Rockers Day with the S.R.B.C.

Posted on February 16, 2016January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

16 Feb

With the year of the Monkey now here, the Chinese year kicked off with the S.R.B.C. Rockers day and boy was that a really cool turn out for that event.

Retro Rockers Documentary Trailer from Michael Rush on Vimeo.

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Below is just a few photos to show you what they got up to across the globe and they really have grabbed hold of the Rockers look and style, the 59 Club really has crossed oceans and all the better for it.

So sit back and enjoy this great collage of images from a super club in Hong Kong.

A great Photo here of how wide spread the Rockers image and of course the infamous 59 Club have come along in 55 years.

Some Cool Triumphs turn up as they get ready for their big day and the weather looks perfect for this event.

Sporting a copy of the BRMC Black Rebels motorcycle Club, these Skull and crossed bones are a happy group for sure.

This is their club and they make many cool rides and meet ups, this is what it is all about and promoting motorcycling too.

Cool Belstaff Trail Master jacket here with 2 cool Lewis Leathers Brando style Jackets.

Lots of fun by the looks of it and one day hope Jenn and I can venture out to see these lot.

Making sure his DA ( Ducks Arse) is bang on!

Epic Beeza and the owner looks the part for sure, Ton Up my friend.

Such an awesome meet up and they look the part too, I would sure like to go on one of their rides one day a really cool turn out.

A little time t check people machines out and get ready for them to take their ride.

I love that Rickman style fairing.

Love this photo Rockers Max Tam and Coan Kee in Hong Kong.

with Coan Kee and Felix Shu.

Belting up the tarmac, great shot of the Bikes and riders.

Felix Shu on his BSA!

It looks like they are all having fun.

Checking out their friends as they have fun on this day.

Thumbs up as he blips along on his Bonnie.

SR500 belting along with one of my headlamps fitted.

Max Tam coming in from the right looking focused.

Mike Chau is 2 up and into it.

Kith Lee is also running a pillion on this fun day with the S.R.B.C.

Max Tam enjoying the ride, love the Lockheed brake.

Grey skies like back home in London but it wont stop you when you are having fun.

Thumbs up and enjoying the days ride.

Even the little Honda CB400 gets in on the action, so much fun.

Rocking the DOHC with the lads, great to see out there.

Classic shot, love this.

Felix looking cool in his Ton Up gear with Coan Lee too.

Group photo by Michael CW Chiu

With Barry Tam, Felix Shu and Billy Rocka.

With Anita Ng and Ku Hui Ting.

With Anita Ng.

Thats a great leather set up right there.

A Sport Classic with Custom Zards.

kicking it in the guts!

This is the Year of the Monkey but also I think, the Year of the Cafe Racer.

Love these bikes, the look, the style, they seem to have captured the British style and a great job too.

The Roads look pretty well kept too.

Allen Lee took these mighty fine shots i believe.

Sporting a Norton Manx Tank too.

Some really nice Motorcycles turning up for the days events.

This is I hope to have mine at some point in time.

All parked up in a Hong Kong street.

People pulling into the Park Hotel area with their Trumpys etc.

Even the Guzzi’s turned out for this day.

T100 arrives and gets ready t park up and meet his friends.

Camaraderie is something that is earned not purchased.

Here is a cool shot for you, nice line up.

Have a good chin wag about life in general is always fun.

I love this shot.

On the move.

Benelli 3 1/2 love these bikes,.

Ducati, Honda, Triumph, Bsa all col to see.

This could easily be mistaken for back in London.

This is exactly what I would be doing here.

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What a fantastic shot of Rocker Love below.

This photo is priceless.

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GB500 cafe , all Rocked out with a Dunstall Style fairing Kit.
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Nice essence of Speed image taken here, great job.
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Leader of the pack.
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I really do love this shot, showing what fun this is to be in the style of Motorcycle club and the camaraderie.
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text Mum that you are just going to the movies, dont mention motorcycles. ha ha.
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Our 59 Club seems to be over over in China now.
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Fantastic show and love the fairing, hope to have one for my machine at some point.
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One for the Guzzi Fans.
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Awesome shot coming across the bridge.
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Desmo having its legs stretched.
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Old with newer and a great Combination, cool skid lids as well.
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Brilliant shot in the tunnel, just amazed at this capture.
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Blapping along.
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DOHC fits right in on this ride, Classic styling.
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Always something new to learn or fix.
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Also, Here is a little Video from a couple of years back for you to enjoy.

Rockers Day 2014 Hong Kong from Michael Rush on Vimeo.

Looks like they know how to have fun and hopefully one day we shall get over there and join in on this celebration.

Here are two of the latest Video’s for you to enjoy, thanks for watching and reading and hope you liked it as much as I did.

If you like this style of Motorcycle and are in Southern California and want to enjoy rides and gatherings, check us out, we are a fun group and from all backgrounds, check us out and come to a meet if you like.

http://www.meetup.com/Carpys-Cafe-Racer-Meetups/

YAMAHA’S XV950 looks terrible to me.

