Here's why . . . The bottom line: Uncle Bob

I post a lot of Spina paint and stuff. You can see it here on rickynoot . . . Bob's a good friend of mine - and he's also been around the block in the custom paint world . . . you dig? I figure once guys like him are gone - they're gone, and we ain't gettin' any younger. I try to stripe all my jobs with "Spina-style-striping" - so it can kinda carry-on another generation. Bob sends me pics from his cell and I post 'em. It's kinda like being buds with Roth, Dutch, Watson, Mr. J, Bobbo, Magoo, Kelly, Coop, Jimmy C . . . can you dig it? The guys that are legends. They don't make any more like 'em. You diggin' it?
I can dig it !

Got Spina?

Dino's Lounge

Go check it out my Vegas friends . . .

Panhead Cylinders

Three are better than Two

Anybody Know ??????

What company made these risers? My buddy picked them up when he lived in California in the 1960s and early 1970s . . .

Quarter Twenty Four

Yes, there really is 1/4-24 . . . I wonder how many threads have been destroyed over the years with 1/4-20 bolts?????

Marion Owens Agrees

Two Are Better Than One . . .

STREETNIK @the SEMA Show

Yo kiddies, git down wid it on da STREETNIK, so don't ya be a dick or we beat ya wid a stick down by Dick Blick says Rick on his way to see a Flik at da Palms . . . huh?

Wow . . . The California Kid !

Check this . . . just got sent the top photo from the SEMA Show in Vegas. The real "California Kid" coupe. The photo on the bottom is Pete Jacobs, Ed Roth, Spina and Pete Chapouris . . . (California Kid is peeking on the left)

Mike Kidd

Hats off for running the dirt track program successfully this year. I think former racers do a better job than pencil pushers in the AMA. Morehead did a great job too . . . Thank You !

Two are better than One

Willard's dual engine shovelhead street bike. He fired it up for me. It sounds like a single engine when it's running - since they run with each other perfectly. After many trials and tribulations with this . . . he said it cruises around great. And gets lots of looks of coarse.

I likey . . .

Another 2 into 1 . . . I don't know . . . but, I dig it !
A reverse megaphone type-o-deal . . .
Cool seat . . .
Motor mounts . . .
Paint . . .
Etc.

Ready for Atco, Lions, Fontana . . . etc.

When do they open?

Arlen Ness Bridge

Our little town had it's historic suspension walking bridge destroyed by a flood a couple years ago. The city council voted to replace it with this thing (open last week) at a cost of about $4 million dollars.
Arlen would be proud.

Quality Service

. . . is hard to find.

Lake?

Do these things really work?

Blaine Cartwright & Co.

Nashville Pussy

Happy Halloween to you . . .

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery . . .

Delta

I only fly 1st Class - (actually this plane was a total piece of shit)

SU Eliminator

These make power !

Sexy AND Dangerous

The Jammer Products babe . . .

Just dangerous . . .

A "Toast" at Kung Fu

Went into Kung Fu on Saturday after I met Ricky in the parking lot for some ironhead Sportster swapping. I noticed the Danny Hanson tribute decal on the door on the way in . . . so, I had a Hamms and 3 tacos for a guy who probably wishes he could be munching on some of these delicious hard shells. Don't know who he was, or if I ever met him - but, he musta been a cool dude for someone to make a decal for him. Go Danny go !

Parts Run

Lookin' for parts, driving the backroads of our great state. We've all been "pickin" before the show ever hit the air. It's fun and a great way to see the country.

via Brown's Plating - Paducah, KY

Scott, Graham & Kidd get down . . .

Winfield - Watson

Hey Watson . . . we missed you man. In the spirit of Larry the show went on - bad ass rods and the legends who build 'em. Uncle Bob Spina with Maria & Roger O'Dell (Watson's friends from way back). Hey Spina - cool shirt. If you weren't there - you might be square?

Another Lost Art

A nest of snakes . . . from Arlen.

Nervous

The onlookers in this photo seem a little nervous about this guy jackin' a wheelie. An inline 4 Honda with open exhaust - this hill climber thing is causing a stir . . .

He gave this to me . . .

A local guy who attended Sturgis way back when thought I might like this being a motorcycle enthusiast and flat track fan. It was real nice of him. Thanks Ronnie !

One for the road . . .

Spina's Trike

I was going though some old magazines and found this feathure on my friend Bob Spina.
Custom Bike 1979
Blow it up and read it . . . neat history, etc.

Race Only

Proudly sponsored by: Drag Specialties of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Trick

Francois Cevert

Originally a motorcycle racer - he switched to cars and then Formula One. He would pull wheelies in the paddock on pit bikes. He was one of my favorite drivers due to his style - and he was almost always smiling. Francois was a team-mate of the great Jackie Stewart and finished a close 2nd behind him many times. I believe he had only one single F1 race win in his career. He was killed at Watkins Glen in 1973 - age 29. I was devastated. I saw this photo of him on the net today and it all came back.  Quite intriguing the memories which are stored in the mind only to be brought out by a single photo.

1982 - Five Foot Bunny Hop off a curb

Old Photo of Ricky Noot:(that'd be me)
Team Mongoose with Tanges
Skyway Tuff Wheel Ones(with Comp IIIs)
Addicks(48T)
KKTs
Kashamax
Fluted seat post
MCS Stem
Redline V-Bars
BMX Action Number Plate
Grab-On Grips(Zane Seeley gave them to me)
Sears Tuf-Skins with Nike Cortez (red swoosh)
Adidas Sweat Shirt
Sold it to a preacher's kid - then it got stolen(image that)
Shot with 110 Kodak

Gone, but never forgotten . . .

Bacon's Knuckle . . .