Seal Beach Motorcycle and Car show

Posted on May 3, 2016January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

03 May

Well, it was that time of year already and I wanted to go to the show with My Girlfriend as she wanted to ride her Bonneville to the event as well.

Nothing draws a crowd like the Seal Beach Car Show. Each year Main Street in Seal Beach closes down to welcome over 35,000 visitors, 600 cars, attractions and businesses come together with the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce and the City of Seal Beach to produce one of Southern California’s most memorable automotive events. With 30 categories of classic cars, there is something for everyone!

Early in the morning it was pissing down with rain and the bikes were sat on our driveway soaked to the skin, but- by about 10:00 am it had cleared up and the Sun was starting to poke it head out of the clouds to get the day off to a nice start.

Jennifer led the field up to our next meeting point which was awesome to see her up front and had no worries at all as we sped along the back roads of So Cal on a Saturday morning.

We pulled in for our meet up with other members of the club and a nice little turn out as always and with the clouds starting to blow away the day nly got better and better and am sure glad that we went ahead and continued on this ride as earlier we had cancelled as the rain was heavy, but all good and drying out really fast made for a fun day for us all.

There was plenty of Brit iron on Display at our stop and we spent a few minutes just having a general chin wag to members that we hadnt seen for a while and newbies coming along for the ride with us.

Steve’s Trumpy Combo was a fun ride and a super cool bloke, he is from back home too so everyone had to try and understand what me and him were talking about.

Loaded to the Gills with an Elliptical front end, Steve rode with no worries and you could not this Combination whilst on the tarmac.

With so much room on Steve’s Combo, I think we all could of jumped on his machine and made it to the show with no worries at all.

It does warrant a few photos as I am sure you dont see this much here, back home it is not unusual but great to see here.

Flying the flag for all to see, we get ready to jump on our steeds for the ride to Seal beach.

Amanda is one of our members that loves to ride her Bonneville too and I sure hope we get more female riders, as many peoples partners want to ride and this is a lot of fun, no attitudes in our club.

Yes, that sure is a Norton that came along for the ride and looked great in its Dunstall style livery.

Running an old school 3/4 fairing was common practice back home and just starting to see them here and I love the look of fairings when fitted right.

Side view of the Flying Banana and boy does it sound solid when it fires up.

So good to see Motorcycles like this, its part of my youth and always refreshing to look at and reminisce.

Another good shot for you to have a look at the lines of the Norton.

With the clouds clearing we decide that we should set off to the show as it was actually starting to warm up.

We arrived at the Base and were lucky to be given an area to park all next to each other and the breeze was awesome off the water.

I parked my old girl and knew that today’s show would be a fun one.

Steve has a gander at a few machines as this is his first ride with us, he had a great day and hope to see him again.

Parking was great for what we needed as seal beach can be a real pain to find a spot, especially together in a club.

We all lined up and jumped on an old Double Decker London Bus for the little trip down to the show, Jennifer looks as awesome as ever.

View from the Bus as we made our way to seal beach show.

Plenty of stuff to see and a really popular event for the whole family with so much to see, be it bikes or cars etc.

Lovely or what, a real nice bit of kit that I would of loved to have owned.

With Blue skies, the day just got better and better and met many friends I had not seen for a while.

Like I said, something for everyone and I sure loved this too.

This BMW R60 with the Original Steib Side car was bloody awesome, really nice machine.

These little Pea Shooters are quite fast to be honest and would wake many a sport bike up in the corners.

A few little CB750 SOHC models were here this year and of course I know a lot about these in line fours.

Not quite sure what was going on with This Beemer but to each his or her own and a lot of work and effort was poured into this Airhead.

This was pretty darn cool, I would need a cushion for my fat arse but a really cool BMW Tracker style bike.

If Copper, Brass and Steam-punk was your thing, then above is just what the Doctor ordered.

He used an oil oil pump Dispenser tube for his Oil tank, very cool indeed.

I would of loved to have this Trumpy in my stable for sure.

