WHO TOOK THE MOTIFFS FROM THE FILM AND FOUNDED THE VIETNAM VETERANS M.C . . . . STILL GOING STRONG TODAY . . . . . GOOD ON YOU GUYS, SEE YOU ON ANZAC DAY !!!

[usual shit until I can post properly, click on link directly under this line or hit post title]
STONE motorcycle funeral scene 1974 - YouTube

. . . . SPEAKING OF SWEET LITTLE HONDA'S

THE ONLY BIKE I'VE NEVER SOLD, MY '67 SS 125a HONDA

. . . . . just can't bring myself to get rid of the little fucker, buzzes along like a two wheeled sewing machine, nowhere near mint condition but epitomises the reliability of all the baby Honda's . . . .

FANTASTIC STORY FROM ART EDELSTEIN ABOUT HIS FIRST BIKE, GOOD ON YA ART AND TA MUCHLY FOR THE POST . . . . YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE ON A HONDA !!!

[check Art's post directly below this line or by clicking on post title]
Honda 125

***** The rego label on my itty bitty baby describes it as " . . . . Honda motorcycle invisible" . . . . ??????

HONDA 250 RC166 - ONE SERIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL BIT OF KIT !!!

ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVE ROAD RACERS, DEFINITELY TOP THREE, AND STILL AN ENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL MARVEL FIFTY YEARS DOWN THE TRACK !!!

THANKS TO "RETURN OF THE CAFE RACERS" FOR THE ARTICLE . . . AWESOME !!

The RC 166 is one hell of a thing, blew minds and reputations back in the day, especially at the Isle of Man . . . I remember back in '90 or '91 my soon to be business partner and classic bike Uber Guru, Dave Blomfield, played me a tape recording from the BBC featuring a very proper English voice commentator describing the Honda as it screamed down the hill, going down through the gears . . . . what a fucking noise, I was gobsmacked, I'd seen photos of it and its bigger brother but never heard it in anger, WOW !!!
I chased down all the info I could on this minature monster  . . . the more I uncovered, the more I fell in love them. As you can imagine, 250 divided by six equals . . . . fucking miniscule everything, valves, springs, slugs, rods, cranks, cams, the whole shabang was micro engineering at it most supreme, the exact reverse of big block drag racing but just as miraculous for simply holding together and winning the fight against the immutable laws of physics . . .
Anyways, take a look through one of the most complete insights on this insane piece of motorcycling history [courtesy of the knowledgable folk at ROTCR] and gain an appreciation for this brilliant little screamer . . .
****NOTE THE SIZE OF THE ROD AND PISTON ASSY . . . CUTE OR WHAT ???
[CLICK ON LINK BENEATH THIS LINE OR HIT POST TITLE . . . ENJOY]
Sweet sounding Honda Six ~ Return of the Cafe Racers

PHOTOS ON THEIR WAY ASAP . . . CAMERA BOUGHT TODAY !!!

That's correct folks, a brand new Fuji X10, slightly retro style, honest digital tool . . . . can't wait to start snappin a couple off, photos that is . . . yikes, scary shit for a Luddite . . . . then a tutorial with my personal tech geek on how to do this download/upload/shootmyload piffle and I'll be on ma wee . . . stay tuned.
As Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong said . . . Nice Dreams . . ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

"DEXTER PENDLETON'S TRAINWRECK" - TWENTY THREE YEARS AND A SHIT LOAD OF BEERS LATER . . . .

STILL PLAYIN, STILL WRITIN, STILL NOT DOIN WELL AT RELATIONSHIPS . . . . BUT FUCK, IT MAKES FOR GOOD LYRICAL MATERIAL . . . . TEZ ON GUITAR AND BASS, MERVIN ON DRUMS AND THE WALLYGATOR ON LEAD, ME ON VOX . . . . .EX GIRLFRIEND ???? . . . . . ON THE RUN . . . .
[click on link below or post title to check out our shameless self promotion]
dexter pendleton's trainwreck last chance - YouTube

MY SECOND INDY BAND, 1987, PISSED AND PLAYIN UP LIKE A SECOND HAND CHAINSAW

GOD KNOWS WHY I USED TO DRINK RUM AND COKE . . . . YUCK !! DRANK LOTS OF IT THOUGH . . . ON DRUMS IS JOHNNY HIPPOCRATES, BASS IS TEZ STEPHENS AND I'M ON VOX . . . . .

