Thought for the day

"A bike has to look good on it's own,but it is incomplete until a person rides it"
Shinya Kimura

SOUNDS TO WRENCH TO

Latest offering available know
The previous 50 are HERE for your to download
Enjoy Weird-ohs and thank you Mr A

        And here is something to consider for later in the year

         

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Arlo Guthrie on a Triumph

Cropped version of this was an LP cover.

Finned Amal Carb Caps and other cast parts

Check these out at Jon's Metal casting .He has a number of cool parts he cast.
Pay him a visit,buy something and encourage industry!

A selection of Jon's wares

Including these very cool finned coil covers.
Tidy solution to a part that does not bring  great aesthetic value  to a build

 

SOUNDS TO WRENCH TO

LP covers featuring motorbikes

Raucous Records A world of Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Surf, Garage, Swing and 1950's Rock 'n' Roll delivered to your door  

                                 

thanks to Thomas Triton for this one!

                                 

 Rock once it has been processed by a Japanese ear, interesting!
Here  is their take on Black Sabbath!!

more from Japan in an instrumental surf sound sort of vibe and I have this one!
 & yes it is a single.

And finally someone has done a whole lot of work on the Motorcycles/record sleeve thing so I hand you over and go pay a visit to Motorcycho.

And an old thread from The Jockey Journal

Job done me thinks!!

this one to sign off with.
No comment!!

                             
                             


                                

A quick catch up on the results of my nerding on the net this week

I LIKE THIS!

1941 Indian 741 Flathead racer

Jill Allen's Indian 741 30.50 Scout, which set a new land speed record of 103.985 mph at El Mirage. 

Blown 'ED TURNER

This just ticks so many boxes It's a Triumph,it's got a reverse head,it's a LSR salt bike but above all it's the epitomy of Triumph Over Adversity. Check out the story HERE

Jim Haraughty  inspirational founder of Team MS Racing

I LIKE THIS!

                          Shinya Kimura-master builder

Needle -57 Triumph

  

Spike-46 Harley Knuckelhead
Japanese ex-pat and motorcycle guru Shinya Kimura, founder of Zero engineering and currently operating Chabott engineering ran his handcrafted conveyance #1188 to a best of 100.474 MPH (on a 128.241 MPH record) in the 1350cc APS/VG class.

Flash-74 Ducati 750
That's what I call a cafe racer!

Four Aces Speed Week new seasons T shirts are coming

when the time comes buy HERE

'ED TURNER

Here's one from down under

 

The methanol fed Excalibur 750 Bonneville with Peter Morrison on board

 Excalibur runs in the NZ Nationals series,which it won in 2012 including a record run of 11.11@ 115.7mph. Since then the top speed has been improved to 116.98mph with his son Jamie Flavell at the helm

Read all about it in Peter's Blog

A very elegantly put together bike and a real Ed Turner

Bloodhound SSC

   

Not strictly in the remit but its about going fast,bloody fast actually! Plus it's British and they are plugging engineering and taking the opportunity for education.An all round good thing to be associated with so today I joined their 1-K club and put both my name and Sue's on the fin

BLOODHOUND SSC
Visit their website and read all about it

                                                        

Some more LP covers featuring Motorbikes

                                


                                

                                

Ray  Nelson 1968

                                

                                

LP covers featuring Motorbikes

                                     

                                     

                                    

                                       

I know, I know he only gets in because he's on a Triumph!!

Didn't plan on including Scooters but it is Bo Diddley!

FTW

I LIKE THIS! -Japanese eye candy

'Lizard Tail'  by  HEIWA-MC
A feast for the eyes, top notch engineering
Just enjoy

I LIKE THIS!

YES PLEASE
Another build by The Baron's Speed Shop

I LIKE THIS!

I can count Dick as a friend  all the way back to the early days of the 59 classic section and I think he puts together some of the finest builds out there.Here is the Delinquent he posted it up on Facebook as one of his favourite builds, i'll second that!!

PAY HIM A VISIT

241 special edition

Came across this bonkers twin engine machine

The engines are modelled on the German Argus V1 flying bomb.The fins on the body work mimic the American P51 Mustang Fighter Plane exhaust. Every detail has gone into this machine to make it a one of a kind. From the hand moulded tank to the hand painted pinstripe to bring that blast from the past look. It has new Avon tires and new Harley brakes. It is ready to be ridden or put on a display as a conversation piece. We have used the bike to draw crowds for business grand openings and full speed runs. We have checked and if this bike was brought to the salt flats it could set a record on its second full pass. Put your name in the record books. The owner immediately gets bragging rights for having the first twin engine jet powered motorcycle in the world. The bike has been featured in European magazines and books. It recently won its class at the World of Wheels Car Show in Chicago. Every where it goes people stop!!! 

Built by Robert Maddox and for sale on Ebay in 2011 for $25000, here is how the listing described it
THIS HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS THE FIRST AND ONLY TWIN ENGINE JET MOTORCYCLE IN THE WORLD. THE BIKE HAS BEEN BASED OFF OF A 1929 HARLEY BOARD TRACK RACER. BIKE SHOWS VERY WELL AND ITS OPERATING COST FOR A RUN IS LESS THAN 20 DOLLARS. BIKE GOES STRAIGHT AND IS A BLAST TO RIDE. WILL GUARANTEE TO RATTLE YOUR WINDOWS FOR AT LEAST A FIVE BLOCK RADIUS. BIKE HAS RECENTLY DONE A PHOTO SHOOT TO COME OUT IN V-TWIN MAGAZINE. THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND EASIEST TO TRANSPORT EXHIBITION SHOW OUT THERE!!! MAKE MONEY AND HAVE A BLAST DOING IT!!  YOU CAN GET PAID TO SHOW UP AT AIRSHOWS, GRAND OPENINGS, AND TRACKS AND BE TREATED AS A VIP!  CALL 309-235-7223 FOR THE DETAILS


just put these up for the design detail  

AND  IT RUNS!!! CHECK IT OUT HERE

 

SPEED DREAMS

watched episode two, and having noticed whilst watching episode one that Steve French  & Dave Branch's for all intent and purposes home built bike was topped by a couple of Triumph rocker boxes, correct me if I'm wrong but I reckon they are from a T120, I wanted to claim it as a Triumph.
A bit of searching around and I came across Brit Chopper magazine and found out about it's association with Chris Ireland and the programme. Interestingly on the Bonneville log page the bike is described as

 Steve French Supercharged Triumph

#775 / APS-PBF 750 Supercharged Triumph, Special construction (A) Partially Streamlined (PS) Pushrod (P) Blown Fuel (BF)

So there you go no need to claim it it is a Triumph!! in Spirit at the very least!!

                       

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Sumo from is prepping a rather special TWO FOR ONE with a view to run on the Salt.

THE STUMP PULLER.
A case of mad dogs and Englishman in a good way

Sumo is in need of support so give him a hand buy a badge from the Stump-Puller bigcartel


He is also one of the  check them out.A cool bunch of like minded Salt fevered folk in search of speed
He also post a rather fine selection of machines on his Twin engine Tuesday posts.and for good measure I'm knicking one,hope you don't mind Sumo!!