my Blue ironhead and my buddys' yellow one. Pics from a couple years ago. I bought mine for 1000$ back in 2010. Cut it in half the night i brought it home. Weld on hardtail and many hours and engine/ trans. dollars later. Had alot of fun on that bike , a good friend mentioned buying it from me one too many times and i sold it last spring. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry .
The hard tails look bad ass as it gets , but they are young man’s rides . Years ago , hard tail , hand jammer and kicker were the answer for me . Now it’s a swingarm and a kicker , very rare on a hand jammer . My 75 has a pogo seat , 84 has frame mounted seat and it’s tough . Be safe my friend
Be careful with oil cooler mounting , you will end up with famous fender crease if not careful . Look back at a previous post of my Shovel , you can notice there is a small triangular bracket that raises the cooler up to prevent it from contacting the fender .
Love the sound of the SRs. Those are a base for some pretty wild good looking brat and cafe style now. Nice to see a stock one again, a lot were turned into cafe style. I never really got into Harleys (liked the late 40s and older) because they were expensive and I wanted old cars way more. Loved 70s import bikes as they were cheap, easy to fix and I could flip them to get to another one when I would get bored (this was the 90s). First bike was a KZ550 for $100 and rode it for a few years as a daily as I worked on my car. Then went through others CB750k, CB900F, '96ish CBR1000 (bought it to repair and flip) hated this style of bike, 70s H1 (non running to flip) and a VN1500. Stopped riding for about 7 yrs and traffic is so bad around here I started back again a few yrs ago to save my cars for getting hit on the freeway. When I was starting to look I wanted another old bike, but was surprised at the prices of them now (I know time marches on). I really wanted a 2 stroke like a T500 as the RD and the H1/H2 were more then I wanted to pay or a 70s Moto Guzzi. I wanted I super low maintenance bike that would handle almost daily duties and air cooled. I ended up honing in on a CB1100. I found a used header before I found a bike. Found mine with 7k on it a few years ago and now it has almost 20k, love this bike...it's plain to some but it's the best running, lasting, low maintenance bike I've ever owned. Honda only imported these models to the US in 2013, 2014 and 2017. Last year it was made because of emission rules was 2022 in Japan. 2013 CB1100
I did the usual dumb kid stuff. When I was a teenager I built up a junk box knuckle head as a chopper. Hand shift, foot clutch and rear brake only. Death trap. Then to a Sportster and then and then. Had right knee surgery about 6 months ago and that ended my days of kick starting. Remember external distributors ? They used to make a set of adjustable stops. Twist it retard to start and then twist advance to run.
lightweight and fast…ha! Hello, My brother moved to Santa Barbara and his hobbies changed from surfing/hot rods/drag racing to surfing, family and fast motorcycles. Even our desert racing days were now by the wayside. He now had saved to get a fast street bike like the guys/girls that were part of his Adult riding group. He started off with a 500 cc, but realized he was always straining to keep up with the big 1000cc street bikes when they went on long rides. By long, meaning from Santa Barbara to lakes in Montana and Idaho. There were a group of 5-7 low, powerful bikes in all makes and custom looks. They were all fast, too. But his group were not the idiots who have the loud exhausts and make fools of themselves on public neighborhood streets. Or go in/out of lanes on the freeways or multiple highways. So, that was his new thing and one day he stopped by our house one day, to visit us, on his way to San Diego to meet up with more friends for a ride through the Julian Mountain roads. Nothing better than hot apple pie and coffee in a cool little town nestled in some nice country roads. Jnaki When he stopped at our house, he told me to go for a ride on his bike. I was amazed at the instant speed the big bike had. Our Harley Sportster could go fast, but it was a different style of bike. This was pure power with the twist of the wrist. Near our old house, is/was a long stretch of roadway that was about three miles to the ocean. Back then, it was not used much as it eventually went into a dead end. So, most of the traffic drove on the main roadway that went right to the beach from the inland communities. Now, this road was long, but it ended abruptly. So, one had to know when that was going to happen. It was a great place to accelerate to top speed and know when to slow down for the finish. Plus, it was in a canyon of sorts and no houses were on either side of the rise from the street to the top on both sides.. I have to admit, this was a new way to ride a motorcycle. Sure, sit up riding was ok, but, tucked down and zipping by just about everything along the empty street was exhilrating. Instant throttle made it go fast and more twist made it fly down the street. I am not sure I was at full throttle, but I was going quite fast… YRMV So, after I got back to our house, my son wanted to sit on the bike and play motorcycle racer. What a sight and opportunity for a little toddler. Just like Uncle James…
Built this little cafe racer out of an 81 Suzuki a few years back. Had more fun building it than riding it, there's too many crazy people on the roads and I was always on edge. Wasn't fast enough to throttle out of a situation, but it was nimble. Funny story, I had the numbers "81" on it at first, until a member of a certain biker gang told me the 8 and 1 stood for H and A, and that while he didn't care, some of his brothers might. So on went the 59s.
There is a Shovelhead with a blower under that body work, the blower is driven off the crank and that is a cover over the belt, the blower is on the other side. Better picture...
Today, this magnificent Black BMW was parked across the street from my house. These smartphone photographs don't really do justice, to just how clean and sanitary this motorcycle really is. This model was from a time period that was my favorite in regard to classic BMW's Thanks from Dennis.
Hey @leon bee This is a very cool, privately owned, open to the public vintage motorcycle museum/collection down in Solvang California. The collection is amazing. Here is a link to it. Enjoy from Dennis. https://www.motosolvang.com/
Hey @leon bee A number of years ago, I posted a lot of photos I had shot at that museum in Solvang, here is a link to page 11 of the thread I posted them on. Enjoy from Dennis. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/motorcycles.1106696/page-11#post-13512864
1984 Ninja 900. depending on who you talk to it was the fastest production motorcycle in '84. 10:30's @130, 150 MPH top speed . put about 15,000 miles on it. we have lots of great roads here in the Bay Area. this photo is out by Half Moon Bay. there was a 20's Dodge truck in the building behind me. now I have a 72 BMW I have not ridden in years.
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