ON A SAD NOTE, MARS, AT LEFT ON THE GRETCH GUIT, LEFT US SEVEN YEARS AGO ON CHRISTMAS DAY, HE HAD A SUPER COOL '80 DARMAH AND A FUCKING SICK '65 VALIANT REGAL WITH A FULLY WHACKED OUT, LUMPY, MONSTER CAM 360 IN IT BACK THEN . . . . FOREVER IN MY THOUGHTS AND HEART . . . .

[do the usual routine, hit link beneath this line or blog title to view the best band that almost was]
bossanova kids - YouTube

SIDENOTE - Mars, or Mario Spina, Johnny and Tez were all sorta swarthy and Mediterranean lookin and I had red hair and pale skin, naturally, lots of the fan base crew and mates used to call us Three Wogs and a Dog . . . . we loved it, '86 to '90 . . . until I had to take a year and a half off life . . . .
but that's another story entirely

CLASSIC SHOT FROM THE SUPER SWEDE'S BLOG

****** D'OH !!! THIS IS A CORRECTIVE/EDIT/RETRACTION/PREAMBLE THINGY - ALSO AN OBJECT LESSON IN OPENING YOUR FRIGGIN EYES . . .
THE POSTED SHOT IN THE LINK IN THIS WRITE UP IS NOT A TRUMPY BUT A BEEZER, AS I NOW REALISE . . . .
GOING BACK TO WHEN I FIRST SAW IT EIGHTEEN ODD MONTHS AGO, I TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE FRONT BRAKE, I FIGURED A '71-'72 TRUMPY JOB AND, LIKE A CONCEITED, ARROGANT DICK, AUTO ASSUMED THE WHOLE BIKE WAS A TRUMPET, EVEN THOUGH A QUICK SQUIZ AT THE MOTOR WOULD HAVE FIXED THAT DELUSION INSTANTLY. . . .
THAT TOTALLY INCORRECT ASSUMPTION HAS STAYED WITH ME SINCE, UNTIL FIFTEEN EMBARRASSING MINUTES AGO WHEN I LOOKED AGAIN WITH OPEN EYES, LIKE A MIS-INTERPPRETED LYRIC THAT YOU SING INCORRECTLY UNTIL SOMEONE POINTS IT OUT . . . .
I WAS GOING TO DELETE THE WHOLE THING BUT KINDA THOUGHT IT COWARDLY, BESIDES, THE OLD BEEZERS DID PRETTY WELL IN THE FLAT TRACK SCENE BACK IN THE DAY ANYWAY AND I WAS SORT OF STUPIDLY PROUD OF MY ALLITERATION ATTEMPTS AS WELL . . . . SO, IF YOU LIKE, READ ON AND EXCUSE MY BLINDNESS AND DUMBARSED ARROGANCE, CHEERS, WHITELINES.
P.S - APOLOGIES TO ALL FANS OF BOTH MARQUES WHO MAY HAVE BEEN OFFENDED.


AN OLDY BUT ONE HELL OF A GOODY . . . LET THE CLODS FLY FREE !!!
THOUGHT I'D REVISIT A PHOTO THAT HAS STUCK IN MY MIND SINCE I FIRST LAID EYES ON IT CARE OF "RIGID HIPS" A YEAR OR SO AGO . . . THE FILTH AND THE FURY, WAY COOL SHOT !!!

MENTALLY MANIACAL MERIDAN MAULER MARVELOUSLY MANGLING MAXIMUM MUD !!
. . . . . . . . . . . OR
MASTERFULLY MAGICAL MERIDAN MOTHERFUCKER MUSCLES MUDDY MAELSTROM MADNESS !!

Trumpy unit twins were almost born for this kind of shit . . . light, tight and wide open !!
No small wonder that Gary Nixon et al used to knock em dead in the U.S of A for so long . . .

[click invisible link beneath this line and check it out . . thanks Nicke from Sweden's finest]
Rigid Hips Stockholm: June 2010

Interestingly, I once asked Barry Sheene who was a close mate of my then boss, Paul 'Fat Count' Feeney, if he would like to take my freshly rebuilt '74 Bonnie, with 650 exhaust cam and other goodies, for a thrash, 'Ace' was at this point getting about on the newly released Monster 900 Duke . . . . mostly on it's back wheel, his response was typically to the point . . . " Doggy [me], I stopped riding these leaky old shitboxes back in the sixties mate . . . thanks, but piss off !!". Total bloody classic, he did, however, wring the neck out of my '94 Speed Triple a short time later . . .

