Triumph Cafe Racer seats made from your seat base. $400

 

Here we are with another NEW product here at the shop, this particular one is a really cool set, as this is from a newer Triumph Bonneville.

 

I am offering this service to all Bonneville and Thruxton owners and have your boring seat base, made into this ready to use and tasty looking Cafe Racer seat.

I shall be also offering this for the HONDA CB750 too so just pick up the phone and Let me know your requirements as I know you will love this set up.

I have spent many an hour trying to get the correct look and boy, this has hit the nail right on it’s proverbial head and spared no expense and might I say time, developing this unique look.

Quality all the way and I have always liked this style of Motorcycle seat when I was a teenager back in the UK in the late 1970’s.

Made with nostalgic Naugahyde and all the stitches counted, you can see the time and effort that goes into each and everyone of these seat bases.

Great value for money and will enhance the look of your Motorcycle right out of the bat.

 

Traditional speed hump in the rear and finished in the Classic White GT style trim, this is one of the best out there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right now, take this opportunity of sending me your seat base and let me turn your boring old seat into this Magnificent Cafe Racer style set up.

Just In – Roth Metal Flake!

Here we are Roth Fan’s

I now am a dealer for the infamous Roth Metal flake and I am offering all their line of paints and spray cans.

We will be continuing to add more and more flake and Custom addatives to a line as we will carry everything.

I have been friends with the Roth Family for over 12 years now and am so stoked to be able to offer their cool products at our speed shop and on line of course.

If you are doing anything Custom, then grab it all here and begin your project right now.

What is OLD, is NEW again.

 

Seems to me, that more and more Relics have been hitting the tarmac, and with abundance I might add, a very cool thing to see, especially as we are in the land of electronics thingyme bobs and whiz bang applications for your phone.

I love seeing the Classic and Vintage Motorcycles and cars returning to the roads once more and to breath new life, and also I see many younger people getting into Vintage iron and i tip my hat your way.

These are out future and love seeing it.

 

 

BARBER MOTORSPORTS VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE EVENT.

First off, before I do anything else, I gotta tip my hat to Jason Paul Michaels of Dime City Cycles and Kevin Dunworth of Loaded Gun Customs, for making me feel like part of their family, I mean everyone at Turn 17 was so much fun and all on the same page when it came to the Cafe Racer scene,.

I have never met these geezers before but have corrosponded over the internet and phone, but- it was like we were kin after a few hours.

I hold these guys in a super high standard in the Cafe Racer and Custom Motorcycle industry and to be part of their gig at the barber on turn 17 was to be quite honestly, a magical moment for me.

The event was awesome and these guys worked hard to pull this event off, I was looked after all the time and you lot must all congratulate these guys for all their hard work and effort, into making that weekend ROCK !!!

What a Fantastic place the whole event was, set on 740 acres of lush green tree filled forests, this really was a sight to behold.

I did not have enough time to see it all but I sure tried hard.

Over 700 motorcycles on display all the time and everyone of these will fire right up,.

Motorcycles everywhere you look, the Museum is one of the best in the World I believe and cleaner than a cats arse too.

 

Four stories high and more to see than a you could possibly get your brain around, this place is a MUST for motorcycle buffs.

Something for everyone to be honest and we spent hours in this place and sure i missed a few bikes to see.

This also has a 2.5 mile race track that you can ride around, and boy was it fun watching vintage race bikes flat out and bumping Clubman bars.

There was so much to see and as we had a film crew with us, we documented as much as possible to capture all this for a later show, so stay tuned.

 

Richard Backus of Motorcycle Classics was there and i wanted to personally thank him for putting me on the cover o his nostalgic Magazine back in 2006.

The weather was Bloody hot to tell you the truth and as the event is so vast, you had better be prepared to walk , ride or get a shuttle anywhere.

 

I made many new friends, but what I could not believe was the amount of people who actually knew who I was, I mean, here I am in Alabama, a Limey who is based in Southern California and people came up to say hello, I was stoked. I got asked for photos and autographs and has a swell time meeting new people who love the Cafe racer style as much as I do.

I spent many an hour searching through rows of motorcycles and vendors, they have all sorts going on and boy was it a blast.