Very reminiscent of my triumph when I lived back in North London and I loved everything about this machine.

A really nice selection of Motorcycles this year and it is only going to get bigger and next year we may even have our booth there.

Root Beer flake Candy anybody?

Yes it sure was busy but a great day out for all. I took photos when I could but wanted to take in the day too but, I hope you enjoyed the photos that I have shared today on My website and until next year, I hope to see you on the road.

This Custom built Triumph is all Art in every angle

Posted on March 3, 2016January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

03 Mar

Sometimes there are things that just stop me in my tracks and, today is that reason, I saw this Triumph and just thought ” Woah! thats a bucket load of work and thought that has gone into this beast”. Named- ” Rumour Monger” Images by Manny Tamayo

What a work of art, this is quintessentially the most I have seen altered on the Newer Trumpy’s and for those who are purists it is not up your alley but- just look at the time and the creation that has been developed. Images by Manny Tamayo

I knew this had to be a Bike that was built on the other side of the world, I lived in Australia for 4 years and saw so many cool bikes that were created from tiny workshop and this fella ” Wenley Andrews” is one of this Blokes and boy- What a killer job. Images by Manny Tamayo

Coming out of Perth, Andrew took a 2010 Bonneville with the Mag wheels etc and set about to change the whole look and style to this now iconic Motorcycle. Images by Manny Tamayo

I had toyed with the idea of fitting a Springer front end to my 2013 Thruxton but its lot of work and although i could do it, finding the bearings may of been a task that I really didn’t want to do by calling all the bearing and race manufacturers, so this guy really done his home work on the bike that he built from his shop named. ” Mean Machines”. Images by Manny Tamayo

The front end Springer is now five inches shorter and to be honest, looks better for it, and sports a 21 inch front rim, but also what pretty cool about this machine is the way they have set up the Faux mechanical brake system, putting the master cylinder under the Petrol tank, and still being hydralic but actuated by a cable, very trick eh? Images by Manny Tamayo

The tank took some work to fit how he wanted to as he had to cut away the subframe but he managed to pull the job off by redesigning the frame a little and then calling Ikon and asking to have a set of custom length rear shocks to raise the arse a little and to be sure it sits very well indeed. Images by Manny Tamayo

This bike actually gives the styling of the infamous Board Track Racers of Yester Year and even though this is a 2010 model, its hard to guess at first glance what era this is from. Just look at the work involved on this Stainless Steel exhaust system, not only is it tight and clean, they actually removed the float bowl off this efi system and brought the headers in even tighter and then added a cool starter switch assembly above the unit. Images by Manny Tamayo

Just so much work and the candy Root Beer Brown is something I love as that’s the color of one of the bikes I created last year, love the whole concept to be honest.

Images by Manny Tamayo

Below you can see more detail work and this time going with a different headlight bucket and unit that was taking from a Prima Vera Vespa Scooter and then fitted a Motogadget Speedometer, complete with an integrated M lock key less ignition, that is hidden with the Battery under the seat, this is as far out as most people would even dream of. Images by Manny Tamayo

Hand made bars too just gibe this a clean and sophisticated style that’s hard to pull off, well done lads, great job and I am sure that we are going to see many articles on this and all the other Motorcycle that they are creating, as well as Classic cars too. Images by Manny Tamayo

A great builder that enjoys motorcycles and loves other people enjoy too.

Here is an earlier Video of the young Bloke when he worked in his garage and was worried that his mum would whoop his arse for playing with motorcycles.

A cool shot of it in the outback as it were.

Great to see and hope you liked looking at this as much as I did putting it on as a blog.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !

Posted on December 25, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

25 Dec

Well, as it is now that festive time of year, I thought that it was only fitting on this nice crisp Christmas morning, that it was time for some merriment and put a few things of that nature on the Blog today, I didn’t want to celebrate the season too early, seems like people start way to early these days, but now is the right time to get you lot into the Christmas spirit.

Have a great day today and hope that world flies by faster than Santa with a Rocket powered sleigh!

A bit of JD Mc Pherson now.

