Della Crewe – Female Motorcycle Pioneer
I just wrote this story for RideApart, but had a bunch of pictures I didn’t use and didn’t want to go to waste.
transportation
Petersen Museum Harley vs. Indian Opening
I went to the opening of the new Harley vs Indian exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday March 2nd, 2017. Here’s a sampling of what I saw. Words and such will be on RideApart shortly.
Hell on Wheels Halloween Hill Climb 2016 – Glen Helen Raceway
The annual Hell on Wheels Halloween Hill Climb run what you brung event took place last weekend at Glen Helen. Competitors rode anything and everything around a short section of the vet track, then up the big hill. For those of you used to riding dirt bikes it is not a particularly hard hill to […]
Outlaw Minibike Championship of the World – Secret Underground Location
Last weekend the Southern California Minibike Championship of the World took place at an undisclosed industrial park near the airport. Here are all the pictures I took, both with my SLR and cell phone. As usual, the entire story will be on RideApart.com
Born Free 8 2016 – Oak Canyon Ranch, O.C., CA
I went to the annual Born Free custom motorcycle show this year, and went full on hipster and shot 35mm film. Because of that, and the shittyness of one of the 2 cameras I was using, some of these pictures really look like they are from 40 years ago. Enjoy this massive photo gallery dump. […]
Obituary – Passing of a Once Great Junk Yard
By the time you read this U-Pick-Parts and Aalden Brothers in Sun Valley will have shuffled off to the great big trash heap in the sky. Between the all import lot where you could always find weird French and Italian cars, and the everything lot (no kidding, even boats, semis, RVs and motorcycles) next door, […]
The “Honorable Mention” Honda CM400 Bosozoku Bike
The bosozoku style of Japanese custom bike is so far out there, the function of the bike as a motorcycle starts to suffer due to the fashion of attaching crazy fairings, exhaust pipes, tall tail seats, lights and horns. In many ways it is like the so called “post card punks”, the kids you used […]
1976 Kawasaki KZ400 Street Tracker Build
And this bike is done. Sure there are a few more little details that should be taken care of, but you have to leave something for the new owner to personalize, right? Here’s where we started. This 1976 Kawasaki KZ400 had sat behind someones house in Burbank, CA baking in the sun since at least […]
Bosozoku Starter Kit
Just spotted this perfectly preserved 1981 Honda CM400T on eBay, too bad it’s in Wisconsin. So clean I would feel bad about bastardizing it. I’d have to find an extra tank and side covers to paint I think But is anyone in the midwest wants a bike, this appears to be nothing but a well […]
The Oldest Truck in the Fleet
Spotted this old timer still hauling the something up and over the Sepulveda Pass last week. He wasn’t moving very fast, but then none of us were in the morning traffic. From the sound of it he was still sporting the flathead V8 in all its low compression glory and the non-syncro 3 speed. Whomever […]