"PANLAMP : PANHEAD SHADES OF GLORY UNVEILED" . . . . THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD . . . . . TWO SIMPLE WELSH BOYOS SENT STARK, RAVING MAD BY CHOPPING AND BOBBING DIRTY OLD HARLEY'S . . . MEN REDEEMED BY A SHARED JOY OF LAMPS AND THE LIGHT OF LOVE . . . . I GIVE YOU LEEDOG AND STEVIE'S "PANLAMP EPIPHANY" . . .

AFTER HAVING SEEN THE PICS OF THE PANHEAD ROCKER COVER USED AS A CAMPFIRE COOKING UTENSIL I WAS REMINDED OF A ZANY LITTLE VIDEO BY THESE TWO DEEPLY DISTURBED WELSH LADS AND A BIT OF MARTHA STEWART STYLE HOMEMAKERS KIT THEY ASSEMBLED A WHILE BACK . . . . PRACTICAL, GORGEOUS TO LOOK AT AND COMING SOON TO AN UPMARKET HOMEGOODS RETAILER NEAR YOU . . . .

Seriously though, take a look through their catalogue of bikes and builds over the years, some deadset cool bikes done just right and they were featured recently in Dice as the fear inducing "Black Widows", [they are also very funny guys, in a wacky, Welsh kinda way] . . . . . their dominant style is probably more akin to what's been going on in Japan over the years, low-fi and understated, real patinas and totally balanced and honest as the day is long . . .  check em out on "Lowlevelhell . . we talk to Bullfrogs" blog, yes, I'm serious and don't call me . . . . .

***** [For a window into the minds and souls of this twisted pair, click on link beneath this line or on post title . . . . Panlamp . . . you know you want one !!!]
" Panlamp" Panhead shade's of glory unvailed. - YouTube

"TT3D - CLOSER TO THE EDGE" . . . . I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T PUT THIS UP WHEN I BURST MYSELF AFTER HAVING SEEN THE FILM LATE LAST YEAR . . . . . . ANYHOW, HERE IT IS NOW, NEARLY TWO MINUTES OF TRAILER FOR ONE FANTASTIC JOURNEY INTO SPEED . . . .

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AVAILABLE ON DVD YET BUT WHEN IT IS . . . . JUST GET IT . . . . IF YOU LIKE FAST BIKES, RACING AND EXCELLENT FILM MAKING, CLOSER TO THE EDGE WILL DELIVER THE GOODS . . . PROMISE . . . . . HONEST . . . . . KILLER IN FACT !!!

CLICK ON LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE FOR THE OFFICIAL PROMO TRAILER . . . . A FUCKING GOOD TEASE !!!!
TT3D : Closer To The Edge official trailer - YouTube

DEXTER PENDLETON'S TRAINWRECK . . . "HIDE BEHIND" . . . . A WRETCHED TALE OF MELONCHOLY, HEARTACHE, BITTERNESS, PSYCHOSIS, DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND LOVE GONE TOTALLY FUCKING WRONG !!!! IN THE TRADITION OF THE GREAT HANK WILLIAMS . . . MINUS THE DEATH IN THE BACK OF A CAR BIT OF COURSE . . . .

RECORDED ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO . . . UNDER THE INLUENCE OF POST RELATIONSHIP DISINTERGRATION AND THE DESIRE TO WALLOW IN SELF PITY, SELF FLAGELLATION AND SELF DESTRUCTION SIMULTANEOUSLY . . . . MIX IT UP AND SMASH IT UP . . . . SURELY WAY TOO MUCH OF A BAD THING CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH SOMETIMES . . . . WHEN SELF ANNIHILATION FEELS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE UNBAREABLE WEIGHT OF THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU GOT IT SO FUCKING WRONG . . . . AGAIN !!!!

POINT OF SAD INTEREST, THE GORGEOUS OLD GRETSCH IN THE 'CLIP' BELONGED TO MINE AND TEZ'S [TEZ PLAYS BASS/GUIT AND TWIDDLES KNOBS FOR OUR LITTLE 'PROJECT'] DEAR FRIEND, MUSICAL COHORT AND CO-CONSPIRITOR, MARIO . . . . HE WENT TO PLAY THE BIG GIG IN THE SKY ON CHRISTMAS DAY SEVEN YEARS AGO . . . . LOVE YA MARS . . . MISS YOUR BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED, GRUMPY, MOPAR/DUCATI LOVIN ARSE . . . . "THREE WOGS AND A DOG" . . . FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS MATE.

***** CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE FOR TOUCH OF THE BLUES . . . . 
dexter pendletons trainwreck hide behind - YouTube

THE SEX PISTOLS . . . "I'M A LAZY SOD !!" . . . . AND I AM, BEEN TALKING UP GETTING EJAMAKAYTED REGARDING POSTING PICS AND THE LIKE FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS . . . WHAT HAVE I ACHIEVED ?? . . . SOD ALL YOUR WORSHIP, NOT A BLEEDIN CRACKER'S WORTH, NADA, DIDDLY, SQUAT, ZIP, ZERO, ZILCH ZIPPITY . . . STORY OF MY LIFE !!!!! AH WTF . . . MAYBE THERE'S A COSMIC REASON BEHIND IT . . . . OR . . . . . MAYBE NOT.

I DON'T MEAN TO BE, AND IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL OR DELIBERATE . . . . ITS JUST EASY AND COMFORTABLE . . . . APATHY CAN BE SO ALLURING, SO WARM AND WELCOMING IN ITS EMBRACE . . . . "COME ON 'DOG', LET ME HOLD YOU A LITTLE WHILE, YOU CAN DO THAT SHIT LATER ON" . . . . WHAT DID MUM USED TO SAY WHEN I WAS A WEE THING ?? NEVER PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN PUT OFF TIL NEXT WEEK . . . . ?????

All those twisted souls who have been regular readers of my contribution to Blogsville would notice a complete absence of pretty pictures, sideloads, downups and stuffdumps . . . without having to "click on the link below or on post title" kind of bollocks . . . . despite my reassurances that this pig ignorant state of affairs would be addressed and remedied within a couple of shakes of a Billy Goat's dick . . . . well, clearly and demonstrably I am a liar and a cad, a bounder and a cheat, cause none of the hitherto mentioned good intentions have been put into place . . . just thought that I'd mention . . . . WTF ????

Where did that shonkey rhyming deal come from . . . . look, in closing, I don't know when this sorry arsed state of non affairs is going to be rectumfied, or if it ever will . . . . I've quite grown to enjoy not only the visual appeal of my own site, relative to all the others that put up wicked photos, ready to go to clips and all the other 'instant visual gratification' things, but also and moreover, the way it's pushed me, unwittingly and spontaneously, into this spur of the moment, stream of consciousness, blithering like a LSD effected idiot kind of writing thing/caper/trip/shitfight . . . . I'm loving it, if not for the selfish and shallow reason that principally and primarily, the therapeutic dividends are almost tangible inside my head and soul . . . . but I don't want any of you to venture into those dark, dank, overgrown nether regions . . . that ugly shit is my domain, luckily for you !!!

To the patient faithful, I will get to grips with fulfilling my previously sworn pledge to uphold my social blogging contract undertaken with y'all . . . just give me some more time to continue with one of my areas of true, Zen like expertise and mastery . . . the Fine Art of Procrastination !!!!!

Big love and thanks to old mate Lovey, cheers for the observations and positive comments me old cock, Pat for being staunch and real, Noot for the technical input and inspiration and to my small but quality gang of followers, appreciate it muchly . . . love your work guys !!!

***** Get a little bit of old school punk up ya nostrils, click on the link below or on . . . . . nah, fuck it, you know what to do . . .in fact, I think I've screwed the pooch for using the link so it'll have to be the post title tickle method . . . . Messers Rotten, Cook, Jones and Vicious . . . THE SICK PUSTULES and "I'M A LAZY SOD" . . . . for me . . . . because I can !!!!

RAW PUNK - The Sex Pistols LIVE! 1978 #3 "I'm A Lazy Sod" - YouTube

SLAYER COLLABORATION . . . . FROM THE SUPERBLY TALENTED TEAM WHO GAVE THE WORLD THE "SKULL RING" . . . . COMES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN "THE GREAT FROG" AND . . . . WAIT FOR IT . . . . SLAYER !!!!!!

I'M NOT A 'HUGE' FAN OF SLAYER . . . . . HEY, DON'T CHEW MY FRIGGIN HEAD OFF !!!!! I DO LIKE EM, I JUST DON'T HAVE A WHOLE MESS OF THEIR STUFF IN MY COLLECTION. BUT IT'S AS PLAIN AS TITS ON A BULL THAT THERE'S A SHITLOAD OF YOU OUT THERE IN BLOGLAND WHO ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED FANS ["ACID SWEAT LODGERS" TAKE NOTE] . . . IT IS WITH THAT IN MIND I BRING YOU THIS SLAYER-FAN-NATION PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT . . . .

The Great Frog jewellery mob, purveyors of fine quality, hand made jewellery and trinkets to the rock, biker, counter culture scene since the early '70's [London, New York and the lovely crew at TriCo in L.A] have been conspiring with Messers King, Araya, Hanneman and . . . . the guy who's name I can never fucking remember, but he knows who he is and that's good . . . . where was I ?? . . . ah yes, to create with the full endorsement of the band a genuinely cool, legit shit, sent from Satan himself, SLAYER RING . . . . !!!!!

Yes Slayer fans, you can now stick your finger in their ring for life, and what a ring it is . . . . I'm so not taking the piss here . . . it's a way cool, solid sterling silver, bigger than "Reign of Blood" thing that is truly worthy of the collaborative efforts of both parties . . . I've also recently treated myself to one of their other brilliantly crafted baubles to shove my own finger into . . . . that's how I roll . . . .

Back to the "Slayer Ring" . . . check it out on the link I've included here, click on the band logo once you get on and see for yourself . . . this sort of thing could look fucking woeful in the hands of someone of less than exceptional creative touch, but, just as The Enormous Amphibian has achieved with the already available Motorhead ring, it is some seriously and magnificently sick kit . . . clearly a work of the zenith of the jewellers art and just a dab of Divine Intervention . . . something I reckon a hardcore fan of the Slayer journey and what they represent would be proud to wear for the rest of his . . . or her ???  . . un-natural life. The best thing is that the price is totally reasonable given how much work has gone into getting the job done !!!!!

***** Follow instructions, hit the link below or post title and cast your 'Eyes of the Insane' upon the only mans ring many of you would ever slide his finger into . . . . GWAAAAAAARRRRRRR !!!!!!
SLAYER COLLABORATION Originators of skull rings Originators of skull rings

ON "OSCAR'S" BIG DAY . . . . . A FLASH ON ONE OF CLINT'S MANY 'KILLER' ONE LINERS . . . "CLASSIC MOVIE LINES #66 FROM 'DiNap44' OFF POOTUBE . . . . . COME ON, DON'T BE SO FUCKIN HARDCORE . . . WE ALL LOVE THE MOVIES !!!!!

JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE . . . . ONE THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER MADE . . . "THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES" . . . THE MASTER OF THE ONE LINER . . . CLINT, IN ACTION BY SAYIN SFA . . . .
Classic Movie Lines #66 - YouTube

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS FINALLY GOT A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL FOOT IN THE DOOR WITH THE FUCKING UNREAL "WARUMPI BAND" AND THEIR FIRST RELEASE, ENTITLED "JAILANGARU PAKARNU" [OUT OF JAIL] IN 1983 . . . . SUNG IN THE LEAD SINGER'S DIALECT, IT KICKED ARSE, RAW, VISCERAL, ROCKABILLY NAIVATE AND PAVED THE WAY FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF ASPIRING ABORIGINAL MUSICIANS . . . ONE OF OF MY FAVE AUSSIE TUNES OF THE PERIOD !!!

Saw em live with 'The Oil' at Bombay rock in Sufferers Parasite back in '85 or thereabouts and they were the shit !!! . . . sadly, George Burarrwanga, their affable, enigmatic and vibrant frontman went on to the big dreaming some years ago but the band's 'token whitey' and co-founder, Neil Murray, and the Butcher brothers are still around to carry on their significant legacy . . .

Also from their first album, "Big Name, No Blankets", is the still pertinent and straight to the point tune "Blackfella/Whitefella" . . . it ain't complex, intellectual wank, and they sure as shit weren't that kinda band, but what it is, is honest, to the point songwriting focused on true brotherhood, regardless of skin colour, religion or any of the other stuff that in the final analysis doesn't matter a rat's arse !!!!

Despite Peter Garrett selling his soul to political piss weakery, he and Midnight Oil have much to be proud of from the glory days of the eighties and helping get the Warumpi's onto the national stage is right up there with the best of it . . . . .

**** TO GET DOWN TO SOME ORIGINAL, INSPIRED AND TOTALLY COOL ABORIGINAL AUSSIE "INDIGABILLY", HIT ON THE LINK UNDERNEATH OR ON POST TITLE AND SHAKE A LEG TO "JAILANGARU PAKARNU" FROM THE "WARUMPI BAND" . . . . . .
'Jailangaru Pakarnu' - Warumpi Band - YouTube

"APPLIED MACHETE" - TAKEN FROM 'STREET CHOPPERS' WEBSITE . . . IRISH RICH QUOTING IRISH RICH FROM 2005 . . . HE WAS RIGHT THEN AND IS BANG ON THE MONEY NOW . . . EVEN IN SOMETHING AS 'FREE FORM' AS THE WORLD OF CUSTOM BIKES, CERTAIN THINGS ARE SELF EVIDENT, TRENDS, FADS AND FASHIONS COME AND GO BUT THE RIGHTLY ACCEPTED PARAMETERS OF 'CLASSIC' DESIGN WILL ALWAYS REMAIN . . .

So many of the things I have loved all my life, certainly since I was a young kid, have fallen victim to fad jumpers, marketing wankers and money grubbing charlatans over the years it's a fucking miracle the 'good guys' are still with us at all . . . . skateboards, hot rods, punk rock, choppers, you name it and the chance is it's been well and truly raped by the keen eyed hawkers of 'the next big thing'  . . . .

Thank fucking god the clowns and the swindlers generally fade out and die off, leaving behind those with the genuine, heartfelt and passionate belief in the 'noble cause' . . . . and now that a lot of the shit has been flushed down the 'fashion dunny' in the field of custom bikes and custom bike building, those kind of guys are still here and ready to help . . . .

So, go on, pick up the phone and dial the number, this is what they do best, it's what they've always done and will continue to do . . . . long after the next big thing has come and gone . . . .

*** IRISH RICH IS ONE OF THESE CARRIERS OF THE FLAME, YOU FIND GUYS LIKE HIM, NOT ONLY IN THE STATES, BUT AROUND THE WORLD . . . HE POSTED AN EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE IN "STREET CHOPPER" MAGAZINE FROM 2005, FEATURING A STATEMENT HE MADE BACK THEN AND IT RINGS SO TRUE TODAY, NEARLY EIGHT YEARS DOWN THE LINE . . . . CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE TO HAVE A FLASH ON SOME OF LIFE'S TRUTHS FROM A BLOKE WHOSE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW . . . THANKS TO "APPLIED MACHETE" AND "STREET CHOPPER" . . . .  Applied Machete: From the Street Chopper website.....

