Heisenburg suggested that we needed to liven up the site, perhaps with some piccies of ladies……..

So – in the interest of keeping the team happy I found him this lovely lady currently up for sale on ebay!

No surprises here………………… knew it’d happen!!

Thankfully the judges saw the amount of effort, one off engineering and talent Heisenburg put into his XS project and rightfully awarded him a Winners plaque in the Northants V-Twin (God this must really be upsetting Dave – awarding trophies to non Harleys) Brackley Festival of Motorcycling Custom Show.

Well done mate…………. getting a bit of a habit – the Scavengers picking up awards?

Heisenburg during the ‘parade’ (an excuse to rag it through a town centre without being chased by the rozzers)

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I prefer this picture as I look a little less ‘substantial’.

Onions……………… Mac and Sarahs crop of Onions were ready ….. ever tried chopping 40+ extra strong onions without becoming a snot fest and your eyes bleeding……. Mac thought he’d got it cracked till his daughters swimming goggles fogged up and he nearly cut his bl**dy fingers off!

After a morning out at the Bill Pracey meeting at Evenley, Mac and Heisenburg decided to take a run out to visit the  Mad Prof.

Big grins all round as they popped and banged through the Buckinghamshire countryside – spoiling the Sunday peace and quiet through rural villages.

Thought they’d repeat the fun down to the friday night meet at Jacks Hill caf but Mac had been faffing around with his jets only to find that when it was time to go his battery was flat so he had to follow Hiesenburg on ‘the runaround’.

Nice to see that there were more than a few folk interested in the engineering and effort put into Heisenburgs  bike rather than how much chrome and tassles that were  bolted onto some of the other attending bikes.

Remember this??

Mac’s boy Josh – desperate to become a ‘Scavenger’ has been given a test.

Mac picked up a cheap Chinese scooter off of EvilBay….. If josh can strip it down, do it up and make a few quid when he sells it ……. we’ll consider a more worthy project!

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It’s great to see the kids getting involved, I don’t mind them borrowing tools, using my consumables etc….but if they think my beer is a consumable we may cross swords, untill then I’m all up for micro-scavengers.

Here’s a shot of my ‘trainee’ using my grinder to make a pencil holder from 4mm steel tube and some decent guage plate, should hold up to the task ok…infact I think it would do well in any major disaster.

– Heisenberg

Mac rode to the show at Jacks Hill Cafe, Towcester on Sunday and placed the Scavenger bike amongst some stunning machinery, amongst the puddles. He thought he stood half a chance at a prize amongst the dozen or so other bikes that had braved the miserable weather. Unfortuately for Mac but fortunately for Dave from Northants V-Twin the sun came out and so did a lot more customs. The day was a success and the crowds turned out for another great show courtesy of Dave, Julie and the team!

The icing on the cake came when Macs kids found him and told him that a rosette had been placed on the bike which read “Best of Show”……………. never going to hear the end of it!!

The award reflects what a bunch of mates gathering in sheds and garages can acheive – when we first began these notes, Mac listed those who’d helped weld, grind, machine and craft some of the bits across the bike which made it what it is – so the award belongs to all of them – the ‘Scavengers’ ………………………………. Yeah right – He’s keeping it!!!!!

Donated to the Yamaharley project – Russ found a set of PFM six pot callipers and some discs from his Jedi racing car which he gave to  Mac  to help stop the beast! Will need some reworking but should look (and more importantly perform) Superb!

Mac bumped into his mate Andy who owns ‘Fire Risk Pro’ who was having a sort out and binning a load of old fire extinguishers, some steel some aluminium (not aloominum).

Thoughts of Oil tanks (not oil bags) filled Macs head so when Andy’s head was turned one of each size were liberated for a new life on the Yamaharley! – watch this space!

A good friend knew Mac was looking for something different for the Harley /Yamaha (Harmaha – Yamaley – neither suit) project, so gave him this little beauty! Should sound Awesome!