tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216157521101430764.post8290118517615390714..comments2023-06-01T22:04:58.805+10:00Comments on "WHITELINEPSYCHO": "MACHINE" . . . . I RECKON THIS BLOKE BUILDS THE SWEETEST CUSTOM BIKES IN OZ . . . . EVERYTHING HE PRODUCES HAS AN INNATE 'ORGANIC' SENSIBILITY AND FLOW TO IT . . . . JAPANESE, AMERICAN, BRITISH, EUROPEAN . . . . MAN MACHINE/MATT MACHINE, THE GUY IS MENTAL FOR MOTORSICKLES !!!WhitelinePsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16467567293653455949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216157521101430764.post-29601007272774084332012-05-17T09:00:14.016+10:002012-05-17T09:00:14.016+10:00Go for it W.P.Go for it W.P.Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256558653150605700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216157521101430764.post-86826930180311532252012-05-17T08:06:38.116+10:002012-05-17T08:06:38.116+10:00Hermit, thanks for the tremendous yarn, wow, what ...Hermit, thanks for the tremendous yarn, wow, what a trip . . . and Rollie Free into the bargain as well !!!! If you don't ming mate, I'm gonna turn it into a post, this sort of stuff needs to be shared, all credit to you of course, love ya work man, really cool !!!!WhitelinePsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467567293653455949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216157521101430764.post-28232761873252973382012-05-17T07:50:58.614+10:002012-05-17T07:50:58.614+10:00Tremendous video, complete with awesome Guzzi cafe...Tremendous video, complete with awesome Guzzi cafe racer and dingo roadkill.<br />My good friend Bruce is a Guzzi freak, he has several in his stable including one with a torque converter style no-shift trans.<br />I asked him how he got interested in Guzzis, and he said he owed it all to his uncle Wayne. He asked if I wanted to ride over to Wayne's place to see some old Guzzis. I said "Hell yeah."<br />Uncle Wayne is in his eighties, but still a hardcore badass. He once refused to talk to Bruce for over a year because Bruce lost a hard-to-find spring on a Guzzi carb.<br /><br />Bruce introduced me, and Wayne grunted something, then looked at my rigid Sportie with disdain.<br />"He hates Harleys." Bruce informed me.<br /><br />Wayne had a garage full of Guzzi's in various states of repair, mostly with side hacks because his legs are bad and he can't ride on two wheels anymore.<br />After a while, Wayne warmed up a little, but it was obvious he would never fully trust a Harley rider, especially one stupid enough to pull an engine from a perfectly good swingarm frame and put it in a rigid.<br /><br />Wayne finally got a smile on his face when we started talking about his beloved Indian motorcycles. The beer flowed and Wayne's stories about post-war cars and bikes were incredible. Drag racing in the street, hopped up motors, broken bones and brushes with the law. I wish I could have taped the conversation.<br /> Wayne used to run around with Rollie Free, another Indian rider, when Free owned a shop in Indianapolis right after the war.<br /><br />When Indian went under, Wayne couldn't bring himself to switch to Milwaukee iron so he started riding Guzzis, and still does to this day.Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256558653150605700noreply@blogger.com