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. . . parked in the dirt.

Check and double check.  Goin' over everything on my flat track bike just so I can make a few laps at Vintage Torquefest next weekend....

I've collected for so many years - and recently sold a lot of my parts.  I remember buying a DC carburetor for $5 bucks, one for $10 b...

WE worked really hard last night.  Morty was helping as usual, and we got the K-Model clutch all clean again, and working properly.  We wa...

The Sportster lower-end.  It can handle the power with it's Timken design and strong flywheel configuration.  The weakness can b...

This one is almost ready to hit the street !  ( free up some bench space too . . . ) 1969 XLCH

Finally got this '48 lower buttoned up.  Before assembly, there's a million "checks" that need to be addressed before yo...

The DC Linkert carburetor looks funny without a float bowl spacer.

Charging systems were a big deal in the 1960s.   When you had Lucas systems that maybe didn't always work, the rest were still 6 volt....

That's how I refer to it.  That round, beer keg lookin' . . solid construction Nelson-Rigg black zippered bag.  It's flown off...

Marc Marquez won the GP race in Austin last weekend for the "umpteenth" time.  Valentino Rossi complained about the track surfac...

Huber had a rather unorthodox racing style....but it worked for him.  He was voted "Most Popular Rider" by the racing community ...

 . .  me and Anchor Moto rode side valves all over this darn town. #wildwood park (way in the back)

 In 1954 . . . Black is beautiful.

I don't know the situation (since there's lots o' pictures of women, with motorcycles, who don't really ride the bike they...

Team photos . . . you don't see them as much anymore for some reason?  Now, it's usually just the driver, maybe a flagman, and hi...

The key to perfect wrinkle paint is "uniformity" - consistency.  If applied too heavy, it wrinkles and leaves lines, and the wri...

1047 TF ( TF = Top Fuel )

6 Time World Speedway Champion Ivan Mauger(pronounced 'major') recently died in Australia.  Highly regarded as the greatest and most...

A Torrid Tale of Loose Lug Nuts and Ground Gears . . . (it's the truth)  John Wells really knows how to throw a party.  Cool hot rods...

Lonnie Pauley, James Hart, Toby Jorgensen . . . just a few names of racers who were so fast on the big tracks - all riding the Rotax 600 p...

If I quick run home at lunch today, I may have time to try out these new Autolite 386 spark plugs in my 45 before it starts snowing again ...

1. I drilled and punched out the old pins  (w/ tappet roller tool from JIMS) 2. Deburred tappets 3. Checked fitment of new pin 4....

I got turn signals mounted under the seat.  Everything works.  The last time I rode it (before we started gettin' all this snow again)...

You know where I-15 cuts that tiny northwest corner of Arizona?  It's the Virgin River valley and you race your way through these pass...

That's what some people call 'em . . . and it looks kinda weird when you're used to lookin' at Ironhead Sportsters.  These...

Gary Hickle a former racer, and dealership owner for BSA, Sno-Jet, Kawasaki and Yamaha - raced one of these Hornets.  They were a compe...

A Sure Fire Hit !  and it was . . .