Lemmy on a (long) Triumph

Happy birthday Lemmy

Santa on a Triumph

Meri(den) Christmas and a Happy New Year

Scratching in the Dirt featuring Guy Martin

Billy Fury on a Triumph

British rock n' Roller Billy Fury on his Triumph

 out & about at the beach

Carved piston skull art

this popped up on my Facebook page and I thought it fits right into the carved piston remit

241 ED TURNER

Liking the way he has joined the Primary cases,seems it's been made into a three seater!!

ED TURNER- Hinckley Fashion pt2

FULL STORY HERE

'ED TURNER- Hinckley fashion

This was posted up on The Triumph Motorcycles-Classic ! Facebook page.
Built as a one off by a team of 9 at the Factory and posted by Mark Brown ,who was responsible for the paint.
overall a nice exercise if not strictly my Triumph cup of Tea!
On show in Milan






 

I LIKE THIS

This tank was part of a set for sale on eBay from Australia from seller hard4u65
Very nice detail 

'ED TURNER

I've got Brian @ British Ironwork to thank for this one. 
Very utilitarian, blower,reversed head pre unit engine,SU carb,AMC gearbox 'nuff said

I LIKE THIS-FLAT TRACKER

liking the vented  ARD style cover

I like this- a neat piece of drag racing history

Coming up for auction at the 10th Annual 

Barber Vintage Festival October 10-12 2014

Is this sweet looking 1959 Dragster

A competition bike with real history. 

It was built by Gordon Stewart in Miami 

Florida in 1960. 

It won the Florida Drag Racing Championship in the day and was raced by the present owner for 9 years and put away.

Nice rear!

241- ED TURNER

Not sure what I think about this one!but it has two engines and a reversed head so it's in.(on reflection it's Butt Ugly!!) 


 here is the story of the original build and recent restoration

SKULLS-HOBO NICKELS/COINS

I recently discovered the American folk art of carving what are generally known as Hobo Nickels.I felt the need to acquire one and of course one is never enough and now I own a selection of these fine objects,all by the fine carver Aaron Lujan who goes by the name
Train Wreck Candy and is a member of The Original Hobo Nickel Society (member #1304).
I've stuck to Skulls as a theme as that is my area of interest as my previous post on piston carving etc will attest. 

A Set Of 1937 P D S Buffalo Nickels



1978 Mexican 20 Centavos



1981 Mexican Un Peso 

 
Mexican Cincuenta Centavos (50 Cents)

1955 100 Francs 

241 'Ed Turner

I know nothing about this bike other than it offers a whole lot of what I like two Triumph engines and a reversed head
thanks to Darren Spevak over on the Triumph Custom Bike group over on FB for this one

241

I have posted pics of this bike before but here you go again

The Parasite what's not to like? nicked this from Choppa Head Custom

And here she is from the drive side

And back in the day

thanks to The Selvedge Yard for some history

  And last but not least the most famous image of this legend

this is the original there is a doctored version of this with the front wheel in the air

I really like this

How low can you go!! This has got to be one of the coolest bikes ever, this man builds are displays of engineering skill and thinking way outside the box
Find out more about Alp Sungurtekin Here and of course he is on Facebook

Japanese Auto Racing

Also referred to as Japanese speedway wager bikes.Triumph engines were popular 

I like this

Trumpet Time  for a few more shots and a few details about this rather cool scoot over at Chop Cult.com

Japanese Auto Racing

Thanks to Brian at British Ironworks  I'm of to trawl the internet to find out what sort of racing lunacy produces this!



Here is the Auto Race website, not easy to make sense of as I'm not conversant in Japanese and Google translate does weird things!  But I found this bit in English

	How many riders are in a race and how many times do they go around the circuit?
	In general, eight riders compete against each other for six laps on racing circuits that run counter-clockwise. When there are not enough riders, races may be held with seven riders. Each motorcycle is numbered from 1 to 8, and is a different color making it easier for the audience to distinguish the riders.
	When and where do these auto races take place?
	Two tournaments are held within a non consecutive eight day period for four and four, three and five, or five and three days, and on each day there are one to twelve races. Since each rider can only participate in one race each day, usually there are 96 riders that participate in a day (8 riders x 12 races). Winners are decided based on tournament results from each of the group tournament days.
	How fast do these motorcycles go?
	150Km on the straights, 90Km on corners, and 105Km on average.
	How are racing and commercial motorcycles different?
	Auto Race motorcycles are unique in that they are small in size and light in weight with only the bare minimum on the body.
	There is no break The left side handle bar is set higher than the right There is no gauge Diamond shaped frame Unique custom-made suspension systems Knee guards Two speed transmission Triangular tires

So it looks like we have the bastard child of  Speedway and Flat Track racing on Asphalt with gambling thrown in,Tokyo's version of a night out at the dogs?