This was an area where the 2 strokes had a sound off, quite funny to hear a little 2 stroke through a loud hailer, but fun none the less for all.

Some fans found me drooling over some of the bikes they liked too.

Plenty to talk about, so you lot out there can see and hear what we got up to, at this superb venue in Birmingham Alabama.

I watched the later motorcade, where you can ride your street machine around this 2.5 mile track after the races, epic to see.

The Ace Corner, where I was a guest with Dime City and a chance to meet up with an Old Brit mate of mine, Mark Wilsmore of the Ace Cafe back in London.

Mark can talk the legs off a donkey about the Cafe Racer scene back home.

I wasn’t far behind him though and was great to meet and greet people that dig all we all do and share.

They had the Wall of death, these guys are Crazy to say the least and put on a superb show for everyone.

I interviewed some of them afterwards, they live life on a wires edge and you got to go and see them if they are in your town.

 

Spoke to Santa at the swap meet as I spotted a Tracy body for a Trumpy, hard to find these days.

Always interesting to hear their stories and where they are from, as people travel from all over hte USA for this event and the world for that matter.

It is fun to watch the old bikes race and they race hard too, but its the characters that make it for me.

AKA HIPPY, this guy was a blast, he made us sign his poster, if we didn’t he would of slapped us upside the head.

Some lovely area’s to watch the bikes belt by and take in the sights and sounds and the smell of racing fuel and oil in the air.

Some great rids to see at the Dime City area and that’s where I hung out with Jason and his lads.

Eye Candy all over the place and plenty to see, don’t you worry about that, as Jason had this gig all dialled in.

Trumpy’s a plenty too.

It was just so good to see stuff that I am really into, I was happy I came out and cannot wait until next years event where I shall have a booth etc.

I rode out on Dime Citys Cycles 1978 CB750 for a blap on the back roads.

A superb time we had, as I led out with my Mate Mark Wilsmore from the Ace Cafe.

 

It was the best weather for taking a Cafe racer out in the back lanes of Alabama that’s for sure.

 

We stopped off about 15 miles up the road for a cuppa etc and had a chin wag, as you do.

Had some photos taken with new friends and just a brilliant day out to be honest.

 

This where we stopped for a coffee about 15 miles I guess, and it was a fun ride there I tell ya.

Friends for life, we had a ball spending the afternoon out here and the ride back was a blast too.

We all got ready to ride back and a good opportunity to capture the moment to share with you lot.

Our Shop Rookie, wins the Drags !!!

Our shop Fabricator and general run around guy went away to Las Vegas Drag strip over the weekend, whilst I was away too at the Barber Motorsports museum in Alabama.

Dakota rides a Kawasaki 1400 and he kicked some major butt and won the Wally parks ( WALLY ) trophy.

My Lad in the shop only goes away on the weekend and becomes the 2012 Sportsman Motorcycle Champion at Las Vegas, what a great kid, I am so stoked for him.

he is only Just 18 years old and boy can he tear it up on the 1/4 mile and I wanted to share this with everyone on the internet, I love this kid as if he were my own, he is the lad I wished I could of been and that’s no joke, he has determination, skill and patience and if I had a hat on right now, I would tip it in his General direction.

What an achievement at any time, but especially being the age he is and I am more stoked than a steam trains boiler.

 

 

 

GS SPORTSnationals champions crowned

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

 

LAS VEGAS – Nearly 400 of the best racers from the western United States converged on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals presented by K&N Filters, where nine champions were crowned today in a winner’s circle celebration.

 

Dakota Sun captured the win in Sportsman Motorcycle presented by Harley-Davidson for his first national event win. Sun, of La Mirada, Calif., went 9.270 seconds at 146.83 mph on his ’09 Kawasaki to Las Vegas resident Dave Phillips’ 8.991, 143.67.

 

Also, check Dakota out, they filmed him at his school, we needs kids in the USA to be as focused as they are here in La Mirada.

 

Bell Helmets Custom 500

 

Stop by the shop and get yours! Or if you can’t make the trip over, you can always add one to your online shopping cart.

These helmets range anywhere from $99.95-$139.95.

