Kara now has a place to store her makeup. Love those saddlebags!

It’s been one hell of a summer and the lack of updates reflect that. Now that the weather is turning the garage is calling and we’ve got some cool projects on the list - ‘69 Triumph Trophy, CB550, CB500, ‘68 BSA, CB750 and a mild restore of the MT125 (pictured) to start. 

It took a blown pickup motor in the supply vehicle, a loner pickup from an awesome Dad in Idaho, but we made it up to the mountains. We fished, hiked, sat in the ice cold river and managed to dodge the wolves despite tracks, and crap all around us. Over 1100 miles on bikes not meant for a full day of riding or mountain sand roads for that matter. Passed a million Harley’s all on their way to Sturgis and one lone dude on a cafe bike all packed up like he had been riding across country. Pretty awesome. We took some video footage that we will work into a quick edit as well. Here are some pics from the trip.

A few of us are on our way to the Bitterroot mountain range. There will be plenty of updates when we return.

 

If you don’t mind waiting on Italians then there isn’t much better than these. 

One of our good buddies Jason Miranda heads up a soft goods company here in Portland called Trusty Switchblade. He and his wife Erica have been killing it lately with some awesome handmade goods. Made for TS Cyclecross crew this tool kit looked to perfect to use with motorcycles. I bought one and put it to the test and it’s perfect. For a handmade toolkit you won’t beat the price either. Check them out here - TS Store

I5 headed south

Thanks to an amazing bracket from D9, the ‘07 Thruxton got a little makeover in the gauge department. Loving the lines of the bike now.

Both of us showing some wear at 31 years of age.

Not sure how we missed a motorcycle museum just blocks from the garage, but we did. Every 1st tuesday Rose City Motorcycle Museum has a get together to drink beer, check out the bikes and BBQ. Tons of old brits, a stunning Ariel, trials bikes and probably the best little collection of Ducati’s we’ve seen. We met Tom Young the owner who is as nice as they come. We will probably become regulars now that we are in the know. Literally, 4 blocks away….what the hell?!

Engineering.

Picked up some old CL160 headlight buckets at the swap meet last weekend. Picked the one in the best / worst shape and gave it new life. Thanks Tony for the spot.

So, plans fell through, people bailed and the weather looked iffy for our ride to the OVM Motorcycle show / swap meet in Corvallis. I decided to hop on The Natural and head down anyhow. Funny how when you ride by yourself bombing down I5 seems like the better choice then taking a nice rural route. 90 Miles down and 90 back are a little rough on a stripped down bike but it worked out. This was the best vintage show I’ve been to ever. Plenty of Vincent’s, Ducati’s, Nortons, Triumphs, Indians…..everything. Managed to snap a few pics while walking around in awe. I should mention that Isaiah, Tony and Asa all made the trip south as well just not on motorcyles. All in all a great Sunday.

One done and one stripped and ready for color. 

Always bring your tools. We found out the hard way.