Friendly Amal

It’s super important you arrange your Amal carburetor parts in a friendly fashion.

Sugar Bear

I’m not a huge long bike fan but the photo of Sugar Bear with one of his 60 over forks is pretty awesome. Sugar Bear says “if it’s not long it’s wrong.”

Austin Healey 100-4

I’ve been wondering how you’d mount a blower on a 100-4.

Olivia & Friend

My cube-mates new MC Augusta ended up parked next to Olivia today. I thought the contrast was interesting.

University Honda

Gilbert Eaton started the University Honda in 1959 and ran it until 1967, when James Tenneson and Terry Saxlund bought it. Terry Saxlund sold his portion of the company in 1981. The shop shut it’s doors in 2011.

University Honda - 1967

Dewey’s 1937

Dewey’s circa 1937. I had no idea Dewey’s was open pre-war. Anyone know what brands they carried pre-war? I’d love to know what year they started selling Triumphs.

Muskegon Hill Climb 1939

Muskegon motorcycle hill climb. 1939.

Blake’s Lotaburger

Downtown Albuquerque 1951

Bob Hannah

Seattle Cossacks

There are thousands of photos and videos of the Seattle Cossacks online. This one sums up one of my favorite aspects of the team. Family.

Econoline

My dad had a Ford Econline pickup we affectionately called the “Dorko.” I was never a fan. I know they are “cool” now but I’m not buying it. It did get my dirt bike to a place I could ride it, I loved it for that. That said this, is the closest one ever got to being cool.

Below - my brother Rob’s first motorcycle a 1971 Kawasaki 125, the first motorcycle in our family my 1974 Yamaha GTMXA 80 (which I still own), the “Dorko” and my Grandparents. Such a great photo!

1951 Triumph T100 Tiger

1951 Triumph T100 Tiger feature, CYCLE magazine January, 1951.

Indian Racer

VL Rider

Triumph

Seattle Cossacks Rest Stop

Unidentified Seattle Cossacks make a quick stop at the Summit House, Snoqualmie Pass Washington. Rob & I made the same stop with our two bikes on the trailer  on July 4 while returning from a show in Cle Elm. 

New Mexico Motorcycle Patrol

On March 14th, 1933 the Legislature created the New Mexico Motorcycle Patrol. They were formally inaugurated on August 5, 1933 with a chief and nine patrolmen. The program only lasted two years due to a high rate of patrol accidents.

XR750

XR750 pile.

Square Four

You just don’t see Ariel Square Four drag bikes every day.

1928 Indy Winning Miller

I recall getting this Scholastics book in the 2nd grade. I fell hard for this 1928 Indy winning Miller. I absolutely studied this page, ultimately deciding it must be the most beautiful race car ever built. All these years later I’m pretty confident I was right 

VL

A nice VL hot rod.

Petty Bird

Jimmy Phillips

These photos of legendary racer Jimmy Phillips were recently shared by his daughter Andrea.

This photo shows a pre war frame with a post war GP style engine. Notice the square alloy cylinder developed for use in RAF generators used on British WWII bombers.

This photo shows Jimmy as an amateur notice he’s running number 98 rather than 8.

This bike and photo appears to be pre war.

Girthy

Honda CBX 6 cylinder cafe.

Bill Jensen

Seattle Cossacks member #19 and TT ace Bill Jensen. The pictures are not great but they do at least exist.

“Wild” Bill Jensen running in 2nd behind another unidentified Seattle Cossacks racer at Jolly Rogers 1945. Bill at the same event below.

Professor Briggs

King of the lawn mower paddock.

Class C

Eddy and Byrd McKinney at Ascot with a brand-new 1935 Harley-Davidson RLDR with one-year only Art Deco paint job.

Oregon T100R

Posted by Bill Brown: “ Not sure if I've posted this before or not but it's a pretty cool picture of a very unmolested T100R. Picture is captioned Madras (Oregon) 3/4 mile timed runs. It's dated '52 but we know thats wrong as this model was not available until '55.”

One of my all time favorite motorcycles and semi local.

La Bajada Hill - 1920’s

Automobiles on La Bajada Hill, south of Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photographer: Sam Hudelson

Date: 1920 - 1930?

Negative Number: 008225

First Stunt

It’s not a very exciting one but I drove my first stunt in a show today.

Indian Four Survivor

You don’t see these every day.

Fast Eddie

Speedy Gonzales

WLA

Bobby Unser

RIP Bobby Unser.

Seattle Cossacks - One Moto Show 2021

The Cossacks did 5 shows over the weekend at the One Moto Show. The venue this year was the Zidell Ship Yards in Portland, mostly to support a more socially distant open air environment. We had a good time and met a lot of cool moto people that had never seen us before. I finally got my uniform too.

Indian Lady

Cheating Death

Mopar Rainbow

Baby Bike