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

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

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

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

Degenerate Boy - The Mark Of Cain - YouTube

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

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

A LOVELY LITTLE LIMERICK

'THE YOUNG MAN FROM BENGAL'

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

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

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

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

sideblog: Fantic Motors

Thanks to Sideburn for the pretty picture.

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

OF SHEEP AND SAFETY IN NUMBERS . . . . .

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

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

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

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

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

RRL - RalphLauren.com

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

FUCK OFF MATE !!!!!!!

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

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

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

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

Linkert Attacks U.K 2011 - YouTube

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA - 1976 TT500

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

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

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

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

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