Wednesday, 3 March 2010

spotted in LA


Surfrider beach, Malibu. High pipes = good. Surfboards = also good. 

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Early 8-Valve Indian Race Engine Possibly Hedstrom Prototype



I saw via the vintagent that this is on ebay at the moment, Looks like its going to fetch a few quid. It's an early indian race engine. look at that crank like. Wow.
There's no point me going on about it, might as well go read about it via the good Vintagent blog here

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Snap Yer head off

This from the accelerationarchive
"Pegasus, the double Norton-engined bike of Ian Messenger and Derek Chinn. Pegasus was a beautiful bike and was always presented in absolutely pristine condition."

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Friday, 12 February 2010

Panther Pegasus sprint bike in march issue of The Classic Motorcycle

This thing looks awesome. It is in the March issue of The Classic Motorcycle magazine.
Quote from the mag " This sprinter was built by three engineering apprentices in the early 1960's - and it's continued to impress with it's rapid pace in the decades since."

Photo credit : John Wilkinson
Year: 1938/63
Engine: 4 stroke ohc single
Engine Year: 1936/63
Bore x stroke: 88x100mm
Capacity: 605cc
Carburettor: 1 1/2in Amal GP
Gearbox: Norton AMC speed
Ign: Lucas magneto