GRINDERMAN - "NO PUSSY BLUES" . . . WELL, I GUESS IF AL GREEN DIDN'T GET YOUR END AWAY YOU'VE GOT A RAGING CASE OF WHAT NICK'S HAVING A RAVE ABOUT . . . (Live On Later) - YouTube

NICK CAVE AND GRINDERMAN PUSHING THE LUCKLESS AND LOVELESS MENS COLLECTIVE METAPHORICAL PENIS INTO A BELT SANDER . . . . A TRUE STAR IN THE PANTHEON OF ROCK GODS . . . . CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE TO GIVE YOURSELF A RIGHT FLOGGING . . . . . OHHHHHH, OHH, OHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!
Grinderman - No Pussy Blues (Live On Later) - YouTube

**** COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP . . . JUST READ ABOUT A TRANSPARENT PRIMARY COVER ON CYRIL HUZE'S BLOG AND FELT VIOLENTLY NAUSEOUS . . . . . FUCKING RIDICULOUS, LIKE SCREWING THE MISSUS AND WEARING A CONDOM . . . . . . PISS OFF CLOWNS !!!

GENTLEMEN AND YOUR LADIES, THE ONE AND ONLY, THE VERY, VERY REVEREND, MR AL GREEN WITH "LET'S STAY TOGETHER" . . . . RECORDED LIVE IN 1972 . . . AS IF YOU COULDN'T TELL BY THE TOTALLY FUNKADELIC SUIT OUTFIT !!!! - YouTube

Alright groovers, get close, fill the glasses, flame up, settle back, get a little bit loose and feel the love from Mr Al Green and a fully legit soul classic . . . don't fight the feeling all you hard arsed, metal headed, devil worshippin, white boys out there . . . you don't have to dance, cause I know you can't . . . just kick back and get a bit of "Brother" stuff into yo 'heyed' . . . One of my all time top ten for sure !!

[just click on the link below or post title to get your thang on with Al Green's "Let's Stay Together"]
Al Green-Let's stay Together(Live) - YouTube

Nye nye everybody . . . . . big ride in five hours . . . . Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF "JEFF WRIGHT" OR "CHURCH OF CHOPPERS" THAT I REMEMBER WAS WHEN POOR LITTLE 'BRAD' GOT STRANDED ROADSIDE WITH "THAT" BIKE . . . NEARLY EIGHT YEARS ON FROM THEN AND I DON'T RECKON THERE'S ANOTHER BLOKE FROM THIS GENERATION WHO PUTS AS MUCH BACK INTO THE WORLD OF ALTERNATE BIKE CULTURE AS THE DRUID DUDE FROM DES MOINES . . . !!!!

I KNOW THERE EXISTS A FUCK LOAD OF PETTY JEALOUSY, ENVY AND BACK BITING OUT THERE ABOUT CERTAIN PEOPLE, COMPANIES AND GROUPS WHO HAVE GROWN WITH SUCCESS FROM WITHIN THE GREATER CHOPPER/BOBBER/ALTERNATE BIKE COMMUNITY OF THE LAST DECADE AND I AIN'T TALKIN ABOUT 'BIKER BUILD OFF" OR "THE CONTINUING HIDEOSITIES OF SWISS FAMILY TURTLE" OR EVEN MR  JAMES' "WCC" . . . .

You see it in blogs, in magazines and in video footage on Vimeo and PooTube, like most issues in life involving scuttlebut and slydog inuendo of this sort, it's never generally undertaken by mentioning names specifically, fuck, you wouldn't do that, you'd have nowhere to turn when the intended recipient calls you on it . . . . moreover, sadly and pathetically it's this way in all walks of life and endeavour, those expressing the snide, jealousy driven, smartmouth, derogatory remarks are generally indulging in the time honoured pursuit of chopping down the tall poppies who once were the object of their own fickle affections . . . . a bit like "oh yeah, I used to be into 'The Fucking Cool Band' until their third album but now their just a bunch of losers" trip  . . . . I mean, WTF !!!!

Well, fuck that !!! Alva once said "followers can never be leaders", and, as much as we'd all love to be leaders most of the time, if I'm gonna 'follow' anything it's gotta be something I believe is of real substance, I'm not a snob, I just dig good shit, I like the idea of following, charting the course of, admiring and wishing the best of success to those who continue to excel, produce consistent, quality work, lead by example and do their own shit . . . . .

I'd much prefer that approach as opposed to sniping, tearing good folk down and taking the piss for the sake of siding with those who are bitter, twisted, narrow minded, jealous, B-grade hacks but still oh so "hip", "cool" and "underground", often where they will remain due to not having the requisite talent to ever go beyond that level, and hey, you can be successful and remain totally underground . . . . in a quarter of a century of playing live music, twelve of those doing the "original" gig, with some of the best acts in the in Oz and the world, the worst cases of outta shape ego mania were only ever from the second raters, and especially their road crew . . . .   is that an acceptable corollary . . ???

Back to the point of this blurb . . . Jeff Wright of Church of Choppers, FTWCO, Kung Fu Tap & Taco and a stack of other alter ego's is a guy who seems to suffer from very little of this kind of bullshit head hunting . . . . the bloke, as much as I can tell, is widely respected around the entire fucking bike riding world . . . he's built some amazing and influential bikes, produces insano artwork that is well on the way to icon status, runs a plethora of succesful businesses, takes wicked photos, is besotted with things two wheels across the board and . . . this is the kicker for me . . . he seriously gives back to the industry and crew who've supported him . . . sponsorships, features, introductions, the whole fucking caper . . . philanthropist ??? I dunno, legit "Big Lebowski Style" dude ??? Hell yeah !!!!

Anyhoo me little lovelies, I was initially just going to post a link showing one of his bikes but, as the cyberwebnet thingy often does, I went and ended up on a bitchin "INNER VIEW" out of "STREET CHOPPER" Magazine from 2010 that gives you a pretty good insight into this possessed to ride bloke from the intergalactic capital of motorcycling action . . . . Des Moines, Iowa . . . . huh ??????

Love your work Mr Wright . . . if it ain't broke, don't fuck with it . . . . FTW.

***** Click on the link below or on the post title for a cracker read about, from all reports I've heard, a fucking cracker and crack up bloke, thanks to "Street Chopper" site for the "Inner View"
Inner-View Jeff Wright - Street Chopper Magazine

DOESN'T THIS SEEM EVEN MORE RELEVANT NOW . . . ??? "SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE", " . . . A BAND CALLED THE MACHINE RAGES ON" - YOU FUCKING WOMBAT !!!! . . . . WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOU DO, NOW MORE THAN EVER, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE . . . !!!! - YouTube

WORDS FOR THIS ROCK SOLID, HIGH LIFT, LONG DURATION, HEAVY HITTER ARE FULLY OBSELETE . . . . TURN IT UP TO 'BLEED' . . . . R.A.G.M "SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE", YOU FAT, CORPORATE SLUGS . . . . AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!!

***** CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE AND STICK IT TO THE 'HOOD !!!
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire - YouTube

ROMEO VOID . . . "NEVER SAY NEVER" . . . . I DON'T GIVE A SHIT, I TOTALLY DUG IT WHEN IT CAME OUT AND STILL DO . . . . . - YouTube

Smash drunk, off the planet, fast cars, faster chicks, sweat, smoke, give it a poke, clubs, pubs, old vee dubs,

drivin home after dollar nights, paisley trousers, broken hearts and broken bones, Qld pigs in action,

set up and busted, suicides, Finks gigs, being hated, "oh yeah . . . I'm on smack . . . ???",

more bent cops, thugs, drugs, big fuckin jugs, rock and fucking roll, never getting old,

too many sunrises, shit mates, bad rates, jumping gates, jumping someone elses train,

ugly shit, great shit, forget that shit, miss that shit . . . . .

***** YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO SO DO IT . . . . . HIT THE LINK OR LEAVE . . . . .
Romeo Void - Never Say Never - YouTube

GEORGE FORMBY, "NO LIMIT" PART II . . . . "THE RACE" . . . JUST SOME GREAT PERIOD FOOTAGE AT THE TT, BRAVE BLOKES ON BIG SINGLES GOING HARD AT "THE" ROAD RACE CIRCUIT . . .OH, AND FORMBY PROVIDING COMIC RELIEF - YouTube

BACK AGAIN WITH SOME GENUINE RACE FOOTAGE FROM GEORGE'S FILM "NO LIMIT", YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS WAS 1935 OR THEREABOUTS . . . AN AGE OF RELATIVE INNOCENCE AND SIMPLE PLEASURES . . .

THIS WAS THE BOLLOCKS, ON THE PIN WITH NOWT MORE THAT A PUDDING BASIN ON YER SCONE AND SOME LEATHER BRITCHES TO FEND OFF THE KILLER WALLS, HEDGES AND OTHER OBSTACLES THAT ONLY THE ISLE OF MAN THROWS AT YOU . . .

I CAN EMPATHISE WITH BARRY SHEENE TELLING THE POWERS THAT BE AT THE TIME IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES TO STICK IT UP THEIR ARSES . . . WITHIN A SEASON THE TT WAS NO LONGER PART OF THE G.P CIRCUS . . . . .

**** USUAL SHIT, HIT THE LINK OR POST TITLE TO GET INTO SOME HISTORICAL AND HYSTERICAL TT ACTION WITH MR GEORGE FORMBY IN "NO LIMIT"
George Formby, No Limit, The Race. - YouTube

HOLY CHEQUERED FAIRINGS BATMAN !!! LOOK OUT JOE PETRALI, MOVE OVER EASY RIDER, IT'S THE SERIOUSLY SLEEK "SHUTTLEWORTH SNAP" !!!! . . . . . FORMBY WAS A COMIC GENIUS FOR HIS TIME ACROSS THE ONCE VAST DOMINIONS OF THE LATE, GREAT, SOON TO BE DIMINISHING BRITISH EMPIRE . . . HOISTED FROM "VISORDOWN"

GEORGE FORMBY WAS BIGGER THAN BOVRIL IN BRITAIN AND HER FAR FLUNG DOMINIONS IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS . . . . AS MY MUM REMINDED ME WHEN SHE SAW THE SUBJECT OF THIS POST . . . . HE WAS THE COMEDIAN FOR THE TIME IN AN AGE OF FASCINATION WITH ALL THINGS TO DO WITH GOING FAST, NO MATTER HOW COMICAL . . . .

EVEN I CAN REMEMBER SEEING HIS OLD BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES AS A KID, ESPECIALLY THE FOCUS OF THIS POST, THE CLASSIC "NO LIMIT", SET AT THE ISLE OF MAN TT . . . . . GOOD OLD FASHIONED BRIT COMEDY AT ITS BEST . . .  AND TO THIS DAY AS FUNNY AS IT MUST'VE BEEN THEN !!!

***** CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE AND 'AVE YOURSELF A GIGGLE AT ONE OF THE ALL TIME "SPEED DEMONS" COURTESY OF GEORGE FORMBY AND "VISORDOWN" . . . READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ON THE TOP 10 OF 'UNSUNG ICONIC MOTORCYCLES' . . . . GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES !!!
Top 10 unsung yet iconic motorcycles - SHUTTLEWORTH SNAP - Page 4 - Motorcycle Top 10s - Visordown

SHOVELHEAD FINNED ROCKER COVERS BY "THROWBACK MC PARTS" . . . . . . TO BORROW A LINE FROM 'DEREK AND CLIVE' - THIS STUFF GIVES ME THE FUCKING HORN !!! . . . IRISH RICH MADE THE CALL ON THESE EXTRAORDINARILY GORGEOUS, HAND CRAFTED, TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL JIGGERS UPON HIS RETURN TO BLOGLAND TODAY . . . I TOOK ONE LOOK AND HAD TO HAVE A PAIR FOR PROJECT "SHOVELLER", LOOKS LIKE JOSH FRAZZITTA JOINS THE RANKS OF SUPERBLY GIFTED, QUALITY PARTS PRODUCERS . . . COMING SOON--

I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PENCHANT FOR ALLOY ENGINE COVERS AND COMPONENTS WITH FINS, IN FACT, ANYTHING REALLY, PUT SOME FINS ON A TOOTHBRUSH AND I'M BARRING UP ALL OVER THE SHOP . . . . . . NOT ONLY DO THEY HARK BACK TO THE FULL GLORY DAYS OF POST WAR, EARLY FIFTIES HOT ROD/INDY/MIDGET/LAND SPEED ENDEAVOURS AS A STYLISTIC REFERENCE POINT . . . THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TRULY SIGNIFICANT AND BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE MOTOR THEY ARE ATTACHED TO.

Some of you are aware I've added a Speed Merchant finned derby cover to my Skirtster, the shit looks the business, but more importantly, it does a great job of disapating heat away from the internals of the clutch basket assembly and that's a good thing. I'm not a mechanic's arsehole but I've listened with all three ears open for the last thirty years to blokes that really 'know stuff', and reducing heat build up in a any motor reduces component fatigue, ipso facto, the propensity for your infernally combusting pride and joy to detonate all over the road, your leg and your wallet.

Now, Irish Rich and others of that level of  mechanical wizardry may correct me if I'm off beam on this, but when I saw Josh's fabulously functional finned shovel head rocker covers on his Throwback site, my second thought, after 'fuck me they are the duck's nuts', was, 'that's gotta be a good thing for the top end of the donk' and I reckon I'm right . . . if you can draw more heat away from those little valves, rocker arms, guides, gaskets, studs etc, chances are you stand a better chance of prolonging the life expectancy of your motor and its reliability . . . . crew like Miller, Offenhauser, Webco, Magnusson and the like weren't running this kind of shit just cause it looked pretty, they worked, and nothing under this sun has changed in seventy years, once more, FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION !!

For what it's worth, if you're ever considering polishing your crank cases to the point of obliterating all the thousands of tiny casting marks . . . unless it's gonna be another trailor queen, resist the temptation . . . all those 'unsightly' little bumps increase surface area thereby raising its ability to keep relatively cool . . . but what the fuck do I know . . . ????

So, if you're on the prowl for some fucking exquisite, hand produced, made in the U.S of A rocker covers for your shovel, or equally wonderful risers in brass and billet aluminium, get onto Josh Frazzita at THROWBACK MC PARTS and have a serious perve at his fantastic work . . . . you will not be disappointed in the least . . . .

***** Big thanks to the Shamrock Man at APPLIED MACHETE for the tipoff . . . good to see him back on line, now, to visit THROWBACK, hit the link below or on post title and give yourself a nice little rise . . . as it were.
Throwback Motorcycle parts — Finned Shovelhead rockerboxes-- COMING SOON--

OH, A SPORTSTER . . . SO YOU RIDE A CHICK'S BIKE ??? BY THAT EINSTEIN LIKE ESTIMATION, IF YOU AIN'T DRIVIN SOME HUGE, SHIT HANDLING LAND BARGE, YOU'RE DRIVING A GIRL'S CAR . . . ???? UM, DER, NEEDLEDICK, IT'S CALLED A MOTORCYCLE AND ACTUALLY BEHAVES JUST LIKE ONE SHOULD WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE 200 POUNDS OF EXTRANEOUS CRAP . . . !!!!! GO THE SPORTY, THE LONGEST RUNNING PRODUCTION HARLEY, IT MUST BE DOIN SOMETHIN RIGHT !!!