VALE BARRY AND GARY . . . GONE BUT DEFINITELY NOT FORGOTTEN . . .

BLUE RUIN - BAD GIN - YouTube

IN MEMORY OF THE BOTTLE OF MILLER'S GIN THAT HAS NOW BEEN DRUNK AND LIVES IN THE BIN . . . .
A TOTALLY WICKED TUNE FROM A MELBOURNE MOB OUT OF THE MID EIGHTIES CALLED "BLUE RUIN" WITH 'BAD GIN' . . . . . DIG THE GROOVE IN THIS SUCKER . . . . OH YEAH !!!

[CLICK ON THE LINK DIRECTLY UNDER THIS LINE OR ON POST TITLE, GO ON THEN !!]
Blue Ruin - Bad Gin - YouTube

BUGGER OFF . . . I'VE WINE TO BE IMBIBED AND FOI GRAS TO BE EATEN !!!

SUPREME SEVENTIES . . . . SUPREME STANCE !!!

"STANCE" . . . WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE WORD MEAN ???

WELL, IT CAN MEAN EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICAL AND AESTHETIC PRESENCE OF YOUR RIDE, TWO WHEELS OR FOUR . . .

It has never ceased to fry my tiny little mind how many potentially "SUPREME" bikes and cars end up lookin like complete kook mobiles because it's sittin like a high pile of dogshit on a carpet !! Dudes spend so much coin, put so much blood, sweat, tears and years into a project only to fuck it up by not getting the STANCE bang on . . . .
There isn't one rule for everything, it's all down to the individual machine, period of influence, designated function, wheel and tyre combo, whatever . . . . however, if you fail in getting to grips with that little six letter word, you just flushed all your dreams for something really fucking cool right down the shitter !!!

NOW, CLAP YOUR MEAT PIES [EYES IN SYDNEY RHYMING SLANG] ON THIS WAY COOL MID 60's PILLARLESS, FAUX RAG TOP CHEV, [HIT LINK IMMEDIATELY BELOW THIS PARAGRAPH, THEN SCROLL THRU PICS AND IT'S SITTIN UNDRNEATH THE SUPREMELY SUCCULENT SQUAW] RECENTLY FEATURED ON THE EVER SO "SUPREME SEVENTIES" BLOG . . . . . SEE THAT SHIT ?? THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS A DEAD SET CIGARETTE, 110% KILLER STANCE . . . .
Supreme Seventies

. . . . . AND YOU KNOW SOMETHIN ELSE . . . ??? NAIL THE STANCE, THE ATTITUDE, AND YOU CAN BLOW 95% COOL, MEGA BUCK RIDES INTO THE FUCKING WEEDS WITH ANY HOMEBUILT, BACKYARD BURNER . . . . AND THAT'S MY STANCE !!!!

(((NOISE))) . . . THE FOSHIZZLE BONIZZLE

DUDE, THIS GUY'S EYE FOR COOL KNOWS NO BOUNDS !!!
CHECK OUT THE SUPER LAZY RABBIT EARS AND THE INSANO SQUISH WINDOW JIGGERS !!!

SCOTT'S ONLY GOT A LIMITED LINE OF BITS FOR SALE BUT IS UP FOR ALL CUSTOM, HAND FAB WORK FOR YOUR SCOOT, IF YOU'RE IN HIS HOOD . . . GET ONTO HIM !!

HURRY UP AND GET EM INTO PRODUCTIO MAN . . . CAN'T FUCKING WAIT
[CLICK ON POST TITLE OR BELOW THIS LINE TO EYEBALL HIS CREATIONS]
(((NOISE)))

PHOTO COURTESY OF 'NOISE CYCLES' . . . . GET IT . . . . NOISE AND CYCLES . . . . YEH YEH

THE NEED TO VENT . . . . LAZINESS, PHOBIA AND ME . . .

