Monday, June 29, 2009

Old advertising


Wooden cabinets for Vans
straight from the seventies
(backcover of '74 Vans Magazine)

T/A Radials , adv. from '77 vans magazine

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

El Pincho Negro

Hey greaseheads ;

Our mission is accomplished .
The set up of two of our amigo`s was to build a hardtailed sickle on a xs-engine , and drive it to the south of Portugal (5500km).
Promises were made amongst compadres in a local pub near brussels (Belgium) in september `08 . , the journey was planned for may `09 , so in 7 months , they had to build a whole project from scrap with the help of all the buddies.
Two weeks ago they made it , to Penina and back in one week ,on 2 two hardtails and two other Yamaha classics .
The mixte-up made it without any measurable problems , except a leaking tank , losing the spare tank aside at night and some details … how`s that for a maiden trip he !!?
The bike is build on a 650 (`72) base , converted into 750cc. with decompressor and without elec.starter
Used high preasure pistons , flowed heads for the use of the 40 mm Weber.
Electric Ignition from Boyer Brandson for XS and Triumph engines.
RM springs for the position of the valves.
Primairy conv.from crankcase to gearbox is redone with 3 teeths less for more pressure ,
less revs , less thrills and for the posibillity to put on other sizes of rims.
Gearbox is made out of Yamaha R1 gearing , on 3 standard and 3 harder springs : wich results in less slipping-trou
New distribution chain.
Front–end `s from a Honda Fireblade `95 , T-pieces GSXR1100.
Made the brakingsystem integral , with Brembo gold`s parts.
Handlebars are from an old Belgian motorcycle called Gillet.
Gastank `France made ,beaten-up Terrot `36, redone by one of the hombres.
For the portugaltrip , Kenny`s made himself a bigger coppertank from about 3 gallon , just for the long distance travell.
Rims are Excell 160 /120 -17” , rear`s covered by rebuild Zodiac aftermarket .
Frame is homemade out of Chromemolybdene, powdercoated.
Inlettubes are internal polished 40 mm`s , outlettubes 45mm
Lettering soon to come by our compadre “El Cheapo” , Europ`s finest pinstriper
She`s gona be renamed into“ El PINCHO NEGRO”

Special thanks go out to all the buddies : Julio , Guzzmen, Davy , El Cheapo , Rene and especially to Kenny`s wive Elly to put up with us and our dirtytalk and all the wasteless time in their shed in the garden.






Friday, June 12, 2009

Seventies shorties



Morrison on his `750 Norton and K.Roberts on
his legendary 750 Yamaha most have bin `74 /`75
correct me if I`m wrong guys.

Aldana on the Norton ... ass kicking !!!

`73 , Kenny Roberts

Early short tracks


Stunnin` Vinc at Daytona `50`s

Indians ...

Thursday, June 11, 2009


More oldies , this one `s a PE250 `37

Line-up of Falcone`s , Airone ... all singles.


Even side-cars ...

250cc airone from early 50`s

Guzzi Classic Belgium


Besides my KustomKulture interests , my heart
goes out to old Italian bikes , more the Moto Guzzi makes.
So then Years ago , me and a couple of friends started up
a small organisation (Guzzi Classic.be) for and by Guzzisti
with Guzzi`s up untill building year of `85. Every year we put up
a big Oldtimer and Classic weekend .In the beginning
we had more of the seventies Guzzi-twins.
Now ten years later , we have more Guzzi-singles
then twins , on 80 bikes we have 55 singles.
Comming from Scotland , Great brittain, Italy, Sweden
Norway , Germany ...and the netherlands and Belgium of cours .
Comming up are a few shots of the last edition last weekend.




750S one year make`74 , only 1100 made.

`68 700cc,V7

800cc Ambassador imported policebike from the Boston
police dept.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Promo tour


At our booth on the Kustom weekend '09(Italy)
I did my best to sell as much mags as I could in a temp.
of 35 degrees ... NOT my temperture for shure .

Strike a pose , the guy in white's is Benny from
Billy Boy's greaseheads from outta Milan.
This lucky bastard is a Belgian bloke that got
stuck on an Italian beauty and now life's in the
lakedistrict up north in Italy

Our neighbour , Blaster , stripin a very very
beautyfull MOTO GUZZI helmet, it doesn't
always have to be Harley's helmets that rules he.


All mags united for the best cause , kustomkulture
on our way back during the almost 19 ours journey back home.
Hey Cheapman ,thx bigtime for that blasting weekend bro ...

Crazy Cruisers Kustom Weekend


Momo , Pres. of crazy cruisers Geneva , a side
his stunning Riv . , What a great bunch of guys
and what a "WARM" welcome we got 2 weeks
a go in Firenze (Italy)

Custom parts & wear from Mellingen Swiss ,
Check their webspace for their open house on
the 14th of june . Won best stock car with the panel.

Great five window ...

Yummie Kustom '47 chevy, from Stefano one of the
Italian Crazycruisers chapter .

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Nice bratty


While I was snoozin around for some examples
for one of my next projects, on a Guzzi 750S base
I bumped into this Bratty ...

Yummie ass , if I may say

Ok , no Guzzi gasser , but I could life with the Xs-engine
also ... I ain't no difficult person after all hmm.

Whatta Fu.. !!?


Look daddy , it's Zorro she yells ...naa can't be ,
Zorro doesn't excist it's just in the movies I'm replying.
Then I 'm hearing clak,clak ...clakclak .
What the fuck , it is him ,the real one ...

On his black Beauty ...whats wrong with the world ,in Gods name?

Then I remember , we were in Ponypark city
in Slagharen , Holland with the kids for the weekend.
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