THE MUCH MALIGNED, PERPETUALLY DENEGRATED "SPORTSTER" . . . . OVER FIFTY YEARS OLD AND STILL GOING STRONG, BUT STILL, SO MANY BIG, BUTCH, DUMB, 'BADASS', NEANDERTHAL KNUCKLE SCRAPERS CONTINUE TO WRITE IT OFF WITH TERMS LIKE EFFETTE, GIRLY, LEARNER, BEGINNER, ENTRY LEVEL, SOFT, GAY, SMALL, SKIRTSTER AND SO MANY MORE, NOT TO MENTION THE MORONIC PREJUDGING OF THE RIDERS CHARACTER AND CAPABILITIES - DROLL POTTSY, VERY DROLL !!!

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF ITS DETRACTERS ARE JUST TOO GROTESQUELY FAT TO EVEN SIT THEIR PRIMITIVE GREAT ARSES ON ONE WITHOUT SQUASHING THE THING INTO THE BITUMEN, NOT TO MENTION BEING SO BRAINDEAD AS TO NOT COMPREHEND THE BASIC PHYSICS OF THE 'POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO' CONCEPT  . . . GET THE FUCK OVER YOURSELF BRUTUS, GROW A BRAIN AND A PENIS AND GET A CLUE . . . WHY DO YOU THINK GUYS STARTED 'BOBBING' AND THEN ULTIMATELY 'CHOPPING' THE SHIT OUT OF BIG TWINS . . . . . D'OH !!!!!

IF CARS WERE JUDGED PURELY BY SIZE THEN NAMES LIKE MUSTANG, COBRA, JAG, PORSCHE, CORVETTE, CAMARO, XU1, A9X, COOPER S, FORMULA 1, FUNNY CARS AND THE LIST LIST GOES ON AND FUCKING ON . . . WOULD ALL BE DEEMED WORTHLESS AND INCONSEQUENTIAL . . . . WELL, THANKFULLY, THE GORILLAS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR PEA SIZED MINDS HAVE NEVER BEEN THE 'OPINION MAKERS' OR THE LEADERS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENTS, SO, FOR THE REST OF US, WHO ARE CAPABLE OF DIGGING THINGS ON THEIR OWN MERITS AND NOT JUDGING APPLES AGAINST WATERMELONS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE STIMULUS AND REWARDS OF BEING ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE BROADER BEAUTY OF ANY BIKE THAT IS SIMPLY COOL . . . INCLUDING SPORTSTERS.

WELL, THAT'S MY LITTLE MELTDOWN FOR THE WEEK, OR CERTAINLY THE DAY, AND I WILL LEAVE YOU TO EXPLORE A REALLY DECENT ARTICLE POSTED BY "HOT BIKE" ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPORTY'S 50th ANNIVERSARY A FEW YEARS BACK, IT'S WELL WORTH A READ . . . . OF COURSE, IF YOU CAN READ THAT IS !!!

****** CLICK ONLY ON POST TITLE TO CONNECT, BIG THANKS TO "HOT BIKE" FOR THE POST MATERIAL . . .

SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS - "WILD BLUE YONDER" . . . NOW ALL OF OUR KILLING'S DONE, DANCE TO THE GOOD CASH MONEY SON . . . . EXPECTING THIS GREAT MID EIGHTIES ACT TO DO WELL COMMERCIALLY WAS LIKE BELIEVING THAT PEACE WOULD COME TO THE MIDDLE EAST . . . THAT SHIT JUST AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN . . . . IS IT ??? - YouTube

A FIERCELY DECENT TUNE FROM A KILLER U.K BAND FROM THE MID EIGHTIES . . . . AS IS OFTEN THE WAY WITH THINGS OF INHERENT WORTH AND QUALITY, THEY WERE COMPLETELY SHUNNED BY RADIO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC FOR THE SAKE OF GUMBY FUCKWITS LIKE A-HA, KATRINA AND THE WAVES, LIONEL RITCHIE AND THE TIME HONOURED INVENTORS OF ELEVATOR MUSIC, THE BEACH BOYS, ON YET ANOTHER MAKEOVER . . . . SHIT, AND PEOPLE SAY THE STONES ARE PAST IT . . . FUCK ME !!! IF ANY OF THE BLOODY BEACH BOYS EVER WALK IN FRONT OF MY VALIANT, I'M NOT STOPPING !!!!

BUT I DIGRESS . . . . . . . . "WILD BLUE YONDER" IS POSSESSED OF CLEVER LYRICAL CONTENT, DRIVING KICK/SNARE PATTERNS IN SYNC WITH BASS AND A REPETITIVE, LOOPING, STACCATO GUITAR TRACK THAT COMBINE TO DELIVER A BRILLIANT, HYPNOTIC AND SLIGHTLY UNSETTLING PIECE OF POP GENIUS THAT FOR ME, SOMEHOW ECHOES THE LAST, DREARY, DIRTY DAYS OF AUNTY MAGGIE AND UNCLE RONNIE RAYGUN AND THEIR REIGN OF OUTDATED, RANCID RHETORIC ACROSS THE ONCE 'WESTERN' WORLD . . . THE GIG WAS UP, THE FAT LADY BEGAN HER WARMUP ROUTINE SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AFRICA . . . .

IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA, A HUGE, BLOATED BEAST WAS DYING ON ONE SIDE OF THE WALL, WHILE ON THE OTHER, ITS LONG TIME TORMENTORS WERE FADING INTO SENILITY AND REDUNDENCEY WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY, FRANKIE STORMED INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH THE WEST END GIRLS AND MORRISSEY IN SUPPORT BUT, TRAGICALLY, IT WAS ALL TOO LATE . . . .

THE "EPIDEMIC" WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND A BILLION, FREAKED OUT, UNINFORMED HOMOPHOBES RAN WILD IN THE STREETS . . . BAYING LIKE RABID, PSYCHOTICALLY CRAZED CUJO'S AT THE GATES OF TOLERANCE AND LOGIC . . . AHH, THE SWEET SMELL OF HATRED MINGLED WITH FEAR AND PANIC AS WE STUMBLED, HEADLONG AND FULLY FUCKED UP TOWARD THE NINETIES, YES, LIFE WAS GRAND.

***** PLEASE, GENTLEMEN STILL NOT A'BED, CLICK UPON THE LINK BENEATH OR UPON POST TITLE TO BE TRANSPORTED ON HEAVENLY, GOSSAMER WINGS INTO THE "WILD BLUE YONDER" . . . . SCREAMING  IN VAIN AS YOU GO !!!!!!
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Wild Blue Yonder - YouTube

"SATAN'S CHOICE" DOCO PART 1 OF 3 FROM 1965 - A REAL INSIGHT INTO THE TIMES AND ATTITUDES . . . TAKEN FROM "KITCHENER81SUPPORT" POOTUBE CHANNEL - YouTube

WITHOUT GETTING INTO ANY DEBATE ON THE WHY'S AND WHEREFORE'S REGARDING MY SELECTION OF MATERIAL FROM A SOURCE WITH SUCH OBVIOUS AFFILIATIONS AS THIS PIECE AND THE TWO SUBSEQUENT PARTS, THE FACT IS I'VE OFTEN 'VISITED' HIS POOTUBE CHANNEL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND FOUND MANY A THOUGHT PROVOKING VID, SOME GREAT HISTORICAL FOOTAGE AND SOME COOL SHIT . . .

The "Satan's Choice" film was produced in Canada in 1965, in and around Toronto, at a time when very little serious media time was given to anything to do with empathetically portraying the biker lifestyle just south of the border, with the exception of the photographic essays courtesy of oft discussed and seen pioneers featured on many blogs, mags and so on . . . a vast majority of straight society were content to look the other way, hope and pray they would all vanish into the ether and remain permanently repulsed and freaked out by their very existence. Seeking to gain some kind of real understanding into the reasons behind the establishment of 'outlaw' motorcycle clubs was given fuck all 'mainstream' endorsement or considerations.

Hence the significance of this particular documentary and its place in the overall historical scheme of things. Not only did this film get made but, moreover, it was done with funding from the National Film Board of Canada . . . go figure . . .how many other governmental agencies anywhere in the world from the socially tumultuous times of the mid sixties were involved in this kind of thing in a positive way . . . I suggest the answer is a resounding FUCK ALL . . . in all reality bugger all has changed over the ensuing forty five years, I'm sure you take my meaning . . . nudge, nudge, wink, wink . . .

*****Enough explanatory verbiage, click on the link below or on the post title to see some genuinely period crew doing their thing then follow it up with parts 2 and 3 . . . thanks to "Kitchener81Support" for the clips, cheers peoples.
Satan's Choice Part 1 - YouTube

CHEECH MARIN AND TOMMY CHONG . . . STRAWBERRY'S OUTFIT SCENE . . . STILL A CLASSIC FLICK, MAKES ME MISS BEIN STONED 24/7 FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY . . . BUT SOMETIMES 'SHIT' NOT HAPPENIN IS A GOOD THING !!! - YouTube

I NEVER RIDE THE DAY I SADDLE, FELL INTO "UP IN SMOKE " AND COULDN'T LEAVE THE CHAIR, I LOVE THESE GUYS, EVER SINCE HEARING THEM ON RECORD AT MY FIRST HIGH SCHOOL . . . . CLASS . . . . . . . CLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAAAAASSSSSSS !!!!!! 

ANYWAY, HERE IT IS, JUST TO GET A BIT OF HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY INTO YA ON A LOVELY DAY IN SUFFERERS PARASITE . . . . . . ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE SWEET JESUS, ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE . . . .

**** GO THROUGH THE USUAL ROUTINE TO CHECK IT OUT, PEACE PEEPS.            
strawberry's Motorcycle.wmv - YouTube

PURSUANT TO PREVIOUS POST . . . . "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE" - PUBLIC ENEMY, LIVE ON THE QUESTIONABLE MTV . . . THEY HAD THEIR REASONS THOUGH I'M CERTAIN !!!! - YouTube

WHATEVER IT IS, WHOEVER IT IS . . . . DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE . . . . IF YOU CHOOSE TO, LET THE SHIT FALL SQUARELY ON YOUR HEAD . . . . I'M OFF FOR A THRASH !!!!

****CLICK ON BELOW LINK OR ON POST TITLE TO CHECK OUT CHUCK, FLAVOR ET AL SELLIN THE GOOD SHIT . . . . !!!!
Don't Believe the Hype - Public Enemy - YouTube

THIS STUFF SMELLS BAD . . . . "VIDEO PROMO" FOR THE SPORTSTER SEVENTY TWO MODEL . . . IT'S 'MELROSE PLACE' MEETS NICKLEBACK ON TWO WHEELS . . . WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE CLOWNS SELLING . . . IS THIS 'CAMPAIGN' ORCHESTRATED BY 'VOGUE' . . . IS THE MOTOR COMPANY IN LEAGUE WITH 'GAP' . . . . I KNOW I GAVE A POSITIVE ENDORSEMENT OF THE '72 A WHILE BACK BUT I DON'T CONDONE THIS SANITISED, STERILISED, YUPPYISED, FASHION HOUSE, FAUX BIKER EXERCISE IN VISUAL MASTURBATION . . . . HEY KIDS, IF YOU OR YOUR DADDY CAN AFFORD TO BUY ONE OF THESE, ALL GOOD, BUT DON'T BUY INTO THE 'TOTAL PACKAGE, LIFESTYLE MAKEOVER' CORPORATE BULLSHIT TRIP !!!! I ALMOST REGRET BEING POSITIVE ABOUT IT NOW . . . IT'S THE '48 CAPER ALL OVER AGAIN . . . . FUUUUUCCCCKKK !!! - YouTube

YES, I DID WRITE A MODERATELY POSITIVE REVIEW OF HARLEY'S 'NEW' RELEASE SKIRTY, IT IS WHAT IT IS, I DID MY BEST NOT TO LET PERSONAL BIAS GET IN THE WAY, AFTERALL, I HAD GOT MYSELF A '48 WHEN IT HIT THE BAR AND SHIELD'S FASHION WAREHOUSES, I WAS, BY MY OWN ADMISSION, GUILTY AS CHARGED . . . NO DRAMA, I STILL STAND BY MY REASONS FOR PURCHASING IT RELATIVE TO ALL OTHER, WELL CONSIDERED, AVAILABLE OPTIONS . . . . BUT NOW, NOW I SEE THE '72's ACCOMPANYING PROMO CLIP AND, JUST AS I DID WITH THE '48 . . . I WANT TO SPEW MY BREAKFAST ALL OVER THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT . . . THIS KIND OF SHIT MAKES ME ILL !!!!!!

I love bikes generally, particularly old, 'classic' or 'traditional' if you will, Pommy and Yankee things, always have and always will, it's a matter of personal preference and that is mine. I harbour no regrets about having bought a brand new, so called 'custom', factory skirtster as my daily ride, I couldn't give a rat's arse about the 'stigma' some have about it . . . I wanted near as possible complete reliability and functionality without getting one of the more popular 'commuter' orientated choices avilable to me and I'm fucking glad I did to this day . . .

However . . . I remember not long after slapping down my deposit for the little fucker, I came across the 'Factory' campaign clip for it on PooTube, replete with hideously purile soundtrack, after having sat there and watched it from go to fucking woeful I almost marched my old bones down to the dealer and asked for my hard earned back. But I got the fuck over it, steeled myself for the snide comments of days to come and eagerly waited for four months for it to arrive.

My gripe with the pretty, moving picture thing that goes with the '72, just as the sacharine sweet shit that they released for the '48, is that it's promoting this totally manufactured, fake grit, fashion alligned, instant lifestyle, too cool bullshit that many of us find absofuckinglutely nauseating . . . . the same shit you see in all the fashion glossies, on telly, at the mall, everywhere. Buy this product and you can now be this . . . . buying the bike or the shoes or the whatever the fuck it is, is not sufficient, you just 'have to have the complete look', the jacket, the tee, the boots, the ring, the fucking toilet paper and more corrupt still . . . the attendant oh so cool friends, perfect sunrises every morning and the perfect pre-party sunset in the evening - FUCK OFF HARLEY, FUCK OFF FASHIONISTAS !!!

It's the same as just about every other 'industry' these days, skating, surfing, hot rodding, music, the whole fucking lot . . . clever dick marketing gurus and smalmy, slimey, clever dick, big dollar ads killing what was once the domain of people who'd committed themselves and pledged their allegience to the pursuit of passions that were central and pivotal to their very existence, these are now called 'lifestyle choices' . . . the big, faceless corporate clans lay it all out for you, just tick the box and you're in like Errol the Axeman . . . no prior history required, no lifelong obssession for your self determined madness/passion, just trot on down to the pedaller/dealer/mall to get your instant fix and hey prattso . . . you're in !!!! Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't just take up the fucking crack pipe . . . . just wait til 'they' figure out an upside to selling that 'lifestyle choice' . . . .

