too many wheels...

Surrey Hot Rods event, 'Wheels' at Rushmore arena in Aldershot, Surrey

- we found the good stuff, once you get past this lot...

 shes off... (mrs arcadian)...

 why can't we have one - I want one dear...

I like wings... not to be confused with ladies underarm wings - haha...

 its that twuck again...

'look, there's some chaps wearing the same Tshirt as you'... 

 SteveStockers, and John - nice to meet you guys....

 fat arsed, shovel - I liked, got the stance...and its grey!...

 check the points cover, is that an age thing or some vintage collection thing?

 street chopper revisited... 

 lovely honda 4 in 2011 stylie...

 it looks good,  but why?...

 nearly walked past this fat tired creation...

a pan head and beer...

 nice 45...

 two more lovelies ...

 and a pleasure meeting mrs rowan and his highness - all the way from their dorset lair,...

 I liked this modern machine...

too much copper?...

nice swinger shovel...

moony sidecar? or loony ...

hooligan...

One for Guy

Micro '78 courtesy of COC

powder makeup

my 'builder' cracked the freshly powdercoated barrels fitting the headbolts without washers... 

and so 12 years later rubbed down, touched up and washers installed 

(each individually bevelled so they'd fit - a labour of love) 

 the stainless head bolts fitted in '97, I got from this lot, remember Lightning Bolt? - Heavy Duty Mag days

my little 'holey'collection for easter

more bits in black to add next week before that bloody wedding stops everything again 

Bloody holidays

No delivery tomorrow so engine can't be finished, its going in the frame anyway...

Stop press! found at bottom of the parts box - tell me you didn't have one you hipster you...

and pay up fucker and we'll let you have that belt drive and clutch thats in our big HMC shed but we won't action this till tuesday and you'll be out when we deliver next week.

christine...

 I'm like a dog with two dicks...

 finally after a year's planning, tantrums, highs and lows...

 "I think you should call her Christine"says Ren ... haha

 Gunmetal...

 Gorgeousness...

 No marks..

 a shimmer and sparkle in arcadia...

  sporty Paul came over yesterday...

not expecting to see this beauty after the last few weeks gloom   

black is black, I want my baby back

 Eltec

 oooh whats that

 murky depths

 Elliot

 a walkin blast cabinet

blinking in the daylight, sorted

some say chrome won't get you home but...

 fingers crossed haha

 road test to come 

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On the trail of the lonesome pine...

After the past weeks problems a trip to Bromsgrove to check that my paint isn't another one...

 Thanks to Benny for morning tea and a chin wag 

and a chance to say hi to Guy (GKM) picking up his panhead...

Deep deep dark red metalflake finish on my oil tank and mudguard is gorgeous...

 Dave is going to redo the graphic on the tank now he has better reference...

and think you had problems with your bike, talk to Zip, he'll soon make you feel better with his tales of woe, just had to give him a couple of shitty stickers, haha

a house is not a home...

 A chair is still a chair

 and a chair is not a house da de da...

bollocks

I want my fucking frame and where's my fucking paint

another shitty day, why me...

lovely slate grey gloss metallic powdercoat on my frame

 blemish on down tube, caused by? contaminent?

 marks on lower tubes

The powdercoat emphasised some marks where the bends were made

not noticed by me in bare metal. It looked as though the powder coater had done it, so back went the frame but they sanded down the marks to prove they were there in the metal. I wish now I hadn't taken it back, anyway hopefully it can be repaired, otherwise its a redo as you can't fill powdercoat.

It looked fucking great. Fuck. 

monkey in paradise

Matt sent this pic when he got my sticker

his other bike is a rather delicious fat tired lowrider sporty

cheers Matt

good day bad day

So at beakys I decide not to buy some beat up forwards 

and use what I've got

dig out my old kelsey master cylinder, I quite like the look of it, industrial. Give it a bit of a clean up outside and inside it is amazingly clear of crud. 

Then I go look for the brake pedal ( for FL models 73-79 for you period chaps) that I bought at another jumble fifteen years ago. 

I cannot find it, where the fuck is it, it was there in the box's six months ago!

I've given up, it seemed a good plan too, just a mounting plate 

and a spring /plunger to get.

Still got the mids, but no mounting for the master cylinder.