...and we ride into another year.
Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to check out my site and say hello - you know who you are. Hope you have a good New Years weekend.
-dustin
12.31.2010
12.30.2010
True Grit
My wife & i actually went to a movie theatre to see this one...i cant even remember the last new movie i wanted to pay good money for & make the effort to watch but this was a good one. When i first heard about it i thought it was the worst idea ever...why remake a classic? No one is going to like it better than the original, & its going to get instant comparisons. But this was actually really well done & didnt need any computer graphics or 3D gimmicks.
Elephant Rally
The annual ''Elephant Rally'' held in Germany every January. Not for the faint of heart.
Scanned from Cycle World 1968.
12.29.2010
Old Canoes
Me & the family (minus a kid)
And this is a favorite, dad canoeing in '78 with our old German Shepherd Hannah. I think this won some kind of photo contest at the time.
12.28.2010
12.27.2010
Dot Smith
Dot Smith, 1940's stunt rider poses on her 1939 EL Knucklehead. She was a member of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club & the Motor Maids.
12.26.2010
Stompin' 76
August 1976, over 150,000 people attended the ''Stompin' 76'' Bluegrass Festival near Galax, VA. A lot of the roads leading to the event were backed up with cars & vans, so motorcycle or helicopter ended up being the only way to get to the place. On top of that chaos, the Pagans MC showed up and took over ''security''.
Below from the official site:
Saturday night in the natural cow pasture amphitheater while Bonnie Raitt performed, over 70,000 folks crammed into the actual concert area. However, due to traffic backups, cars were being parked on the interstate over 11 miles away. People just parking their cars in the right lane and packing there camping items on their backs, kid's wagons, however they could. Huge tracts of farmlands surrounding the little one lane road up to the top of the hill where the site entrance was, were packed and crisscrossed with every kind of vehicle and campsite imaginable.
Bonnie Raitt wouldn't ride in any helicopter so after a lot of frustration, she jumped on the back of a Harley with her guitar, dress blowing in the breeze- got up that hill to the site pretty fast.
The lineup was amazing.
Bonnie Raitt, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass, Vassar Clements, Ry Cooder, John Hartford, Osborne Brothers, The Rowans, John Prine, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Doc & Merle Watson, The Dillards, Hickory Wind, New Grass Revival, Red, White and Bluegrass, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Papa John Creach, David Bromberg, Star Spangled Washboard Band, Eric Weisberg and Deliverance, Grass On The Rocks, Good Ol' Boys, Joe and Bing.
12.25.2010
Song Saturday #3
In case you're tired of Christmas music here's some live Waylon footage from Germany sometime in the 80's. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
12.24.2010
12.22.2010
Writing On The Wall
Borrowed this great photo from the Writing On The Wall (Riding on the Wall) blog check it out here
Its dedicated to the happenings and goings on of the American Motor Drome Co./Wall of Death Motorcycle Circus.
Vintage Festival Swap Meet
A few swap meet photos from the Barber Vintage Fest this past October.
Rikuo - the Japanese Harley
Im thinking i should've picked up this old Triumph
How To Get Your Bike On The Roof - parts 1 & 2
1. After the initial good idea, orchestrate a team of qualified personnel - pull/push bike onto roof.
2. ...and voila! success. now sit back & enjoy your efforts.
12.21.2010
Triumph - The Motorcycle You've Been Waiting For
Two scans from the April 1968 issue of Cycle World.
12.20.2010
12.19.2010
Bob Gill - The Florida Flyer
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WATCH THIS VIDEO!!
WATCH THIS VIDEO!!
Florida jump 1970.
1972
Evansville Indiana.
Bob's overview is well documented in the video above, its amazing.
12.18.2010
Song Saturday #2
JJ Cale & Leon Russell. Two great writers whose names arent as famous as their songs are. Eric Clapton's hits ''Cocaine'' & ''After Midnight'' are Cale songs. Lynyrd Skynyrd's ''Same Old Blues'' & ''Call Me the Breeze'' are also Cale songs. ''A Song For You'' made famous by Willie Nelson is Russell's. Russell is also behind Joe Cocker's best work, as well as being a studio musician on lots of famous records from The Beach Boys to The Byrds.
12.17.2010
12.16.2010
Death Dealer
Im a big Frank Frazetta fan so im in awe of this Death Dealer statue the army has put in place at Ft. Hood.
12.15.2010
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