Well this morning I loaded up the van and took the Harlequin Honda down the 5 Freeway to Los Angeles, fighting traffic all the way and then off at Seventh street, I passed a few Old style warehouses and new I was in the right area for this weekends OG show. So, I pulled up […]
The OG Moto Show is an annual motorcycle event located in Downtown Los Angeles featuring select Cafe’ Racer, Bobber, Classic, Tracker, Scrambler, Old School Chopper, Modern Classic, Brat and full custom motorcycles on display in a unique setting. The vision of Jay LaRossa of Lossa Engineering, Stan Chen, John Pangilinan, and Ralph Holguin of RMD […]
Happy Tuesday Everyone Fast approaching the 18 year Milestone here at Carpy’s Cafe Racers and have always enjoyed what I do here in Sunny California, and today is another great day and seeing as its Blog Tuesday, just wanted to than you all for purchasing from me and all the great emails and phone […]
Almost 18 years ago I used to have a readers rides page, showing peoples machines etc, and I thought I would start to feature that again. If you have a bike you would like to show the world, share it with us by emailing some sharp clean images of your Motorcycles and a description of […]
Here’s something for the curvy crowd: it’s a Harley Davidson and Bugatti fusion machine, mixing the best of American motorcycle engineering with a European design aesthetic from a bygone era. It’s as art deco as the Empire State Building and as curvaceous and sexy as Ingrid Bergman. It goes by the name of Jakusa Atlantico and it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Well, it was that time of year and we were all ready to head to the show, I started my Thruxton up, it purred away as it usually does, rode it onto the kerbside and let it warm up whilst I struggled with my Jacket and gloves etc, Sunday morning, all seemed well, Air pressures […]
I was reading my MCN today and at Last Norton are contemplating creating a 650 Scrambler and I think this will be a great opportunity for Back home and worldwide. I’d love to hve a Norton Dual Sport, a very fun and ergonomic machine that would be something to see for sure, so keep your eyes […]
Rob Rhind Tutt started making his RT3 frames in the early sixties. They were produced in motocross and road race variants and were a contemporary of the Rickman Mk 3 scrambles frames. They look very similar to each other due to the fact that the fiberglass fuel tanks mudguards and saddle/airbox units were designed and manufactured by the same […]