A rare bit of footage from the Collins brothers “The jets”
Jeez I feel old seeing these. Ha Ha.

Irelands Imelda may knocking this one out of the park.

This is for those who run out of time and of course idea’s for that certain someone at christmas and not sure what to buy for them.

So, let me take this opportunity to wish you ALL a very Merry Christmas, thank you for all your orders, inquiries and phone calls.

Hoping 2016 find you good health, great wealth and of course happiness.

Peace and Grease Everyone.

CARPY

Mooneyes Christmas event Irwindale

Posted on December 15, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

15 Dec

Well, Saturday Morning soon came around, a little apprehensive about the trip to Irwindale today as yesterday we had Rain on and off all day and the forecast was dry as a proverbial bone.

But it was a nice morning and no sign of rain, but, we came to the decision to jump in the wagon, and head out to the freeway and see what this years Mooneyes show had in stall for us, on many occasions the sky’s have closed and it has poured down with H2O, so this time we were prepared.

The traffic was pretty good on the 5 and the 605 was even more clearer, so it took us maybe 25 minutes to make the trip to the Drag strip, but there was the usual line to get in and, I could see there was many vehicles already at the show and knew that this event would indeed be a doozy!

We parked on the Oval track where they race the Speedway, so kinda cool being lined up on the third turn and headed down the incline, trying not to walk like a professional shopping cart pusher.

Once in the show, the air was filled with BBQ and Hot Dogs, as well with a good sprinkling of Rockabilly Music, and high revving cars as they staged and drag raced up the 1/8th mile strip.

So many cars had turned up and it was fun to walk the lines of machines, checking them out and seeing what the trend is this year in the Custom world and I noticed a few Lavender painted cars in a flat finish, so that seems to be the go this year.

Mooneyes is always a fantastic annual social event for me and was great to be able to approach some well known names in the Hot Rod industry, just to shoot the breeze etc.

Shige from Mooneyes is always there and will stop everything he is doing to chat and genuinely ask how you are etc, so great to see him and Chico, along with Bob and Go manning the busy station, selling their infamous wares.

There were many vendors this year and ranging from cool plaid Pendletons, to custom pomade, there seemed to be a little of everything at the show and was a enjoyable checking different vendors booths to see what they had created for sale.

I saw Vintage Hot Rod Club Coats I would of given three arms and a leg for but wrong sizes made it a unsuccessful scavenge for me this time but, proves that there are still wicked clothing out there if you are at the right place at the right time.

I saw Big Nick Barns, another Ex pat living in SoCal and has been dealing in the Vintage Clothing industry over 30 years and always seems to come up with unique apparel and love seeing it.

Jennifer and I watched Buddy Dhugi and his wonderful wife Suzi, play as they always do for the moon show and this year kitted out with Christmas sweaters, albeit it was bloody hot this year.

But their set was pretty cool and they rocked the event as they usually do, we made sure to stop and chin wag as these are the best events for an annual social gathering for us.

Next band was my mate Big Dan and he plays in the Dynotones, an awesome 60’s Surf Guitar combo and boy do they rock, loved every song and hope to book them for my annual party in march 2016.

We grabbed some food and hung out with some good people, I spoke to some mates I hae not seen in years, like Dean from Dice Magazine etc and Dennis Roth was in his element having fun with people in his Crazy Custom Flaked machine.

The sound of bands playing, and Gassers racing up the strip every few minutes is an awesome experience and one you should at least try Once, just to be able to truly understand what I am on about, it is a really cool show- busy but cool.

So many cars to see, make sure you allocate a few hours just to observe these fantastic machines as we walked isle upon aisle and people were more than happy to tell you about their car and how it came about etc.

Now this Roadster you see is a show car, something many of you and I dream about, Jennifer asked the guy if it was his and with a smile on his face he said yes.

I asked him about the 40 ford dash and he said it was a 40 ford dash but- he did not build the car, he won it in a raffle.

