Hunter S. Thompson at his ranch on his Penton motorcycle circa 1976. Did you know Hunter actually had his ashes packed in shells and blown into the sky from 150 feet up at his funeral? Fun fact of the day. [ more tagged Hunter S. Thompson ]
Posts Tagged ‘70s’
Isaiah Pannier’s 1979 GS425e Cafe Racer
What you can do with some elbow grease and effort is truly amazing. Seeing high dollar builds with every detail planned and perfectly executed is definitely inspiring, each piece a work of art. But I think what I like more are garage built bikes, customized by the owner to their liking instead of a shop or designer. They both have their positives, but this is a great example of what I mean. Isaiah’s cafe racer build began with a bike you don’t often find in the USA, a 1979 Suzuki GS425e. Q…. Continue Reading »
Little Horse Cycles 1972 CB500 Cafe Racer
Andrew Cornelissen is a motorcyclist and fabricator in Portland, Oregon. His Honda CB500 custom always cruised smoothly into events looking debonaire and classy. I had to get some photos to share. That turned into me asking him all the work he’d done and well, it’s quite the list. Andrew is the founder and owner of Little Horse Cycles, does fantastic fabrication, welding, and top notch motorcycle build projects. The bike is rather ingenious in design in many ways, when you look below at the mod list you’ll see what I mean. It’s impressively light… Continue Reading »
Thanks to an awesome project with Cafe Racer XXX, Saint Motor Company and Loaded Gun Customs… I’ll be on the East Coast! Maryland to be precise. This SUNDAY March 3rd- come join us at Sixteen Tons (website) for beer, wine, tunes, and talk of motorcycles! WHEN: Sunday March 3, 2013 | 2:00p – 5:00pWHERE: Sixteen Tons – 1100 W 36th St. Baltimore, MD 21211 RSVP to the FB Event
Submission from the lovely Elizabeth Bacon- Here’s me on one of my very first rides on my vintage ‘77 Yamaha XS400. I took the rider training course, and first rode a moto under my own power in summer ‘12. Bike is bone stock in this shot. I laid it down after about four weeks of riding, though. (Totally rider error…a decreasing radius left-hander, and I thought I was entering the turn too hot, but instead of looking ahead and leaning in and making it, I sat up, braked, and looked straight so… Continue Reading »
Tintype KZ400
Stormie Ray and a 1979 KZ400 as photographed by the infamous Giles Clement on 100+ year old camera in SE Portland.