Covers

I think its fair to say you CAN judge a book by its cover... Especially by their titles.  

Nostalgia

A couple of days ago, Alyasha ( www.stack-aly.com )sent me a clip of an old japanese super hero(Gekkou Kamen).  I actually remembered my brother having the action figure... Dont remember the show though.  After watching a few youtube videos of it i wandered deeper into nerd land. Vintage otaku if you will... Im all about though.  Then i realize why I am into motorcycles.  

Cheers to the nostalgia of feeling like a kid again!

Last months Corsa Moto Classica

So these are from last months AHRMA race at Big Willow(Corsa Moto Classica). A bit late but  I found more pictures in my camera.  Again, good racing and good friends.  

Fast Eddie and Goose (The So-Sos)  watching the start line.

Super lap Battle

Last weekend was Super Lap at Big Willow.  Kind of a weird race since it was latched onto a bunch of other NASA race series.   We were out there in support of Tyler Mcquarrie (BC racing, Cwest, Designcraft S2000) and Dusty Nabor (101 pipe & casing, NNI racing STi).  This race was mainly a test day for the upcoming Redline Time attack this weekend.

Tyler and the S2000 got fast lap of the weekend breaking the track record.  

We got Dusty's car dialed in too. This car should kill it this year.

At these NASA events you'll find a variety of all sorts of shit.  

One out of three

Actually made to 1 of the three things I set out to do last weekend.  But added a few to make it just as rad or more.

 Saturday night Michelle and I went to Speedway Spring classic in Costa Mesa.  Got there a bit late and my camera (or me)  takes the worst action pictures at night ever.   Good racing, sidecars, and kids tearing shit up made up for an awesome night. Enjoy the blurry pictures.

Woke up early on Sunday to meet up with Vintage honda motorcycle god, Bill Silver.  Picked up some of his restoration and everything about CB77 Superhawk books and a bunch of rare parts for my project.  He also gave me a break down on my own CB77.  Apparently the Colorway/Year/Engine type is rare...  Great to know since I had already stripped it down and sand blasted the frame.  

Anyways, since i was in San diego, I went to see Alyasha and Jay in downtown.  Jay had extra tickets to the Redbull air race but instead, Aly and I tried to get some brakes on his bicycle.  

We went to Ace hardware and made up some mounts for the calipers.  Jay came back to give us the tutorial on those things.

Also got some time in to work on the CB77.  Frame almost ready for the powder coat.  

Busy weekend

Hopefully I'll get to check out one of these... Or more.  

Big Smoke!

Today was Qualifying for Round 1 of D1 Grand Prix USA.  Gary and I helped out a good friend and co-worker of ours Ben Schwartz "Big Smoke" with track support.  Kind of a coming out of retirement for him since its been his first time driving since 2007.  To me, he has one of the best styles of driving.  Just look at these old pictures. Super fast, riding up on the wall and smoke fury.  Hopefully he'll be driving more this year.  Didn't get to take any pictures today since we were trying to get his car dialed in.  

Thanks to Sparco, Designcraft, Thin air concepts, Cwest, Apexi, AEM and Okada Projects

Corsa Moto Classica pt.2

It was seriously all sorts of rad.  Makes the 100mph winds and getting sick well worth it... Except for the part of missing a friends birthday party, missing the ride-in at Alex's bar in LBC and the missing the Long beach cycle swap.  Heres more pictures of Saturday.  

Landlord Jim's?? R.I.P.  The goodtimes in San Diego.  Apparently, the owner of this bike owned the bar too.  

All things race

Willow Springs Raceway was the place to be this weekend.   Flat track at the oval,  Drifting at Horse-thief mile, Superbike school at Streets and of course,  AHRMA races at Big Willow.   Despite the high winds, it was damn good racing.  Got to see rare pieces of machinery on the track and the traditional Le mans run start of the CB160 class.  

more pictures to come

This weekend

Can't wait!  Love the spring time... Always the start of race season.  Corsa Moto Classica, probably the best place to see actual vintage racing (In southern California).  Also, can't forget the swap meet!  So go support the things you like... or it wont be there when you want it.

Then trek on over to Alex's Bar in LBC for this.  Free entry with a Corsa Moto Classica wrist band.

The things that fuel me to work on my own projects... I need to start riding again

1895

Missed the Grand Prix on Sunday...  But got to check out the Venice Vintage MC show. It was pretty rad that Stronghold Jeans hosted the event.  Really nice store and a ton of history.  Origins from 1895 making it one of the oldest denim companies. 

This coming weekend... Corsa Moto Classica!  Vintage motorcycle races at Willow Springs Raceway!

IScream

I'm sure anyone on 4th street in downtown long beach has seen this place.   Everytime I pass it I say to myself "I have to eat there".  I just love it for the font they used.  Looks as if they wanted it to look like "ice cream" was melting. It looks more of a horror font to me.  Ask me why it amuses me... I dont know. 

After a scorching day at the Long Beach Grand Prix, Michelle suggest we get ice cream there.  So bummed as we pull up and see a sign saying space available!  

Rules.

And working around them. Here is the NNI racing STi we're working on at Designcraft fabrication. All wheel drives sometimes have a tendency to understeer.  Sometimes alignment and tire choice/pressure will do...  But in this case(Especially with the massive Prodrive WRC wing) it didn't.   Time attack rules allows a maximum of 5 inches from the furthest point of the bumper. Looks like a lot more here  but we just tucked the lower bumper in.   So far, it seems to be working.   This is the prototype made of hand formed aluminum.   Future plans call for a "dry" carbon version using this one as a plug.  

Check out www.nniracing.com and www. designcraftfab.com for updates.