Copa Cabana

All the Twin Cams, Evos and Wingdings were at that "other" bar.  I went here instead.  Met a guy named Glenn (that may be his Huffy?)  He had the smoker's cough, the yellow fingers, yellow mustache, yellow tooth in front.  Cracked a High Life tall can.  Had his own stool.  Limped when he walked.  I was in the presence of royalty.  Britt, Iowa USA.

Freedom Rally - Algona, Iowa

Have you ever went to a big event and just ended up talking to the same guy the whole time - and sitting around in the shade, near the camper - drinking Grain Belt Premium????  I did just that.  Denny is cool.  He also had some really kickin' mango salsa and black beans . . . Hit the spot on a beautiful Iowa day.

Old Brown Leather

Spina striped the back about 10 years ago.  Yes, it's been that long.  Still on there.  I was looking at a new jacket - heck . . . I think I'll just keep the old brown leather.  We been through a lot together.

Morty says, "It's too hot for cats . . . "

Morty "the official shop cat" has been in like 3 major cat-fights the last few days.  The last one was with that big ass orange cat that keeps trying to muscle in - but, The Mort still kicked his big fat orange ass.  It's 100 degrees today - too hot for Morty. 

Honda Four Chop

Not for sissys . . .

Rights of Passage

Grinding valves by hand, riveting sprockets, boiling corks, soaking gaskets . . . and changing tires with irons.  All soon to be forgotten forms of motorcycle maintenance.  To really get into vintage bikes - you must do these things.  A ritual.  A right of passage.  A pain-in-the-ass.  Too cheap to buy a tire machine.

Barn Find

Heard about a '66 XLH possibly for sale in a barn.  Original owner.  "All original."  I went and fished it out - sniffed around a bit - found the guy.  Not original, not what I thought - too much money . . . kind of a disappointment.  But, the guy who owns it is cool.  Neat guy, fun to chat with.  Priceless.

All Customs - All Cool

How many times can you get a shot like this with all customs, rode them in - and they're all bitchin'???
I saw that Yammy in Postville, Iowa parked at a Mexican Cafe the Sunday after Torque Fest.  Don't know who's it is - but he rides it !  Have a Coke and a smile - makes you feel good !  Sunny in Iowa today . . .

Dave is everywhere . . .

Functional

Don't ever change a thing . . .

Youth is King

Barbara Eden . . . yum.

. . . . Never Forget Their Names.

I've met this guy a couple times at Kung Fu - and I can never remember his name.  Super cool.  He must be a friend, since I can never remember who he is . . . names are for tombstones anyway.  Nice photo of him. (done in B&W with Serpia)

Gene & Mert show 'em how

World's Fastest Oil Change

Out comes the 3/4" plug, drain, replace plug and refill. Done. 
No filter needed.  Takes less than 2 minutes.

Let's Play

Have you ever seen a Harley jump?  Live in person?  You won't forget . . . It's not like a dirt bike jumping.
(this pinball machine is in the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa)

Dave's '48

 . . . next to Paul's '49.

Carl's '48

Trickle

Wisconsin's own Dick Trickle (pictured) would stop by our camper school bus at the sled races to warm up and maybe have a shot of coffee or schnapps.  He's a circle track hall-of-fame racer for sure.
Keep a night open this summer to support your local race track !

Annual Father's Day Run

Took the '65 panhead on a 320 mile run with the ol' man to "Back to the 50s" car show and swap at the St. Paul Fairgrounds.  Great breakfast of hash, eggs, hockey pucks & sausage gravy at Crossroads.  Drank a few 5% Red Dog beers with the Benassi's . . . fun times had by all.  Took a long nap (what a weekend)

Ramble On

Jeff & Kris had to get away for awhile.  They like to ride.  So, they came up for beers & camping.  Visited Dick Post (old time body man).  We're all friends for life now.

Bastard Stepchild

These ironheads are the shit bro . . . make you feel like a lil' badass runnin' round on this thing.  It's quick n- nimble and loud !  Very loud  Too loud for the neighbors.  They all sneer at me now . . .

This FXRS is . . .

Clean.  Progressive shocks, late model floating discs, Benchmark, flat track bars . . . keep looking !

National Motorcycle Museum

Very nice, new museum in Anamosa, Iowa - Well worth the trip. - but, this display made me sad.

one for Chris K . . . .

This FLH was at the Viking Chapter AMCA Meet in St. Paul, MN last weekend.  Looked like something Chris K would like so I took a picture of it.  Not totally original, but clean and functional.  I rode to St. Paul Fairgrounds for the meet on Thursday(pm) . . . then split for home Friday(pm) - then got up Sat and went to DICE and came back Sunday(am).  600+ miles, lots of weather, but a great time was had by all.  Can't quit thinking about how much fun it was.

John Copeland

Artist and custom motorcycle enthusiast, Mr. Copeland has been fabricating a twin carburetor set-up utilizing the Linkert DC.  One on each side.  First you'd have to come up with an intake . . . fab some sort of throttle cables(or wires) . . . how do you choke it?  A lot of hurdles to overcome.  Not an easy task.  If you've even seen his bikes - very professional.  NYC awaits the wrath of this chop !

DICE Facts & Gossip

Luke is cuttin' it close if he's going to Born Free III.

Jeff and Brad deal with the cops (due to cars doing burnouts I suspect)

The biggest Sinner gave me a huge hug and a squeeze, so I decided not to stay at the clubhouse.
Maybe next time.  Thank you for the offer - all cool dudes those Sinners !

There were more cute gals this year.  Nice !

The Speed Merchant was well represented by Denver Dan.  Nice quality parts I got to see first-hand for your Bonneville, Thruxton, Sportster and Dyna.  thespeedmerchant.net