NEARLY...

after me stamping my feet and throwing a hissy fit earlier today - i get my new bike tomorrow morning... 8am sharp [apparently]

i went for the bonnie - too good of a deal to not do.

just cruising about the web i found these enfield pannier rack systems - too bloomin cool. just imagining all the crap i could tie on them [anyone that knowns me will know i load my bikes way down - they are my only transport so they double as shop truck etc collecting engines or whatever else needs moving...]

now just to get my bike and see where i go from there....

WTF?

Grabbed from the for sales section in one of the bike rags

decisions decisions

there comes a time when you look at buying a brand new bike. that time is now. but what to buy

need stone axe reliability but some kinda old looks, down to a couple of options. i took bills [biltwell] t100 down into mexico about a year ago and its a nice little bike so thats what im looking at, but what model.

base level bonnie or a scram? i can argue it either way - time will tell

Coming soon

well - not all that soon actually but coming...

realistically its going to be a couple of months till they are in the store but if you are interested they are sized [not a one size fits most] so let me know and ill try make sure i have the size you want from the get go.

if you are wanting a full face these have got to be one of the coolest out there. a really small profile and somewhere between a simpson and an old moto3. again they arent DOT or anything else for that matter - your head take responsibility for it yourself and YOU decide what you want to wear

Bored of twins yet?

How could anyone ever be?!

twin goodness

been digging through old saved links folder on my computer and found this again

Bike 601 on 17 Aug. 2001 set a new World Land Speed Record of 238.740 mph in the 3000 APS-PBF class.
http://www.teamtriumphtexas.com/

incredible bike and love the "undressed" shot

one for dad

my dad finished his 1930's scott concourse restoration at the end of last year and has been looking for a project. i had a dig in the shed this weekend and came up with this little lot for him. [many more of the little bits like pegs, seat, lights etc too but just did a quick layout for him on saturday]

lots of nice parts including original rigid rear end, set of Panther Dowty Oleomatic forks [air/oil forks in the 1940s/50s... very cool] hes putting wrong wheels in it - they are panther but a later model, but i have a stack of these ones and not the original ones so they will do - they also have a much better brake in them.

i have a couple of gearboxes in the other shed and most of the remaining parts - basically short of a huge number of nuts and bolts and a head. - not bad really for a parts bin job.

Trick panther

met a nice chap called Ifan at the dragon rally who has done some really nice work on his panther.

swapped emails and will definitely be borrowing some of his ideas on the twin panther. the electronic ignition is just so simple but classy as hell

he passed us on the way home and his bike sounded to be running sweet.