I've always been daunted by this whole new, well, it was new ten or so years ago, computer based, electronic communications shindig. However, having taken the bull by the balls and decided to finally embrace this whole caper of joining in on so many blogs, sites and other shit that I have been following from a 'safe, remote' distance for, in many cases years and years, the down side is this . . . .
There is so much going on in my old, beat up, hazy, addled mind, in some cases, so much bile, vindictive, vitriol and poison that has reached critical mass, sadly, this needs to be let out . . . . this pustulescent, gangrenous ulcer of loathing and ill-will has to be lanced . . . this putrid mental matter has to go somewhere and my blog is going to act as the splashback mechanism to save my feet from getting covered in this vile, stenching, possibly protracted, ejaculation of festering psycho-shite.
These will be my personal spewings and rantings, I take full responsibility for any offence it might cause while retracting nothing . . . deal with it or leave . . . too old, bitter and twisted to give a rat's arse and no intention of changing . . . . now that's out of the way, on with show . . . .
I'll be educating myself as to getting pics, videos and other visuals up properly . . . all the crazy/cool stuff so many of you out there in the ether have long since totally mastered . . . just give me time . . . . it's not easy overcoming decades of phobias and fears regarding the modern world of computers, cyberspace and all the othes bumf I've previously dedicated my life to avoiding and taking the piss out of . . . . . .

NOW . . . . OFF FOR A THRASH ON THE OLD SHOVELLER TO CLEAR MY FOGGY HEAD !!

FINAL THOUGHT BEFORE BEDDIE BYES

Don't ever go lumping Jesse James in with OCC or any other of the Johnny-come-slyly hacks out there, nothin more than that . . . . just sayin . . . . just puttin it out there . . . . . it's about time spent, history and dues paid . . . nye nye tiny world . . . ZZzzzzzzzzzzz

WHAT A JOKE . . . NICKELBACK . . . . WHAT THE . . . . WHY ????

Man, so earnest, so . . . . . fuck it, I can't go on . . . . . bland, bland, bland !!!

Musical beige, god help me . . . . . . . get it off . . . . . .

Aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!

AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE . . . OI, OI, OI !!!!

I'D HEARD ABOUT THIS COUPLE OF YEAR OLD BIT OF FOOTAGE [APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE OF A CREDIT BUT COULDN'T SEE ANY MENTION] AND STOLE IT FROM ARSEBOOK, OF WHICH I'M NOT EVEN A MEMBER . . . . TE HE HE !!!

[CLICK ON BLOG TITLE 'AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE . . ' TO CHECK THE SHIT OUT]

JUST THE SHEER INCONGRUITY OF THE TRICK USING A 1200 SPORTY, NO FUCKING FEATHERWEIGHT AND BARELY LIGHTER THAN THE CUSTOM OR FORTY EIGHT, TO GET THE JOB DONE IS FAIRLY . . . . WELL . . . INCONGRUOUS . . .

FURTHERMORE SPORTSFANS, KAIN SAUL IS A MAD, TALENTED AUSSIE KID WHO CAN REALLY PEDAL, GOOD ON YA YOUNG FELLA, LOVE YOUR WORK MATE !!!

MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES - YouTube

COULDN'T HEP MA SEF . . . . HAVING RAVED IT UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ONE TOUGH, HARD AS BLOODY NAILS, HEAD BANGIN, BLOOD CURDLIN MOTHERFUCKER OF A TUNE FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS EVER . . . LEMMY AND THE BOYS KICKIN ARSE LIVE . . . .

NO ZIMMER FRAMES REQUIRED HERE FOLKS, HIT THE LINK BELOW, GO DIRECTLY TO HELL !!!

Motorhead- Ace of Spades - YouTube

P.S - WHEN I SAW THEM IN 1980 I HAD TO GO OUTSIDE TO MAKE SURE I COULD STILL HEAR HALFWAY THROUGH THE GIG, I COULD, DESPITE THE BLOOD CONGEALING IN MY EARS . . . .

"DEGENERATE BOY" . . . THE MARK OF CAIN . . . BITCHIN BELTER FROM DOWNUNDER - YouTube

ANGRY AUSSIE BLOKES TURN OUT SMOKIN HOT COVER OF SYDNEY'S 'X's TALE OF SUBURBAN ANGST, MYSOGONY , SEETHING FRUSTRATION AND SELF LOATHING . . . FUCKING LOVELY !!!

CHECK OUT "IDIOT BOX" IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT . . . THE "MARK OF CAIN" VERSION OF THIS AUSSIE PUB CLASSIC IS AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL I RECKON . . . .
INTENSE SOCIAL OBSERVATION . . . LISTEN HARD GROOVERS !!!