Like I said last time, if you reckon the '72 is for you, cool, fair enough choice, not everybody has the ability or connections to assemble their own personal, one off, custom dream machine, especially if you're turned on by the subliminal intent of the clip featured here, but, if you're genuine and want no more than to enjoy riding your own piece of the rapidly vanishing All American Legend . . . do that, just that, but don't, whatever you do, DON'T get sucked into the peripheral 'company branded' lifestyle makeover crap . . . find your own way, be your own person, buy the bike then walk away from the Company Merchandise Magnet while you can . . . DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE !!!!

***** click on the link below or on post diatribe, grab yourself a bucket, sit back and 'enjoy' the Harley 'How to' video on Lifestyle Packaging Placement . . . . bleeeeccchhhh !!!!
SPORTSTER SEVENTY-TWO™ HARLEY-DAVIDSON 72 NEW MODEL - YouTube

THE PORSCHE 917, YOU'LL NEED THE XXXXL NUTSAC FOR THIS 240+ MPH MOTHER . . . . THIS CRAZY WILD KRAUT MACHINE WAS A KILLER . . . IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, IT RULED THE EARLY SEVENTIES ON EVERY CIRCUIT . . . . - YouTube

OF ALL THE SPORTS CARS THAT HAVE DOMINATED THE SPORT IN POST '50's RACING, NONE WAS AS WICKEDLY EFFECTIVE, MONSTROUSLY POWERFUL AND DOWNRIGHT DEADLY AS DR FERDINAND'S EVIL GRANDCHILD, THE PORSCHE 917 . . . .

EVEN THE FAT BLOCK GT40's THAT RULED THE ROOST UNTIL, TYPICALLY, BEING BANNED, NEVER CAME CLOSE TO WHAT THIS BARELY DRIVEABLE DEATHTRAP DELIVERED IN TERMS OF INSANE POWER . . . EVERY OTHER CAR LOOKED CIVILIZED WHEN COMPARED TO THIS RECORD SMASHING MANEATER . . .

The stories behind its ongoing development, both motor and body/chassis set up, are legend, as are the tales from numerous [arguably mentally defective, elephant testicled] drivers who attempted to pilot this ground bound thermonuclear device regarding its "twitchy", verging on psychotic, behavioural characteristics . . . .

All of that shit aside, my fave AF/X car when I was a twelve year old was the 917, I used to lie as close and as low to the track as possible and watch that tiny fucker rocket around the track while playing make believe it was the real McFerdi and I was doing the driving . . . the innocence of youth, if only I knew the reality . . . .

**** I've ripped a microdoc off PooTube to demonstrate what I am still, nearly forty years later, fully blown out by with this Teutonic titan, sadly, there's a sync issue with the sound but get the fuck over it and tune in . . . some gobsmacking footage on the banked turns at Daytona is worth watching on its own . . . . so plug in and enjoy Das Animal, sehr gut !!!! Usual caper, click on link below to get it on !!
Porsche 917 - YouTube

A SPECIAL, BIG PHAT, RED HOT HELLO AND THANKYOU TO ALL THOSE FROM THE NON ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS OF THE GLOBE WHO ARE DROPPING IN FOR A READ AND A GIGGLE . . . I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME OUT TO DO IT AND HOPE YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE EXPERIENCE . . . I GUESS IT JUST GOES TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE LOVE OF GREASY OLD BIKES, CARS, MUSIC AND ALL THE OTHER ASSORTED ODDS AND SODS I FEATURE HERE IS A TRULY INTERGALACTIC COMMON BOND . . . TO ALL OF YOU, TAKE CARE ON THE HIGHWAYS AND BIWAYS, KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN AND ENJOY IT ALL, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE . . . PEACE AND BIG LOVE, "WHITELINEPSYCHO"

IF YOU'RE RIDIN THE HIGH HORSE . . . . IT'S A LONG, HARD FALL TO THE GROUND . . . . "BITCHES" !!! . . . . . OH YEAH, THIS IS A FUCKING RANT !!!!

GOTTA CLEAR THE OLD BILE DUCT BEFORE I CHOKE ON THE POISONOUS BUILDUP OF THE LAST 12 HOURS OR SO . . . . . . I DON'T POST STUFF THAT I REALLY DIG FOR ANY KIND OF RECOGNITION, MY EGO IS WAY TOO FUCKING SOLID TO NEED THAT SHIT, I BELIEVE IN WHAT I DO AND RECKON IT'S PRETTY COOL, I LIKE ME . . . .

[MY LIFE HAS BEEN CHOCK FULL OF 'ARTISTIC' SUCCESSES ON MY TERMS, THE 'CORPORATE MACHINE' AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVEN'T BEATEN ME TO THE FLOOR AND LEFT ME COMPLETELY BITTER AND TWISTED ABOUT ANYONE WHO'S NOT LIVING IN A ROACH INFESTED SCUMHOLE . . . . ]

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IN AND IF IT'S GIVIN ME THE CHUBBY EFFECT, WHETHER IT'S NEW OR OLD, WHATEVER, IT'S GOING UP AND I'M BACKING IT UP WITH A BLURB FROM THE HEART, NOT BECAUSE I'M SEEKING A BLOW JOB FROM THE ORIGINATOR BUT SIMPLY DUE TO THE FACT I THINK IT'S COOL SHIT AMD MORE CREW SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT . . . . !!!!!

WHAT STICKS IN MY CRAW IS IF I'M GETTIN A BIT OF SOMEBODY'S 'CREATIVE OUTPUT' SOME MORE EXPOSURE, STATING ALL DUE CREDITS CORRECTLY, DOIN IT RIGHT . . . . GIVING IT A REAL DECENT PROMO WHERE THEY HAVEN'T DONE DICK WITH IT THEMSELVES, LET EM KNOW IT'S BEEN PUT UP OUT OF COURTESY BLAH, BLAH, BLAH . . . .

THEN, TO SEE IT IMMEDIATELY POSTED BY THEM, NOW THEY'VE BEEN REMINDED OF IT AND HOW COOL IT IS . . . WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A RECIPROCAL NOD, THAT SHIT'S JUST PLAIN FUCKIN RUDE, FURTHERMORE IT'S THE STUFF OF ARROGANCE AND FALSE SUPERIORITY . . . . FIND SOME BLOODY MANNERS . . . "BITCHES" !!!!

OR MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE YOU'RE ARCH ALTERNATE, HARD CORE, BADASS TYPES . . . "BADASS" . . . HMMMMM, NOW THERE'S A PRETEND TOUGH GUY WORD IF EVER THER WAS ONE . . . IT'S SO TOTALLY BADASS MAN, THAT BIKE IS BADASS, I WANNA TAKE IT IN MY BADASS BRO . . . . . . . . WHAT A JOKE !!!!

AHHH, THAT FEELS BETTER, I HATE THAT SOUR TASTE IN THE BACK OF MY THROAT, HAVE A NICE DAY . . . . HA HA HA !!!!!

**** I DON'T NORMALLY USE THE WORD 'BITCHES' . . . JUST LIKE I NEVER SAY 'NIGGER', 'ABO' OR 'FAGGOT' AND SEVERAL OTHER WORDS THAT MYSELF AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS FIND TOTALLY OFFENSIVE . . . TODAY, HOWEVER, IS ALL ABOUT THE 'BITCHES' . . . . .

THE YOUNG TURK ZOMBIE . . . BEEN FOLLOWING MASTER STOPNIK SINCE SEEING SOME SHOTS JOSH KURPIUS POSTED A FEW YEARS BACK . . . THE KID'S GOT OODLES OF STYLE, NO SURPRISES THERE GIVEN HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY HERITAGE !!!

I JUST LOVE SUBTLELY TWEAKED STOCK RIDES . . . AS MUCH AS I DIG FULLY WILD, ONE OFF CUSTOMS . . . SOMETIMES A WEE BIT OF FINE TOOTHED FUCKIN AROUND ON A NEAR STOCK BIKE CAN RESULT IN SOME SERIOUSLY 'BAUHAUS' INSPIRED SIMPLICITY THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT . . .

THE CYCLE ZOMBIES BLOG HAS CURRENTLY POSTED A FEW SHOTS OF A '69 XLCH THAT THE YOUNG TURK IN QUESTION HAS UP FOR SALE . . . AND IT'S A STONE COLD, SWEET AS A NUT KILLER !!! STRIPPED TO NAUGHTY NAKED NUDE STATUS, IT REPRESENTS THE BARE BONES, BUILT FOR SPEED AND FUNCTION AESTHETIC THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH A STOCK BIKE AND HAVE IT STAND OUT IN ANY LINE-UP YOU'D CARE TO MENTION . . . JUST LIKE THE GREAT POST WAR TINKERERS AND TWEAKERS USED TO DO . . .

I'd rather be riding the Turk's bitchin little skirtster than any number of poorly executed, uglier than shit on a stick choppers, bobbers, chobbers, boppers and flobbers that I see plastered all over the interweb with regular, mind numbing monotony . . . any bike, car, boat or other bit of machinery is about balance and a fully harmonious appearance borne of its intended role in life, every component working off each other to ceate an aesthetic 'whole' that is at once clean, flowing and totally organic . . . . form following function all the way !!!

Man, if I were domiciled in the Land of The Free, I'd be brave and bold and buy that perty li'l fucker as quick as you could say 'mine', no, it's nothing new, it's not all 'hand made' wizardry, it's simply simple and in these old eyes, it's that simplicity that elevates this particular Stopnik Special well above the mundane and ordinary !!!

Sadly, I live half a bloody planet away so all I can do is suggest somebody get onto the young guru Turk Stopnik immediately, don't haggle too hard, fork out the greenbacks and make this gorgeous '69er yours . . . I reckon you'll be one happy son of a son of a sailor !!!!

**** [To view the sexy '69 XLCH click on link below or post title or go directly to the CYCLE ZOMBIES BLOG and swing into action, it won't be there for long I figure !!!]
cycle zombies blog

INDIAN LARRY, DAVID SNOW, GREASY KULTURE, HB LEWIS AND A HUGE SURPRISE FOR AN UNKNOWING WHITELINEPSYCHO . . . . LEARNING NEW STUFF IS WHAT MAKES THIS BLOG FOLLOWING CAPER SO WORTHWHILE !!!

RECIEVED MY ISSUE OF GKM YESTERDAY AND WENT STRAIGHT TO DAVID SNOW'S ARTICLE RECOLLECTING THE LEGEND SHOOT FOR INDIAN LARRY'S COVER OF IRON HORSE OF THE MID NINETIES, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T REALISE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AT THE TIME, I WAS HEAVILY INTO BRIT BIKES, I DUG GOOD CHOPS BUT NOT THE KIND MOST PEOPLE WERE PUTTIN TOGETHER OUT HERE . . . I CAN DEFINITELY RECALL THE BIKE, IT STOOD OUT FROM THE CROWD LIKE DOG'S BALLS, HOWEVER, BEYOND THAT . . . NADA . . .

THE INTRIGUE, THE INSIDER INFO, THE INDIAN LARRY MYSTERY AND SO MUCH MORE ALL TOLD BY DAVID SNOW HIMSELF . . . A FUCKING GREAT READ AND A REAL INSIGHT INTO THE COMPLEXITIES OF NOT ONLY THE BEHIND THE COVER SHIT AT THE MAG ITSELF, BUT A BIT OF A SNIPPET INTO THE ENIGMA THAT WAS INDIAN LARRY . . . ESPECIALLY PRE 'BUILD OFF' MADNESS . . . READ IT ALL IN THE NEW EDITION OF GKM !!!

The article got me thinking about many things related to Larry, Psycho Cycles, Steg [who I mentioned in a blog a few weeks back], English Don and some wicked caricature paintings by one HB Lewis that were published in Iron Horse in the late '80's . . . . I never saw them then but I do recall sighting them a few of them on the wall at Hi-Rise Motorcycles in the early '90's and thinking they were really very cool, I didn't know one of them was in fact a depiction of Indian Larry, as many of you have known for years and years . . . . . .

Fast forward to a few years ago . . . doing the non interactive blog trolling thing that was my modus oparendii until only two or so months ago, I come across a post on someones blog [had a feeling it may've been Noot's but couldn't locate them on his blog an hour ago so I used the quartet of shots from GKM] featuring the very illustration . . . . that's when I found out it was Larry on the chop, tearing up the sidewalk . . . . obviously by this stage he had gone to hang out at the big garage in the sky . . . .

The real surprise for me came only tonight. As I said, I knew sweet fuck all about not only the subject matter until relatively recently and even less about the artist, HB Lewis . . . until tonight. I got curious and decided to go the Google on Mr Lewis . . . . Holy Insanely Talented Artists Batman !!!!! Again, many of you guys out there, especially crew like Noot, Irish Rich and probably more than half the guys whose blogs I now officially follow, realised this but to me it's a revelation . . . turns out the dude can not only turn out some exceptional biker art but has been a major part of half of my daughter's favourite cartoon movies, has illustrated and written really cool, cute childrens books and so, so, so much more . . . . WOW !!!!

This entire blogging thing has been such a fulfilling and educational experience for me, so much info I've picked up by actually interacting rather than just 'observing' in a totally detatched manner as I used to, I make mistakes, assume the wrong thing, ask dumb questions, but wtf, it's all borne of a desire to learn and add to my life's devotion to the cult of everything motorcycling . . . cheers to all of you who inspire me to dig deeper in search of more knowledge and a more complete understanding of all the shit I love so much . . . it's a genuine rush !!!

**** Check out the HB Lewis website to see the incredibly diverse depth and breadth of his work and click on the link below or on the post title to see four of Lewis' best pieces that were first published in Iron Horse then featured again buy the GKM boys . . . enjoy it !!!
Greasy Art

DENVER DAN, THE SPEED MERCHANT'S CHIEF JOCKEY AND PROMO DYNAMO, IS DOWN BUT NOT OUT ONCE MORE . . . . A CHICK, A CAR, A 'U' TURN, A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE . . . A GREAT GUY, A COOL BIKE AND A GOOD NIGHT FUCKED IN ONE FELL SWOOP !!! CAR DRIVERS OF THE WORLD . . . OPEN YOUR BLOODY EYES !!!!

I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM DENVER DANNY, YET AGAIN THE POOR BUGGER HAS BEEN THE INNOCENT VICTIM OF A RIDING GET OFF . . . TRAVELLING ALONG SUNSET AFTER THE UNVEILING OF ONE OF HIS GOOD MATE'S, [ONE JEFF DECKER] NEW BELT BUCKLE, IT SEEMS A YOUNG CHICK'S MIND JUST WALKED AWAY AND SHE CROSSED A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE, PULLED A SWIFT U-TURN . . . ALL IN ORDER TO MAKE IT INTO THE MINI MART OPPOSITE, AS YOU DO, A GIRL'S GOTTA EAT . . . . ALL DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MR BEGAKIS AND THE ONCOMING SPEED MERCHANT BLACK BOMBER !!!!!

