Barn Find

Wes

Ran into a guy named Wes with a pretty sweet '70 TR6R at the gas station just down the street tonight. Amazing how many cool bikes there are hanging out in any given neighborhood.

Leaf

Wow, I don't know about that fender leaf... JK

Triumph

Lifted from Blue Collar Moto. Pretty cool. Gotta love them shouldered rims.

Speedo

CB550F

CRM250

Lifted from Pipeburn. Started life as a 2001 CR250. I bet it's quick!

Cannonball Finish

Very nice writeup on the Cannonball finish over at the Vintagent. I might have a little bit of a crush on Katrin after reading about her requirement to bump start the JAP at every single stop. No wonder it looked so f-ing effortless at the hotel... lots of practice.

Time To Kill

Have you ever spent an absolutely absurd amount of time making something?

I had gotten really tired of buying 1157 bulbs by the metric ton. LED bulbs a tricky to deal with with positive ground vehicles. My half-assed method for mounting my taillight bulb is a huge part of the problem anyway. How hard could it be to make a purpose-built, positive ground taillight assembly? $40 in parts and maybe $1200 in labor and this is what you eventually get. Flathead45 may never come home again. Sorry bro...

Motorcycle Cannonball

Flathead45 flew down from Seattle to intercept the event. We were amazed how cool everyone we chatted with was despite lots of visible exhaustion and the prevalent mechanical open heart surgery being performed in the parking lot. We brought my 5 year old along who is a monster gearhead. He had a great time getting lots of attention and swag, most of which Dad & Uncle where left saying "But I want one too..." Awesome event. I do wish Albuquerque had shown the riders a little more hospitality. Very little fanfare considering this will almost certainly be the Albuquerque motorcycle event of the decade.



1911 Indian boardtrack racer. This bike is rad. Sean (the rider) was without question having more fun than anyone else. The monster rain the morning they where leaving was a major concern for everyone. Sean was overhead rattling "mag in a bag, bag in a bag" referring to his impromptu magneto weather proofing.





This is a local Albuquerque BSA there to watch.





I'm torn between this one and the Indian above as a favorite. 1907 250cc JAP. A German woman was riding it.



This bike is one of the most amazing stories of the event.



Even the sag wagon's were ridiculously cool





This Flying Merkel's engine was completely in pieces when we first rolled in.



V's favorite, thanks for the museum swag. Not convinced this event is tough?





Vince Martinico’s Pope, the mystery machine (it’s a mystery why the thing keeps running), is going strong in spite of the fact that it is held together by bailing wire, duct tape, and bubble gum. An absolutely amazing motorcycle.



Shinya's Indian. He had a long night in Albuquerque.



Jeff Decker trying my Triumph on for size. Jeff: "I don't know that much about Triumphs but I have this JoMo 100R..." Me: "Yep, I've enviously studied pictures of it." He was frantically wrenching on his bike so we really appreciated him taking the time to hang out.

1937 Show

Lifted from "The Haints Co-Op."

Matt Olsen Out of Cannonball

Matt Olsen crashed out on stage 5 of the Motorcycle Cannonball. Best wishes for a speedy recovery Matt.