[USUAL STORY . . . CLICK ON LINK DIRECTLY BELOW THIS LINE]

Degenerate Boy - The Mark Of Cain - YouTube

GREAT BAND LIVE AND ON DISC, DESERVED A WAY BIGGER AUDIENCE THAN THEY'VE HAD

GO HARD OR GO HOME, YOU FILTHY, DEGENERATE BOY !!!!

A LOVELY LITTLE LIMERICK

'THE YOUNG MAN FROM BENGAL'

There was a young man from Bengal,
who had a mathematical ball,
the square of his date,
plus his prick times eight,
was three fifths of five eighths of fuck all.

It's the only mathematical formula I've ever been able to remember, sadly, I'm still waiting for a chance to put it into a practical application . . . . good things to those who wait . . . apparently.

THE FANTASTIC FANTIC . . . . THE 'CHOPPER' THAT EVERY ELEVEN YEAR OLD SHOULD'VE HAD BACK IN TYHE DAY . . . FROM 'SIDEBLOG'

I pinched this from the lads at Sideburn . . . . remember it from about 1972 . . . sadly, mum wouldn't even let me have flared pants or a Z50 . . . chances of a fantastic Fantic . . . fuck all, your majesty !!!

sideblog: Fantic Motors

Thanks to Sideburn for the pretty picture.

ME AND MY BIG MOUTH . . . . TOO BAD, IT'S HOW I ROLL !!

OF SHEEP AND SAFETY IN NUMBERS . . . . .

I know I went off in my last post, but, hey, I'm a redheaded, passionate boy. My diatribe was in no way aimed at the crew who took the Brough to Bonneville and put their balls on the line in the time honoured tradition, all power to them with such a noble cause . . .
I just get so pissed off, and have done seemingly all my life, when things that are essentially part of  'alternate' or 'counter culture' lifestyles, embraced by a brave, individualistic few, prepared to be ridiculed by their peers for being 'into' whatever it might be when that thing is still 'underground' and unpopular, are suddenly latched onto by glib, parasitic, insipid marketing departments for 'respectable', mainstream companies and turned into blatant, diluted, prostituted, pseudo hip branding exercises.
It's like the guys at my school back in '77 and '78 who put shit on me for expressing my love for  bands like The Pistols, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Saints, The Dolls and The Stooges, [when they were listening to ELO, Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles] not to mention Devo and later The Kennedy's and B52's, then, when they had filtered through into more popular acceptance and deemed 'safe' and 'cool' they were now into it . . . . fuck off !!! [interestingly they're nearly always the 'jock' crew] It's all about opening your mind and not dismissing something out of hand that might be outside of your usual comfort zone . . . . don't be scared, surrender to your gut instinct, it makes life exciting !!
The same thing that happened with Punk, skateboards and tattoos has now happened with the hot rod/custom/retro/chopper/bobber/flobber/biker thing over the last ten and fifteen years, arse clowns and fucktards who wouldn't have been caught dead near or on a bike back then, not to mention when they were kids, are all over it . . . . these are the dickheads who went out and bought all the turgid  OCC merchandise, put Maltese/Iron Crosses on everything they possess and made 'Biker Wank Off' a global malaise . . . . . .
I didn't invent this shit, I wasn't the first, I just follow my heart, I'm not trying to be cool,  but I don't give a fuck about others opinions, I just love the same shit I always have and it happens to be cars, bikes, skates and rock and fucking roll !!!!
When the bubble has burst and the fad has come and gone [it's certainly looking that way in the States] and all the tawdry followers and fashion victims have moved onto the 'next big thing', myself and guys and chicks like me all over the planet, who've always been inspired by bikes and the culture and history thereof, will simply go about our business and roll on with what we love.

"FOLLOWERS CAN NEVER BE LEADERS" . . . . . T.A, 1978

RAAAALLLPPPHHH LAUREN . . . WE WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN !!!!

IS THAT THE STENCH OF COMMERCIALISATION IN MY NOSTRILS ??
RALPH LAUREN RAPES, PILLAGES AND PLUNDERS THREE MOTORCYCLING ICONS.
IT'S VON DUTCH ALL OVER AGAIN - BURN THESE FASHION FUCKWITS IN OIL !!!

