Sometimes when an artists hits that “BLANK” wall in designing something head turning, it can be way simpler to go “Back To Basics” and there it is, a work of pure art and creativity. And this is the case with a Motorcycle shop in Cedar Rapids , Iowa. Trying to think outside of the box […]
Sitting in my office, looking at the fog bank rolling in across the front of the window, reminds me of years gone by when I was back in England, I had an old garage that was built in the 1960’s, the doors were missing and I shared the area with 9 other garages, closed in […]
IF YOU’RE LOOKING for a donor for your next build, look back to the 1990s. That decade is chock-full of untapped potential—hidden gems that might not have been big sellers, but now offer great performance at bargain prices. We’re quite intrigued by the Yamaha TRX850 in particular. First launched in Japan in 1995, then in Europe a […]
Well Cinco De Mayo is almost upon us and on Saturday, Jennifer and I shall be showing the Harlequin Honda Custom Cafe bike along with many other cool 2 wheeled machines at the Santa Anita Racetrack. JOIN US KENTUCKY DERBY DAY THE CALIFORNIAN VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE SHOW FOUR HOOVES AND TWO WHEELS, THE EVENT WITH A […]
When you think of Canada, I am sure you have passing images of Mountie’s, Moose, and the Stanley Cup in any order, well, we head on over to Edmonton, named after the City I was Born at in North London, this city has a huge passion for Motorcycles. You know when you are in that […]
Here we are again Where does time go? I try and type up a blog as quick as I can, but, being a 2 fingered key Board picker, I cant get as much down on the website as I would like, but none the less I try and seem to get a following for the […]
Morning’ Here at Carpy’s Garage I often sit and look at other superb designs by other shops and people etc and spread the word on such builds, and this Scrambler below is exactly what I mean when people think way out of the proverbial box, such a great job in re-creating something that was great […]
Some times there is a Cool Motorcycle that has been redesigned and contoured into something of beauty, and if seen, would make you stop in your tracks, I have seen many creations made here and over sea’s and when I saw this CB500, you had no choice but stop and admire the countless hours of […]
Sometime ago, I picked up a few old CB750’s in a job lot, amongst these 500 pounders was an old Dry Lakes racing Bike that was in a sorry state, but, never giving up, I put the bike to one side and knew this would be on my “To Do” list that I have. This […]
I have always loved Dirt bikes as a kid, my brother mick still races when he can on his machine and I saw these photos today and had to blog about it as this is one of the Old School “Power houses ” of Muscle from back in the day. The 1985 CR500 you see […]
