The Road

Lifted from my favorite car blog LowTech. This shot is SO killer.

Tracker

From BikeEXF. Love it.

Shovel

Man do the Japanese have their priorities in check. Could this guy be any more stoked to have his bike back?

C@D Report

It was a bit of a quiet day at Coffee at Dawn. Chick rode in on this Indian I don't remember seeing before.



This immaculate 356C made a brief appearance too.



The bike that ended up getting the most attention was a Ducati Diavel purchased at the unveiling party Friday night. Awesome... you have $20,000+ for an Italian V-Rod. Maybe I somehow missed the point. It wouldn't be the first time.

1959 vs 2009

Somehow I still can't morn the loss of a car that survived 50 years. Cool study though. Almost enough to scare you out of driving an older car. I can only imagine how a 30's car would fair.

Track Day

V has been counting the days on the calendar for 3 weeks in anticipation of the 1/4 midget track day open house. It all started when he got to squeeze into a 1/4 midget at a car show back in January. Here are his inaugural laps. At least skip to the end to watch him get unstrapped. They aren't messing around.

102" UL Restoration

Saw this on the Dice blog. Quite the carb setup.

Survivors

This picture is everywhere but it's too incredible not to post.

"This bike survived a tsunami back in 2011"..!!!



A Japanese man recovers his classic 1950s Harley Davidson motorcycle, which was washed away with his home in the earthquake and tsunami destroyed town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Cars & Coffee

The seasonal Cars & Coffee Cruise-In/Car Show is resuming again. I was introduced to Cars & Coffee by my neighbor Bruce last year and it's about the coolest thing automotive going in ABQ. Very informal with a shockingly cool mix of cars (hot rods, street rods, muscle cars, exotics, race cars). I saw an authentic original Shelby Cobra there last year...

Come, stay as long as you want and leave when you feel like it. I found the shows to be very bike friendly and almost devoid of the elitist car guy classicism common at so many car events (how dare you bring a Chevy, Mopar, street rod, post '68, sports car, restored car, whatever to my show?!).



This year's Cars and Coffees are:
April 9
May 14
June 11
July 9
August 13
September 10
October 8
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!



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The first show this season includes a Swap Meet. $10 a space. I blew through one of the Swap Meets on the way out of town last year and it seemed pretty cool. Swap Meet flyer can be seen here.



All proceeds (donations really) benefit single moms & widows.

The Alan Special

This bike featured on the SouthsidersMC blog is pretty amazing. Follow the link and check out the other photos. The Guerry & Prat photography is always beautiful too.

Daytona

What is wrong with me?! Lately I've been thinking one of these would look really nice parked next to "liv.



I strongly suspect it may have something to do with never getting that Yamaha YZR 500 I really wanted when I was 12 (same reason I've always wanted a screaming multi-cylinder two stroke).



Maybe I really just need to build one of these.

Knuck