I was gobsmaked as i remember the Roadster being as a raffle car at Ventura a few years ago, he said he had watched the Roadster being built via instagram etc and he bought ONE $20 ticket, he went to the show but came home as it was his 32nd Birthday, the phone rang and he thought it may be one of his buddies wishing him all the best, but infact it was ventura asking him if he had abought a raffle ticket for the car. He said yes and then she said, well you have won it!!

Jeez, for $20 a $40,000 Built Roadster, they even had the builder drive it to his house and he drives it every weekend, lucky man, I always hear about raffles and never believe they are legit and you never see the winner, but this was the real deal and for $20 he won that awesome machine.

Jenn informs me she is doing Raffles from now on and, I tend to agree with her it seems like it may just be worth the chance, but such a great story on that Roadster.

Mooneyes always brings over their super cool pinstripers from Japan and they turn out some super cool work quickly.

A great event and so much to see, make sure you get here early to be able to take it all in.

Another Pinstriper is Hot Rod, he has been doing this for many many years.

This Blue 29 Roadster was pretty cool parked up and sun bathing.

I loved this tough 55 Gasser in Candy Paint, sure sounded menacing too.

This mid 60’s Ranchero was so bang on the money for styling .

Legends in the Hot Rod Art world, Robert and Suzy Williams were in attendance too.

Here is my mate GO hat works at Mooneyes and is a super nice fella.

Organ pipes on this roadster sounded like a broken fan in a fridge.

29 roadster pick up but too low to pick anything up.

This green T was pretty cool.

Another channeled Roadster sits on the deck.

Now, I would drive this home no problem.

A nice sprinkling of Roadsters were here this year.

A few Custom Low riders too, a lot of masking to do this.

Like I said, there are all sorts f machines here, enough for everyone’s taste.

Well, it is the Christmas show.

Now this is what I am talking about, I love the straight Axle Gassers.

This was a sweet 58 I would love to own.

Amazing, as I live in SoCal, youd think you seen all the rides and then you come to Mooneyes show and loads of cool stuff not seen before.

Plenty of Chevys thats for sure.

I dug this pick up, would be a fun parts ride.

This was pretty cool to see and I am sure he has fun with it with that Motor.

Even the Old Bill were cool.

Loved this Kustom Pontiac.

Nice color scheme I thought.

Always great to see some classic Tin here.

Frenched Lights and a floating grill was cool.

These are Custom from right out of the show room.

How can you not like this Lincoln front end.

Always loved these and the body goes on for miles.

Now this is right on the deck.

Rather odd choice of color but it works.

Loved this 57 Belair as a gasser, the best years for me for gassers are the big straight axled heavy Bricks.

Slammed Custom Roadster for the use of a better word.

Three hungry birds.

I loved the artwork on the trucks door.

How clean is this and I love the color.

This sedan sat really well.

The sun was out and so were the Hot Rods this weekend.

A cool 56 Gasser awaits its turn before going up on the 1/8th mile.

This 1948 Rag top was cool as hell and loved the color.

A couple of car club guys shooting the breeze.

Off the the strip to tear it up.

This Caddy is pretty straight bodywork wise.

A Candy red 58 Pick up look good basking in the Sun.

Now that’s a lot of work.

How straight is this and love that color.

Some intricate masking here to get this effect.

I think this is Keith Weesners 5 window and boy is it nice.

Suicide doors on this Bow Tie.

Whats going on here, his own Smoker?

Clean, low and bell flowers too.

Nice 56 for belting around town in.

So clean.

Jeez, that push bike must weigh a ton?

Yep. that will give it some giddy up.

Thats one way of making sure the hood closes on that Caddy.

More random shots for you lot.

I am way digging that color.

Matt from Australia’s ride that he painted himself.

Plenty of GM rides here.

Different and nice to see from the Norm.

Hanging in some shade on this hot day in December.

Plenty of flake in this design, so many hours.

This is one tough looking 58.

Plenty to see today.

THE DGR is Tomorrow! Please help this last bit.