Posted on January 15, 2016January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

15 Jan

I saw this in MCN and here is their report on it, to each his own, but surely as you will see at the bottom of my Blog, there are far better ways to change the stock XV into something cool? the paint Scheme looks something out of a Home depot catalog, the Body work is too Boxy and it looks more like a Customized Speedway bike, what do you think???

Yamaha’s ever-growing Yard Built series has gained another son in the shape of this Yamaha XV950 by Swiss builder GS Mashin. The result, the Yard Built XV950 ‘ULTRA’ is a total transformation, bringing a whole new vision and style to the Yard Built line up.

Founded three years ago by ‘Niners’ crew member Tom Mosimann, GS Mashin blends solid, hand craftsmanship with eye catching new design ideas. Working from a small garage in Bern, Tom works to deliver truly different bikes within functional and technical requirements, meaning everything he builds is fully roadworthy and not just eye candy.

The Yard Built XV950 ‘ULTRA’ is no exception, looking radically different from the standard XV950 it’s a truly custom machine that follows the Yard Built principles requiring no cutting or welding to the frame to realise the concept.

“I love what Tom has created with the XV as his base,” saysYamaha Motor Europe Product Manager, Shun Miyazawa. “I’m really happy that despite going for a really radical look, he shares our principles that a custom machine needs to retain the most important function; rideability.

He’s kept the soul of the XV950 and wrapped it in a really original look without any cutting or welding to the frame. What is perhaps also very impressive is that 95% of the work he does is completed with just a few tools, an angle grinder, a bag of sand and a hammer!”

The Yard Built XV950 ‘ULTRA’ fairing is handmade from 1.5mm steel sheet with the mounts cut from a stainless steel pipe. A small Bates floodlight sits inside the fairing with the two Highsider turn signals.

The custom fuel tank is also hand crafted from 1.5mm steel with the upper edge made with a trimming press. The lower section is cut from the original XV950 fuel tank. One of the standout elements of the build has to be the super clean prototype rear suspension units built by K-Tech, based on their signature style Bullit units.

The hand crafted steel tail unit wraps around a Shin Yo rear light unit and the seat is again a hand made affair with leatherwork by Jose Rey Saddlery. The beautiful aluminium upper fork crown is machined by Asic Robotics and is super clean without the holes for the risers. The wheels are a work of art, the original hubs were used then 18inch back and 21inch front rims were added with new spokes, with ABS!

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I am always a fan of many bikes but- this one I think misses the mark, but that’s my 2 pennies worth and you may like it and thats fine, but i would of gone a different route like these.

Really cool and so much work but I dig this version.

Bang- What a tough machine and I would love to own this myself.

What another winner we have here, tough, big, brute- and sure would be fun to ride and has that Nostalgic paint scheme too.

These is a great machine as well, so how did they go so wrong with the main feature I have here?

Well I leave it up to you, but I know the route I would of taken.

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

Insane Meat Slicer Turbo Visor from back in the day!

Posted on November 12, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

12 Nov

As a kid, I used to think that this was nuts even then and now, well how frigging crazy is this invention to see, I cannot imaging the distraction from the noise of this circular Buzz saw that screams around at the speed of sound to “Fling” off any H2O that maybe sitting on the visor.

So Today I thought that I would show some of these Crazy inventions and make you smile today, but- in all the many decades of riding I have done back home and all over Europe, I have never encountered one of these.

Were there ever any injury’s from this contraption at all I wonder?

Even the infamous Formula 1 race car driver Graham Hill tried this insane idea out.

So I wonder what happened to these things, as these were very antiquated inventions.

So I did a little research and bloody hell, they still frigging make them.

Some use them for Go karting and racing, how mad is that?

So . Pardon the Pun-it has actually come full circle?

So keep your eyes out for one of these, but I bet you hear it coming before you see it, it is sure to sound like an old Bi-Plane losing power.

So, what is there now that maybe knocks this into a cocked hat?

How about this then?

Now there cannot be anything more embarrassing than this contraption.

So, stick this on your Christmas list.

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.

Some safety videos that now make me laugh.

Posted on May 26, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

26 May

As a kid I was a little bit of a tear away on anything with 2 wheels, yeah- I did all the safety courses but sometimes, life’s experience on the tarmac, is the only way to really learn, I remember these Safety Video’s on the telly and some Motorcycle events and still laugh at them today, I just wanted to let you into the things that I grew up with and hope that it brings a smile to your face today as we start another week.

This short piece of footage is the first couple of minutes of a film released as a B movie in British cinemas in 1977 and is taken from an original 1977 copy of the complete movie I have on Super 8mm cine film. The total length of the film is only about 15-20 minutes long and covers all aspects of the motorcycle scene in Britain at that time.

Another safety video

This is a Classic one from the 1960’s, enjoy:

This commercial below is one that I will always remember.

Another Classic commercial.

Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed some of these.

Cherry’s Company – BMW R nineT Highway Fighter

Posted on April 29, 2015January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

29 Apr

I must admit, this bike really does stop you in your tracks when you see it, I am amazed at the sheer brilliance of architecturally sculptured pieces work so well on the motorcycle.