According to Dan, some first class aerial manuevres, involving cartwheels into a heavy back slam, were undertaken with flare and elan by said rider as said car tried its best to devour said motorcycle . . . Dan's stunning aerial gymnastics display resulted in a trip to the hospital where after numerous doses of x-radiation it was determined he was, a) one tough bastard, and, b) free of any broken bones . . . however he was swollen like a very sore barage balloon . . . Dan did suggest he was hopeful of being back on his feet within the week . . . another bloke they couldn't root, shoot or electrocute !!!

Furthermore, the author can report that fortuitously, one Chopper Dave was following Dan and was able to play chase car and load the Speed Mobile, which was now showing some signs of wear, into his rig and safely remove said trumpy from the scene before tow truck drivers ensured that it would never be able to be ridden again . . . .

I had wanted to include the photo Dan sent showing his Pommy pride and joy lying folornly mid road, but my negligible computer skills prevented this from becoming a reality, so instead I've included a shot from The Speed Merchant blog of the man in peak condition standing hansomely and proudly in front of his wee collection of go fast goodies, with the one time wrecked "Chainsaw" in full view . . . . it came back better than ever after their close call some years ago and I'm certain that the Black Bomber will make its return in the same way not too far down the track . . .

FOR ALL THOSE WISHING TO DROP DENVER DAN A GET WELL WISH, HIT HIM UP AT THE SPEED MERCHANT BLOG . . . AND KEEP YOUR EYES ON SWIVEL MODE, ESPECIALLY NEAR MINI MARTS AND TAKE OUTS . . . . GET WELL MR BEGAKIS !!!!

***** CLICK ON POST TITLE TO CHECK OUT A MORE MOBILE VERSION OF DAN AND THE 'SPEED MOBILE'

HARLEY'S, HEP CATS, DROPOUT DOGS AND THIRTY YEARS OF DOIN MY OWN TRIP . . . SETZER, PHANTOM AND ROCKER, SUBSTANCE AND STYLE IN PERFECT MEASURE . . . .

JUST GOT MY LATEST DOSE FROM JP AT "THE SELVEDGE YARD", AN ARTICLE ON ONE OF MY MOST BELOVED ACTS OF ALL TIME, THE ONE AND ONLY, "STRAY CATS" . . . WHAT A FLASH !!!

It got me to thinkin about the significance this trio from Long Island via London had on my life back in the immediate post punk days of the 'Summer of '81' . . . two words . . . . "LIFE CHANGING", encapsulate how much influence these guys, their music and their sartorial style exerted on me and the direction my life took in the intervening thirty years . . .

Back in 1981 I had started my second year at the University of Queensland doing an Arts Degree, History, English and Drama, with a view to possibly teaching. I sure as fuck wasn't doing too much studying but I was immersed in live music, skating and generally writing off 24/7 . . . I'd been fully into the whole punk thing for a few years, from safety pins and GP boots, to the Rude Boy/Ska thing and then the dark jackets, shirts and studied moroseness of Joy Division and early Cure.

I had been living on the Gold Coast since 1976 when dad retired from the Navy, it was the home of cool waves, blonde haired surfers, pretty girls, tourists and not a whole bunch more in my eyes. You see I'd come from Canberra, our nation's fair Capitol, [there is no surf in Canberra] where my life revolved around cars, bikes and skateboards, upon arriving on the Coast, I was surrounded by surfers who mostly hated anything to do with cars and bikes, in particular . . . you were either a surfer or a spannerhead . . . when I fell in love with The Saints, The Pistols, The Clash back in '76-'78, it was probably subconciously fueled by the existing blonde haired hippy attitude I was surrounded by . . The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, E.L.O, it was everywhere !!!

Anyhow, to cut this short of becomming a novel . . . I had loved hearing "Runaway Boys" and seeing the clip when it was put out in early '81, my old man had three fucking major strokes and was in a coma for two months from just after my birthday in late June, I deferred from uni for second semester, came home to look after the house while mum was in Brisbane to be near dad in the hospital up there, got a job making wood furniture, accidentally inherited the old man's GTR Torana, saw live original bands every night and . . . . bought "The Stay Cats" L.P . . . . . . it was all over bar the Murray's hair wax . . . say hello to brothel creepers, leather jackets and Lucky Strikes !!!

Dad came around and was home in time for Christmas '81, albeit fucked for life, tough old bugger, [the man they couldn't root, shoot or electrocute, three massive strokes wasn't nearly enough to to kill him off !!] and I attempted to restart Uni first semester '82 . . . . it lasted three weeks into February, with a head full of Stray Cats, The Cramps, The Meteors, The Polecats, Robert Gordon et al, a rapidly growing quiff and with the newly released second album, "Gonna Ball" from the Cats, featuring two ultra cool chopped/bobbed black Hogglies on the cover, my uni days were shot to hell !!! Mind you, if dad had been his old self, I reckon he would've kicked my arse straight back to U.Q and 'made' me finish, I mean, I was halfway done . . . oh well.

Myself, my best mate 'Rat', a young Kiwi called Tim Millar and his step father started our own Rockabilly band, "Johnny Bullet and The Ballistics", did the usual gigs for mate's in boardriding clubs, birthdays etc. Then, within a couple of months . . . fuck me !!! We were working with the best bands in the country, doing supports for George Thorogood, Bo Diddly and even Meatloaf and Twisted fucking Sister [they sucked] and attracting monster crowds to our own gigs and covering the country out on the road on tour . . . rock and roll !!!

For me, it is still a huge part of my life, I only stopped playing two to four weekly gigs six years ago and am still in the studio banging out originals with one of my dearest long term musical associates . . . the point is that none of it, not a single musical note on my behalf, would have been possible if it were not for the influence of three skinny white boys from Long Island with monster hair, tats and a throwback image of the fifties . . . furthermore, they firmly and forever re-established and justified my mad, lifelong madness and love for old motorcycles and cars and everything from days gone by that will remain perpetually, intrinsically and legitimately "cool" . . . . long live The Stray Cats !!!

***** to cop a gander at the cover art of "Gonna Ball" and two red hot and rockin Harleys, click on the link below or on post title . . . thanks to "Motorcycle-74" blog for the shot . . . .
MOTORCYCLE 74: Stray cats - cover art - Harley - Davidson

ROSCOE GETTING DOWN ON BARRY'S BEAST . . . BABY, WE'RE STEPPIN OUT TONIGHT !! BAZ'S BIKE IS A BRUTAL, BIG BANGER . . . IT'S A SLEEPER, DON'T MESS WITH IT . . . . . !!! - Photo, Rod Cole, 'Orlando Images', flckr - Photo Sharing!

ROSCOE HAS CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME, IT IS SO BADLY ADVANCED THAT WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND IS PLACED ON THE THROTTLE, THE AUTO RESPONSE MECHANISM IN THE BRAIN INSTANTLY TRIGGERS AN OVERLOAD OF NEURONS TO FLOOD THE CEREBRAL CORTEX CAUSING THE WRIST TO CRANK VIOLENTLY DOWNWARDS AND THE FINGERS TO LOCK IN POSITION, IN EXTREME SITUATIONS, THE HAND CAN ONLY BE RELEASED FROM THE 'BAR BY ADMINISTERING STRAIGHT AVIATION FUEL VIA AN I.V DRIP DIRECTLY INTO THE PARIETAL LOBE  . . .

The bike belongs to Baz, he's a lovely chap, unassuming, talented, hard working, responsible, caring and at peace with the world . . . . sadly, all of that counts for shit once he sits his his arse in the saddle of his deceptively understated hybrid Hoggly . . . the 'nicely efficient' S+S big cuber results in volcanic like volumes of smoke being generated from the rear end as 750,000 H.P, or there abouts . . . , is transferred gently to the tarmac, he also suffers from the same ailment as Ross, on occasion, the open 3" primary snaps, resulting in some degree of discomfort for poor old Baz . . . but that's how he rolls . . .

**** Just click on the below link or on post title to see test pilot/mechanic/sex symbol, Roscoe, giving the baby a fair crack prior to handing it over to the camera shy/ recluse, Barry . . photo taken by the lovely Rod Cole . . . toodle pip !!!
All sizes 20110129-IMG_0978 Flickr - Photo Sharing!

THE 'ELSINORE' . . . . . BEFORE I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1974, HONDA RELEASED THE CR250M ELSINORE . . . EVEN NOW, NEARLY FORTY YEARS LATER, IT'S STILL THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DIRT BIKE EVER MADE . . . CHARIOT OF THE GODS, DIRTY SEX ON TWO WHEELS !!!!!

ANYBODY WHO HAS HALF A CLUE REGARDING THE HISTORY OF DIRT BIKES IN THE POST WWII ERA WILL RECALL HONDA'S CR250M ELSINORE . . . AT THE SAME TIME THAT YAMAHA WAS SHOWING THE WORLD IT'S MONOSHOCK MASTERSTROKE THAT TOOK HAAKEN ANDERSSON TO WORLD DOMINATION, HONDA BROUGHT OUT THE SEXIEST MOTOCROSS RIDE EVER BOLTED TOGETHER . . .

NAKED ALLOY TANK, MATT GREEN NUMBER PLATES, EYEWATERINGLY GORGEOUS LINES, SNAKEY EXHAUST AND THE KILLER STANCE, IT IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF THE OFF ROAD, TWO WHEELED CROWD WORLDWIDE, AS DID ITS BABY BROTHER, THE CR125M . . . I WAS CUTTING OUT PICTURES FROM TWO WHEELS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND AFFIXING THEM TO MY BEDROOM WALL, COULDN'T TAKE MY PRE PUBESCENT EYES OF THE FUCKER . . . TOTALLY BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!

SUFFICE TO SAY THAT THIS TWO STROKE SEX BOMB RE-WROTE THE MOTOCROSS TEXT BOOKS AS FAR AS STYLE AND FUNCTION WENT AT THE TIME, IT LIKELY LED TO THE TRADITIONAL TWIN SHOCK ARSE END CONTINUING ON INTO THE LATE '70's/EARLY 80's FOR MANY MANUFACTURERS, EVEN THOUGH YAMAHA HAD PROVEN THE POTENTIAL OF THE MONOSHOCK WITH ANDERSSON TAKING THE WORLD TITLE IN '73 AND '74 [I THINK ??] . . .

IT'S ALL BESIDE THE POINT, ALONG WITH THE MANX NORTON, TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE, THE FL DUO-GLIDE, THE GPZ900 AND A HANDFULL OF OTHER MILESTONE TWO WHEELED CREATIONS, IT BECAME AN INSTANT AESTHETIC ICON . . . . . . AND IN MY VIEW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EARLY '70's  HUSKY'S, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DIRT BIKE EVER PRODUCED . . .

***** TO GET A GOOD PERVE, CLICK ON THE POST TITLE AND SCROLL DOWN ABOUT SEVENTEEN BIKES AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M RAVING ABOUT, THE 1974 CR250M !!!

ROCKABILLY THE OZZABILLY WAY . . . . 'THE CRACKAJACKS' TEARING IT UP WITH THE HELLBENT CLASSIC "LONG BLONDE HAIR" . . . SAW EM TWICE AND STILL GETTIN OVER IT !! - 1980 - YouTube

THEY CAME OUTTA MELBOURNE AND WERE THE EQUAL OF ANYTHING ELSE AROUND THE WORLD IN THE ROCKABILLY GENRE OF THE DAY . . . TOTALLY FUCKING MENTAL !!!! SERIOUSLY TALENTED PLAYERS WITH A FLAIR FOR AUTHENTIC, SOUTHERN FRIED BILLY ROCKIN SHIT . . .

AFTER THEY SPLIT, VARIOUS MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED WITH 'THE OLYMPIC SIDEBURNS', 'THE CORPSEGRINDERS' AND OTHER UNDERGROUND LEGEND OUTFITS COMING OUT OF THE GARDEN STATE . . . .

A LOT OF POMS AND YANKS MIGHT BAG ME FOR THIS FOLLOWING COMMENT BUT I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT FOR A BETTER PART OF A DECADE, MID '70's TO MID '80's, THE LIVE, ALTERNATE, INDY MUSIC SCENE IN MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND EVEN BRIS VEGAS, PERTH AND ADELAIDE WAS NOT BETTERED BY ANY OTHER LOCATION IN THE WORLD . . . I KNOW OLD MATE LOVEY WILL WORD ME UP ON THAT ONE . . .

**** ENOUGH JIBBERING, CLICK BELOW LINK OR ON POST TITLE, TURN THE FUCKER UP, GRAB A BEER AND ENJOY 'THE CRACKAJACKS' SHREDDING IT WITH 'LONG BLONDE HAIR' !!!!!!!
Crackajacks - Long Blond Hair - Oz Rockabilly - 1980 - YouTube

MULLINS CHAIN DRIVE . . . SEEENOR CASQUILHO, HE TAKE MY PESOS AND HE SEND ME SOME VERY SWEET SHEEET EEN A BOX . . . I SOOO HAPPY I NEARLY CRAP IN MY SOMBRERO . . HEES STOFF IS TEE NUMERO UNO !!!

I THINK I BLOGGED A WHILE BACK THAT I'D THROWN CAUTION AND POSSIBLY EXTRA TIME AND MONEY TO THE FOUR WINDS AND DECIDED TO GET ME A SET OF THE 39mm MULLINS TREES . . . WELL PEEPS, THOSE LI'L SUCKERS ARRIVED ON MY DOORSTEP THIS VERY MORNING, AND GUESS WHAT ? THEY ABSOLUTELY RULE  !!!

Both construction and finish quality are excellent, everything I'd hoped for and beyond, they reek of hand crafted soul and passion, the feeling kinda reminds me of how I felt as a kid when my first set of 169's arrived from Val Surf back in late '79 . . . you see stuff in mags and on the net for so long, then once you've actually ordered the shit there is that strange kinda 'interregnum' period where you're wondering whether they'll live up to your expectations when they arrive . . . well . . . like I said, above and way beyond !!!

The kicker pedal and accompanying hardware is also similarly bloody fantastic, raw finished, it has the necessary rough surface to insure the old hoof won't slip off halfway through the downswing and leave you with a quick trip to the doctor's.

Bottom line . . . . I couldn't be more chuffed with the trees and the pedal, all produced in house at Richmond and shipped promptly by Genius Boy himself despite an initial glitch that was totally beyond Brandon's control, he even threw in a bonus tee to make up for what he percieved to be a drama . . .

The Mullins mob aren't the only small, indy manufacturer operating like this, I know that, it was just my personal preference, however, I highly recommend when you're purchasing bits for your own scoot, forget the 'big guys', get off the beaten path and support your staunchly proud indy supplier.

FURTHERMORE, THIS ALL MEANS THAT PROJECT SHOVELLER, MY '74 FXE, CAN NOW FULLY SWING INTO ACTION, I'VE GOT A WEEK OFF SELLING PRIMO VINO FOR A QUID AND IT'S TIME TO HOOK IN AND GET SOME LONG OVERDUE ACTION HAPPENIN !!!