Posted on September 25, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

25 Sep

On Sunday September 27th 2015, more than 17,452 smartly-dressed gentlefolk in 406 cities from 79 countries will straddle the saddles of their Café Racers, Bobbers, Scramblers and other marvelous Custom motorcycles to raise awareness and help fund the cure for prostate Cancer.

Here is where I am, I am so stoked, 7th in the world on donations, I cannot thank you all enough for your genrosity and help and goodwill, it is YOU that has helped me reach this goal and further, this is a tremendous effort by you and I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am proud to be a part of this historic weekend that is coming up and I look forward to Blogging the event when I get back.

Well, September 27th is literally just around the next bend, so I wanted to try and promote a little of this on my website, seeing as the 59 Club will be attending this great Annual event and, of course a real cause that happens to be a slight concern for my health as I get older.

1 in 7 guys get this terrible disease and I want to try hard and get as many donations as possible for this ride and lets see if we can find a cure for Prostate Cancer.

My link below will take you to the page to sponsor me no matter how small, EVERY penny counts and I can sure do with some help here, so if you could find just 5 minutes of your time to Donate here, I will be so stoked.

I am going for a Goal of $5000 and am at $5360 so have gone past that and now want to do all i can to get a great total for the ride on Sunday, if you can pass the link around that I have typed below I would really appreciate it.

If you can donate to this worthy cause it will help so many people in a dire position.

http://ww.gentlemansride.com/rider/carpy

I will see your name pop up when you hit the Sponsor me button and I will thank you for helping towards finding a cure for this disease.

So Below, here is the route for you to see.

I am looking forward to this ride, I started off as 525th in sponsoring in the world in funds and right now I am doing well and at 14th place, lets try and get more for this wonderful charity and help those in need.

This will be a real big event and one you really should not miss for the year! We shall be starting at Del Amo Motorsports in Long Beach.

Del Amo Motorsports of Long Beach

3291 Cherry Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807 and will be there at 7AM sharp!

So here are the flyers right now and will add as I get closer to this event.

Del Amo Motorsports of Long Beach

3291 Cherry Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807

I sure hope you spread the word and get involved, this is a unity ride that I truly believe will be beneficial to everyone and what a great way to meet many like minded people, have fun and make new friends, as well as support something that really is a serious issue too.

This is a super opportunity to have a great ride with tons of ton up machines and to hear all them engines will be such a great experience, even for me, I love rides with many cool people and I sure hope you will attend this.

Please come up and say hello, as I love to meet you all, this is a great event and sure look forward to meeting everyone of you all.

Keep the date handy and we shall see you on the Tarmac.

If you can Sponsor me it would be so cool to know that I have a lot of friends that wabt to help in this Charity ride and we are united in trying to find a cure for this disease.

I would also love to win this Thruxton through your sponership and will then raffle the bike off and donate to the funds to charity.

So, if you can make it, throw on some Dapper gear and I will see you on the road on the 27th of September.

Many thanks for those who have already donated for me I am so stoked.

Here is my link to Sponsor me.

http://www.gentlemansride.com/rider/carpy

Once again I thank you all, PLEASE pass the word as this is something I am really trying to help with.

Thruxton I helped create with So-Cal Triumph .

Posted on August 7, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

07 Aug

Here we are on Friday and I thought I would add some cool photos of a thruxton that I helped with at SoCal triumph in Brea.

Check the deep Flake color of Candy blue, sure is a sweet ride and I am sure the New owner was stoked to receive his 900.

A Very trick ride and am sure that this will get its rims ridden off.

Yes, it has the cool seat conversion too that not only looks cool but funtions as a place to put your gloves, registration and sunglasses etc.

Hope you like this Custom Version as I sure do and what a striking candy blue as well.

Make sure to give them a wave as they come belting down the tarmac.

A nice machine and I am glad I was asked to help with this cool Thruxton.

Come out with us on the 59 Club rides, just go to www.meetup.com and look for carpys cafe racer meet ups and come for a ride, its sure fun.

These bikes are such fun to take out and easy to maintain etc.

Hope to meet you all at some point as we have made so many like minded people in this industry and always cool to meet more.

