To my Facebook followers…

Sorry but for some reason my posts stopped going to the MCPOTD facebook page. I think I have it sorted out now.

More “bikes from the parking lot” at Riding Into History.

A Laverda

A sweet old Harley

A decent BMW

Assorted old Hondas

KZ1000 Riding Into History… the parking lot.

When I pulled in this was parked right behind me.

 

My kind of day… A sweet Ride. A great Bike show. A (bonus) car show! And more riding! Stay tuned for lots more!

Got up early and took the newly plated RZ for a beautiful ride down to Riding Into History…

which had a great turnout…

and this years theme was Japanese bikes.  THE Wayne Rainey GPZ 750 met us at the gate.


On my way back, I decided to the long, scenic way home through Old St Augustine and I stumbled on a classic car show!! Sweet!

Much more on all of this on its way shortly. Right now I need a nap.

Another Trick Scrambler Build! Maybe the coolest CM250 Honda on the planet!

Talk about getting the most out of a transformation! Gregory Moore sends in more proof that you don’t need tens of thousands of dollars to build a cool custom bike.

Here is a 1982 Honda CM250c (the predecessor to the Rebel). I bought this for my lady to rip around but we live in the woods of southern NH where there’s lots of dirt roads & torn up tarmac so I wanted it to be a little scrambler not a saggy cruiser(not meant to be of offense to rebel owners). This is what I came up with, hope you like it!

Thanks,
(And be sure to check out his build thread:) http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=31070.0

Oh yeah… this is what he started with..

Oooh Baby! The latest “kit bike” from RYCA motors.

Another Suzuki Savage based kit (this time a street tracker) from the folks over at RYCA.  I’m already a big fan of their cafe bike and a big fan of 650 thumpers.  I may just have to save up a little coin towards one of these.  Really freaking cool.

 

 

 

Maybe THE coolest Kawasaki W650 custom I’ve ever seen.

From a really excellent builder called Motor Rock.  Some really creative stuff.  Be sure to check em out.

A flawless Yamaha XT600. One of my favorite classic dualsports.

It funny because I was thinking of this very bike just the other day. At around the same time that Suzuki was designing the DR650 that’s been in continuous presence in American showrooms since 1998 (virtually unchanged) Yamaha had a serious competitor already on the market. It kills me that they surrendered the market to Suzuki so easily. This was a fantastic bike! I’m equally as pissed that they never brought its descendant, the Tenere 660, here either. WAKE up Yamaha! There are some of out here who love ADV thumpers! You’ve once again surrendered the market. This time to BMW and KTM. Damm shame…

Anyway..

A shoutout to Paul King for these shots. She’s a real beauty. Take good care of her!

Paul writes in:

SHHHHHH, IT THINKS IT’S A BMW GS.

Hi,
My name is Paul King, from Colorado.
I’m an avid viewer of your site.
Thought you might like at couple of shots of my ‘just assembled’ current ride.
It’s a 1994 Yamaha XT 600 with only 3,000 miles on it.
After cleaning it up, I added my personalizing accessories
to make it an adventure tourer.
Windshield, hot grips, aluminum panniers, bars, etc.

P.S. I rode one prepared like this to Alaska a few years ago.

Great stuff. Thanks Paul! And if you take this one on any adventures remember to send in some pics!