I'D LIKE TO THANK RICHMOND'S FINEST, MOST TWISTED METALURGICAL MAESTRO, MR BRANDON CASQUILHO, FOR GOING ABOVE AND WAY BEYOND THE CAUSE, UTTERLY INSANE BRO, FULLY LOVIN YOUR WORK MAN . . . . MULLINS CHAIN DRIVE . . .TOO FUCKING GOOD !!!

THE SAINTS CRANKIN AND SPITTIN WITH "KNOW YOUR PRODUCT" . . . MORE RELEVENT NOW THAN THIRTY YEARS AGO . . . TRENDIES, VICTIMS, POSERS, FADDISTS . . . THIS IS FOR THEM !!! (1978) - YouTube

TIME HAS COME TODAY . . . HEY !!! A TOTAL KILLER TUNE FROM ONE OF THE TRUE ICON ACTS OF THE PUNK REVOLUTION . . . SEETHING WITH LOATHING OF THEIR HOMETOWN, HICKSVILLE, POLICE STATE MENTALITY THEY GOT THE FUCK OUT, WENT TO LONDON AND THE REST BECAME PUNK ROCK HISTORY . . . .

THE SUBJECT MATTER OF "KNOW YOUR PRODUCT" IS EVEN MORE PERTINENT IN TODAY'S WORLD OF SHALLOW FASHION WANKERS, MINDLESS WANNABES, NO TALENT BUM 'ARTISTS' AND MORALLY CORRUPT CORPORATE COMPANIES AND THEIR ATTENDANT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS . . . MY "BENEATH CONTEMPT" SHIT LIST GOES ON FOREVER . . . . I SUPPOSE IN REALITY, I CAN ONLY BLAME THE FACELESS, GLOBAL, MEGA CORPORATIONS SO MUCH . . . IT'S ALL THE FUCKING SHEEP DRESSED AS PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD WHO TRULY GIVE ME THE SHITS . . .

TO ALL THOSE OUT THERE CONSTANTLY ON THE PROWL FOR THE "NEXT BIG THING" YOU POOR LITTLE, INSECURE, SEARCHING FOR ACCEPTANCE, LOOKING FOR LOVE WEASELS . . . THIS ONE'S FOR YOU . . . YOU'LL NEVER KNOW YOUR PRODUCT LET ALONE WHO YOU ARE, YOU'RE TOO BUSY TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE . . .

**** CLICK ON BELOW LINK OR ON POST TITLE TO TUNE INTO A TIMELESS MESSAGE FROM THE BRISBANE BOYS WHO HELPED KICK START A MOVEMENT . . . THE SAINTS !!!
The Saints - Know Your Product (1978) - YouTube

T-BONE'S LANE SPLITTING SYMPHONY . . . SOME SHIT HOT (((NOISE CYCLES))) FOOTAGE OF ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SHOVELS IN ACTION IN IT'S NATURAL HABITAT . . . HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR TRAFFIC SIR ??? Mmmmmm, SPLIT THANKS MISS !!! - YouTube

I SAW IT FIRST FEATURED IN 'THE HORSE' MAYBE FOUR YEARS BACK, IN FACT, THAT ISSUE HAS PERMANENTLY RESIDED IN THE 'THRONE ROOM' EVER SINCE . . . AND TO THIS DAY ITS ONE OF THE FLAT OUT COOLEST, SWEETEST AND PURPOSFUL SHOVEL CHOPS ON MY LIST . . .

Super skinny from front to back, built to get out there and slice, dice and cut em up, a definitive traffic slicer, everything about this thing got me . . . I've never really been mad about 'shiny shiny' either, not my bikes any way, I dunno, the fucker looked like it'd run you down just standin still !!! To be straight up, now I've had the benefit of another few years of seeing T-Bone's ongoing output of scoots, I've gotta say, he is one of my most admired builders . . . . I mean, fuck, did you see the the nude alloy thing he unveiled for the Love Cycles gig !!!

To cut to the chase, as it were, the other day when I was checking out Cro's killer exhibition of riding the line it reminded me of a perfectly 'scored' clip of Mr T-Bonizzle cutting it up on his old shovel . . . the groovy thing about this footage apart from the pedalling action, is the well paced selection of music which, I assume, may have been handled by His Royal Purple Skinnyness himself . . . I totally dig it and hope you will to if you haven't got into it previously . . . .

[to check (((NOISE CYCLES))) chief cook and bottlewasher doing his thang, click on the link below or on post title to partake of some action . . . foshizzle !!!]
noise shovelhead - YouTube

ROLLIE FREE, ROLLIN FREE AT 150+ MPH . . . THE SHOT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY PICK OF THE BUNCH . . . LONG SHADOWS AND THE SENSE OF A TINY MAN/MACHINE DWARFED BY THE ENORMITY OF MOTHER NATURE . . . THANKS DAD, FOREVER IN MY THOUGHTS.

AS A BOY GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES THE SPEED RECORD BREAKERS WERE VERY MUCH A PART OF A LITTLE BLOKE'S FANTASY SET, DONALD CAMPBELL, CHUCK YEAGER, JOHNNY ALLEN AND MANY MORE WERE NAMES LADS MY AGE ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST'VE KNOWN . . . . HOWEVER, THE ONE WHOS NAME STUCK IN MY TINY MIND WAS THAT OF ROLAND 'ROLLIE' FREE, HE WAS MY TEE NUMERO UNO !!!

I KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN 'THAT' PHOTO A ZILLION TIMES, WE ALL KNOW THE FEATS ACCOMPLISHED ON 'THAT' DAY AND EVEN HOW THEY WERE ULTIMATELY ACHIEVED, A LA THE SWIMMING TRUNKS AND SNEAKERS AND SIZE XXXXL BALLS, BUT THE THING THAT IS BURNED INTO MY MEMORY IS ONE OF THE LESSER UTILISED SHOTS FROM THAT EPIC DAY IN '48 ON THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS . . .

IT'S THE AERIAL SHOT OF FREE SCREAMING ACROSS THE SALT SHOWING THE EVER LENGTHENING SHADOW, THE STRAIGHT BLACK GUIDE LINE AND THIS ALMOST OTHERWORLDLY VISAGE OF THE LOCATION . . . THE SHEER EXPANSE OF SILVERY, WHITE FLATNESS SURROUNDING HIM, THE MOUNTAINS WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE AND BIKE AND RIDER GOING LIKE A BULLET . . . . AWE INSPIRING THEN AND NOW.

GUESS I MUSTA BEEN ALL OF SIX WHEN MY LATE DAD SHOWED ME THE PHOTOS HE HAD ACTUALLY 'LIBERATED' FROM THE LIFE MAG THEY WERE PUBLISHED IN WHEN HE WAS STATIONED IN THE U.K AND HAD STASHED IN A PHOTO ALBUM . . . . EVEN THOUGH MUM DETESTED BIKES THEY WERE IN A WAY 'ACCEPTABLE' TO HER, SOME SORT OF CLASSIC BRIT DERIVED SENSE OF THE 'NOBLE CAUSE' OR SOME SHIT I SUSPECT NOW.

THE OLD MAN HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH VINCENTS IN THE LATE PRE WAR YEARS AS A YOUNG MAN IN SYDNEY, WHEN THEY HAD ACQUIRED THE NICKNAME 'THE PLUMBERS NIGHTMARE' AND THEN HAD THE CHANCE TO RIDE A SERIES B RAPIDE A MATE OF HIS IN THE FLEET AIR ARM HAD IN ENGLAND, IF NOT FOR THE OLD LADY'S INTERVENTION HE LIKELY WOULD'VE BOUGHT ONE I RECKON . . . SHE DID THE SAME THING IN 1971 WHEN HE WAS ON THE HUNT FOR A NEW CAR, SO, INSTEAD OF A XY GT FALCON WE END UP WITH A GTR TORANA !!!

AGAIN, IT'S NOTHING NEW AS FAR AS SUBJECT MATTER GOES BUT 'THIS' SHOT IS ONE OF THE LESS POPULARLY REPRODUCED FROM THAT INCREDIBLE DAY IN THE WORLD OF MOTORCYCLE FOLKLORE AND THE MANNER IN WHICH I WAS GIVEN AN INTRODUCTION TO IT IS WHAT FOREVER MAKES IT SPECIAL IN MY WORLD.

MY DAD DIED, WHILE I WAS ON STAGE DOING A GIG, BACK IN '95, NOT TOO LONG AFTER I'D BOUGHT MY FIRST NEW, MODERN BIKE, A HINCKLEY SPEED TRIPLE . . . I TOOK HIM OUT TO SEE IT IN HIS WHEELCHAIR . . EVEN THOUGH HIS ONCE BRILLIANT MIND WAS FAILING AS THE RESULT OF THREE STROKES, HE LOOKED AT THE BRIGHT ORANGE BEAST, THEN, LOOKED UP AT ME AND SAID, 'VERY NICE DIBS [THAT WAS MY PARENTS NICKNAME FOR ME], IT'S NO RAPIDE BUT IT'S VERY NICE INDEED' . . .

THIS POST IS FOR MY FATHER, COMMANDER K. A WILLIAMS, R.A.N, O.B.E, RTD.

LOVE YOU DAD, FOREVER WITH ME AND IN MY HEART. XX

***** TO VIEW THE PHOTO FROM 'LIFE', COUTRESY OF 'BLACK WATCH' BLOG, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE POST TITLE . . . CHEERS.

P.S - WISH I COULD LOCATE THE PHOTO ALBUM . . . THEN AGAIN, MAYBE I TOOK THEM OUT AND TO SCHOOL OR SOMETHING DUMB ALONG THOSE LINES . . . IDIOT !!

"MOMENTS" - TAKEN FROM CRO CUSTOMS 13 24 BLOG . . . TRUER WORDS AIN'T NEVER BEEN SPOKE . . . THIS AIN'T NO PARTY, THIS AIN'T NO DISCO, THIS AIN'T NO FOOLIN AROUND !!!

I MAY ONLY BE A NEWCOMER TO THE BLOG SCENE AND THE ENTIRE INTERACTIVE CYBER SPACE SHINDIG BUT MY MADNESS FOR BIKES, CARS AND ALL THE OTHER SHIT THAT APPEARS ON MY SITE IS THE RESULT OF A LIFELONG AFFLICTION . . . IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOW 'ACCEPTABLE', 'COOL', 'POPULAR' OR 'SAFE' . . . IN FACT IT WAS BECAUSE MUCH OF IT WAS NEVER ANY OF THESE THINGS AT ALL, UNTIL RECENTLY.

I see so many of my 'mates' at my age undergoing the definitive 'mid life crisis' and it both amuses and repulses me at once. For me, all of these things mentioned above are specific and significant parts of who I am, they have been my constants, my touchstones throughout my life, therefore I, like many of you, have never had this 'crisis' come calling at my door . . . I'm still doing and loving the exact same things I've been into my entire, messed up, mixed up, chaotic life . . . much to my ex-wife's and my parents chagrin. Still wearing essentially the same sort of clothes, riding the same sort of bikes, driving the same sort of cars and diggin the same sorts music, films, books and PEOPLE that I've always done.

None of this was a preconceived or thought out process, it was just a matter of following  a series of spontaneous, organic gut feelings, even as an iddy biddy boy . . . maybe for ex wives and parents that was the problem, their perception that I wasn't 'growing up' and not putting aside the things I did as a boy. Quitting uni to pursue rock+roll, spending idiot amounts of money on old bikes, old cars, collecting 'Hot wheels' at thirty plus years of age and so much more. For those who have partners and parents who appreciate and support your love for these passions, I am pleasantly envious, it's a fantastic thing, cherish it and be grateful for you are 'blessed'. Don't get me wrong, I dearly love both my mum and dad, they just always figured the stuff I really cared for was not 'valid' for an adult.

Fuck, losing my thread . . . not uncommon for this fried, fifty year old old mind . . . the really great thing about my 'engaging' and actually 'participating' in this whole interwebworld caper is by interacting with so many crew who's work I've admired from afar for many, many years in some cases, is furthering and feeding my personal endless pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the stuff that I hold so close to my heart and I thank all those I have been doing this with for that fucking splendid opportunity.

THIS BRINGS ME TO A PIECE WRITTEN BY CALEB OWENS, AKA 'CRO', ON HIS BLOG OF TODAY, I WAS MOVED BY WHAT HE PUT FORWARD AND CONCUR ENTIRELY WITH HIS PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE, THEREFORE, I HAVE STUCK IT UP ON MY BLOG IN THE HOPE THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T 'FOLLOW' HIS WILL READ IT AND TAKE AWAY AN INSIGHT THAT WASN'T THERE PRIOR TO READING IT . . . .

***** TO LATCH ONTO THE 'MOMENTS' ARTICLE AND ACCOMPANYING PHOTOS JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE . . . THANKS TO 'CROCUSTOMS' FOR LOANING THE STORY
Cro Customs 13 24: Moments

HERE IS THE STORY OF THE HURRICANE, THE BIKE THAT FOR BEEZA CAME TOO LATE . . DESIGNED BY VETTER IN THE STATES, REBADGED A TRUMPY WHEN THEY CLOSED THE GATES . . . . .

CRAIG VETTER WAS JUST A PUP WHEN HE DESIGNED WHAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE TO BE ONE THE SEXIEST, SHARPEST AND CERTAINLY MOST ADVENTUROUS 'FACTORY' BIKES EVER TO SEE BITUMEN . . . THE TRIUMPH "HURRICANE" . . . THE FACT IT WAS SLATED TO BE A BEEZA OUT OF SMALL HEATH, NOT A TRUMPY OUT OF MERIDEN, IS BESIDE THE POINT, IN MY VIEW IT WAS THE LAST TRULY SHINING MOMENT IN THE FINAL, DARK DAYS OF THE ONCE GREAT BUT NOW TERMINALLY ILL BRITISH MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY

RELEASED IN '73, THE STUNNING, REWORKED ROCKET III WAS ON THE COVER OF JUST ABOUT EVERY BIKE RELATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAY, AND WITH BLOODY GOOD REASON . . . FROM THE GORGEOUS LINES OF THE TANK AND SIDE COVERS, THE LOW PROFILE, MOULDED LOOK SEAT, THE SLIGHTLY EXTENDED FRONT FORKS AND FINALLY THOSE TRIPLE STACKED MINI MEGA'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE . . . FUCK ME, IT WAS THE MOST RADICAL FACTORY BIKE OF THE DAY AS FAR AS STYLE WAS CONCERNED.

The reason I'm rabbiting on here about this old tarty trilple is that this very morning I was riding a particularly fine example owned by an older mate of mine who has proudly had it in his garage since 1978. I had the priviledge of first riding it twenty years ago and then to throw a leg over it once more after a complete carb overhaul and total top end rebuild was a genuine mind blowing and totally unexpected treat, thanks a million Big fella, I feel honoured and will not forget it. The thing still pulls like a schoolboy, as all the Rockets and T150/160's do, smooth, balanced power coming on like a fucking turbine and that fantastic noise exiting the mufflers is truly an experience to treasure, what a way to start my week off . . .yee ha, fully psyched to hook into the Shoveller as I await the iminent arrival of my Mullins trees and kicker pedal . . . bring it on !!!

