Monthly Archives: March 2012
Cheap and Easy, Just as i Like e’m…………………………
Owner/Location: Dan Collins, Old Gold Garage, Ventura Ca.
Bike name: The Scarab
Engine, year and make, model, modifications: 1976 Yamaha XT 500 rebuilt by Dan, bead blasted covers, handmade exhaust, otherwise stock
Frame: 1976 Yamaha XT500 with XS650 swingarm, cut and modified rear frame section and monoshock from Buell Blast(Showa). Frame and swingarm are Ceramic Coated bright silver
Fork: 1979 Honda XR500 (lowered) with modified triple trees and neck stem. Hand made headlight nacelle with speedo from 1960s Honda Benley
Tire/wheel size and style: Front 23″ Honda aluminum with Buchannan stainless spokes, magnesium brakes, rare Czechoslovakian speedway tire(2.75×23) Rear is 21″ Yamaha aluminum rim with Buchanan stainless spokes and stock brakes. 21″knobby tire
Favorite thing about this bike: built on a small budget and short time frame. And getting to ride it in Japan
Funeral………………….
Two bikers are pulled up at a stop sign. One looks up and sees a funeral procession starting by. He pulls the bike to the side of the road, gets off, stands by its side, takes off his helmet and bows his head. The funeral procession passes by, and the biker puts on his helmet, gets on the bike, and starts it up.
The other biker comes over and says’ “That was touching. I didn’t know you had it in you.” The first biker responds, “Well I guess it was the right thing to do – after all, I was married to her for 40 years.”