For the un-educated (via Wikipedia):
One of several motorcycle manufacturers in Birmingham, Velocette was a small, family-owned firm, selling far fewer hand-built motorcycles than the giant BSA, Norton, or Triumph concerns. Renowned for the quality of their products, the company was ‘always in the picture’ in international motorcycle racing, from the mid-1920s through the 1950s, culminating […]
I really dig the simplicity and style of what’s been done to this 1996 Sportster. Has a hint of that bratsyle thing going on. Nothing fancy, just simple and well executed. I don’t usually like the look of seats like this (flat on a horizontal frame rail) but it works well here.
Pic taken at the […]
(Photo © G. Mortillaro | Knucklebuster Inc. 2008)
Here’s a new bit to sink your chompers into like one of those gigantic turkey legs at the state fair - the one question interview. “What the hell is that?” Well here’s the skinny broham. Once or twice a month I email a single question to a bunch of dudes and ask them all […]
By Flatiron Mike
Ed Note: You can view all the entries related to this build at it’s own special web address:
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/category/flatiron_mike_edr/
Mike sent in some photographic evidence that things are coming along.Unfortunately no witty commentary or pipe smoking references, but the pics will do for now.
Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly.
How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzi?
And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?
(Photo © G. Mortillaro | Knucklebuster Inc. 2008)
More scan goodness, a 2fer even. Ripped from the December 1979 issue of Street Chopper
Click away to blow up the pics.
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I dig old biker flicks, cheesy as they may be…via wikipedia Satan’s Sadists (also known as Nightmare Bloodbath) is a 1969 biker film directed by Al Adamson and starring Russ Tamblyn.
The plot centers around a renegade motorcycle gang called ‘The Satans’. After arriving at a roadside diner in the middle of nowhere, they proceed to […]
Listen up chumly, I’m gonna turn the mic over to Josh, he’s gonna give you the downlow on this this righteous XS650 chopper.
This 1977 XS650 D was built by G&L Choppers in Colorado Springs, CO with
help from the owner Ron B. from Castle Rock, CO. We originally built
the frame and the battery box last […]
Chris and I are putting this 1965 Triumph 6T Thunderbird up for sale. Killer scoot - it’s a one kick, angry sounding muthasucka, and let me tell you bubba, it’s DAMN loud. A hardcore kick in the teeth and for$5,000 you can tear up asphalt with it all summer. Dig the specs and loads of […]
Here’s another free eBook for you to download as part of our “Old books for backyard motorcycle builders” series.
Checking in from the year 1914 is 222 pages of Welding enlightenment. The quality is dodgy in a few places, but still a lot of great info to soak up, and hey it’s free, so you’ve got […]
The unveiling at the Lars Anderson Show 2007
(Photo © G. Mortillaro | Knucklebuster Inc. 2008)
