detroit's finest

A coupla nice motors from the Leeds Castle classic car show.

FILLER ENGINE UPDATE- I may have got a little carried away when I posted that his new motor could be one of the best in the country...trouble is, like with every crazed dictator, you gotta tell 'em what they wanna hear, else they get unstable. Darren wanted to me to put the record straight, it is gonna be a great engine, but just a real nice, homebuilt gearhead sidevalve in the proper club style.

EL SPAZCHARIOT

Now I cant stand trikes at the best of times,so i tried to be open minded and think that it takes all sorts.But I couldnt convince myself that so im sticking with the "I hate trikes" angle and this works just fine for me. But then this fella comes a long........hmmm its not a trike so i guess he's in the clear for that crime against humanity.Now ive ridden a quad and managed to crash it in the first 5 seconds of opening it up.That my friends was a laugh.So quads can be cool as long as they are in a field .
To tell the truth the more I look at this photo the more its growing on me.I think the Gringo riding this spazchariot kind of sets it off .So im going to cut him some slack ....especially as he's just delivering my Peyote.Once he's gone i'll just go back to calling him a retard.

this'll put you off yer roast dinner

Thanks to my better half for finding and scanning these dodgy shots of my dodgy past; you may have seen the one of me on the yellow bike before, this is at least the right size this time. The bike actually belongs to a friend who lives in New Mexico (where this shot was taken...one of the best motorcycle trips I've ever had!) and is an original Amen Saviour frame, 6'' over front end, and honda SOHC 750 motor, all built and wired by the man himself. Excuse the daft bandana, that sun was so hot you could have cooked breakfast on my forehead. The 2nd shot is in more characteristic English drizzle, me trying to look like a gangster and failing miserably.

STOP PRESS oh yes, I have the shots of filler's new project flathead, it a rocker and a shocker, stay tuned for more on this motor, believe me it's gonna be one of the best in the UK.

the non-big ern files #2

here's some jap bikes even a full-on redneck would dig. Funny bike, top fuel, competeition bike, god only knows what they are, you'd better have a big pair if you wanna ride one.

the non-big ern files

The best thing about when I lived in Herts was it was only an hour from Santa Pod, so many good days were spent at the fabled Brit dragstrip. My mrs found some shots from one of our trips, so here's a few for your entertainment and edification. Yes I've posted 'Al's Gasser' before, but this is my shot, and it's undoubtedly one of the coolest dragsters in the UK. Anyway, hope you like 'em, I got a few more to post, mostly bikes of course.

high dollar high class

I snapped this beauty when I saw that black sporty round at battz last year. Stripped down look, looks like an 'aftermarket' Pan-style motor with belt drive, I kinda like the simple style cues, subtle paint, skinny mags, all good.

'B52 baby, way up in the sky...

...come drop your lovin' on me, child...' great protest lyrics from The Cult there. if only bin laden had been listening to 'Electric' instead of watching Arsenal in the 80s, how different the world might have been.

Anyway, in a brief departure, every chopper nut's gotta have a bit of a thing for military hardware, right? And it don't get much harder than this here Avro Vulcan, snapped by yours truly as it left Bournemouth airport the other day. I was at work and just passing, and got the shot on my crumby phone while matey i was working with couldn't get his iPhone to work.

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