FROM LONGBOATS TO LONGBIKES . . . . SOME MAJORLY COOL, DECADE OLD FOOTAGE OF SWEDEN'S LONGEST RUNNING CUSTOM BIKE SHOW . . . . "NORRTALJE" . . . . OUTSIDE OF THE STATES, PROBABLY NO OTHER SHOW HAS THE HERITAGE OF THIS ONE . . . . 2001, NORRTALJE, THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY !!!

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, BUT IN SOME WAYS THE SWEDISH 'STYLE' OF CHOP FROM THE NINETIES ALMOST PRESAGED THE RETURN OF THE CLASSIC 'LONG BIKE' . . . . EVEN GOING BACK ANOTHER TEN YEARS BEFORE THIS WAS SHOT, THE SWEDES SEEM TO HAVE HAD A LONG BIKE LOVE AFFAIR AND THERE ARE SOME EXCELLENT EXAMPLES IN THIS VIDEO . . . .



A bunch of cool clips of motors on tables, a dual carb XLCH, a knuckle, big, tough, fat hogs, cool old school stuff, more long, long, long bikes, lots of bikes running big arsed rear rubber, those lowrider inspired 144 spoke jobs . . . . Brit bikes in various configurations, jerry cans as panniers, and a shitload of rides that hold up really well ten years later when so many from that period and earlier often come across as dated and part of a period specific festering fashion flirtation.

**** Kudos and massive thanks to Claus Weiergang for posting this window into our not too distant past on PooTube, cool stuff Claus, appreciated man.