Saturday 22 June 2019


 Welcome again to my little corner of the world. Did I get some feedback regarding my comments for apparently maligning the manufacturers for producing dross filled and crap laddened motorcycles, in particular  the new Katana, but in my opinion it still holds true, the bikes you see here on this page are all a bit different, they all have that something in them  that makes them stand out, whether they be home built specials or factory motorcycles, they all have that IT factor, not the mass produced made for market types that I talked about. I stand b y those comments, mass produced motorcycles with no heart or sole, but are simply there to fill a bit of the market. A bit like porridge really, bland oddly satisfying, but once you've tried it it just becomes crap. No style, no taste just flashes in a pan and then consigned to the history books as bike that were once produced. PC800 springs to mind.















Ha ha, not a bad idea actually







We live for corners, it's true


Unbelievable really, check out the Bugatti at the bottom
Mmmmm....Love
And now it's over for least for a couple of months till the classics arrive. This place has a feeling, you know that feeling when you walk into the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa for the first time, or when you walk into Westminster Cathedral or Vatican City St Peters, you feel something, you know your in a special place, well the IOM is like that, you just know.



Honda just built the worlds fastest lawn mower, 0 to 100 in 7.9 seconds





































The new V4 Street racer, 240 odd HP just for starters


Wayne showing Bazza around on a street bike










Left....2nd gear, small straight kink left 4th, constant radius right hand flat chat in 11th up to 16th, hard braking left decreasing radius down 4, small straight......no no...... wait Right..3rd long straight, ooohhh fuck I'm in trouble, where are we?
























































making marvic rims since years ago
















Le man back int dah




































Simon on a 250 at Daytona?










































































At 40, he is still out there doing it, amazing really




 I bought my wife one of these years and years ago, it still looks as good today as it did then



 Seb rides a water bus












 A nice retro restyle of a retro restyle




OK, OK, now I realise that there may have been some double ups this week, my PC is playing games with me, but over 200 images its pretty hard to edit. But there you go, it's done for another week, keep it shiny side up, learn to weld, learn to paint, have a bourbon, but keep it real. Dont let the intrusions of dick heads and twats get in your way.

7 comments:

  1. appreciate your words of inspiration ,enjoyed some of those double ups ,wink ,wink, 'dross' ,love that word .

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  2. Keep up the good work Grant. No complaints from the top of the world 😉

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  3. Love the pic of Sammy getting a helpful starting shove. I parked my BMW in that exact spot in 2011!
    Thank you for making that memory come real again!

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  4. Thanks as always, I look forward to this post.

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  5. Thanks Grant. A good way to start the week.

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