The day AFTER Wings over Long Beach...

Wings over Long Beach is an airshow here in the LBC once a year, sadly no flybys but it's still neat. I never had a chance to make it down there during the show (Mark did, check out his blog to see a few pix..)

BUT I did make it over to the airport monday morning to see something I have never seen, the B-52 Stratofortress, and don't forget the B-52's were first commisioned by the Air Force in 1955!!!

on the tarmac

firing the engines

and then take off! the fucker is MASSIVE!!!!

and other stuff...

C-17a

F-16 Fighting Falcon

and over across the tarmac, a B-1A in LB for servicing.

(Big pic)

I was in a Boeing parkig lot, makes me happy that so many Boeing employees were out there waiting to see it take off! There were over a hundred people out there waiting to see it fly and most of them were Boeing employees. Good to see that to some people a job isn't just a job...

About that contest....

Ok
You guys are killin me
I need to know exactly what its to, what model etc.
So I can find it in a parts catalog
And I have the parts number already! Just no idea what bike its for...

This ring a bell for anyone?

anyone?

Another Contest!!!

first off...

JAKEMON! you never sent you address coz you won the first one!


send it!

ok



5/16 - 24 thread no hex or allan insert on the bolt heads at all.

These parts were found in a parts drawer at Harley Davidson Westminster.
LOTS of interesting old parts hidden there...
I have NO IDEA what they are for, I have the part number, but I am not about to spend countless hours looking for a hardware number in a Harley parts book.

whoever says what they are and when I look em up and it is right will win something neat, not sure what yet, but something old in a HD package of some sort or vintage...


Goodf luck!

Sweet Cycle!

You people really have no idea

How talented Jeff Decker really is...

for such a fucker!

Woulda liked to have been there...

Interesting take

On a '08 XL and '06 Triumph

Thanx to AJ from Lick's for the pic!

Lick's Cycles

Nelson did a killer little story on the rise and fall of Super Sixties. Go read it.
It makes me sad, they could have fuckin conquered the world with it, timing was spot on, but I guess It wasnt meant to be...

Luckily a few different people have picked up where they started!

Lick's Cycles

These babies are extra cool!! Licks Cycles is now making their own version of the classic metal flake colored grips. These very unique grips feature high quality thick rubber sheathing with pronounced metal flake accent throughout. The center is ribbed for maximum gripping and the ends are flared to prevent your hand from slipping off the bar end.

Left Grip is 1" inside diameter and the right grip measures 1 1/8" outside diameter to fit your throttle assembly. Throttle sleeves are also available at the website. The Licks Jellies come in four classic colors red, charcoal, silver and blue. If you have been scouring the web for a classic retro metal flake colored grip. LOOK No Further.

http://www.lickscycles.com/
413-663-9050

If only I had had $2500 that day

at Chicks HD in Albuquerque in '89...

The Harley Davidson XLCR, beautiful

Claire again!!!

Yes I post pix of Claire on mondays, but i took WAY more than I post on here, don't want the censorship police to flag my site...
and
lo and behold, the entire set went live on
Claire's site today!

If you think she's as neat as I do, check it out!

Hell fuckin yeah!!!

The Magnificent Seven
Scott Parker, Randy Goss, Jay Springsteen
Tuner BrentThomsen
The 3 racing managers Bill Werner, Dick O-Brien, and Clyde Denzer

The real deal

Yup

thats what I'm talkin about!

Yup, another flexible monday

with Claire

Yup, again

C-74, Long Beach

VTOL anyone?

In case you were curious

about cam timing

so people say...

they dont' want to move to california coz of earthquakes.

Earthquakes ain't shit, it's the fucking fires when the santa ana winds that are blowing that fucks up everything

took this pic out of the back door of my shop today.

that cloud is a result of all the fires in OC blowing over long beach.

and all that crap is the rain of ash that is on fucking everything.

Sucks, wish it would rain.

California Über Alles

Well, I finally did a limited set of ten California Über Alles stack covers.
They come polished, ready to bolt to your brackets.
$120 includes shipping, anywhere in the continental USA. Shipping overseas is a bit more depending where it's going.
If you want one, email me at mail at chopperdaves.com and I can invoice you.
I have had a ton of problems with paypal lately, payment notifications mainly and until i get the new selling deal fixed, this is how I'll have to do it.

also, I am finally ahead on production parts, so thats a good thing...

Spokes?

We don't need no fuckin spokes...

And Timmy, they r comin...

its a GOER!!!!

yee haw!!!

Someone wanted jets...

Dahlia Dark

Check her out...

stole this pic off her site, killer....

Gotta love Mamie

Okay, you ever

Put something, (in this case a picture) in a book to keep it safe and flat and then completely forgot what book you put it in???
Well
I did that with this 8x10 pic, one of my very favorite Bardahl items, I collect Bardahl stuff, really the only thing i collect, well, other than harley parts...

I was looking for a specific pic in a book today and boom there was my Bardahl pinup pic that has been missing for 5 years!!! I was stoked...

Uhhh....

interesting

Emil?

Yes? no? maybe?

Sweet

Oh yes

This bike rules!!! Rode it from Yokohama to Yokyo, killer ride Makonabe!

Hump day yet again

HEY!!!

Anyone who isnt fascinated with the old aviation stuff, well keep watchin, this shit is where it all started.
I got a killer compliment on it today, so it's not stoppin!

and Duane Ballard, you rule, thanx man!

and anyone goin to vegas for the dice party, send me some incrimating fotos, I can't go...

Avengers

gotta love Burt

More radials

love them pinups!

Long Beach, CA oct 1942

a-20 nosecones