Lowbrow Customs Roadtrip

Tyler and I took a trip this week out to Fall River Massachusetts for the Vanson Leathers Open House. On the way we stopped in Pawtucket RI and found this awesome little diner, a 1941 Streamliner diner. It had a super cool art deco interior, and great breakfast.

When we arrived in Fall River we had a bit of time to drive around and I kept seeing a sign for Battleship Cove and after discussion that it was probably some tourist trap or water park we decided to cruise by and check it out. Ends up there are 4 WWII battleships and a submarine docked and open to the public. We were pretty stoked especially when we found we could walk unaccompanied through all the decks, into the gun turrets, engine rooms and all over. It was a pretty rad way to blow some time.
After a fruitless search to find something good to eat(Fall River evidently lives on fast food, pizza and coney dogs) we found a pub had a couple pints and headed into Vanson for the open house and to get our measurements checked for our racing leathers. ( more about Vanson to come!)We also met up with the Choppahead crew up near Boston checked out their shop, talked some biz and took a look at all the chops they have underway. Big Truth took us out for some good grub finally at their friends joint No Problemo Taqueria. If you're ever in New Bedford check the place out. Killer food and great atmosphere.

Vintage Triumphs and Sunshine

I was out in SoCal last month staying with Wes from Four Aces and working on a new project. Got to meet some amazing people and see some really cool stuff as well. Here we are hanging with Fritz and his son at their place in Fallbrook. Fritz has been racing on the Salt for 40 years, he and his wife rule.

Harley powered Salt Flats Car, Hot Rod Magazine January 1960

I just wanted to share this article from an old Hot Rod magazine I have in my collection, being a hot rod and salt flats racing enthusiast as well as a motorcycle buff, I always thought this was slick as hell. Now I have to see if I can find a Triumph powered one out there.....

Todays vintage racing fix....

Is he going right?

Got the bug......

Just a couple modern Triumph street tracker pics I came across....definitely getting me thinking....like who made those racing frames???

A little sponsorship action...

Eric "Llama Feeder" DeWitt

Llama Nation's Jawa weighs approximately 180 pounds, and produces 70-80 Horsepower. The engine design is a 1 Cylinder, 500cc, 13:1 Compression (burning Methanol), 4 valve, overhead cam. When under full power these engines spin between 12,000-15,000 RPM. Depending on the track size, these racers run between 70 & 100 MPH. The Jawa has no brakes and will accelerate from 0-70 in about 2.5 seconds. Races are usually 4 laps at full throttle, sideways, and physical conditioning is imperative for a rider to be competitive.

Classes: VDTRA, AHRMA, Division 3 Speedway, AMA Pro events

Mini Bike Mania

Think it's a new fad? Even McQueen had one..........

Cookie Ayers- Queen of the Daredevils

Cookie Ayers the "Queen of the Hell Drivers" made her living crisscrossing the eastern and southern United States with various carnivals and shows as one of the pre-eminent female riders of the motor drome, or as it was more commonly known, the Wall of Death.

The motor drome earned its nickname as one of the early-to-mid-20th century's intersections of shock value and entertainment, and performers occasionally did die on the wall or die years later from repeated injuries from mishaps.

A circular contraption with high, 90-degree walls, sometimes with a sloped section between the Wall and the ground, the dromes married science with the excitement and power of motorcycles and mixed in some panache in the form of the gutsy and acrobatic riders. Riders built up speed on the flat bottom of the drome and then made their way up the vertical sides, sticking for no reasons other than centrifugal force and an extremely well-developed sense of balance and riding know-how. Once up, riders would delight fans standing atop the walls by riding with no hands, sitting sidesaddle, standing up on the cycle or even staging two-person races, all while speeding around parallel to the ground.

Its a Sat...I'm working...and feeling lazy.... so this is it

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting."

Just a quote from my man McQueen.........

Icy Riders....Check this DVD out!

ICY RIDERS

Buy it here...LowbrowCustoms

I pulled one of these DVDs off the shelf the other day and sat down to watch it last night....and all I can say is awesome. These guys are insane and Posa the rider they follow in the film is 59, riding on the ice for over 30 years. It is truly impressive. This film is about an hour long, really well shot with tons of great racing and multiple locations. It is mostly in Sweedish but well subtitled so it doesn't matter. Theres also an extra hour of special features including more race footage, vintage ice racing, and a mini documentary on the basics of ice riding. Made me wanna go spike my big wheels tires and hit the pond!