Just look at the whole set up, it is such a stealthy machine and god enough for even a movie prop, and i would definatly sling my leg over this steed and see what it can do.

Just begging to have its neck rung out on a freeway and I love everything about this machine from Color to Contour.

I am at a loss for words right now and thats a rare thing in itself.

It is not until you look closely at the detail and of course the fit of the parts that makes you grin from ear to ear.

I love the seat, I have made some with tail lights like this but this is sure a thing of beauty!

For six months, four of Japan’s top custom workshops have been tearing down and rebuilding BMW’s R nineT roadster.

Shiro Nakajima vs Brat Style vs Hidemo vs Cherry’s Company.

You can check out all 4 of the final designs on BikeEXIF. They’re all lovely, but Cherry’s Company’s bike takes the cake. OMFG it’s off the tap! We love it!

A man with a Mission and he accomplishes it!

: Kaichiroh Kurosu

He is a motorcycle custom builder, who has dealt with Harley Davidsons for over 20 years

With his thorough and exhaustive knowledge of the mechanics behind motorcycles,

as well as his exceptional skills that he has cultivated from his experiences, he has produced exceptional works.

His strict and absolute attitude towards making motorcycles accepts no compromise and has been perceived with the highest regards in his field.

In recent years, his range of works has grown significantly, and includes domestic brands as well as foreign brands such as BMW.

I think this is something me and Dakota may be able to build in a slightly more Affordable build but this is just great to keep looking at.

Its tough yet elegant and a real work of art, so many hours of fitting to get the aesthetics bang on!

I love thew fairing, it maye be vacuumed but I would like to see it in metal on another ride. Still kicks arse!

Modern set up is so key these days, I am now getting into a few GPS set up gauges and they look vintage too.

Love that megaphone jutting out like a shot gun, just killer details.

So much to look at so I will not waffle on and just let you enjoy these shots.

I would love to rip this on that Runway as I am sure its fast and wonder how she handles?

The names will be familiar to most readers—Shiro Nakajima, Brat Style, Hidemo and Cherry’s Company—but until now, the R nineT Custom Project bikes have been hidden behind closed doors.

The results are being revealed this very minute by BMW design chief Ola Stenegärd at the BMW Motorrad Days in Nagano, and we’ve got exclusive images of the builds right here.

It’s a masterclass in the art of customizing bikes, and proof that the Japanese builders are in a league of their own. The craftsmanship, styling and sheer creativity on show is remarkable.

My Alloy Bike JUST featured in great hard back book !

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

30 Jul

I was s stoked today when this book came thudding onto the hardwood floor in our will call area.

I now sell these from my parts page $50.00 ready to go and the BEST hardback book out there, makes a awesome Gift!!!

Flipping through this huge packed book and plenty of high quality photos to please everyone.

There she is, these were taken at the Sturgis show last year ad so stoked to be a part of this culture.

Michael lichter is a superb Photographer and journalist, as well as a motorcycle rider too.

A Nice write up and brilliant photos taken of every bike there at the show.

I will be grinning for a number of days now i have this in my collection.

A fun time in my life, I love what I do and always cool to hear from like minded people.

This is a way of life for me too.

If you get a chance, grab a copy as it is packed with brilliant photos of top builders from all over the country.

Available from me right now.

DIRT QUAKE

Posted on July 23, 2014January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

23 Jul

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.

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.

Time for a break soon as its been so mad here.

Posted on July 18, 2014January 30, 2020 by Steve Carpenter

18 Jul

Well, almost the weekend and I have been contemplating letting Dakota run the shop and I take a week off with Jenn and go and have some fun, it has been some time since we have got to be out and forget about work, it sometimes just takes over our lives and we forget that there is life after 6pm.

I do have a few New products coming out and I can always add them via my trusty lap top if I am away, or need to answer something important etc, the wonders on the internet, but I don’t want to be a slave to that electrical monster.

I enjoy meeting people and talking about the many styles of motorcycles I love, but you got to try and take some time to kick back and rejuvenate- else you will crash and burn big time.

So I am going to see what to do and where to go so that I can get my creative juices flowing more freely by getting out of the workshop for a little but, but not until maybe September -October.

But I have some time to go to a few more shows, as well as maybe organize a few rides and maybe, just maybe try and arrange an event here in So-Cal for people to ride down too.

I love meeting like minded people, newbies and anyone interested in the motorcycle industry or lifestyle.

The amount of people I have met from not just in California, but all four Corners of the world- ( Does the globe have corners being round?)

So, a few more weeks and in that time I should have the NEW website pretty much ready to launch as we have a few things planned for the bikes we deal with and not only CB750 as I have branched out to Triumphs, be it THRUXTON, Bonneville or any of their brand and of course the Royal Enfield,

Life is fun and I am looking forward to more things to come from our shop.

So, enjoy life and have fun with what you do, wankers will always be wankers, but- don’t let them get to you, if you have a smile then that’s the best answer to anything.

Now go and enjoy the weekend, as I know that I am.

A man with a Mission and he accomplishes it!

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