Gene Romero/Les Edwards Sonic Weld 250 Triumph

Don "Donzzilla" Miller's Gene Romero/Les Edwards Sonic Weld 250 Triumph.

 

Ran When Parked

1973 Yamaha OW 250 factory racer - For the guy who has everything, inaugural Supercross crown winner Pierre Karsmaskers' factory 250. Pretty cool but I can't imagine it bringing $45,000. I guess we'll see.

Code Two

Flathead Rob sent me this jewel. Code Two featuring Keenan Wynn.


Keenan Wynn was a pretty serious motorcycle gear and all around gearhead. 

July 1951 CYCLE Road Test

Wynn & Lee Marvin

Triumph mounted Wynn discusses specs with Tommy Ivo

Cossack Hauler

Sure the Seattle Cossacks have a team trailer but not a team hauler. Well here you go.

Tenino Swap Meet

Somehow I've never made it to this event... I damn near forgot it this year. I WILL be there this time.

 

3rd Annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival

The 3rd Annual Vintage Motorcycle Show is coming up quickly. It was a wonderful event last year. I seriously can't wait.

Schedule

Friday August 22

9:00 am -12:00 noon – Showfield set up
Noon to 6:00 pm – food tent, dealers and vendor set-up.
Noon to 8:00 pm – Early arrival of out of town motorcycles and scooters
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Pre-registration Welcome Party in Museum lobby
8:00 pm – Judge’s dinner

Saturday August 23

7:30 am – 10:00 am – late registration
10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Judging
12:30 pm -1:30 pm – judge tallys
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm – Awards presentation
4:30 pm to 9:00 pm – Auction

Sunday August 24

8:00 am – 8:45 am – riders check in for 70+ mile ride
8:45 am – 9:00 am – riders Safety briefing + map distribution
9:00 am – 10:00 am – riders depart in groups of 5 at 2 minute intervals
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – riders arrive back at Museum for barbecue lunch.

Here are a few shot from last year selected at random.

I'm really hoping we can get Flathead Rob's '48 Chief together in time for it. I saw it with the tanks on recently and it is going be absolutely stunning!

Opacity

Someone was kinda enough to point out Opacity to me. Ive seen stuff like this amazing Parkard plant video but I'd never heard of Opacity before. Very cool.

The concept prompted me to chase down the original Indian factory.

It might well be the coolest apartment you could have.

Ran When Parked

1961 Mercedes-Benz L-319 - Rarely do I get exited about bike haulers. This Bring a Trailer featured van pretty damn cool though. Pretty close too.

Albuquerque 1943

March 1943. Albuquerque, New Mexico. "An engine being carried to another part of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad shops to be wheeled."

How To Restore Your Harley Davidson

If memory serves Flathead Rob has previously mentioned that Bruce Palmer's Harley Davidson restoration books are incredible resources bringing enormously inflated prices due to their out-of-print status. I was pleased to see the following DPPublishing post yesterday:

Hello! I am Debbie with DPP Publications, publisher of Bruce Palmer's "How To Restore Your Harley-Davidson" 2nd Edition. I have great news! Bruce's 2nd edition is finished and will be heading to the printer within the next week. This book has now over 1000 pages and over 1000 photos. The result will include 2 volumes. I hope to have a website where everyone can purchase the complete book. The suggested retail price will be near $90.00 USA. There will be no Ebook or any PDF files available. I will keep everyone posted with the release date and website details. Thank you!

Hopefully this means his Military book is also in the queue. There are far less resources available for the 45" afflicted guys out there and I noticed a copy of that book listed for $3000+ somewhere.

Gyronaut X-1 Restoration

I've posted stuff on the Gyronaut before but I don't think I've ever posted this video before. Cool stuff.

On a semi related note I was surprised to learn Spock & Kirk were also avid CYCLE magazine readers.

Motorcyclist

A friend of mine complained about the lack of posts recently, sometimes life gets in the way even for me. Just for him here's an HD related post from March of 1944. Not many guys make a Harley look like a mini-bike.