Throwbacks & retro lids are nice, but nothing beats an original. Back in 1954 Bell founder Roy Richter formed his first helmet out of fiberglass and named it the “500.” That moment was ground zero for the modern motorsport helmet and it gave rise to an entire industry. Bell’s Custom 500 pays homage to Richter’s original design and adds modern protective technology to bring the design up-to-date while still keeping the original’s aesthetic. By combining a custom fiberglass layup with a specially designed EPS foam layer, Bell engineers were able to craft a helmet that is at once light weight, narrow in profile, and DOT-compliant.

PRODUCT FIT GUIDE

Adult Helmets

XXS: 52-53cm • 20″- 20 3/4″

XS: 54-55cm • 21 1/4″- 21 5/8″

SM: 55-56cm • 21 5/8″- 22″

MD: 57-58cm • 22 1/2″- 22 3/4″

LG: 58-59cm • 22 3/4″- 23 1/4″

XL: 60-61cm • 23 5/8″- 24″

XXL: 62-63cm • 24 1/2″- 24 3/4″

AUSTRALIA’S “CHOPPED” Rod & Custom SHOW. 2012

Hot Rods and rock music get back to their roots for the annual Chopped Rod & Custom a three-day festival where pre-1965 style custom cars and music fanatics from across Australia roll into Victoria.

Taking place an hour and a half north of Melbourne, Chopped is a unique cultural experience similar to that of being thrown back to a 1950s/60s Hop Up Carnavale. Thousands of fans from around the country partake in a mix of traditional style hot rods & custom cars alongside bobber & chopper motorcycles with entrants running head-to-head throughout the show in two-lane old-style dirt drags entertaining the crowds.

Throughout the day and into the night the crowds constantly switch their attention between the field of dirt drags and cars across to the stage where 15 bands play Rockabilly, Garage & Rock through to Blues, Country & Surf in the setting of the ‘Tiki Palace’ bar that drops you back into 1960s island life with Cocktails, Tikis, & Period DJ’s visually drowned by palms, bamboo and a giant Easter Island Head that lights up the sky at night by popping its top and flaming into the darkness.

This is a really cool event over in the land of Down Under and worth a visit if you can make it.

 

Chopped Rod and Custom Festival 5-6-7 October 2012 Newstead Victoria Australia from Fuel Tank TV on Vimeo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty to see at this show.

 

 

 

I hope to fly over next year and be part of this superb show.

 

 

 

You will see a variety of Hot Rods, Classic cars and Motorcycles, there is something for everyone here.

Seeing this stuff in one place and everyone having fun is what it is all about.

 I would love to take my own ride around here, maybe next year I will build a cool Traditional style Roadster and blap around in the Aussie Mud?

 

Yeah- it will just wash off mate, No Worries !!!!

Always cool set ups to have a look at and envy.

 

Even Our Brit Cresta’s get used in the land of Boomerangs and Dingo’s.

 

Some superb looking rides, and hope I can come and check this all out next year.

 

Look at this 50 Shoebox, cleaner than my Cats Arse!!!!

 

 

Navarro Heads do make it to the other side of the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am off to the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Museum to hang with DIME CITY Crew.

Hey there

Well, I will be flying in the Morning to Alabama, no, not with a Banjo, but a crash Helmet on my knee, as I am going to be a guest with the  Dime city crew on Turn 17 at the Barber Vintage Museum for the Friday and weekend.  if you are going to this event, be sure to give me a call, 714-598-8392 be great to meet some of you and chew the fat about your ride and what turns your crank etc.

So if there is anything ya need to know or would like to ask me, come and say hello at Dime City’s booth, we would all dig it.

There will be plenty to see at the show, with races on the track, all the Vendors booths, tons of bike stuff to dribble over and of course, the Museum that I have been waiting to see for donkeys years.

Come check it out as it will be a BLAST !!!!

Welcome to Ace Corner Barber. Sit back, relax and watch the races from the best seat in the house (TURN 17) at the only place you can grab a cold beer in the entire Barber Motorsports Park. Enter your bike and take in the sights from the ride-in bike show, make a last minute entry to win the custom CB750 Dime City Cycles has built in partnership with Iron & Air Magazine and visit with dozens of other builders and industry persons.

