British racing green...

on an XS650. Sounds like an awesome idea, but requires proper application. Flat black however is best applied with a rattle can and is much much easier and cheaper.

ever hear that inepsy song?

bah bah BAHHHH you know the law is my enemy BAh Bah bah road is the way for me

They say that I'm wrong
Sorry I feel the power of the horse so strong..

Fuck that song kicks some ass.  I was talking to my buddy who lives down in Rochester today about our upcoming trip. All secondary highways, Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Cornwall. Montreal, should be fun.  Also rethinking my idea that Brit bikes are too expensive and hard to work on. I think I should save a couple grand and go down to the states some time and bring back a Ironhead and a Triumph as both are nigh on impossible to find here in Canada at reasonable prices.  That would be nice to look out the backdoor at! A XS650 a Triumph cafe racer and a Ironhead chopper. That would be nice for sure.... I'll have to buy some more tools. 

And another thing!

I'm sick of this proud to be American/Canadian/Retarded bullshit that is so ingrained in biker culture.  What the fuck is up with that.  Gad I dont think I'll ever understand what building/riding sweet bikes has to do with"merica".  As Andrew once said "AMERICA!, makes you proud just saying it, AMERICA!". These proudest americans are a joke. Are you trying to make up for the fact that you arnt accepted by the public at large?  Hey we might be dirty bikers but we love our country, so accept us?  Seems a little pathetic to me.

  I guess Ill never be a "biker"  just a MotorPonx.

XS650

This is painfull.. I just found a 78 XS650 for sale about an hour from here. Its been stripped down and is ready to have the rear chopped off. The guy has a "pro made" rigid rear ready to weld on, as well as all the origional parts. Worst part is he only wants $600 for it. If I wasnt living in this cramped fucking townhouse I'd be all over that shit.!  I know I was saying that I would have a chopper till the right one came along, and man would this fit the bill.  I think having a XS chopper, and XS cafe racer, and a stock XS seems reasonable. In time though. I still need to sell my cb350.

Oh well I suppose that Ill just have to try and convince someone I know to buy it.

Well here we are

I've finally joined in with the rest of the herd and got myself a blog. I suppose that facebook wasn't quite stoking my ego the way I wanted it to.  Really I decided to go on this path of digital masturbation to enable me to follow some bike builders that I really admire. I have no use for the OCC style "custom" chopper scene, I don't like the style or the store bought attitude. I myself don't own a chopper, and I doubt that unless I find just the right bike for it, I never will. I'm a huge fan of air cooled parallel twins, Japanese or British. I think there is just something about them that really turns me on.  I have a friend in the states who builds 70's style choppers with his buddies with old iron head bikes they find cheap, and that's fine for them.  Me personally, its all about the sound and feel of a parallel.  My current ride is a 74 Yamaha XS650 that I picked up from another bike nut in Ottawa.  He had put some money into it until he realised that he didn't need 11 bikes.  The PO had put on some side cut slip on pipes with no baffles what-so-ever.  Apparently they had never heard of prepping bodywork for paint (or using gasoline resistant paint) cus the army green is quickly peeling away to reveal the yellow on the tank and side covers.