Monday, March 12, 2012

Various unrelated motorcycle photos


1966, Roaming Saints motorcycle gang loiter across the street from a building where police are breaking up a crowd. Image by Bettmann


Evel Knievel sails over a line of 19 automobiles in a record breaking effort before the start of the Miller 500 stock car race at Ontario Motor Speedway. 1971


1965, English motorcyclist Mike Hailwood races at Silverstone on his MV Agusta bike. Image by Hulton-Deutsch


1964, Beach Boys & Little Hondas. Image by Michael Ochs Archives


Rescue workers tend to a motorcyclist after an accident in Gillette, Wyoming. Image by Jonathan Blair


Jim on the Indian Motorcycle by Marianne McCoy


John Cougar Mellencamp Leaning on Motorcycle by bob sacha


motorcyclist pops a wheelie on a hill in Richmond, California. by ted streshinsky


Pete Brown from East Jordan, Michigan uses a screw driver to make an adjsutment on his 1973 Triumph at Riders Ranch


roger and sandy cunningham hug terry blaine by roger ressmeyer 1986


Roger Cunningham sits in Sport's Bar and Grill on his 1946 Harley-Davidson 1986


Two young women climb on a Honda motorcycle in Munich, Germany. by jonathon blair


Ronnie Moore and Ronnie Mountford are in training for the World Speedway Final at Wembley Stadium in 1962


Prince Harry and Toy Motorcycle by andrew murray 1990


Philip Sharp, a volunteer in the newly formed motorcycle squad, undergoes training at Metropolitan Police School at Hendon. 1946


1935 North Carolina Motorcycle Highway Patrol Police Officers Pull Up To Curb To Talk With Lunch Room Man by C.P. Cushing


Rockers park their prized motorcycles outside a cafe, ca. 1965


Evel Knievel by Michael Ochs Archives


1998, Italy. Max Biaggi --- Image by Franco Origlia


Ice racer. Image by Wolff & Tritschler


1953, Marlon Brando and his sister, Jocelyn. Image by Bettmann


Jim Davis of Columbus, OH., winner of the 5 mile open event during the Labor Day motorcycle races at the Laurel, Md. Speedway 1925


Ivano Beggio, President of Aprilia by giuliano bevilacqua 1997


English motor cyclist John Surtees, 1966. Image by Hulton-Deutsch


2000, Hannover, Germany Dennis Hopper Image by Holger Hollemann
pictures scabbed from Corbis Images

Happy Hour


Friday, March 9, 2012

Belt Drive









100+ year old machine shop tucked away in a forgotten corner of Hartford's once mighty manufacuring neighborhood. Machines are powered by leather belts that spin from driveshafts on the ceiling. I just met the guy, Kevin, today as he is fixing some Brembo calipers for me. I will return and take some less blurry shots of the hardworking machines, some that are 150 years old.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Help in the fight

I wish I was at Bike Week


Daytona International Speedway


Race car driver, Pete Craig (left) and S. J. Davies racing on Daytona Beach


Bird's eye view overlooking participants with their race bikes at the Daytona International Speedway


a Suzuki race bike at the Daytona International Speedway


Kenny Robert's Yamaha race bike at the Daytona International Speedway


Men with Indian motorcycles on Daytona Beach 1917


a Suzuki race bike at the Daytona International Speedway


Group of motorcyclists gathered on beach


Motorcycle group Ace Norris Helldrivers perfoming at Daytona Beach 1946


Wrenching in the sandy pits, 1947


Starting Line, 1947


Racing on the Beach, 1947


Daytona 1947

Sunday, March 4, 2012

weekend wrenching

Low key weekend. I screwed around with the calipers on the Moto Guzzi and Butch finished up the forks and front brakes on his old lady's Sportster. Progress made on both projects. Next steps are, I gotta buy some bleeder valves and Butch has to wire in a new headlight bucket.







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