Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

Another of Daryl's bike


This may be somewhat trivial... but this is/was one of my favorite old scoots!
This was done when I was fifteen, all in metal shop!
My shop teacher was the best! Good ole' Collage Park High.
I cut everything off the frame that wasn't needed, including welding the pegs to the bottom loop.
I hand built the pipe....rolled the cones on an anvil with a rawhide mallet, 26 sections in all. One of the 1st snake pipes?
I painted the tank at one of sis's old boy friends body-shop. Hand machined the fork sliders (Ceriani front-end)
Webco head/24 mm Mikuni carb....Lookin' back the thing really hauled ass!!
Even made the side-stand in shop. Man...those were good days!
I only wished I could afford to race..... back then!
D.

Well buddy my hats off to ya because that looks like a sweet little Hodaka and my guess is you could ride like the wind standing up on the pegs and never sit down.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Haga Doubles

Could this be his year ?????

Friday, March 13, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Steve Rapp



















Steve Rapp is a friend that I have watched come up though the ranks in AMA
He is a Daytona 200 winner !!!!!!!
He could have been a 2 time winner but his team mate at the time came in to the pits early and I believe that cost him the win.



This is his tire after 57 laps at The Daytona 200 in 2009 on a bike he had not ridden till a day before the race. This guy can ride. He rides hard and wants it more than most. He has my respect....

Tuesday, March 10, 2009