Vincent Black Shadow on Top Gear.

With apologies to the billion or so fans of the show I may be the only man on earth who does not like the show Top Gear but they put together some nice video of this Vincent. I sort of wish he’d shut up though.

Reader Ride. A sweet BMW R51/3

Brian Bold sends in this nicely modded BMW.  While I’m not an old school BMW expert by any stretch I know what I like and I love the style and line.

Hello
Here are some pictures of my BMW R51/3
The fairing is a Peel, Hoske tank and mufflers, Dellorto SS1 carbs. A lot of fun to ride, now it needs to just stop raining so I can spend more then 20 minutes around the neighborhood between rain.

The before pic..

What a save! A reader ride Norton restoration.

With apologies to Damon Wells.  I received this on March 23’rd and had the post all written up it somehow got placed in the “draft” category and never got posted.   Shame on me and sorry about that sir.   Here she is at last.

 

Damon Wells writes in:
Hi, thought I’d send in a couple of pics of my bike I took today, and one I took 15 years ago. When I got it in ’96 it was a wrecked chopper with a seized engine. The guy I bought it from had started collecting new parts to fix it up, so I already had a head start. The forks were bent in far enough that despite being 4 inches longer, the wheelbase was shorter than stock! Once I got it home and freed the engine (seized rings), I cleaned up the single Mikuni carb, and got it started before disassembling it down to the frame. I borrowed a camera from a co-worker after pulling the bent front end and the Dunstall rear sets, which I still have. Why a chopper had rear sets is beyond me, but considering the state it was in, not much would have surprised me.

Since then, I’ve replaced just about everything but the frame, tank, crankcase, crank, rods, pistons, cylinder head, gearbox case and the hubs. It’s got a Megacycle cam, oversized valves, Boyer ignition, Magura master cylinder, alloy rims, Bosch halogen headlight and lots of other little mods and tweaks. I stopped counting how much money I have in it a long time ago, I’m probably better off not knowing!
Keep up the good work, love the site.
Damon Wells
Houston, TX

Damon that is outstanding! It’s got a great line to it. I think you found the perfect handlebars for it. It’s just plain right. I know you never “really” get the dollars back but the satisfaction of a save like this is a feeling that’s well worth it. Congratulations on a great build.

The before pic. Damm…

Sunset Bonnie..

Sorry…I forgot who it was exactly that sent this to me.  It was included with some shots of another bike.  Very tasty though

Yeah I suck…

Posting is light and will continue to be for a short while.  Too many reasons to list.  Unfortunately none of them involve fun or motorcycles.   In the mean time please check out the links in the archives tab on the top of the page.  If you need a fix, there’s TONS of stuff in the archives.

I’ve also been thinking of maybe opening things up to the occasional guest poster.  I have a few folks in mind.    We’ll see.

Thanks for your patience and please stay tuned.

From the “things you don’t see every day” department. A Kawasaki 2-stroke reverse trike.

Aimee Kurt sent these in from a recent bike night… All I can do is scratch my head and say wow..

Not your average XS650…

Love it or hate it there’s a lot of effort in this one. I admire the nads it takes to build this. Oh and it’s for sale here locally. No I do NOT know the owner or the bike.