200th Post!

Post number 200.

Suzuki TU 250

They had this bike again at the Motorcycle Show.  This would be a great platform for so many custom bikes, cafe, street tracker, etc.  Now if they only made in 500cc or 650cc sizes...

British Bikes at the Motorcycle Show

Here is a look at the British Motorcycle Owner's Club display at the show.  The theme was the TT.

More From The Vancouver Motorcycle Show

2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show at Tradex

Here are some random bike shots from this year's show.  More to come.

Custom SV650 Seat Cowl Part 2

I cut down some bolts to lock the cowl to the bike and attached these to an aluminium bracket I shaped.  Then with some filler I added some smoothness to the top.  Its still needing more filler, primer, then paint.

Custom SV650 Rear Seat Cowl Step 1

Well, I have decided to change the appearance of the SV back end.  I waned more of a cafe style tail, sort of like the Hayabusa.  I still want to be able to change back to the stock passenger seat, which provides a good platform for a backpack or bag strapped to the bike.  But for those shorter distance day trips a cafe type seat cowl was what I had in mind.  A good friend Robert gave me an old Honda VTR section that I cut in half, trimmed about an inch and a half off the back, then raised it and plastic-welded the two pieces to what you see here.  Next stage, reinforce the join with some steel and epoxy, sand the rough join, but some filler in and smooth it out!

1973 Hodaka Wombat

Dune Buggies

I always wanted one as a kid; I think I was influenced by the Speed Buggy cartoon.

Vincents in the Summer

With the dark days and wet weather, I thought I'd post a few summertime shots from a few years back.

Metalflake!

Let's start the new year off with some flakes!