Back to the point, I got home and went looking for a decent shot of the Vetter ride, but, once again, I got struck up the arse by a rainbow and stumbled onto Craig Vetter's actual site which is dripping with photos, stories, little known facts and much more about the entire bloody history of one of my most loved bikes ever . . . THE ONE AND ONLY, "HURRICANE" !!!!!

***** CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE TO VISIT THE VETTER SITE AND RELISH THE UNIQUE AND TIMELESS BEAUTY OF THE BIKE HE DESIGNED AS A VIRTUAL KID . . . . ALL SHOTS COURTESY OF THE CRAIG VETTER SITE
Main Hurricane page

BIG DADDY ROTH AND THE "JUNKYARD" FIASCO . . . SCREWED OVER BY NICK THE STRIPPER FROM THE LAND OF OZ . . . POOR OLD ED HAD NOT HEARD WHAT THE BAND SOUNDED LIKE . . . AND WHEN HE DID . . . NOT A HAPPY RAT FINK !!!

DURING THE MID LATE SIXTIES, THE CREATOR OF SO MUCH COOL SHIT WITHIN THE COUNTER CULTURE OF BIKES, RODS AND ART DURING THAT PERIOD AND EARLIER, ED "BIG DADDY" ROTH, DID A DEAL TO SELL HIS WARES DOWNUNDER . . . TO TRUNCATE A LONG AND SORDID STORY, HE ENDED UP BEING ROYALLY JABBED IN THE S'FINK'TER, [GET IT ??] . . . AND THE DEAL LEFT A SOUR TASTE IN HIS MOUTH FOR A DECADE AND MORE . . . WHO COULD BLAME THE CAT ???

Again, without getting bogged down in the fine points, forward to 1981/82 and Nick Cave and the joy and smack filled chaps from The Birthday Party are recording "Junkyard" and in need of some cover art . . . I'm thinking that Mr Cave was a fan and succeeded, in cahoots with smooth talking management, in convincing Big Daddy that it was a great opportunity to connect with a new audience and there would be no repeat of his previous experience of Aussie business dealings, blah, blah, fucking blah . . . .

Only one problem, at no point was Ed given the chance to listen to messers Cave, Pew, Howard and Harvey et al doing what was back then, some seriously tortured musical meanderings . . . even worse for the one time fully loose Roth, was he was now a born again Christian . . . given one of the key tracks on the album was titled "Big Jesus Trash Can" . . . it was all too much for poor old Ed . . . he spat the dummy, shat the bed, wigged out and turned himself into one of his iconic cartoon monsters  . . . . and swore off having anything ever again to do with Australians . . .

THAT'S IT FOLKS, THERE IS BOUND TO BE MORE IN DEPTH COVERAGE OF "ROTHGATE" FOR YOU TO SUCK UP SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERLOADNETPANTS THINGY IF YOU WISH TO SEEK IT OUT, BUT FOR NOW, SATISFY YOUR URGES WITH A PEEK AT THE FOCUS OF THE BIG DADDY DEBACLE BY CLICKING ONLY ON THE POST TITLE . . . A CRACKING ALBUM COVER . . "JUNKYARD"

 . . . . . . . LIFE SURE IS A FUNNY GAME . . . "BIG JESUS TRASH CAN" . . . . . HA HA HA, LOVE IT, ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY LOVE IT JUST AS MUCH AS I DID THEN !!!!

NODDY HOLDER + "SLADE" THESE GUYS SLADE ME WHEN I WAS AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD KID, MY COUSIN, CHRISTINE, TURNED ME ON TO EM . . THANKS GRRRLY !!! - YouTube

JUST ABOUT TO HOP ON THE PURPLE HELMET AND SPEND THE DAY IN THE SADDLE, IT'S BEEN PISSING RAIN FOR TWO WEEKS NOW AND EVEN MY ENTHUSIASM FOR GETTING OUT AMONG IT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT CURBED . . . I JUST KEEP RUNNIN OUT OF DRY CLOTHES . . .

HERE'S A GREAT TUNE FROM EPIC NORTHERN [CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG TIM . . . ] POMMY LADS "SLADE" . . . THIS WAS THE PINNACLE OF THE SENSIBLE DRESS PERIOD OF ROCK AND ROLL, 'GLAM' WAS THE OFT USED TERM, AND, TO ME AS A KID IT WAS SO FUCKING COOL !!!!

I STILL LOVE SLADE AND THIS TUNE ALWAYS GETS ME PSYCHED . . . OUTTA TIME, GOTTA RIDE, HIT THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE AND GET YOURSELF "SLADE" WITH THE WAY COOL 'MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW' . . . . TAKE IT LADS !!!!!
Slade - Mama weer all crazee now - YouTube

I HAVE LIFTED THIS FROM GLEN E FRIEDMAN'S BLOG "WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?" : A retired teacher's courageous crusade: Tackling neo-Nazi hate

ONE FEARLESS, STAUNCH AND RIGHTEOUS OLD GIRL . . . OH, HITLER WAS A FUCKING IDIOT !!!

RACISM OF ANY KIND IS A BASELESS AND PATHETIC PLATFORM OF BELIEFS BORNE OF DUMB INSECURITY, AND I CAN'T TOLERATE IT . . . I'M NOT A VIOLENT BLOKE BY NATURE BUT I'D SIGN UP IN A HEARTBEAT IF THE SHIT EVER HITS THE FAN AGAIN AND THESE GENOCIDAL, PSEUDO SUPERIOR NEANDERTHALS NEED TO BE PUT DOWN ONCE MORE, WHEREVER IT MAY BE !!

I REALISE A LOT OF 'US' USE NAZI ICONOGRAPHY AS A MEANS TO PISS OF FIGURES OF AUTHORITY AND, TO BORROW ANOTHER REALLY COOL BLOG'S TITLE, "FREAK OUT THE SQUARES", BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WITH MOST, IT'S NO MORE THAN THAT . . . .

I'VE ATTATCHED A LINK TO GLEN E FRIEDMAN'S BLOG, IT'S A COMPELLING, DISTURBING AND TRAGICALLY, VERY REAL ISSUE THAT IF LEFT UNCHECKED AND SWEPT UNDER THE POLTICAL CARPET COULD HAVE UGLY RAMIFICATIONS FOR EVERYONE . . . YET AGAIN.

IF YOU'RE OF A SIMILAR HEADSPACE AS MINE, OR, EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, OF AN OPPOSING VIEW, HAVE A READ OF THE ARTICLE/DOCO POSTED ON GLEN E's SITE . . . I HOPE YOU FIND IT ENLIGHTENING, EDUCATIVE AND UNSETTLING . . . I SURE AS SHIT DO.

**** Click on link below or on post title to read the piece, or turn a blind eye . . . . it's easy that way.
WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?: A retired teacher's courageous crusade: Tackling neo-Nazi hate

EVERYBODY, MEET WHITELINEPSYCHO'S EVERYDAY RIDE, IT'S A MODIFIED 2010 '48, IT HAS A PRETTY PURPLE TANK AND ROUND WHEELS . . | The Speed Merchant Blog

WELL, IT AIN'T NO 'CUSTOM' BUT I BOUGHT IT TO RIDE ON A DAILY, WORK RELATED BASIS AND I'M PRETTY BLOODY STOKED WITH HOW THE THING HAS TURNED OUT NEARLY FOURTEEN MONTHS DOWN THE TRACK . . . . 30,000+ KILOFLOGS AND THE SUCKER HASN'T MISSED A BEAT !!!

As soon as I got the critter home off came about a ton of bullshit, non essential plastic shit like reflectors, mud flaps, cheap, shitty airbox badging, belt guard etc . . . I've always run that style of 'bars and they were part of the pre purchase 'vision' along with losing the excessive black theme and the pipes without going the fad proportion Vance + Hines option . . .

The list of non stock additions/alterations/modifications are as follows - 'bars, custom 1200 tank painted and pinstriped by Von Pato, rear shocks, uprated front springs, cheap shit straight through slip on's, Power Commander chip thingy, reworked and hand welded cheapo Zodiac raw finish air filter cover by Kiwi Steve [another one!!], fantastically functional finned derby cover [keeps the clutch zone much cooler] courtesy of Denver Dan et al at The Speed Merchant, stripped and polished fork sliders and brace and the obvious Metzy whitewalls . . . it was about form following function while not fucking with the basic concept of the bike . . .

Like I said, after hunting for a brand new ride for the best part of four years and after a two decade plus history of riding wonderful old Trumpy's, the last bike I thought I'd be getting was a Hardly Rideable . . . . not a fucking chance I would've thunked. I'd been checking out Thruxtons, retro Dukes, retro Guzzis even the chance of a fully fettled and rebuilt U.S spec '70 t120R . . . but the whole point was to avoid the drama and frustration that all old bikes and cars ultimately give you . . . ending up stuck on the side of the road trying to cobble together a stop gap "Gunnedah" bracket or whatever, or, worse still, wating for your mate to come and get you and the expired scoot, I'm gonna be able to enjoy that shit all over again with the '74 FXE "Project Shoveller".

I wanted a modern, reliable ride that I could use in my 'straight' job, [first real straight gig I've ever had], and then just get on and flog the shit out of it every weekend . . . I'd always really dug Skirtsters, 'specially as they handle pretty well when sorted and set up properly. Around July of 2010 I accidentally came across some blurbage for the soon to be released '48, even though I'd never been enamoured of 16" steer tyres, 19" is about perfect in my book, I took one look at it, had my epiphany of what I would change, went to bed, woke up, walked into my mate at the local Harley dealer, put a deposit down, waited four months and the rest is history . . .

Here I am, having spent twenty five years proclaiming proudly I would never own a H-D and now I'm a totally smitten and addicted owner of two of the fucking things . . . and . . . loving it !!!! Can't wait to get the Shoveller up and running but until then I'll be only too happy enjoying the thrills of the road on my own little Sportility . . . . giddy up motherfucker !!!

**** Got a couple of shots I stole from The Speed Merchants you can look at if you like by clicking on either the link below or on the post title . . . knees in the breeze !!!
WHITE LINE PSYCHOS The Speed Merchant Blog

EVERYBODY, MEET LAZ ON HIS ULTRA SICK 500/4 CHOBBER/BOPPER/BEASTIE . . . LAZ IS ROSCOE'S APPRENTICE, HE'S A KIWI AS WELL !! - Rod Cole Orlando Images

THIS IS ONE SWEET, POTEET AND REALLY FUCKING NEAT LITTLE SCOOT . . . OOPS . . . I SHOULD SAY WAS . . . UP UNTIL YOUNG LAZ, WHO HAS A PENCHANT FOR 'SURFING', THREW THE WEE THING INTO A WALL !!! IT'S LOOKIN A TAD WORSE FOR WEAR AT THE MINUTE BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP THIS KID DOWN, HE'LL HAVE IT BACK ON THE ROAD RIGHT SHARPISH . . .

It's a '75 CB500/4 in a '76 frame turned rigid by Laz and his mentor Roscoe at R.P.M/666 Cycles and is/was a gorgeous testament to low buck building without going the bodgy route on quality . . . twin narrowed bobs, Laz's own hand fabbed nude alloy seat, Borranni front hoop with XXXL rotor/caliper, rear rim and hub from a 750/4, loud as shit 4 into 2 wrapped shorty pipes and a whole bunch more stuff that needs to be done on a build like this . . . .

Being a young'n, Laz only knows one speed and that's on the pin, whether it's on the Li'l Red Rocket, his WR Yamathumpa or his shitbox Mitsubishi van but he's a cluey little fucker with a big future, especially with Mr Buchanan as his Zen Master in residence . . . . moerover, he loves bikes, is a respectful kid and has the essential musical tastes . . . . good on ya Laz . . . now go and get it fixed !!!!

[to view Laz's Li'l Red slightly rooted Rocket, click on the link below or on post title to see it and other shots of bike and owner as captured by the exquisitely talented Rod Cole's lenghthy lens]
Bike Shoots and More - Rod Cole Orlando Images

***** SEE MORE OF ROD'S SENSATIONAL SHOTS AT "ORLANDO IMAGES", DEFINITELY WORTH IT !!

EVERYBODY, MEET ROSCOE FROM R.P.M ON THE GOLD COAST, AN ACE WRENCH, BUILDER, COMEDIAN AND ALL ROUND COOL UNIT . . . ROSCOE IS A KIWI, BUT PLEASE, DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM . . . HE'S ALSO FOND OF MELTING REAR TYRES AND GOING VERY FAST . . . OH YEAH !!! - Rod Cole Orlando Images

JUST FIGURED I'D NAIL UP THIS SHOT OF ROSCOE AND ONE OF HIS CHOPS FROM THE ROD COLE SITE. [ROD HAS BEEN SNAPPIN EM OFF FOR TWENTY PLUS YEARS IN OZ]

THIS BLACK ON BLACK RIDE STOOD OUT LIKE DOG'S BALLS ON THE COAST WHEN IT FIRST ROLLED OUT OF THE SHOP SOME YEARS BACK . . . SEEMS LIKE NEARLY EVERY OTHER SCOOT BACK THEN WAS AN IMMITATION OF THE OCC HORROR STORIES OR TRY HARD WCC WANNABE'S . . . I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS BLACK BOMBER WAS A FUCKING TOUGH, TOTALLY USEABLE JIGGER AND ONLY THE STUFF NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE ON BOARD . . .

If you need any quality work done on your Hoggly, Buell, Victory, yada, yada, yada, give the man a shout and he'll get you sorted, he is also totally nuts about drag racing and can really fettle the fuck out of any quarter mile rocket you care to mention . . . he's also the bloke who does all the serious spanner work on my bike and it hardly ever blows up . . . just kiddin bro, love your work !!!!

*** have a perve at one of Roscoe's rig's as shot by the wonderful Mr Cole by clicking on the link below or post title . . .
Bike Shoots and More - Rod Cole Orlando Images

MAYBE I SHOULD CEASE POSTING WHEN I'M SMASH DRUNK . . . ??? ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . . .

REGARDING LAST POST . . . I ENTERED "MEN WITH BEARDS" ON GOOGLE AND MR CHIP BEARD-NIPPLES CAME UP ON IMAGES . . . .

. . . . WELL, STICK A FORK IN MY BUM AND TURN ME OVER, I'M DONE . . . APPEARS AS THOUGH I LATCHED ONTO A GAY SITE, IT WASN'T MY INTENTION AND NOT THAT THERE IS ANY DRAMA WITH GAYS ON MY BEHALF AND I'M 110% HETERO, I JUST FOUND IT FUNNY READING THROUGH THE COMMENTS ATTATCHED TO THE PHOTO OF MR BEARD-NIPPLES AFTER I HAD POSTED IT . . .

THINK WHAT YOU LIKE, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK, LIVE AND LET LIVE, I'M NOT GONNA DELETE THE POST BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO PROPER BACKGROUND RESEARCH ON A PHOTO I WANTED TO USE . . . NOTHIN ELSE, GOOD EVENING.