Have a Great weekend and hope to see you at an event of ours.

Steve McQueen Show This Saturday, Come Ride with us.

Posted on June 2, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

02 Jun

June 06, 2015 – Boys Republic Campus, Chino Hills, CA

OK- it is time for the 59 Club O.C. section to take a ride out to Chino Hills this saturday to check out the cool show that is an annual event and gathers a Plethora of Motor vehicles.

This is the First time for me and am excited to see what the show has to offer, and the weather should be great for riding to Chino Hills, so hope that you can all make it for the trip.

I think we have about 16 people riding from Aleas’ Cafe in Anaheim for the journey to the show and this should prove to be an entertaining meet up and like minded folk will be there too.

Hope that you can make it to Aleas Cafe, we kick our side stands up at 10:00 Am, see you there.

Doing a recreation of the infamous great Escape that Bud Ekins did for the Steve McQueen Movie “The Great Escape’

Love to hear the roar of a Pratt and Whitney Engine and full tilt.

All sorts of unusual Motorcycles will be there and something for everybody.

Bring your camera for sure as you never know what you will see at this annual event.

Hubba Hubba, hope to see this there.

Looked like Many Mini’s were there last time, quite a sight.

Below is what you need to know.

Meetup at Alea’s. Kickstands up at 10:00.

Alea Cafe

3371 E Miraloma Ave, Anaheim, CA

About the Show

The Friends of Steve McQueen Car Show is an automotive gathering and Fridaycommemorative dinner held in early June to raise funds for Boys Republic, a private, non-profit, nonsectarian community for at-risk boys and girls ages 13-17. Established in 2008 by members and friends of the (Porsche) 356 Club of Southern California, the event attracts automobile, motorcycle and off-road motorsports enthusiasts from throughout the U.S.

Every summer the Friends of Steve McQueen Car Show brings thousands of spectators to the Boys Republic campus, where 16 year-old Steve McQueen spent time as a student in 1946. Since its start in 2008, the event has raised over $750,000 and has helped to attract corporate interest resulting in donations of skilled labor and building materials through the Lowe’s Heroes community improvement project valued at more than $100,000.00.

Food: Roscoe’s Famous Deli (BBQ lunch)

Apparel: Hats – $20.00 each, T-shirts – $25.00 each

Raffle: Tickets drawn throughout the day

Ticket Prices:

1 ticket for $5.00

5 tickets for $20.00

20 tickets for $50.00

50 tickets for $100.00

Admission / Costs

Spectator Parking: Free
Spectator Admission: $10.00
Children 12 and Under: Free
Car Show Contestant Entry: $50.00 – Includes entry for driver and one passenger (pre-registration deadline May 22th 2013)
Motorcycle Entry: $25.00 – Includes Cycle and Rider

Information or Questions:
(909) 628-1217

Steve McQueen Car Show – Saturday, June 6, 2015

2015 Theme: On Any Sunday (this changes yearly)
Eligible Vehicles for Show Entry: Any cars, motorcycle or off-road vehicle

Show Times:

6:00 AM Gates open for display cars, sponsors & vendors only
8:00 AM Gates open for general admission
1:30 PM Awards ceremony
3:00 PM Scheduled show end time

Event Cost:

$50.00 for display car, driver, and passenger
$25.00 for display motorcycle (includes cycle and rider)
$10.00 for each additional passenger
$10.00 for general admission
Free for children 12 and under
Parking included in entrance costs

Antique Nationals 45th Meeting on June 28th FONTANA

Posted on May 27, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

27 May

At the end of June I am going to be riding with the 59 Club up to Fontana to watch all the great Vintage Hot rods and motorcycles take a run up on the Quarter mile and this show is one of the best of the year, especially for a spectator as you get close to everything. But here you can even enter your machine if it fits into their requirements.

This show has been going for years and i have not missed one, it is fun packed and always something new to see, a great time to also meet up with friends and chin wag about whats been going on etc.

I know you will like watching Hot Rods line up and race, as well as gassers and some Vintage Model A’s with 4 Bangers, it sure is a treat.