[CLICK ON INVISIBLE LINK BENEATH THIS LINE TO SEE THIS TRAVESTY, SCROLL DOWN TILL ROLLIE APPEARS THEN CLICK ON HIS BUTT]

RRL - RalphLauren.com

Do you ever get the feeling you've been swindled . . . ???
Once again iconic brands and imagery that were once the beloved historical touchstones of a small and passionate few have been pilfered, purloined and prostituted by the shallow, uninspired marketing 'minds' of a totally unrelated modern day fashion house to pedal their repulsive wares to a market that has not a fucking clue as to their historical significance !!!
Enter Ralph bloody Lauren and his marketing master stroke of selling 'retro' themed clothing by usurping the famous Brough Superior name and then lumping it in with, of all things, [I mean, fuck me !!] the timeless image of Rollie Free on the equally famous Vincent Black Lightning at Bonneville . . . . I'm laughing and 'Ralphing' simultaneously !!!!
Having already witnessed Kenny Howard's legacy get screwed in the pooper by some unassociated, money maker scumbag, we now have to sit here and watch as another charlatan ragtrader combines some of the most treasured imagery and marques in the history of motorcycling and claims it as his !!
Well, you know what I say . . . . . ????

FUCK OFF MATE !!!!!!!

WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR CAPER IS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CON THE BRAIN-DEAD MASSES BUT WE, THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE STOLEN THESE THINGS FROM, JUST LIKE 'THE WHO' SANG . . . . . 'WE WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN . . . '

MAY THE GHOSTS OF ROLLIE FREE, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, H. R DAVIES, PHIL IRVING AND PHIL VINCENT  CLUB YOU TO DEATH WITH POLO MALLETS . . . .

DOGCHOP AND STEVEFIRE . . . BIGGER THAN MORECOME AND WISE AND THE TWO RONNIES . . . YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS . . . . U.K 2011 - YouTube

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT . . . 'DOGCHOP' AND HIS TRUSTY SIDEKICK 'STEVEFIRE', HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SORT OF STUFF FOR AGES, FUCKING FUNNY BASTARDS AND HAVE HEAPS OF COOL KIT, GET YOUR EYES ON THEIR WACKY, WELSH TACKLE, GROOVY 'VIJIOS' AND COOL, WELL THOUGHT OUT RIDES . . . . WRONG 'EM BOYO . . . . VIJIO . . . VIJIO . . . VIJIO . . . .

Linkert Attacks U.K 2011 - YouTube

Sorry squire, I scratched the record, scratched the record, scratched the rec . . . . . . . . .

THE SAINTS - "(I'M) STRANDED" . . . . EPIC, DEFINITIVE, SNEERING AND SEARING . . . . SINGIN IT FROM BALL BAG !!!! - YouTube

AS GOOD AS ANYTHING FROM LONDON, NEW YORK, L.A BACK IN '76 AND STILL CRANKS !!!!

ABSOLUTELY, MONUMENTALLY, UNBEATABLY, UNAPPROACHABLY - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU, DIRECT FROM BRIS VEGAS AND THE BJELKE-PETERSEN REGIME'S POLICE STATE, [COURTESY OF NZOZ, ON YA MATE !!!] . . . . . THE SAINTS !!!!

The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977) - YouTube

KIDDIES, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL, NO PRETENCE, NO BULLSHIT, NO PRISONERS. A TIMELESS GEM FROM THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT - QUEENSLAND UNDER THE THUMB OF THE TYRANNICAL JOHANNES BJELKE PETERSEN - THIS FUCKER MADE RONNIE RAYGUN, JERRY BROWN AND THATCHER LOOK LIKE MODERATES - OUT OF THIS OPPRESSIVE ATMOSPHERE CAME THIS EPIC BAND !!!

THE PUNK ETHOS WASN'T JUST THE DOMAIN OF THE U.K AND U.S.A, IT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY FOMENTING IN THE CAPITAL OF THE 'SUNSHINE STATE' HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND THESE GUYS BEAT THE LIKES OF THE RAMONES, THE DAMNED, THE PISTOLS AND THE CLASH TO THE PUNCH WHEN THEY RELEASED THIS THRASHING BALL OF MUSICAL NAPALM IN SEPTEMBER OF 1976.

PLEASE, SIT DOWN, GRAB A BREW AND ENJOY - VIVE LA REVOLUTION !!!!

THE 'BILLY BIKE' AND A YOUNG BLOKE'S YEARNING . . "EASY RIDER" 1969

CAPTAIN AMERICA WAS A MARSHMELLOW - THE BILLY BIKE WAS THE BOMB !!!!

