Kawasaki 500 H1R '69 - '71

In the Spring of 1969 Kawasaki announced the launch of an all new 500cc road bike. This was to be a two-stroke triple endowed with 60bhp and a 3 second 0 – 60 time, figures which instantly attracted the attention of the tuning and racing fraternity, whose orders prompted the factory to develop a Grand Prix version. In the 1970 World Championship Kiwi Ginger Molloy scored a fine second overall behind Agostini “straight out of the box”. The bike’s power was never in doubt, but it was seen as being a hand full to get the best out of and somewhat “fragile” at times. For the 1971 season, improvements were made and Dave Simmonds rode one to a win, a second and a third, but it had already been eclipsed by Suzuki’s Titan Daytona.

The Kustom Kommune, Melbourne - Pozible ? I hope so..

 The Kustom Kommune will be Melbourne's first ever communal motorcycle workshop. A cool, stylish decked out community space. The Kommune will have a fully equipped DIY motorcycle workshop located close to Melbourne's CBD (surrounding suburbs, looking at space around Fitzroy / Collingwood / Bruswick) where you can hire a fully equipped work bay to work on your motorcycle project. Restorations, scratch builds, custom projects or general maintenance, no project is too big or small. The Kommune will be a community of like minded motorcycle enthusiasts learning from one another and building friendships. 

 Here's where to get in on the ground floor of this fantastic project:
http://www.pozible.com/project/6243/96204

 If you're in Melbourne, get on board and let's make this a unique space to work on bikes, listen to music and have good coffee / beer / food.

Behind the scenes of the Kustom Kommune you’ll find Jimmy Goode and Geoff “Richie” Baldwin, two of Melbourne’s most obsessive supporters of the custom motorcycle scene. In 2012 they hosted the first ever ‘Oil Stained Brain’ exhibition, which introduced the general public to some of Melbourne’s best backyard custom bike builders. Oil Stained Brain was the first exhibition of its kind in Australia to celebrate the art form of custom motorcycle building and the lifestyle that surrounds it. More art exhibit than bike show, Oil Stained Brain had a strong focus on forming connections between builders and showing the public just how creative and unique these rolling works of art can be. 

Yamaha TW200 - Batmans recreational choice

 Saw this heading to the coast - yes, the bat-holiday-camper with a TW200 on the back. Good choice, Bruce !

20th Anniversary model - great paint.

current version

STUPID CROWN custom version - a hillclimbing bobber anyone ?

Ex Fuzz Honda CB750K on Ebay - Ex '80s Police Bike

Always had a soft spot for the white Honda Police Bikes - A nice copper let me sit on his (after catching me on a dirt road on my SL70 when I was 10) Here's the link:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-x-1983-Honda-CB750K-Motorcycles-/251197237517?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item3a7c85a90d&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1288

Kawasaki 250TR scramblers - M & M Motorcycles Japan

The TR 250's are such a good base machine for customs - these two are from M & M Motorcycles, here's the link: http://mmmcblg.blog104.fc2.com/blog-category-3.html

Hardtail JAWA 250 - 2 stroke Bobbers anyone ?

Kocinski's Honda Red Bomber Engined Flat Tracker

Discovered this outstanding Vintage CR250 engine Flat Tracker built for John Kocinscki in the pages of the latest SIDEBURN magazine (#12, buy it today) and had to post it. So many wonderful details on this bike, and so nicely finished in the Knight Frame & handmade pipe. Here's the Sideburn link so you can buy the mag:
http://sideburnmag.blogspot.com.au/

Found this similarly set up baby for sale on the vintage Flat Trackers website - I must have it. (sigh - another fad)
Here's their site:
http://vft.org/vftforsale2.html

Silence Television - Triumph ( for Twin Shadow tour poster) & Honda Cub

http://silencetv.com/

2 very different Honda CB's from Indonesia

Thanks to Wishnu Harimurti from the Instagram - iverse.

Tigerman at action - Motofest

thanks to 8Negro for the link...
great blog:http://www.8negro.com/

Twin Shadows - Great song, great intro, weird clip...

An amazing cinematic intro to Twin Shadows new song '5 Seconds'... not too sure about the rest of the video though.......
Full clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiC9XNQSxFQ

Friday is for Honda Freaks