They may be slow by todays standards but great to watch and more hopped up than stock.

The sound of the Flatheads, the smell of Race gas and the Camaraderie is second to none in this type of event.

You never know what will be there ad for us to turn up in numbers will be a fun day for sure as there is plenty of places to park etc and is sure to be a brilliant day to watch the racing and to talk to like minded people.

It is not to be missed just for the Nostalgia alone and I am looking forward to walking around the pitts and checking everything out there.

Watching crazy built Altereds is amazing to see and hear as their Motors scream the 1/4 and smell the Nitro as they perge at the line.

Marky from the Shifter ran his Purple people Eater and that was super to watch it launch off the line.

I have known Marky 15 years and watched him create this when i was with them and at Anthony Castaneda’s shop back in the day and so great to watch this Altered Roar down the tarmac, spitting fume and fury all over the place, a fantastic show just for this ride alone.

He flew off the line a couple of years ago and had everyone a gasp, but last year he had a solid run and it sounded like Thunder.

Even watching fun old Whizzer style Push Bikes try for a 28 second pass is hilarious and I am sure you will agree?

So if you like to watch Vintage racing at its very best, head on out to Fontana for the Antique nationals on the 28Th of June or ride out with us from Anaheim, you will thank us later after you have seen all that goes on there.

You never know what you may see there, its different every event.

So – Don’t miss the 45th running of the Antique Nationals – the original nostalgia drag race.

The Antique Nationals is the original nostalgia drag race. Racing is open to any 1954 or earlier type vehicle (Ford Trucks OK thru 1956). Race cars must pass tech inspection which requires seat belts and helmets in all cars. Open cars running 13.99 or quicker must have an NHRA approved roll bar/arm restraints.

Auto Club Dragway
9300 Cherry Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
Phone: 909-429-5060
Email: dragway@autoclubspeedway.com

You can meet up with us at Aleas’ cafe in Anaheim and ride with us to the event, be great to see and meet you, my contact is 714-598-8392 or email me at carpy@carpyscaferacers.com and you can check it out on www.meetup.com and look for.

Carpy’s Cafe Racer Meetups – 59 Club OC

We will be at Alea cafe in the Morning for the ride out, the 59 Club O.C. welcomes you all to ride with us.

Alea cafe is located at:

3371 E Miraloma Ave

Anaheim, California

(714) 993-5198

Ride to Deus Ex Machina, Venice This SUNDAY March 29th

Posted on March 25, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

25 Mar

Ride to Deus Ex Machina, Venice

It is time for another great little ride and this time it will be this Sunday and we shall be leaving Alea’s cafe on Miraloma in Anaheim at 9:00am and heading to viti Deus ex machina in Venice.

I have not been to the shop yet and when I lived in Australia did go to their little workshop in 1997 and saw the cool set up they had, now 18 years later, i would like to go check them out here as they have a cool place in Venice.

I am meeting my crew at Alea’s cafe that is located at :

3371 E Miraloma Ave

Anaheim, CA

(714) 993-5198

To grab a Coffee and of course meet up with like minded people and go on a ride out to the beach side area and check the shop out, as Deus is synonymous with great Motorcycles and apparel and of course serve coffee too, so a great way to spend a few hours with like minded people.

We are the 59 Club O.C. and welcome anyone to ride along if you want to check this place out as the ride should be fun and eventful.

You can get more info on this website: http://www.meetup.com/Carpys-Cafe-Racer-Meetups/events/221192045/

But we will be going at 9:00am sharp, be great if you can make it.

I think we already have 7 going and the more the merrier, so let us know if you want to meet up? You can call me on 714-598-8392 but the weather should be perfect for the ride.

CB550 Bar Hopper Brat style. $4000

Posted on July 22, 2014January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

22 Jul

This is our CB550 Bar Hopper that’s for sale with original pink slip, one owner and last rode and parked way back in 1986 and now available to anyone out there for a fun looking machine.

