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Tag Archives: ton up

28 Jun
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Making a Motorcycle Work Bench from Scraps of Timber

Some of you may know that we have had a Barn built now for my New workshop, and as you know, materials for building have literally gone through the roof- So I thought that whilst we are refurbishing the California Ranch house, I will try and repurpose some of the timber that we ripped out […]

Posted on June 28, 2022June 29, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
11 Jun
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Trail Braking on your Motorcycle

To each his or hers own but, I have been trail braking for quite a few decades now, I power into a curve but touch my brake to dip the forks and then power out, I also at times use the rear too. Its personal choice but unknown tight curves or bends are a plenty […]

Posted on June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
02 Jun
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The TT is now here, hope to try and catch some on Tv over the next few days

  2022 Isle of Man TT began on Sunday May 29 and ends on Friday June 10. mow, there will be many close calls and unfortunately sometimes riders who have crashes at such fast speed either end up in Hospital and sometimes the Morgue, that’s why this is one of the worlds most grueling Motorcycles […]

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
28 May
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My 4 into 1 is still making people happy after 22 years in business

Well, for 22 years I have been sending my very own 4 into 1 exhaust systems to Customers all over the globe and along the way I have many repeat customers. I love hearing from them too, as they perform really well throughout the power curve and sound so cool when you get on the […]

Posted on May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
06 May
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New set of frame Hoops made and banging out other parts too.

Well, time and tide wait for no man, woman or child for that matter, I have been flat out as of late and will be busy for some time to come for sure, albeit in the Barn designing a few different exhausts and parts etc.  Fun times ahead and I hope to try a few […]

Posted on May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
03 May
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Plymouth to Ivybridge Ton Up Boys 1962

Young Motorcycle Racers are gathered by a transport café on the A38 Exeter to Plymouth road. They are the ton-up boys taking off into the night. British biker subculture originates in the 1950s and is influenced by American pop culture and the rock and roll music of Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry. 1960s […]

Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
01 May
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Kiyo Builds a Triple Engine CB750 Machine for Speed.

Some of you that may be old enough to remember the Legendary Builder and Racer ” Russ Collins” May well indeed remember the triple engin monster of a machine called  “Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe”, This was named after the famous Rail line and Russ Debuted the bike back in 1973, when I was a […]

Posted on May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
11 Apr
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Fun Time doing an Episode with Larry Romestate and Jay Leno

I had a ball when we were filming this, fun times that I always treasure and hope you enjoy this too, Larry designed his BMW over many years and we used to hang out in my shop brain storming, he did a super job completing his machine and he rides it all over the place. […]

Posted on April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
26 Mar
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The Dispatch Cafe Machine 1975 CB750 F Super Sport S.O.H.C.

Been a while since I have tinkered in the Barn, I am starting to do a bit of creating on a machine I have had as a stock bike and sat in storage for many moons, and I thought to myself, why not create something that I personally rode back in the day and in […]

Posted on March 26, 2022March 26, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
22 Mar
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A Friend and CMRA Hall Of Famer Passes away in a Motorcycle Accident

It is always hard to write about friends that pass away but even more so when its a Motorcycle Crash. I wanted to share this as Ronnie and I became really good friends about 10 years ago, he commissioned me to build him a Cafe Bike to his specs and he was over the moon […]

Posted on March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 by Steve Carpenter Leave a comment
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