THE RIDE THAT FOREVER TWISTED MY MELON AS AN 8 YEAR OLD IN '69/'70
[CLICK ON POST TITLE TO VIEW, YES, I THINK IT'S A MODEL - I SUCK  AT UPLOADING]

When Easy Rider was first released I was eight and living on a Naval base where dad was the head honcho, like a lot of kids my age, I was already besotted with bikes and cars, trucks, planes, anything that was loud, fast and cool. It was screened one weekend in the sailors mess area toward the end of '69, I think, and the old man said I could sit and watch it up the back, definitely wasn't cool with mum, I was stoked !!
The storyline was way over my head, and would remain so until I saw it again years later after reading 'Fear and Loathing' in grade 9, but I didn't give a shit !! From the moment Fonda and Hopper threw their legs over their steel steeds and headed off into the Great Wide Open in pursuit of the Dream I was gone a million, never to be the same, beyond redemption and seeking none . . .
Even then, in my pre-pubescent wunderlust, I thought the Captain America bike was sorta soft, girly, a bit 'poofy' as we Aussies used to say, Hopper's ride on the other hand, had me by the scrotum from the get go, it was so fucking cool . . . kinda ugly/tough/practical/real, and as a redheaded kid back in the 60's I always felt kinda ugly, it just looked like the kind of bike I wanted.
In the 42 odd years since, not a thing has changed, I can dig the lines of the extreme style of the 'pretty bike' but I'm still in love with Billy, the only thing that has changed now whenever I watch the film . . . . . is just how fucking slowly they are going !!! There were reasons for that and you can explore them on your own, that's somone else's story . . . .

R.I.P DENNIS HOPPER, YOU AND YOUR RIDE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.

THE FIRST OF THE NEW AGE "THUMPERS" . . . THE 1976 YAMAHA TT500 . . . . YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, USA

ONE OF THE GREATEST BIKES EVER PRODUCED - THE MONO KING OF '76 - '81
[SEE INVISIBLE LINK RIGHT BELOW THIS LINE]

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA - 1976 TT500

The wee fellas from the home of the crossed tuning forks totally nailed it with the TT, XT and SR 500 back in the heyday of the two stroke screamer . . . I was in grade nine and it blew me away when it came out, first time I saw one in the flesh it was up on it's back wheel for 200 yards, through three gears and making the most gorgeous sound I'd heard up to that point.
Gonna try to unearth an article from the day where the reviewer totally got it wrong as to how he saw the dawn of the the 4 stroke chook chaser and it's impending explosion . . .

WINE OF THE DAY, BLACK CHOOK 2011 ADELAIDE HILLS PINOT GRIGIO, smells like fresh apples and pears, crisp and tight in the mouth with lively, food friendly acidity and fucking bang on the money for summer drinking and eating, matches with seafood like a finger in the bum, bloody delicious !!!!

SONG OF THE DAY, THE ONLY ONES 'ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET', the greatest song ever written about the realities of smack addiction bar 'The Needle and the Damage Done', a spine tingling synthesis of the punk ethos and classic rock and fucking roll . . . a must hear tune !!!!

DANG !!!! MULLINS CHAIN DRIVE TREES ARE INDEED NARROW !!!

Just recieved word back from Richmond's finest mind that the Mullins Chain Drive super narrow trees will have great difficulty, that is without some monumental additional machining costs, taking a Harley front brake of disc variety and likely even drum !!
Aside from that, the twisted genius that is Mr Casquilho, did suggest, most helpfully, that perhaps the use of one of Harrison's slim line calipers could be an option, that, or run a narrow Jap type drum. Oh well, gonna contemplate the problem over a glass or five of vino then pursue it further.
Just a quick word on crew like Brandon Casquilho, Denver Dan, Chopper Dave et al . . . from my perspective of having been involved in the 'alternate' bike scene, both professionally and as a rider, for nearly 30 years, these guys and those like them all over the planet, are almost without exception, genuine, passionate, disturbed beings who will offer their advice and assistance freely and with great modesty. That knowledge is born of real world, doing the job, riding the fucking bike experience.
So next time you're stumped with a concern, don't know the answer, want to buy some piece for your scoot or just need help, swallow your pride, shoot off an email or pick up the phone and get onto whoever it may be who can sort your shit out, avoid wasting time and money by fucking it up then having to do it all over again . . . be humble because guys like them invariably are.
Sharing the knowledge is what binds us together, make the most of it !!!