50k

Take one good soild 1970s Escort 1100, add £50,000, you get this. Alans MK2 built as a stop gap while his proper rally car is being built. Ready later this month.  

FULL UP

Pictures on your Google blog are hosted by Picasa Web (which is owned by Google), you get 1 big bite full free then you got to pay. I have seen one or two blogs have this issue and i suppose i knew it would happen sooner of later, well today it happened. My photo files are full (about 3,400 images), changing my header pic regularly doesn't help either, so there are a few options.
1) Pay so we can carry on.
2) Delete a load of photos from the Picasa files but if i do they no longer show up on the blog. I have done this for now by deleting all old header photos that are no longer used, this should keep things going for a week or so while i decide the way forward.
3) Host photos another way, you can even do it via Facebook apparently but if your Facebook is anything like as slow as mine 3,000 photos will kill it dead. I need to look into this further, there are probably ways of getting round it if you are aligned to the technical age, i am not that person.
 So it looks like if i want to carry on it's no longer a freeby, things will have to change.
In the meantime your support by buying a T shirt would be gratefully received, hit the T shirt pic to the right to take you to the ebay sale.... assuming i haven't deleted it.

EtR CANADA

XS400 from Shea in Vancouver. Creativity not credit cards. Lots of swapped and blagged parts including his grandads mining helmet lamp as a tail light. What it's all about.

WON'T TELL YOU AGAIN

Dirtquake, this Saturday, Coventry Stadium. See this wonderful Triumph racing on the shale. Epic, you bet. Get all the details here and behind the scenes preperations including beaming Ben here  For once i am not competing or having a trade stand, just going for the laugh, and it will be, See you there.
If you want anything bringing, parts, bubble visors (just a few left), T shirts, stickers etc let me know.

MONKEYSPUNK MOPED 1997

No tread no trousers. If you have ever had a GSXR11 you've done this.

THE TUESDAY TRITON

From Ian Carters Motorcycle Art website.

LEE RICHARDSON 1979 - 2012

 Speedway lost a good guy last night when Lee Richardson was killed during a meeting in Wroclaw. A total professional and a top bloke. Very sad.

GAS MAN

NOS Pro Nitrous system. Currently on GSXR1371. 2lb bottle with gauge, bracket and electric warmer, Holley adjustable fuel pump and regulator with gauge, NOS solenoids and top spec lines running square jet sizes. Currently at 80bhp but will go up to 350bhp with jetting. Comes with all braided lines and fittings as shown and controlled by Schitz Pro 2 multistage box (with instructions). £600 will see you going very fast indeed !
tri650@live.co.uk

DUTCH KNUCK

Fred Beenhaker's Knucklehead from Phil Mather's MCM Superseries July 1978 featuring a Triumph sprung hub and two BSA front brakes back to back.

LAST CHANCE IRONHEAD

Been out living to ride this afternoon and it purrs along like a good 'un. No rattles or smoke, smooth as you like, everything works. Occasionally spits back through carb at low revs otherwise its a honey. £3,000 firm buys it or i will break it next week. Details and photos here

BURLESQUE STAR IN OILY FROCK SHOCK

 You will probably know by now that last years successful Hotrod Hayride Drag Race meet at Dunsfold will not be repeated this year, apparently due to the slim possibility that some Olympic Games dignitary/toss bag may wish to land there. There is an A Bombers style dirt hillclimb planned to replace it which will be equally as good but the sprinter isn't best suited for off road so has been retired to the shed from where nothing ever re-emerges. It does mean that i wont be wiping my oily hands on Anna's nice frock again though.

Although i always mean to go and see the girl do her stuff on the Saturday night i seem to end up sat outside on the grass drinking and talking unmemorable shite instead so this video is as much for me as for you. She is there again this year, what are the chances ?...

READER'S WHEELS (AND RATS)

 Andrew, Germany.

 Don, Michigan.

 Ken, Florida.

 Patrick.

Peter, Haworth.

Carl, Plymouth. Is it ready yet ?

Usual deal, send me photos of your stuff with your address, you get stickers, great. tri650@live.co.uk

METAL TOMMY

Remember Artist Blacksmith Tom ? Here's his latest project.....
"Marlon is a parts supply manager for all earth based robot’s, unfortunately he is terrible at his job and has yet to meet a delivery deadline.
He likes furry animals, scalextric and Castrol R and is the only robot to have watched the wild one 200 times consecutively.
If you need parts….. go elsewhere! If you are having a party though, he is the first to call as he is well renowned for his squirrel juggling act"
If you fancied Marlon its too late, someone got there first, but theres plenty more at Atomicroboto

PAUL KINCH Ts

High fashion from '72. Should we get some re-printed (maybe not the last one though) ?

SALES

 Every issue of AWOL magazine except for No 2. Over 80 mags. £40 + post (about £11 UK) SOLD

1972 Ironhead Sportster, everything except the frame. Engine/transmission is sweet and oil tight but starter motor needs attention. Split or sell as job lot to build your own chop. MOSTLY SOLD
        
tri650@live.co.uk

OLD BLACK NEW BLU' TSHIRT

Wes contacted me a while ago about selling some of my T shirts in Australia, i had a look at his blog Drag Strip Racer and found a smart picture of "new" Old Blu' based on one of Guy's photos from the  GKM. feature. He now has some T shirts with the same logo and sent a couple over for Guy and me. They are a limited run so if you want one best hit his blog PDQ.
 "Wont mention Old Blu again", did i say that ?

JEFFORDISM

A local bloke who worked on a farm came in to my workshop one day and said he was going to build a Triumph chopper, i gave him a 10" wide Magnesium wheel off a Metro 6R4 as a joke. 9 months later he won best in show at the R&B. I have never underestimated him, i stand there saying "where did you get that from ?"  the answer is always "i made it", see that gearbox casing ?.... This is Vic Jefford's Carousel, hopefully ready to blind you at Beaulieu Custom Show in June. I dont want to say you 'aint seen nothing yet, but you 'aint seen nothing yet. This will be the best show bike ever built in the UK. Not kidding.

NOT AGAIN !

The original write up and photos in NMM (May '77) by the original Phil Mather. I promise not to mention Old Blu' again, ha ha had my fingers crossed behind my back so doesn't count.

MAGAZINES FOR SALE

Choppers Nov '73 £4, Choppers Nov '76 £4, The Rocker Years £3, Big Bike Sept '74 £4, Motor Cycle World June '75 £3, Easyriders Dec '71 Volume 1 issue 4 £20. £30 for the lot. All prices include post.
tri650@live.co.uk SOLD

CHOPPER WANTED

You get a T'bird and a tree, Treebird ? If you fancy a bit of whittling you have 2 days left to bid, sharpen your blade here

I saw it first, its a bit wooden, it'll take all my shavings, cut above the rest, barking, swing yer log over this..............