I heart green chilli sauce.....

MD Green Chille Sauce (that's how they spell it on the bottle) is from Sri Lanka, and well worth looking for if you find yourself in an Indian supermarket. It consists of rough chopped hot green chillies with a hint of tamarind - yum.
It is a wonderful variation in a pasta Puttanesca, and makes the best chilli cheese toast ever !
Also, for brilliant relishes/pickles/jams of a spicy nature, here's a great Local (Aussie) wholesaler of Goan (Sth. Indian) style produce, with a list of shops that stock their stuff: http://www.goancuisine.com.au/
The green chilli jam is fantastic, and they make eggplant Kasoundi, which is the best relish i've ever tasted with roast lamb (but that's just me).

Clean Flat tracker style

I know there are many wonderful Yamaha flattrackers out there of all sizes (most paying homage to Kenny the Great), but here's a couple of new takes on the theme:

I love the clean lines of this 450

Ready for action, and looking the business (except for the sidesaddle pillion chair attached to the rear mudguard).

The Honda version - be still my beating heart.... I think I have a new project.

Let's look at it again......aaaahh

little red speedblock, and classic Kenny colours.

While we're on CL72 scramblers.....

lovely CCM style tank & setup.

what is this trend for cafe seats on scramblers ?

Honda retro scramblers - Japanese Customs

This was the piccie that first piqued my interest, and was from a 2001 Japanese bike mag simply called "Wind" (I think). I stupidly threw the mag out, keeping only a few choice pages.

CB250 commando style scambler

CB72 metalflake retro scrambler / flattracker with a cafe seat and hardtail ?? go figure.

More TR's - cafe & enduro

further proof of the customisability of these great little bikes ( see older posts for more). This was ripped out of a greek magazine, so I cannot tell you where the work was done.

Classic Suzuki and Willie Hardin

The U.S. spec. 1969 Suzuki stroker line-up. Wonderful colour schemes and graphics.

Hustler 250

Rebel 350

Titan 500 (loved by post-classic racers the world over)

Don Green's TR500 Flat tracker - this would carve up our local golf course admirably.

William (Willie) Hardin and crew testing Suzi's in the U.S. (some place called Big Bear).

Willie worked for Suzuki U.S.A from 69-74, raced his arse off, and has an amazing collection of nostalgic photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14934865@N07

He still loves touring with his old racing pals. Respect, Willie.

Willie Hardin - ALL style - love the leathers, the bikes, the wagon and the Airforce blue factory van .

Here he is again in his ace leathers tooling around on a Titan. Very cool the 'Orange County' drag lights in the background. Let 'er rip, Willie !

A well prepped CB350 from Vicious Cycle. Portland OR

Vicious Cycles CB160 racing gems.

Vicious Cycle http://viciouscycle.com/ are a big driving force behind the wonderful new racing class in the U.S. for CB160's. This looks set to grow really fast, so buy one while you can.

from their website:

"Vicious Cycle is at the epicenter of the CB-160 racing phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest. We are the primary parts source for your performance CB160 or CB175 racer. We've been building race bikes since the beginning of this craze and have sourced specialty parts and manufactured our own along the way. Vicious Cycle knows the CB-160 (along with the vertical and sloper CB-175's) inside and out. "

Very retro Kawasaki 250TR

Wonderful retro Japan (and Europe?) issue road/trail 250. Must keep an eye out for a grey import - so much you can do with these (see Heiwa custom version below).

HEIWA custom Kawasaki 250TR

Fine details are the hallmark of HEIWA (see more Heiwa customs below). Handmade pipe (with no muffler - loud and illegal, but nice).

same with original pipe.

Esso Gunnarsson & friends !

with thanks to: http://www.pejer.com/

(hundreds of great pics of 'Esso' in both grand prix, I.O.M., Le Mans & rally)

A playful (but unworkable) re-design study of the old German 'Hercules' Wankel engined bike of the early '70's....can't remember where I found this, or why I like it.

Another beautifully finished yet understated gem (I like it) from HEIWA (see below). I once asked these guys if they sold their tank logo decals - they told me the tank lettering is all hand painted..gosh.

Fine examples from the wonderful HEIWA Click on 'custom' for a drop down menu by type.

My 1st piccie, and it's not even Japanese - I don't care, I just want to ride this old BSA Ice Speedway racer around the local golf course.