Built in partnership between Ace Cafe London and Dime City Cycles, Ace Corner Barber is an area dedicated to Cafe Racers, be they made of steel or flesh and bone. In short, Ace Corner Barber is a celebration of the timeless teeth chattering, soul shaking speed machines that hailed the streets of London in the 50’s and 60’s and their riders.

Head over to our facebook event page and get up-to-date information regarding the festivities!

Already purchased Barber tickets, it’s a simple add-on. If not, grab a special package price for Barber & Ace access!

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  • Ace Corner Grill, featuring “Fish & Chips”, tea, burgers & beverages, including beer & wine, available for purchase
  • Dime City Cycles / Iron & Air Magazine CB750 giveaway along with other bikes, parts and swag on display
  • Ride-in Cafe Racer Bike Show, register @ Ace Corner Fri/Sat
  • Saturday night “Party at the Ace”, featuring the band, “Cigar Store Indians
  • Live Bike Build (by dotheton.com)
  • Ace Corner Vendor Row
  • “Ride with the Rockers” – Saturday morning ride out
  • Dedicated motorcycle parking inside the track for Ace Corner guests
  • Iron & Air Magazine photobooth – get a free snap of your ride

October 12-14, 2012 Barber Motorsports Park

Sponsors

Carpys Cafe Racers and Waddington’s Hot Rods- One Stop Shop.

 

 

Here at Nostalgia Speed & Cycle, we are hoping to help everyone with their projects and Idea’s.

A place to come and chin wag, maybe have a coffee and check out the number of things we do, sell and offer.

 

 

 We have a great bunch of people that are a big part of this shop and with out them I would be up poo creek with no paddle.

 

 

 

Well, you lot all know about me as I rant and rave all the time, but many of you may not realise that a big shop like this cannot be run by one Chief, and my Business Partner is a good mate of mine from Down Under.

Now, anything HOT ROD related, Kelvin is your man, this guy has been in the Hot Rod, Street Rod and Fabrication business for over 30 years, he has spent over 20 odd years alone, travelling across the pond to the USA and to the UK, showing his quality parts and services from his shop in a place called Castlemaine in Melbourne, Victoria.

 

Kelvin has his own Factory back in the land of Kangaroo’s and Cricket, where he manufactures on site, Sheet metal for a number of vehicles, Including some you would never heard of like Torana, Holden, etc etc.

Kelvin is the guy that Hand makes the Model A Cab you see that we sell in the shop, not just a complete cab, he can build you the whole ride if need be and has done many times.

If you want Model A sheet metal, again- Come to us or direct in Australia to him and he will get it right out to you, sometimes on the same day.

Waddingtons Street Rods is a well known establishment about an hour North Of Melbourne and I am looking forward to visiting the place myself to see all the craftsman apply their skills to the sheet metal they manufacture, as well as complete restorations of many Classics, Customs and Race cars that you would ever see.

 

 

 

It was 1980 when I started the business in auto vehicle restorations. My passion for old cars started when I joined the local street rod club when I was 12 years old.The business commenced in a small factory with minimal equipment & no employees.

Eddie & Janette Ford, publishers of Restored Cars magazine based in Victoria, Australia, were one of our early clients. Vehicles restored for them ranging from a T-model Ford to a Mark 4 Lincon. As the business grew the factory was extended & quality tradesmen were employed. These included auto body builders, spray painters, auto electricians, mechanics, chassis fabricators & engineers. Client base expanded to interstate & international. Import & export of automobiles & parts commenced in 1998

Waddington Street Rod & Restoration has & will continue to supply a high standard of work ranging from minor to major restoration projects.Don’t hesitate to contact us regarding any restoration project you have, I’m sure we can help.

 

Kelvin has some unreal rides, I drove this 1934 Roadster Pick up over here for some time and it was a blast to scoot around in, all this is made by Waddingtons and we sell all these parts at the Speed shop.

 Yes, that is the fella on the left hand side with the Model A that he manufactures and builds for customers all over the world.

 So come by, say hello andI am sure we can help you, if not, at least we can tell you where to get it and you will leave with a happy face.