As promised … the before and after photos of the’ Twisted Iron’ 4Hour challenge bike – lurvley!
In…….
And riding out…….
What a great event ……… not too big, very friendly, no attitudes……….. just the type of place to chew the fat over a brew and check out what ideas folk have thrown at their bikes. I was a bit fed up that the Harley wasn’t finished (carb needs fettling) and that I had to go in the car but met Stroudy there – discussed life, the world and everything over tea and once the world was put right it was time to head off home.
The guys at Twisted iron were doing a four hour custom build / conversion – will post some picks when they confirm it was achieved.
As you can see a start has been made on the ST70. Problem is – the bike was stripped and the rotten parts discarded 15 – 20 years ago so its not until its being put back together that we’re finding out just how many parts are missing.
Trying to keep the bike as standard as possible, although the pressed steal frame had to be blasted (you cant get into the frame to clean it up sufficiently) and so we went for powder coating for longevity – so the bikes now in satin black. Parts are either very cheap or stupidly expensive on this bike so unsure how long it’s going to take as it’s a bit of a ‘fun’ project. We’ll probably replace parts when we find them (like the fork inners / lowers which are functional but scruffy) at a reasonable price.
Mac is one who will ride his bike through the winter (not through choice, but he gets to work in the time it takes the windscreen of his T25 to de mist) so he’s always looking for ways to keep the bike upright in the more extreme conditions. Time to look back into history for the answer………… Unsure whether this is for real or one of those doctored BSH photos that always make us chuckle…. Just wondering how it goes round corners??
Nicked the photo from the 2% Chopper culture Blog – great work guys – love your stuff!
Mac has had this ‘basket case’ sat in his garage for probably 15 years now. Once the Yamaharley is wired up and Josh’s Scooter sold off then perhaps it’s time to return this little gem to the road. Question is – full resto or rat rod?? Watch this space.
We were wondering how to get more teenagers to take up the ‘biker lifestyle’ as the government seem to have put so many obstacles in their way …….. so what’s on most teenage boys minds??
Found this on another blog and wondered if these were currently in production? well it’s one way of getting someone onto an old CG125 (?)
On return to the shed, Mac had to get on with actually finishing the Yamaharley project as he was gutted that he couldn’t enter it into the BFoM / NVT Show.
After listening to the comments from other show goers he rather liked the puzzlement shown regarding the battered tank and unpainted oil tank – so why not continue the flow onto the rear end (nothing to do with every time he sprayed the fibreglass mudguard it reacted and bloomed up like the surface of the moon) and being a fan of the industrial (now called steam punk) look , the cable for the light was run through an ally tube across the top of the guard which will be held down by copper U clamps with copper rivets . The guard itself will be treated to a coating of GT-85 and that’s it! Huzzah!!
Sun going down on another BFoM (2016).
Picture by E.D.
Messed about with a van to get four of our bikes to the show this morning with Heisenburg roaring up on his XS to make five . The night before Heisenburg was at the nut and bolt shop (leaves everything to the last minute – like fixing the clutch lever in the back of the van at 9.30 the night before the show) and his mate mentioned his son who had a bike he’d made all by himself in his shed. – So as we had space on our plot we invited him along and he turned up on a lovely Yamaha four pot with loads of one off parts he’d fettled himself.
Below are a few shots of the ‘display’ before the crowds arrived.
The Heisenburg velocipede / speed racer was a huge draw from all warps of life – from old crusties muttering through their volumous beards to small children asking their dads if they too could have an engine in their bicycles.
We sat for some time just listening what folk had to say – I’m glad that most appreciated our efforts but it was also fun listening to the complete b#####ks that some came out with whilst explaining to their somewhat disinterested partners /mates what they’d have done instead(?)
Macs bike drew a crowd …… but most seemed only to take pictures of the ‘Yamaharley’ badge on the tank and make comments like “I can’t get my head around the whole rust thing” whilst clutching their latest £600 Arai helmet.
Anyway – it was a great day out but we agreed that it probably wouldn’t be done again – much better to pick one bike ……… and ride the bl##dy thing to the show !! Mac.
