Dorky photos from my ride out on the Rattler today. For a beat up 1980 XS400, it sure still kicks some corner ass. I’ve found a new favorite route very near my house, 45 miles of twisties and nicely paved road. Part of which includes the somewhat famous ‘Bull Run’ road.
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A Close Call & Lesson Learned
Alley Sweeper 2013 Video
Lanakila MacNaughton’s beautiful medium format photographs of Stormie’s Wrench Night last wednesday. The topmost photo is definitely my favorite from the night, Stormie, Jada and I all kicking it being the überdorks we are. See/read more: More of Lanakila MacNaughton’s photographsMore tagged Jada Noriyuki / Stormie RayWriteup on Stormie’s Wrench Wednesdays
Stormie’s Wrench Wednesdays
I posted a little intro to Stormie’s Wednesday wrench night a couple days ago, and wanted to follow up with a few pics. The motocycle version of Charlie’s Angels (above), photographed by Lanakila MacNaughton,. Left to right we have myself, Jada Noriyuki, and Stormie Ray. Stormie provided a HUGE amount of meat, Jeff Wolf manned the BBQ, and attendees were instructed to bring something NOT MEAT and that didn’t need to be cooked. Loads of bikes and a spattering of other cool cars, there is one thing all attendees have in common: they’re great… Continue Reading »
Rust Bucket Project: The Bondo Bike
At the Deviants CC compound in Vancouver, WA… I spent a few hours going at the BSA frame with an angle grinder yesterday. My mission was to remove the bondo from the frame so I could see what is really going on with the structure of the hard tail, where I need to cut and start over again. The welds look pretty old judging by the wear and tear, and Wolf told me they were probably stick welds not something more fine tuned. Whoever built this bike must have fancied themselves a… Continue Reading »