What a great idea!

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Lemmy on a Triumph

Motorhead

Update #3. SEARCH FOR A CHAMPION

Wes came through the first round as one of the 15 $5000 prize winners.
Voting has now started for the $50K first prize 
If your registered get VOTING lets get our man to the salt  with the cash
If not register and start voting!!

Another update

I posted a picture of this bike on my post about model kits, at the time I had no info. As it turns out it comes via Pete Stansfield of Eat the Rich Fame. Thanks to the ever informative Pipeburn for the new info

Last year he came across this drag bike frame for sale on eBay and knew he had to purchase it.
 "I bought the frame for £170 and the rear slick for £10".
What a bargain!!

Skull Piston carving part 3 - an update

Tommy from GearHedz informs me that the person behind this skull is a Japanese guy by the name of Yoshida.
 I've looked for more info but found nothing, so if you know better do tell.

The king of cool

Mr cool Steve McQueen takes a lunch break in the company of Bud Ekins during a 2 day 500 mile race through the Mojave desert
shot in the spring of 1963 by John Dominis for a Life Magazine feature.
Looks like a man living the life,motorcycles ,leather,oil, beer and cigarettes!!

this came in the post

Thanks to Jon @ Jon's metal casting who sent me a pair of the new addition to his selection of choice cast parts for Triumphs

Finned Amal carb tops

machined for the perfect fit 

and there you go!

After a false start and a bit of experimenting I know Jon is pleased with these and I'm sure you will be.Lovely detail on any bike.Go shop!!
                                   

Skull Piston Carving part 2

More fine work by the folk at GearHedz. It appears to be a two man show Dmitry & Tommy. Don't know who gets credit for this one, but hey all their stuff is top notch!
Good gallery of their stuff on the Hub Garage site
Make friends with Tommy on Facebook

Knife carved, skillful hands!!

Bike Toons

 As promised here is an update on the BikeToons by Jim from The CarToon Speed Shop                                         

 A man of his word Jim knocked this one out overnight,nice work

                                             

This one is Tommy Powell 's Panhead, the man behind the fine work on the Gear Hedz blog

I LIKE THIS!

I'm liking this bike a lot, made for riding not for show

report from One Moto Show

Conrad Leach show opening in LA

Cool present for the petrol head in your life!!

Check this out, cool present for Christmas, anniversaries,birthdays, his, hers, the car's.
I checked and Jim is happy to do bikes,bobbers, chops
get in touch with him info@thecartoonspeedshop.com for all your cartoons or biketoons needs

Skull Piston Carving

Xtra large pic as the detail on this is awesome and deserves the space
check out more stunning work  at GearHedz blog
Loads more great work ,take the time to go through the old post you will not be disappointed !!

            I actually started looking for Piston Skull Carvings because this one came up on my FB page

Don't know anything about it other than it comes from
the Choppers Portugal FB page
Again pretty cool work

I LIKE THIS!

Nice 6T  by Dandruff on the the JJ

He also posted a pic of Mike Drew's gorgeous if somewhat impractical bike

THIS WEEK I HAVE MAINLY BEEN.....

 LOOKING AT MODELS AND KITS OF TRIUMPH MACHINES, REVELL SEEM TO HAVE DONE A GOOD LINE

I PARTICULARLY LIKE THIS ONE

                                              Jack Logan is credited with this model, nice one mate

Ratrod posted his on the Model Cars Mag forum
TWO MODELER'S VERSIONS. JUST LIKE THE REAL THING  START WITH THE SAME  AND LET THE  IMAGINATION FLOW

                      AND THEN I THOUGHT WHAT MIGHT BE THE INSPIRATION?

ignore the girders it's close
Both  Nostalgia on Wheels & Show & Go have featured Mickey Hall's bike
Both great sources of information on all sorts of bike related stuff! 

 Not quite but close

SEEK AND THY SHALL FIND 

in this case  on the Jockey Journal ,an apparently bottomless source of knowledge and information!
Boots Bleechler's  ( great name!!) late 50's low 10's 126.37mph triumph the inspiration for the kit

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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

         

                            Get more info here Hipsville

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