This is not a show bike but something I wanted to resurrect from a stock bike that was simply left and then slowly corroded and this was the ideal time to do quite a few things to this bike to make it a cool Brat style Digger.

I have ridden this around and all it needs is air filters which I hope to sort out this week, but I rode her and she is a fun little bike, puffs a little smoke but it seemed to stop after a while, but sat for 28 years I am not surprised, but she seems to pull quite hard and It is fun to ride around, but this is not for a 300 pound guy as we lowered this and you would bottom the seat out on the tire.

Now we have done many things to this machine and that does not stop you from tearing it down, painting the frame and making a show machine, but we wanted to try something a little different and get the bike to look a little more Vintage than it is and I believe we pulled that off, judging by the amount of comments we have received over this bike.

As it has a title this can be shipped anywhere. And is now available, so if ya interested, drop us a line, I know the speedometer had 25,000 o it and I believe that to be a true reading, of course it now has a 2.5 inch speedometer on this machine now and it was set a zero and I have only done a couple of miles on it and maybe a couple more if you buy this as i run it as much as I can as i want to keep everything functioning.

So have a look below and see if ya like it? Thanks for looking.

Stock headers mated to our stainless muffler sets this side of the bike off very well and yes it is baffled too.

We used our rear license plate set up with the good old Ford Tail light to show we are into Vintage stuff and works very well indeed and yes, it has a brake light too.

Dakota made the one off seat as we needed a low seat base to give this machine that Digger styling and it looks great.

It is nice to bring the old Girl back to life after sitting in a garage since 1986.

The Brat bike is quite a new style that popped out of the cafe Racer and bobber style and now is very popular around the globe.

Brand New tires and tubes that really give it the Vintage style make this machine stand out from the others and I am glad I went this way.

This is no show pony but it turns plenty of heads as the stance is a good focal point on this 550.

Brand spanking New Chrome rims, with stainless steel laced and of course polishied hubs with new bearings make this a clean machine,.

We rebuilt the front brake caliper and also fitted braided brake lines, a new master cylinder and of course bled it all so it stops great.

New battery in an Alloy Battery box we make gives the bike a new life once more.

Sits well on the side stand and all the lights work as well as horn on this cool Brown bomber.

We also fitted one of our machined finned oil filter covers and of course changed the oil and filter.

We fitted out Alloy Fork brace to stiffen the front end up seeing as we removed the fender.

We angled the shocks and we wanted to make this low enough for many girls who love the bikes but are not tall enough to ride and this would be perfect for a shorter person.

We used vintage lowering blocks as this really is a nice and low digger style machine with a super stance.

The exhaust looks cool as its our stainless steel end and it does have a baffle too, you can hear it at the bottom of the blog here.

Vintage 7/8 Bars were added to my new bar risers and a set of Old school style grips added, as well as fitting a neutral light in the steering stem.

Below, you can see that the carbs are now fully rebuilt and had to be as this bike has not run since 1986 when it was parked up in La Mirada.

The forks are totally rebuilt with brand new uppers from franks and I had them shortened by 2 inches, I then cleaned up the lower stanchion and then machined the grooves in them and then polished to a nice luster.

New fork uppers and rebuilt and machines, this has the right stance as we lowered the bike 2 inches.

Check the tags out, April 1986 was the st time this was on the tarmac.

We drilled and polished rear brake hub and also the main hub has new bearings and was polished too.

I used an old 1932 Cowl light up front that my buddy gave me from Limeworks speed shop and this is a genuine Cowl light too.

Stainless Spokes and new rims make such a difference.

Bike sits really well and is a head turner for sure.

Dakota takes the Little Bar Hopper on its first maiden journey around the block and it was fine.

This is a fun machine and I am sure that someone will have a ball with it.

Here is the little Stainless end pipe that we sell and we fitted this to this little Bar hopper.

So- if ya want this, it is $4000 with the Original pink slip, we are in Anaheim and if you need it shipped anywhere in the lower 48 then call Larry at 209-495-3729 as he ships all my bikes from door to door and one of the best out there.

Thanks for looking.