Smallsun Royal Enfield Shipment 2 almost complete...

A mere 16 months after my first Royal Enfield Custom shipment (Cafe model above) I've almost got the girder fork / hard tail model ready to ship. Many hiccups along the way, but it's starting to take shape. Along with this there's a couple of custom tanks for CB350K1's (racing), a cafe tank for an XJ900 and a few boxes of Enfield parts. Let me know if you want a bike or parts made for the 3rd shipment !
Stay tuned for the launch of the website proper now we've ironed out the bugs....

Joints 2013 - Nagoya Japan, from SHALLOW Motorcycles Blog

Thanks to the cool SHALLOW Motorcycle Shop blog for the pics: http://shallow-blog.blogspot.jp/
(What a great looking shop they have too.....)

HAWGHOLIC custom & vintage Harley Davidson TOKYO Japan

Just a few gems from the gallery at the Tokyo shop HAWGHOLIG. Check them out here:
http://www.hawgholic.com/gallery/

Gauloises (crappy French Ciggies) Dakar Power !

Good to know the world's most awful tasting tobacco product can still find avenues for advertising ! Just fanstastic looking KTM's and Beemers though.....

Honda SL125 by Ornamental Conifer - the MUFF !

From the wonderful: http://ornamentalconifer.blogspot.com.au/
no idea why it's called the Muff, but like the colours - a bit Vintage Ducati Single.

Vintage Cafe Bosozoku ?

My son Adam mashed this up on photoshop last weekend - nice work Little Buddy !

HONDA TL125, also known as Honda Bials 125 and the wonderful IHATOVO 125 SB

http://www.onlytrial.com/1/from_1970_to_75_120292.html

"Looper" Jet cycle - coulda sworn it was a Honda CL77 with a turbine

Great movie, and inspired retro jet bike !

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.