I've Been Bad...

Been busy as hell around here and I've been neglecting you all. Unfortunately I'll be away for this weekend as well but have tons of content coming next week. For now I will leave you with Ms. Portman and her new tat...good taste she has no doubt.

Last Tracks...

Heading north with friends for the last good weekend of snow here in the mitten. Catch you all on the flip-side. Diesel

Two Flatheads and a Shovel

Me, Tiny&Tina and Tipsy, Milwaukee Summer of '08.

No Comment...

It's Monday!

The Legend Begins...

Phares Pan

Jason's pan is very much delightful.

Into The Mystic

Our Daily Sled #51

I'm not a huge fan of 45's but this one gets the nod.

A Day in the Desert circa '68

You know Malcolm, Bud and Steve are in there somewhere...

Hmmm.......

Springtime Come On!

Tipsy doing the sun dance with a little something extra...Spring 2008.

In The Know...

Daytona Part 3 - Eustis Vintage Swap Day 2

Bill and his Indian 4 Muncie Indiana Police special. One my favorite bikes at the show.

Sanitary Pan Bob.

These teen boardtrackers really have the best proportions - big wheels, little tanks and seat with nothing obscuring the engine. Pure. And simple.

High dollar restorations leave me feeling happy and sad. I just hope these girls get ridden.

Characters everywhere...

Boozefighters knuck bob job.

This hendi was unreal.

Waiting for the judges to finish doing their thing...

Cold fried chicken time! Next stop The Speedway.

Evel Pops One

Red White and Vroom.

DORA

Among the first...

A Very Good Day It Was

Gene and I just after blasting around the Daytona International Speedway. I was still amped days later....

Malcolm Pops One...

Hot Shoe

...or is that a Shoe Dog. Whatever it is I'll never be able to eat another one.

Our Daily Sled #50

The clock is ticking...

Cycle Porn #22

The power of the motorcycle...ok they were probably paid.

Daytona Part 2 - Eustis Vintage Swap Day 2

Mark, dinner bound.

Picky Jim and Joe consult the chef whom I ended up bumping into in the pits at Daytona a few days later. That cat whipped up some of the hottest Italian food I had ever pushed a fork through.

Louie's "Happy Light" in action on his VL.

Fender flare.

Morning came early each day and with a total lack of hot water. Here my feet hang off the roll-away - regardless of the motels shortcomings it beat the cab of my truck hands down.

Road run stragglers gathered under the mid-day moss waiting for that damn Indian...

Mark posing with his anniversary shovel his dad "bought" him after returning from his second tour of duty in Iraq.. Mark is proud stock of the 82nd airborne and like his dad Hammer enjoyed jumping out of airplanes. Thank god for guys like Mark and his dad who let the rest of us sleep easy as they take it on the chin overseas. I say bring 'em all home now.

F*%k an A.

Two from Gene Payne's stable.

Louie supporting a swap meet Van Gogh with his hard earned coin. Louie looks a little concerned about the price of fine art at this point...but how many people can say they have a real Miami AND an original work of that Miami? My guess is no one else on earth and that's pretty cool.

Big tank and big bags sure do make that motor look very small. But this slash2 will go the distance.

Glamour knuck.

Early iron gathers for the judging. Stay tuned much more Daytona coverage coming PLUS vintage days at the Speedway...

Our Daily Sleds #49

Tri-Pan.

McQueen Monday

Autoramabamababy

Ah, the happy couple...Zonia and Shoe in the Zen den.

Some of the best eye candy at Autorama courtesy of JYC Customs...

The V-8 powered "Bloody Marry".

Lighting the wick on this one must be a kind of a hang on to your wu experience.

Stay golden...I also took Shoe and Matt through the always mind blowing Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. One of the latest editions to the collection is the fully restored Summers Brothers Golden Rod. The real shit right there...401 MPH set in the early sixties with the record standing until 1991!

AJ's scooter.

The first Ford powered racer - Ol' 999. Motor, seat, wheels - perfect.

Shoe at the controls of the biggest steam engine I have ever seen. It's tender was bigger than my house. The drive wheels were 10' tall.

I'm beat. I just spent the weekend with the ever energized Shoe (from Shoe's House of Chop fame) and his pal Matt. They came up from the not so deep south to be my weekend house guests and check out Autorama. Had a blast but I feel like I've been going full throttle on no sleep (and it shows in this pic) since returning from Daytona on Thursday. I apologize for all the email's and voice mails I have yet to return please don't take it personally - I''ll get to you all in just a minute. I'm goin to bed now - for like 5 days....