Reader Ride. Otstanding 1969 Bonneville Hot Rod!

Larry Edwards writes in:

Great site!!! I have visited MANY times while I collected reference material. Attached you’ll find pics of my ’69 Bonneville build that took place mostly in my dining room between early October and January. It’s not to the sanitary stage yet. Still doing shake-down runs but, I can’t hardly stop once I’m out on a ride without having a crowd gather around the thing. Then of course I spend the next hour answering questions and telling folks how it came together. Anyway, thought I’d share some pics with you. It could be classified as a “street tracker” I suppose but, as you will see mine doesn’t have any fiberglass on it. Mostly I figure it’s a hot rod and since I had to bob it and chop it a bit to get it to where it’s at, it may be time to begin a new classification or category of bike. I call be bike The Bopper.
Thanks,
Larry

Wow that’s nice. I mean Damm. And you’re right.  I’ve tagged as a Chopper/Bobber/Streettracker.   Hard to pin it down.

Thanks Much Larry.

Reader Ride. A converted Honda Dream 50R!

Doug Nassif sends in this trick little conversion.

Hi,
2004 HRC Dream 50R, conversion to street legal.
Headlight too big? That’s me!
Cheers!
Doug.
Bismarck

Thanks again Doug. Man that looks like fun. Those overhead cams on that small cylinder are too cool. And I bet all the other bikes have headlight envy! 🙂

Reader Ride. A Nice and Naked FZ1…

Carlos Fragoso write in:
Steve,
After having sent some pics of my classic Royal, I now want to share with
you some pics of my daily ride. It’s a FZ1 Yamaha, with a Akrapovic exhaust
and some other features as the handlebar from Deprettomoto.
Most of the pics were taken in May 2009 on a journey to Spain at Picos da
Europa.
Hope you like it as well.
Regards
Carlos

I love it. If Yamaha would sell the naked version of this bike in the U.S. I think I’d own one. Just a great line to the bike that the faired version can’t pull off.

Just added another new blog link.

Along with Mutant Moto from last night, I just added  Team Benzina. Be sure to check them out!

Here’s a nice Ducati Darmah from Greg’s  Benzina photo archives!

Outsatnding new Honda Cafe From a great new blog.

Do yourself a favor and go check out the rest of these pics over on Mutant Moto (link fixed)

Bret really gets it.

Thanks for the pics Bret.

Great lines…

And a VERY unusual manifold setup.  A 4 cylinder manifolded to dual carbs.  Very trick and probably a lot easier to tune.

Great Shot! Black and (Red) White (and Blue) Sportster.

A great shot and I also want to show that I’ve go no problem with post processing if it’s done well.   Thanks to Chris Cullen who contributed this via the Facebook page.

 

By the way… Send me your bike week pics!! lol..

I’m likely going to completely miss the goings-on in Daytona this year. I’ll likely make the October meet (since there will be vintage racing) but the modern only stuff just doesn’t grab me anymore. I really wanted to sneak out for at least a day the flat track racing (and to meet some friends I’ve made here on the blog). It’s starting to really interest me. But family obligations made it impossible. 😦

Another great bike from Mochammed in Indonesia

We’ve seen his work before in this post HERE and HERE

Hi…there…!
Hope you like them, my other Es 2 in titanium silver…
Best wishes
Mochammed Ballazam
Jakarta, Indonesia

I like your style Mochammed. Another beautiful build! Keep em coming!

Reader Ride. Custom Benelli 250

Pete Boyd keeps sending them in. Thanks Pete!

Thanks for posting my CL 350 cafe bike. Here is my 1968 Wards/Benelli 250. The seat is mounted to a car leaf spring. The round thing above the bars is an 8 ball shifter knob mounted to adjust the steering damper. The tail light is stock but I cut off the back support and mounted it upside down. Benelli won the 250cc world championship in 1968…my how things have changed!
Pete

Reader Ride. Awe Inspiring BMW Boxer / Ducati hybrid.

Wow! Talk about craftsmenship! This stunner of a bike comes to us from Steffen Bühring of Germany.

He writes in:
Hi,
Some pics from Berlin Germany.
This bike cost 3 month hard work, the weight is 180 kilo, 105HP, its look like a BMW, but it is an Ducati (because the frame is from a Duc!)

Salut!

I speechless. What a great build!