Other Pics of ‘09 Long Beach International Motorcycle Show

This 1963 Honda 125cc GP motorcycle idles @9000 RPM!

One shot of the VJMC booth.

Another shot of the VJMC booth.

Cycle World’s HD tracker.

Cycle World’s Yamaha XS650 Street Tracker (I think it is bored out to 750cc).

Another Cycle World tracker, this one has a Yamaha FZ1 engine.

Don Emde’s Flat Tracker from the 60’s.

World’s fastest electric motorcycle. 176 MPH. Built in 6 days and runs on 440 volts.

Harley Davidson flat head 45 (750cc) flat tracker.

Nice old Italian motorcycle, the Gilera.

Really nice 1967 Honda CL160.

Indian 4 cylinder.

Vintage Harley Davidson (not all HD’s were V-Twins in the beginning.

The new Honda VFR1200!

My wife really likes the comfort of the Goldwing!

Victor’s Ducati Monster

Here’s a beautiful motorcycle owned by my good friend Victor. He has MMS also (Honda Nighthawk 750 and a dirt bike).

1966 Yamaha 200 Electric

I had a friend I worked with (James Cunningham)  in Houston, Texas in 1970 that owned one of these. He used to let me ride it to work, with him on back, almost every morning when my motorcycle was down for whatever reason. We both worked at R. Leon Sheetmetal Specialties. I remember it being a very smooth running motorcycle, I loved the 2 stroke smell too. Anyway, here is a picture I found somewhere on the Internet that looks like the one I used to ride.

1971 Honda 750 K1

I found these pictures on the Internet that looks alot like one of the many Honda 750s that I had owned in the past. They certainly were nice smooth bikes back in the day and there were tons of aftermarket stuff for it. Enjoy these pictures:

1971 Suzuki T 125 in Kansas

David in Kansas sent me these pictures of his Dad’s 1971 T 125. It has been garaged all these years and is pretty much original only needing a throttle cable and the usual maintenance to bring a classic like this back to life. If anyone is interested in buying this, email me and I will put you in contact with David.

Sure brings back memories!

My old 96 DR350 Suzuki is still going STRONG!

Kevin, the new owner of my old DR350 recently made a trip from San Clemente to Mojave.  Kevin sure knows how to enjoy that bike! Here are some pictures he emailed me:

Thank you Kevin for keeping in touch and sending the pics!

2009 Kawasaki ER6N-More Pics

Pat is already doing some mods to his ER6N. Looking pretty sleek and I bet the new exhaust system sounds great!

My Son’s new 2009 Kawasaki ER6N

My oldest son, Patrick, in Texas, just sent me these pictures of his new motorcycle!

What a cherry 1972 Yamaha XS2 is supposed to look like:

I found these pictures on Ebay and I hope who ever won this takes very good care of it!

VW Trike!

I met Tim through the CMA and he came by my home so I could check his trike out, as he is not allowed to work on his trike at his apartment. We did some general maintenance and had a great time. The local CMA chapter (#70  Gospel Rider’s) president, Dwight was on hand and took these pictures and also helped with the maintenance and did some special repairs with good ole JB Weld! A great way to spend a morning indeed!

Modified Honda 750 in 1978

This is a Honda CB750K (I think a 1973 or 74 model) I built an engine for in 1978. John, the owner, wanted his engine to be almost like the one on my drag bike, but be able to use on the street. I put RC Engineering pistons (10.5 to 1 compression ratio) a mild cam, ARD magneto and some stronger valve springs with titanium retainers. I also did some cleaning up of the head and ports. We used a 4 into one exhaust, I believe it was a Kerker. Anyway, the Honda turned out to be really hot and John, who now lives in Michigan, still has this motorcycle!

This picture was taken on an abandoned air strip in Kingsville, Texas, then known as South Field.

Humble, Tx December 1967 Honda S90

Scanned in this old poloroid of me taken in December of 1967, which means I was 13 years old. I was very fortunate to live in a quiet suburb near some oil fields by the San Jacinto River. I was also very fortunate to have many friends that also had motorcycles and we often rode each others bikes. The oil fields provided areas of hard packed sand that was excellent for making our own tracks and courses. The surrounding wooded areas had plenty of challenging trails as well. Growing up in the 60’s was good!

New Pictures from the Dirt Bike School

Got these in the mail today from Ramey Stroud, one of the fine instructors we had that day.

Dirt Bike School

I was invited to be a student last weekend at an MSF Dirt Bike School, Introduction to Trail Riding. I took a neighbors 1975 Yamaha DT250B. The course was held at Hidden Valley State Recreational Vehicle Area near Gorman, Ca. I had a blast and made some new friends as well! Even though I originally learned to ride in the dirt in 1964 and rode dirt regularly up until 1983, I felt this class would be a good time to see if I could still do it and learn anything I could. I exceeded all my expectations by learning alot and having so much fun, and I wasn’t completely wore out after it was over. I should have some action pictures sent to me soon. Here’s a pic of the DT250B after unloading from the trip, pretty dusty!:

Ossa 230

I don’t remember the year of this Ossa, but I remember it was a 230cc and a friend of the family let me use it for a few short track races and also to play around on in the field close to our house. I think I was 14 year old here.