North.. whatever. heres some more bikes

Bikes bikes bikes bla bla bla. Check out these. Faster than javelins thrown by a giant superman who has been weight training and has overdosed on mega super power cerum, and he's running and throwing at the same time making the thrown object that much faster.

 Panther

 greeves sprint outfit

 Supercharged Westlake

 Supercharged BSA 250

 Rad Triumph speed machine

 classic honda racing bike

Norton barge

J. A. Prestwich sprint bike.

Spotted this '48 Manx Norton TT Racer with Norcal history up on the MidAmerica Auctions website, what a beauty!

the ad reads- "This Manx TT racer is being offered in current unrestored condition. Magnesium engine cases with northern California history. Perfect runner. Sold with a Bill of Sale."

I've particularly been digging this bike as I've been experimenting with using molasses to stain the frame and some of the tinware on my '46 B33 and '49 M21 projects. A lot of the parts I have have unrestored or poor paint and dull chrome which I really love, the problem is trying to match sandblasted or new parts with the older ones. My recent trip to Japan gave me a few interesting insights into the way many builders there use vinegar and acids to fake patina on painted parts and surfaces by taking off thin layers of cheap rattle can paint and flash rusting what is exposed with beer and even urine. I don't know if I could piss on magnesium crankcases but this Manx certainly has me chomping at the bit.

-Nick

International Island Challenge 2

More of Nicks shots from the event.
1938 Ariel Red Hunter 500cc

 1953 T100 Triton

 1957 Triumph T100 500cc

 1957 Triumph T100 500cc

 1960 Matchless G50 500cc

 1961 750cc Norton

 1961 Ariel Special 500cc

 1962 Bultaco TSS replica 270cc

 1962 Molnar Manx

 1962 Norton Atlas 750cc

 1962 T110 Triton 750cc

 1969 Bultaco TSS 350cc

Vintage racing paddock

Get up close and personal with these pictures by Digittroll on flickr

Web Randoms

Went on COC and saw this. Velocette thumper thing.

Went on ETR and saw this thing. Nordub, Norwagen, Volkston, etc

More 20th Yokohama show

I found more from the show whilst scouring the interweb. A good clear shot of Shinya Kimura's MV Agusta 750s. These pictures are from Angeland thrills website
This Site has a shop where a donation is made to Japan until the end of 2011

The Machine place

Here is the video of the Machine. Saw it on some other blogs. Good video and content. Looks quite desolate out there!

MACHINE from matt machine on Vimeo.

More pics via email

Thanks to Nic Mantagu for these good old good ones. A bit of everything here, BSA, Norton, Triumph, JAP, Ariel and I could be mistaken but is that a Suzuki T 500? or maybe a Honda