Seal Beach Motorcycle and Car show

 

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?

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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.

 

 

 

 

Just some great Video’s today.

Well, Friday is here, so I thought I would add some cool videos for you to watch and enjoy the end of the week.

Below, check this Scooter Riding Girl that has a Provisional Motorcycle license, but in her spare time rides a BSA on the Wall of Death.

And how about this then, 1949 and 16 year old Maureen Smith rides the same Wall of death at Southend on Her Supercharged machine and maked me laugh when the Narrator said Britains Dizziest brunette.

Enjoy your Friday…

Funny things with Scooters

Hey you lot

 

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Thought I would add a little entertainment for you today with some funny Video’s based around the flying hairdryers,- yes, them there Scooters!

Every Rocker likes to have a dig at these machines and I am sure the Mods do the same about us, remember, My Girlfriend has a Scooter so this is all tongue in cheek and thought it would make for some fun viewing.

 

 

 

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Now Below is something that may raise an eye brow or two, how about a Hovercraft scooter? just in case the Rockers chase you in London and you can get away across the Thames to freedom!

So here is the Proto type of that Amphibious Scooter.

Below is a 1954 Proto-type that I am sure my Girlfriend Jennifer would love to own and ride to some events.

In days of old when Scooterists got cold they would dress up as Knight of the round table and joust each other!!!

OK, back home we have many beaches being that we are an Island etc, but Most people think of Mods with Brighton beach etc, but a popular and I use this word in pun- Retreat, was at Southend On Sea and this little video shows a Rally in 1964.
And it is on Color too.

In 1956 there were some cool things happening in the Globe, Elvis came about and was Rocking the world, Chevy Bought out the cool 2 and four door Belair, but back home in Middlesex, well, some planks decided that they would build Scooter water craft and attach string to the handle bars as reins!

Now as we have much history in our little country, you are bound to have heard about the Battle of Hastings in 1066 right?
Well later on in 1955 there was a small battle going on, you could see smoke, was this a big fire? Was it a big BBQ? Had we arrived in London to all that Smog? No- it was the 2 stroke motors of the little scooters all competing from all over Europe to who could ride in a Circle!!!!

1964 this time and a short video of a bunch of out takes as these ring-a-Dinga’s have a go off road.

Well I hope some of these videos made you smile or laugh or cringe, I dont know whats more funnier, watching girls on scooters on the water or watching Franz Reichelt jumps off the Eiffel Tower in a parachute coat!


Have a great day!

DIRT QUAKE

Dirt Quake is an awesome event for anyone to attend if they have a motorcycle,  this is held on the Eastern side of the United kingdom in a town called Kings Lynn in Norfolk. This is the flatland part of the UK and how do I know that, I went to school in the next county in Suffolk and used to go to Kings Lynn to watch the speedway there as I was an Ipswich witches fan and they were rival teams, the Kings Lynn Knights were their name but changed back to their original 50’s name the Stars.

 

So, in this quaint Saxon town you can now hear the rumble of a different tune, and thats road motorcycles in a cool event aptly named Dirtquake.

Below is the trailer for Dirtquake 2 but then we have shots that I have taken from the internet, via face book and the bike shed back home in the UK  and also friends sent me some pics  to try and show what goes on there.

 

We need it here in So-Cal as it would be a blast, no attitude, just fun.

Enjoy!

 

Dirtquake 3 has just finished and they had a great time, along with The Ilse Of Man Marvel “Guy Martin” has a go and enjoys it.

 

Use any bike and get some good tires and have a go.

 

So just some cool photos and vids to look at today to help you through the Hot times here that we are having weather wise.

 

 

There are some really cool photos that I saw on The bike Shed and Facebook and just thought that you may not have seen them and to try and keep you lot updated as to what goes on back in the UK and all over the globe for that matter in the Motorcycle fraternity.

I really like this event as nobody cares what you look like, its to have fun and in fact, they encourage you to go out on a limb and just have fun.

