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The roof ain't caved in yet . . . but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. We have plenty of snow now. Don't need no more. I...

I like food - and Cheryl whips out some great eats . . . (she's really into cookin' ) and last night we had this soup stuff with che...

The WLA wheels have been sand blasted, trued with the original star hub rebuilt. Painted Olive Drab. (I'm really starting to like this ...

This is the WLA "Army Bike Project" transmission restored to all it's glory. Upon initial inspection it was revealed that the...

The Ford Torino has been in the news a lot lately. I took a picture of this particular car when I was driving down the highway in Florida l...

Here's the plan - Des Moines Swap Meet. Stop in Colo at Willard's. Get some Hamms & Tacos at Fu. Cyclepedia, unless Dennis is...

My dad knew Leo Payne of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He took his new Bendix down to him to have it bored oversize. Leo never bored one of those ye...

Here is the front brake on my stroker Sportster. It's a Hurst-Airheart. It looks cool, but doesn't really stop that good. I want ...

You know, with Chevrolet in such a bad predicament with the other American auto factories . . .my chevy may just fall into the same realm as...

The artist Andy Warhol once stated that everyone is famous for 15 minutes. Mine happened twice. Once at the Eagle River World's Champio...

This photo is from a few years back. Riding on the Little Turkey River, above the dam, Waucoma, Iowa. The Yamaha has been sold. The Bates...

The snow was coming down real hard, the plows were out in full force - and by the time it got dark, they were running out of places to put t...

I overheard an older gentleman at a swap meet ask a vendor if he could get him a new set of cases for his 1953 Harley Davidson. I asked him...

Here's a picture of Willie G. Davidson and my dad (the original Noot) at Humboldt, Iowa - Freedom Rally. You see a lot of people who ge...

I just got this engine back together using some S&S stroker pistons with the relocated wrist pins and nylon buttons. I took out the Dytc...

Carroll Resweber was a Harley factory rider who won a lot of national races from about 1957-1962. I've got some rare video of him crash...

The newest McDonalds in the world just opened. More seating, coffee bar, flat screens, 70s custom interior lighting - it's just beautif...

When I was a little kid, my dad took me to lots of motorcycle dirt track races. This kid named Lynn Holloway from Plymouth, Iowa was fast. ...

It's snowing like a "mofo" right now and it's bachelor night. Bachelor night is when the wife doesn't cook anything. ...

I see the AMA has announced the Grand National Dirt Track schedule for 2009. Still no races in California? What's up with that? Can&#...

I'm having a hard time coming to grips with this -22 wind chill factor and all this snow already. It's looking like another very lo...

The original Betty Page passed away Thursday, Dec. 11th. She was the original pin-up model. Where do you think the term, "There's...

Have you ever taken something apart and you're not sure if you can get it back together? I did just that - again. This tranny is all G...

Here's a Fairbanks-Morse magneto I just rebuilt last week. I want to run it on my Harley 45 army bike project. I got it from a friend ...

This is my latest project. I've got it all stripped down. The frame is bent and twisted up bad. I had it in a 100 ton press last nigh...

Morty is like the coolest Official Shop Cat I've ever had. You can fire up your stroker Sportster and he'll stick around and watch....

I met Indian Larry one year at the Camel Roadhouse on Main Street in Sturgis. It was packed with bikers, standing room only. All of a sudd...

One year at Sturgis, Indian Larry was set up out at Full Throttle Saloon. Spina was striping at the Last Ride Saloon across from HD on Junc...

These 2 photos are of a FLHX that's currently on the showroom floor at Las Vegas Harley-Davidson. It's totally tricked out with a S...

I sent Spina the peanut tank for my K-Model a few years back. I had it painted solid black. I just wanted some green flames and a little s...

This is a Pinstriped Panel that was painted by Spina and myself. Bob did all the red on the left side, and all the gold leaf. I painted th...

A shot of Bob Spina from the earlier days. Spina is the King of paint. What impresses me is that he has mastered all aspects of custom pai...

I met Bob Spina years back in Rapid City, SD. I was on my way to the National Dirt Track on Hwy 44 and it looked like a tornado was coming....

Dice Party in Vegas was way hot ! Too bad if you missed it . . ?! Click on photo and see how much fun everyone was having ! Makes a cool ...

I appreciate you stopping by and I'll see you at an event in the near future -Morty the Official Shop Cat