101 Scout Frame

I went to visit my 101 Scout parts today and the frame is almost finished.  John had to spend a couple of hours straightening it before he could even get it in the jig on the frame table.  It was shaped like a "C" when viewed from front to back. 

The bottom tubes were bent upwards from getting bashed from below, I think this bike was an old hill-climb machine.   The front down tubes also had a bit of a bend but straightened out OK.  Someone had removed the foot board mounts and relocated them so the boards were flat instead of installed at an angle.  This was pretty common on hill climbers so your feet would stay on the boards when you were standing.

For a frame that was ready to go it sure needed a lot of work !   Oh well, all these basket cases are the same.  Like the saying goes " Never buy a basket case, it will break your heart ".   And,  your wallet !



I should have the frame and front end in paint here pretty soon and will keep things updated as I go along.

Denver's Honda 750 Chopper

I picked up a Denver's Chopper yesterday and we got it running today. 

The bike came out of San Berdoo and the guy I bought it from swears it was built at Denver's.  I am not 100% sure yet, it does have a lot of his parts but is built a little different than the other bikes I have seen.  It is a cool old chopper built in 1981.

Most of his Honda choppers had the converging front tubes like a 101 Indian Scout, but I have seen bikes built in his shop with the wide front tubes.  Regardless of who built it, this bike exudes cool !

It is signed "Paint By Steve" whereas most of the bikes that came out of Dever's were painted by Mike "Mafufa" Craig.

It is for sale and will go on E Bay today.  has a clear open, non-op California title as a 1972 Honda.

SOLD IT !  The bike will reside in the chopper museum in Las Vegas when completed, I am quite pleased it went to someone who loves it.

If you are interested give me a call @ 951-992-9839

Denver's

I am going over to Barstow tomorrow to look at what is supposed to be a Denver's Chopper, we'll see.  I'll post some pictures later, it sounds like an original 1970's Honda 750 long bike.

A Different Time

Sugar Bear

Sugar Bear and one of his 60" over springers.

"If it ain't long, it's wrong"

53 K Model

1953 Harley Davidson KK

Here is a 1953 HD K Model flathead, this is a very rare bike as it is a KK model which was a souped up K.  It had a bottom end very similar to a racing WR and eventually became the KR.

I bought this bike out of Maine and it was a bit of a mess.  I thought about restoring it but came to like its patina.  I put a Bates seat on it and basically did a mechanical restoration so it was rideable.  These bikes had the very cool M53 carb with the bomb-site venturi.

I sold it to a French collector.  He had a shipping company pick it up on an 18 wheel car carrier, the guys couldn't even figure out how to tie it down.  The last I saw the bike, it was laying on its side like some whipped dog.  I just walked away.  Too cool of a bike for some rich investor.  It made it's way onto E Bay about a year ago but I didn't have the funds to buy it back. I hope someone ended up with it that appreciated it.