MOTHERFUCKING FURRY FACES AND THE JEALOUSY PHOBIA . . . FOR ALL OF YOU FACIALLY HIRSUTE AMONG US - THIRTY YEARS AND NOTHIN ! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

WHILE YOU'RE ALL OUT THERE GETTING YOUR 'LOVE CYCLE' WELL AND TRULY OILED, SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THOSE OF US WHO SO DESPERATELY WANT TO COVER OUR FACES WITH TOILET BRUSH LEVELS OF FACIAL FUZZ BUT DUE TO GENETIC CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR FOLLICULAR CONTROL, WE ARE LEFT BALD AS A FUCKING BADGER AND FOREVER DEMEANED AS BEING NOT WORTHY OF THE TERM 'MANHOOD' . . . .

I've been trying since Historic Bike Racing weekend at Lakeside in 1990 to sprout some sort of S.R.V like under lip growth kinda thing . . . and now, twenty years down the track, what do I got to show for the dedication, the hard yards, withstanding the constant ridicule and withering remarks ???? Sweet fuck all, that's what I've got folks . . . nada, zip, diddly, zilch, zero . . . not a fucking thing . . . some guys can and others, despite our best and most zealous attempts, simply can't do the hairy face caper, and in the Brotherhood of Hairy Bastards, that ain't cool at all !!!!

I'd give my left testicle to be able to sprout hair on my face like a semi domesticated gorilla, to be able to have a shit and always know there is NO chance of coming away with a dag free freckle, to buy a bottle of shampoo to cater only for my body's hirsute hairsuit, to have the thrill of shaving at age three and all the other manifest pleasures that only a fully hairy man can appreciate . . .

However, frankly, I'd rather be as follicularly challenged as I am than have to cope with the results of a gene pool fuck up that requires me to shave every half hour, install an extraction fan in my shorts to evacuate the crack gas stench and find myself being shot at because someone mistook me for a "motherfuckin bigfoot" at a family picnic . . .

AS much as I would love to have a serious beard or even butt-fur, overall, with the benefit of male insight and intuition . . . . I'll be completely satisfied being bald as a fish's snatch . . . . anyone for deodorant ??????

**** FORGET ALL THAT SHIT, CAST YOUR EYES ON THE LINK BELOW THIS LINE . . . JESUS !!! GOOD BEARD . . . EXCEPTIONALLY PROMINENT, 44 MAG SLUG LIKE NIPPLES . . . . TOO MUCH CHICKEN PERHAPS OR NOT ENOUGH COCK ???? SHIT, DID I JUST WRITE THAT . . . ?????
Outstanding beard Flickr - Photo Sharing!

TO ALL MY GORRILLA LIKE MATES AND FRIENDS WHO MAY TAKE OFFENCE ABOUT THIS POST . . . . . . . . . . . HARDEN UP MOTHERFUCKERS . . . . . LOVE YOUSE ALL !!!!! XXXXX

HOT OFF THE PRESS FROM "JOE KING SPEED SHOP" - HAVE A GIGGLE AT "INSTANT EASY" AND LEARN SOME SHIT FROM PROFESSOR JESSE JAMES . . . GREAT POST PAULO !!!

THOUGHT I'D PUT UP THIS FRESH POST FROM THE BOY FROM BRAZIL, I HAD QUITE A CHUCKLE READING OF THE PAUGHCO "INSTANT TOO EASY RIDER" SHEBANG . . . MIND YOU, I'D RATHER ENCOUNTER THAT ON THE STREET THAN A HUBLESS FUCKING MONSTER . . . BUT THE SERIOUSLY EDUCATIVE PORTION IS THE SNIPPET FROM JESSE JAMES' "HISTORY OF THE CHOPPER" DOCO . . .

CLIFF VAUGHS HAS STARTED TO GARNER THE PLAUDITS AND RESPECT IN THE BROADER BIKER, CHOPPER COMMUNITY SO LONG OVERDUE TO HIM, YET SO MANY BLACK GUYS IN THE CURRENT 'SCENE', [SADLY IT HAS BECOME A 'SCENE' IN MANY WAYS OVER THE LAST DECADE PLUS] AND IN THE HISTORICAL, LONGTERM CONTEXT OF CREATING BRILLIANT AND OFTEN TIMES, INLUENTIAL RIDES, CONTINUE TO GET RELATIVELY LITTLE CREDIT OR EXPOSUERE . . . I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME PRETTY UGLY TRUTHS BEHIND THAT BUT LETS LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW . . . ENTER BENNY HARDY, UNTIL I SAW THE FILM SOME THREE OR SO YEARS AGO, I HAD NO FUCKING IDEA OF HIS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE BIGGER  PICTURE . . . THAT PICTURE IS ONE OF PANORAMIC RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE DIMENSIONS !!

So, if you've not yet seen Mr James' celluloid ode to the thing he and a whole bunch of us are so passionate about, do yourself a big fat favour and find the time to sit through it, it's a shithot film stuffed full of info, that for me, and hopefully you also, stitches together many unknown facts about not only the bike side of this magnificent motorised madness, but morever, the people and personalities behind the scenes, who are often ignored and forgotten for whatever reason . . .

Given a lot of you are attending the Great Love Fest this weekend, [I'm not talking about all the industry legends and gurus there who are virtual walking encylopaedia themselves] it's a very timely reminder that we are all bound by a shared love of one thing, and, just like music, literature, painting or whatever the fuck it is, that love is, or should be, completely colourblind, just like life . . . unfortunately, I know only too well that is often a reality that is easier said than achieved . . . but don't ever let that little speedbump get in your way !!

CHEERS TO "JOE KING SPEED SHOP" FOR THE POST, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE TO CHECK THE SHIT OUT . . . . LOVE ON KIDDIES, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THANG !!!!
Joe King - SpeedShop: Paughco kit

"THE MOTOR COMPANY'S" BRAND SPANKIN NEW "CUSTOM" SKIRTSTER, THE '72 . . . HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE . . . CUSTOM BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY MAKING ONE I ASSUME . . MAYBE NOT, I WOULD GUESS . . LET'S HAVE A SQUIZ THEN, SHALL WE ?? | Harley-Davidson USA

READING A POST FROM CHOPPER DAVE AND CYRIL HUZE TODAY GOT ME WANTING TO SEE MORE OF THE NEW 1200V JUST RELEASED FROM THE MOTOR COMPANY . . SO I HAD A GOOD PERVE AND THOUGHT I MIGHT SHARE A YARN AND SOME OPINIONS WITH YOU, ALRIGHT THEN, HERE WE GO . . .

I GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY HERE REGARDING THE NEW 1200V BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY THE BEST PART OF TWENTY MONTHS I WENT OUT AND ORDERED A THEN YET TO BE RELEASED '48 FROM A FRANKLY DISBELIEVING LONG TIME HARLEY DEVOTEE MATE OF MINE AT THE LOCAL DEALER . . .

I SAY 'DISBELIEVING' BECAUSE HE'D HEARD ME STATE FERVENTLY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OVER THE PREVIOUS TWENTY YEARS THAT I'D NEVER OWN A HOGGLY AS LONG AS MY ARSE POINTS TO THE GROUND, HAVING OWNED TWO '69's AND ONE '74 BONNIE SINCE 1989, THE HYPOCRISY WASN'T LOST ON ME EITHER . . . . OH WELL, SHIT DOES HAPPEN, AS THOSE 'THEY' PEOPLE SAY !!

The fact I had visualised fully the alterations and modifications I intended to inflict upon it even before purchase, the fact it was to be an everyday ride, [I do mean everyday, 30,000 klms in thirteen months] used in lots of inner city scenarios and had to be moderately reliable, [yes it is !!] relatively nimble and possess some degree of potential for 'cool', none of that gets me off the guilty hook for buying a "Duck Custom" as my first ownership experience with the Bar and Sheild mob, all I can say is, like many of us, I've ridden since I was a kid and I've never given a fuck about others opinions, I wanted my first piece of 'nearly' Milwaulkee iron to be mine from the get go . . . anyway

Point being, I reckon for a stock, traditional styled modern bike, the new XL1200V, aka the '72, is a pretty sweet lookin bit of kit, especially after the non design team completely fucked the appearance of the old Custom by thowing the fats on it . . . I mean, for pity's sake why ?? I thought that was what the '48 was all about . . . what do I know ??

For those thinking of investing, go for it, they're relatively cheap, all the 1200's have plenty of poke, they're easy to punt around, reliable, especially with fuel injection, and they are a shitload of fun out on the road . . . yes, you'll cop some abuse and some piss taking but if you can't handle it maybe the whole scoot caper's not for you.

JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS OF WARNING BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT PRETENDING YOU'RE SONNY OR JOHNNY OR NASTY . . . BUY THE BIKE FOR WHAT IT IS, TRY NOT TO BUY INTO THE COMPANY ENDORSED LIFESTYLE, THE CORRECT BRANDED MERCHANDISE, THE ENDLESS VARIETY OF SAME/SAME/SAME ACCESSORIES, THE INK YOU NEVER HAD, THE COCKHEAD WANNABE ATTITUDE AND NOT TO FORGET THE H.O.G SYNDROME . . .

JUST GET OUT THERE AND SUCK THE LIFE OUT OF IT, FLOG THE CHRIST OUT OF THE THING AND WHEN YOU WANT TO MODIFY THE BEAST, UTILISE THE INEPENDENT GUYS OUT THERE MAKING GREAT, HANDCRAFTED BITS FOR YOUR BIKE, BE YOU, UNLESS YOU'RE A COMPLETE WANKER, DON'T BECOME JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE GREAT CORPORATE HYPE-OFF . . .

***** If you want to really put me to the test and abuse me, you can check my Sportility on the fabulous Speed Merchant blog, remember, it's not, nor have I ever claimed it to be, a custom, cause it ain't . . . it's my everyday work tool and will proudly remain that way, I love it . . . . even when "Project Shoveller", my '74 FXE, is a completed, rockin and rollin CUSTOM !!! By the way the Merchant Mob do some super cool, functional shit for current model skirty's, log into their store and take a look, legit people too.

CLICK ON POST TITLE TO HAVE A COMPLETE FACTORY TOUR OF THE LITTLE MODEL, THE ALL NEW '72 . . . YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GUMBOOT THOUGH  . . . 

FACTORY 6 PARTY IN MELBOURNE, SATURDAY 18th FEBRUARY . . . DON'T KNOW WHO YOU GUYS ARE, SAW IT ON 'ZEN OF NEATO', BUT IT LOOKS COOL !!!

CHECKING INTO 'ZEN OF NEATO' YESTERDAY AND NOTICED THE ACCOMPANYING FLYER FOR A HOO-HA AT "FACTORY 6" IN MELBOURNE, THAT'S AUSTRALIA FOLKS, DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A NICE WEE GET TOGETHER . . .

IF YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED ON THAT DAY, GET ON ALONG TO JOIN IN THE FRIVOLITY, THERE'S MENTION OF HOTRODS, BYO GROG, KICK OFF TIME 6.00 P.M . . . .

IF THE CREW BEHIND THIS SWINGIN LITTLE MUSTER WANT TO GET ONTO ME AND LET ME KNOW MORE, I'LL ONLY TOO HAPPILY PUT IT OUT THERE . . .

**** CLICK ON BELOW LINK OR ON POST TITLE TO SUSS IT OUT, CHEERS TO THE GOOD FOLK AT THE "Z.O.N" FOR POSTING IT, LOVE YOUR ACTION !!!!
The Zen of Neato: Factory 6 Party!

WHITELINEPSYCHO SOUNDING THE BUGLE FOR MR TOM FUGLE AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS . . . WELL, AMOST, AT THE "LOVE FEST" . . WISH I WAS GOING . . . Tumblr

IT'S "LOVE CYCLES" THIRD ANNIVERSARY ON THE 4TH AND Y'ALL SHOULD BE GATHERING THE 'RIGHT' SUPPLIES, FETTLING THE SCOOT AND PSYCHING UP FOR A HELL OF A SHINDIG COURTESY OF THE GOD OF LOVE, JEREMIAH . . . .

AMONG MANY LUMINARIES GATHERING AT THE FRAY ARE LEGENDS TOM FUGLE AND SKIP TAYLOR, MIKE DAVIS, JASON WEBER, THE SWEDISH BEEF AND NICKE HIPS, T-BONE, MAXIMUS SCHAFFSTER, CALEB THE CRO AND A WHOLE MESS OF OTHER MEGA TALENTED DUDES AND DUDETTES I'VE NOW FORGOTTEN . . . . MUST BE THE SECOND BOTTLE OF PINOT . . . ????

DICE MAGAZINE IS IN ON THE WHOLE CAPER AND IT'LL ALSO BE DOCUMENTED BY MESSERS SCHMIDT, POMMIER AND WRIGHT WITH VIBES PROVIDED BY 'THE BLACK TIBETANS' AND 'D.J HORSEPUSSY' . . . SHOULD BE BIGGER THAN SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY HUGE !!!

TO ALL THOSE MAKING THE TREK, HAVE A PHAT, 'LOVE' FILLED TIME, AVOID THE HEAT AND KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN . . .

Now that I'm wallowing in self pity 3,000 miles away I thought I'd borrow and repost some photos of the bloke who, along with the late legend David Mann, has become an intrinsic part of biker folklore, without any further ado,[by clicking on the link beneath this line or on post title] the one and only, Tom Fugle . . . . and a couple of other 'usual suspects' you may recognise . . .
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**** MUCHOS GRACIAS TO "GLAMOUROFTHEDAMNED", "KITTENONWHEELS", "CUPOFGOLD", CHURCH OF CHOPPERS AND TUMBLR FOR THE SHOTS.

GET GONE WITH A GONZADEATH GOO GOO MUCK CLASSIC - KNUCKLE, PAN, FLATTY AND XL ALL FIRED UP TOGETHER !!! - YouTube

I ONLY GOT HIP TO THIS GUY AND HIS MAD PASSION FOR THE VENERABLE, PRE-LOVED BAR AND SHEILD KIT ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO . . . . SUPER AUTHENTIC, [I'M ABOUT TO USE THE TERM I HATE BUT IT'S THE BEST ONE FOR IT] OLD SCHOOL BOBS AND CHOPS THAT SIMPLY REEK OF COOL . . . THE CREW IN JAPAN REALLY NAIL THE PERIOD CAPER SO WELL !!!!

The thing that wigs me out about his motors is the ultra low idle speed he achieves with all his bikes, not just with the four beauts featured in this vid, but all the others he has been good enough to post over the last three or so years. They just sit there and tick over at impossibly low rpm without ever stalling out . . . it's like he's trying to straddle that fine line between running and stopping to the 'nth' degree . . . freaky in a good way.

I'm not sure what the concensus is regarding the effect on bottom and top end wear amongst the genius spannermen out there like Irish Rich, Chopper Dave and all the other respected engine specialists, but I've always wondered if it doesn't perhaps place a bit of stress on the old forty-five degree vee twin . . .

No matter, really wanted to simply share a cracking minute's worth of action with this little group of sweet rides out of the Gonzadeath stable from the Land of the Rising Sun, big props to the man himself for the footage, totally fucking cool man !!!!

[click on link below or on post title to take a sqiz and a listen to a quartet of monster cool rides]
knuckle head pan head flat head iron head chopper - YouTube