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Normally I don't like posting photos from other blogs but you got to see this 45 that's on magnetozoo.com
When was the last time you saw American 12 spokes on a 45?... or at least what started out as a 45. There's no info on the build so I'm going to guess at a few things. The frame is a WR or has been modified to look like one. Same for the WRTT oil tank. The top end sure looks like it's from a factory overhead hill climber but is likely Sportster with fabed up exposed rockers. I also noticed a small thing. The guy who built it, used chain links for the clips on the exhaust springs. My buddy Ironhead Ron likes to use them in such ways. Use the link at the top of the post to see more neat details of the bike. Stuff like a Linkert mounted on the left side and a belt drive.
I watched the Adventures of Tintin the other night. For all the work involved, it was just OK.
At least he rides a Motorcycle.
This might have been better... is this for real?
Via: Go Away Garage
This Month's late, late, late header is dedicated to the fool in all of us. No one is immune. One time or another we all act or do foolish things.
The April Fool. It's spring time and love is in the air. If a girl just gives him a glance, he thinks she's interested. The Fool's too dumb to realize, he doesn't have a chance.
St. Patricks Day is basically a lame holiday (sorry Rich), and yes, I've posted this before (recycling). You've probably noticed the lack of post. On a break so, I won't be posting anything new until the end of the month.
Like usual I'm late putting up a new header. I've been busy and didn't know what to do so, I just pasted in some new concept art I just finished. 
The design was changed and I won't mention the builders name... to protect the guilty.
Last night I heard the sad news that Ralph passed on Saturday. It was probably just as sad to learn that he had been suffering from Parkinson's disease, meaning he probably wasn't been able to paint for some time. It may have been the reason he retired in the 90's. After all, most artist, don't usually completely retire unless they are unable to produce work.
The Force was strong with this one. Most Star Wars fans know who Ralph McQuarrie is, as for the others, Ralph was the talent who created the pre-production paintings that helped George Lucas sell Star Wars as an idea for a film. Being both a science fiction fan and a fledgling artist in the 70's, I was a huge fan of Ralph McQuarrie's work. When asked of my artistic influences, his name is always one of the tops on my list. I may not be quite the sci- fi fan I once was but, I still have all three of his portfolios from the original trio of Star Wars films. 
There are so many good examples of Ralph's work to choose from. Not only does this one show his talent well, it features Darth Vader in what appears to be an old Harley sidecar. How cool is that? I believe it was originally used to announce Industrial Light and Magic's move from North Hollywood to Marin County.
Chuck Vogel and Bruce Parrish teamed up to recreate the shirt Bruce designed for Dick Allen back in the early 70's.
The back of the shirt features Bruce's original art of Dick on his Loco-Motion Knucklehead chopper.
The front of shirt has the motor company logo as did the original.
The shirts are Navy Blue and available in the following sizes: Large, XL, and XXL.
To buy, contact: Chuck Vogel at: vogelelectric@verizon.net
Tell him Chris from MC Art sent ya!
I had to do this for today. It kind of works on several levels. It goes with this month's header too.
Have a good one!
From a card I made in 1997
A hip guy who's big on blazing his own trail. The kind of guy who finds that trail leads him to MotorCycle entertainment that's Right On track.
Mark Bourassa sent in a bunch of old chopper photos and mentioned he had sent some to other bloggers as well. Many of them (his sportster and other digger style chops), have already been posted so, I won't re-post them all. Anyhow, here's two of my favorites. 
I believe this is Mark with a friend's Panhead. It might have been posted on ZZ Chop or Loserrules. Even so, it's cool enough for a second look.
Marks' buddy Greg Thompson on a very cool 45 powered trike.
You might have noticed that last month's header didn't have a date on it. This was done since I originally thought I'd just leave it up for awhile. Then I had what I thought was a clever idea of changing it to honor Black History Month which would also be fast and easy. Clever might be argued but, fast and easy?... it didn't turn out that way.
Last month and this month for comparison. At first I thought going from one to the other wouldn't require much. You know, replace some heads (on people and bike), draw up some new bars, pipes, and seat. No biggie, until I got into the thick of it.
First, I found I had to redraw almost the entire bike. Then all the elements below. This alone took enough time. What I didn't realize was, how much time it would take to put everything in at just the right angle and place. I found I needed to move and tweak a lot of little things in the original art. Stuff like moving the tools and crate a touch, tweaking the box, and test placing all the new elements a few times until they looked just right.
All in all, it took much longer than doing the last header from scratch. Not to mention, it's late and for a short month. Was it worth it? I don't know but, once I get an idea...
There's a lot more to say about this month's header than just the process of doing the art (which I didn't plan on ranting about). Now, I hope to get to that while there's still time left.
...or, A Boring Post. I hate to admit it... yesterday was our first ride of the year. Lately things have conspired to keep it from happening but, knowing it was probably going to be a nice day, I just had to get the bikes out.
Now, there's a Big Dirty Secret here in SoCal. Whenever it's warm, the local news will ultimately say, "it was a beautiful day out today!". What they don't mention is, that when it's warm, it's usually very dirty, as in smoggy and I personally don't see the beauty in that.
Yesterday, was one of the rare warm but, cleaner days we get. Like the day after it rains.To the west you could see the rarely visible San Nicholas Island and Catalina was so clear it looked like it was only 10 miles away. My big mistake was that I didn't take a camera along so, I took a few photos upon our return to personally log and remember the day.
