An it’s FOR SALE on E-Bay. (And NO I am not affiliated nor do I know the owner)
Month: November 2011
Awesome Flat Track video
Wanderlust. Perfect match. The english countryside and a sweet custom SR500.
Saw this posted by “Spitfire” over on the SR500 board and couldn’t resist. Just glorious.
Really cool converted BMW dualsport K75 “Brick”
There’s an interesting thread over on ADV rider called “converted dual sports” where folks convert all manner of unusual rides into some form of off roar or dual sport bike. A lot of it can be nothing more than thick tread tires on a UJM inline four but every once in a while there’s a really inspired and well crafted creation. Todd was kind enough to give me permission to re-post pics of his work in progress here. He mentioned that there’s a sturdy piece of aluminum waiting to be bent into a bash plate for under the engine. He says there’s more on the way so this post may get updated a little in the near future.
It’s such a nice fit for the style that I’m surprised that BMW never built one themselves. Great build Todd. Thanks!
Wow! Stunner of a Kaffee-Maschine Moto Guzzi.
I’ve been overdue for a nice Guzzi and Axel Budde remedies that by sending in this absolute stunner!!
He writes in:
This custom cafe racer was built for Gustav Larsson, living in Monaco.
The donor bike was a Le Mans 3. The engine was modified with 950ccm cylinders, balanced crank drive, performance cam, electronic double ignition and a lighter clutch. It already had a rare, straight geared racing transmission, which was revised. Wheels are Morad with stainless spokes.
Shocks are Ikon, the fork got new tubes and Fac dampers. A minimal electrical system including a motogadget instrument was built. ALL special components on the bike are handcrafted.
Dry weight is 180kg, power is 82hp.“Kaffeemaschine” (coffee machine) is my company, building unique cafe racers and bespoke bikes, based on the classic Guzzi V2-engine and frame.
I´d be very glad if you would mention and link my webside “www.kaffee-maschine.net“.Please let me know when you are going to post my stuff.
If you have any more questions or need more info, don´t hesitate to contact me.Best regards from Hamburg/Germany,
Axel Budde
Sorry… been busy wrenching.
Old faithful lost compression and had a base gasket leak anyway. Why on earth would Suzuki ever put a paper base gasket on a single cylinder 650 is a mystery to me. Of course I have a 2000 and they went to metal on the 2004’s. So here’s where I’m at. 
After years of wrenching on multi cylinder 2 strokes it’s freaking comical to me how big the bore is on this bike. And they used to make an 800! Oh and yes, that’s my blood on there. No harm. Just a knick.
Please hang in there, I’ll have some regular posts up shortly.
Here she is in happier times. Soon to return!
I know I don’t post many modern bikes but damm…
It’s always the Italians and the Germans isn’t it…
Wow! Over 750,000 Pageviews!
With all this houskeeping and updating I just happened to notice the counter on the bottom of the page (which I rarely look at anymore for some reason). And to be hones I had about a half million on the old page so combined I’m way over a million hits between this site and the old blogger site!
So THANKS.. err… a MILLION!
Please don’t panic! I’m trying a few updates to the site….
I’ve become a little bit annoyed with the previous theme I had so I’ll be experimenting with a few themes over the weekend. If anyone wants to hit me with any feedback or advice (especially folks with wordpress experience) it’s more than welcome.
An amazing look at the private caverns of the Barber Museum.
In the world of motorcycles there are a LOT of urban legends about long lost secret stashes of crated up all original (fill in the blank) motorcycles and parts or the secret warehouse of bikes in a shed somewhere in the world etc.. Well I’ve been hearing about the cavernous “archive” of bikes waiting their turn for restoration at The Barber Motorsport Museum for years now. Even when close friends (that I trust) have taken the tour and been granted a peek into the “vaults” I was always just a weeeee bit skeptical. Well call me skeptical no more.
I tripped across a comment on a message board recently where the gentleman stated that he has some photo’s of a “sneak peek” that had been granted. And on that note, I’d like to extend a special thank you to Gerald Wilson (AKA:rztom) for hooking me up with these mouth watering shots. It’s beyond anything I had imagined and I’ve actually visited the museum and been amazed by the upper floor displays (See my previous post of my visit). I can not imagine the pure joy of being on the staff and working on one amazing machine after another all day. If there’s a heaven it has a museum a lot like this one.
A closeup of tho column with the autographs. I can just make out Billy Joel and Craig Vetter.
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