 

 

 

 

 

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Scott Summers Photography — with Guy Martin.

 

Ian Heartfield of the BSMC…

Scott Summers Photography — with Guy Martin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Summers Photography — with Maxwell Paternoster.

 

 

 

With Ross Sharp.

 

 

 

 

 

With Ame Pearce and Vikki van Someren.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guy Martin of T.T. Fame even gets in on the race and loves it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the blog, we need something here at the local speedway like Costa Mesa, it would be Epic.

 

 

Great Videos to make your day end with a smile or two.

Well, its a Tuesday today and I feel like crap, I am dizzy and have a headache that wants to explode, but- I must get a wee bit of work out and then this afternoon i am heading home to put my feet up and take some tablets and rest.
Whilst i do that, I too will watch a compilation of videos that i like on the net and wanted to share with you lot.
Hope you are not aching like me but if you are having a kind of shitty day like me, then this will at least make you smile.
So enjoy these nutters on bikes.


I love the sound of the little 2 strokes.


This fella with no shirt on pulls away and wheelies on his little rice burner .


Sitting at the line revving the balls out of these is great to watch and hear.

Jeez these bikes haul arse!!!!

This kid has no skid lid and flip flops.

I love this, the start line is a plastic bag with someones grub in it.

This video takes the kids a bit to get lined up but they sure are fast.

This would be a fun event over here thats for sure.

They aint slow, and this kid has no socks on !!!

These Scooters are so much fun!!!!!!

Europe’s top custom bikes to debut at London Show

 

Europe’s premier bike builders will be descending on London in February as the London Custom Building Championships get underway at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show.

Fifty of the very best choppers, cafe racers, flat-trackers and bobbers will be fighting for a huge purse of £12,000 in a championship that looks set to become one of Europe’s biggest custom events.

Entries from the cream of custom builders: but to name a few: –

Auto Fabrica
Big CC racing
Black market customs
Burnout bikes
Celtic Choppers
Customized Choppers
Destiny Cycles
The Hogfather Motorcycles
House of Custom
Krazy Horse Customs
Lamb engineering
Medeza Cycles
Nick Gale Customs
Old Empire Motorcycles
P & D Customs
RedMax Speedshop
Second City Customs
Shaws Harley Davidson
Sickboyz Customs
Sooty’s Customs
Taylormade Wheels

The Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show runs from February 14-16 at the Excel centre in London docklands.

Advance tickets are just £16 and the event includes the star-studded all-action Revolution show, Custom, Adventure, Classic and Sports and Performance zones plus every important 2014 model will be on display. Get your tickets now!

http://www.mcnmotorcycleshow.com/

 

We also have Vintage SCOOTERS !

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Oh yeah! If you think Scooters are slow and not fun? Well…..

 

Here at the shop we get many emails and phone calls about Scooters and the Mods and Rockers lifestyle is very popular now and its great to see, then my girlfriend informed me about 7 months ago now, how she has always wanted to Vintage Vespa.

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So here is a cool little addition to the family and I thought I would share it with you lot on here as many of you dig Scooters too.

 

 

 

Look at the seat I did for Jennifer, I found Original 1958 Leopard skin print that was last fitted to the rood lining of a 58 Caddy.

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The Speedometer works perfectly. But don’t be put off as this is a little bike, the motor has been completely rebuilt.
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The side covers are Original too and just has that great old Imperial maroon color.

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The Little Vespa and Jenn’s little Mini are the perfect combination for her.

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Come on- of course it has to have White Wall Tires.

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The headlight is all original too and 6 volt changed, it is now self charging, no battery needed now.

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Yep- The good old Choke and gas tap, screams Europe!!! For those Cold Morning starts !!!

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Yes that’s right a Vespa 50 but its now bored to a 130cc.

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Sat proud and happy at home and Jenn rode all over the place that very weekend.

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So, I thought we would share some photos for you all to have a look at.

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Just a cool looking Scooter for Jenn and she loves it.
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OK, here is some old footage for you lot.