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More to come soon War pic 5.jp More to come soon War pic 5.jpg
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These are a couple photos of some bags we did for a client a few years back. We painted a set of Sportster Sheet metal for this client in 2005, In late 2007 he called us up & wanted us to do these saddlebags to match the rest of his paint. It was a fun project, its pretty much a rolling mural.
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More to come soon War pic 6.jp More to come soon War pic 6.jpg
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These are a couple photos of some bags we did for a client a few years back. We painted a set of Sportster Sheet metal for this client in 2005, In late 2007 he called us up & wanted us to do these saddlebags to match the rest of his paint. It was a fun project, its pretty much a rolling mural.
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More to come soon War pic 4.jp More to come soon War pic 4.jpg
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These are a couple photos of some bags we did for a client a few years back. We painted a set of Sportster Sheet metal for this client in 2005, In late 2007 he called us up & wanted us to do these saddlebags to match the rest of his paint. It was a fun project, its pretty much a rolling mural.
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More to come soon War pic 7.jp More to come soon War pic 7.jpg
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These are a couple photos of some bags we did for a client a few years back. We painted a set of Sportster Sheet metal for this client in 2005, In late 2007 he called us up & wanted us to do these saddlebags to match the rest of his paint. It was a fun project, its pretty much a rolling mural.
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More to come soon War pic 8.jp More to come soon War pic 8.jpg
- From: Eye_Kandi
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These are a couple photos of some bags we did for a client a few years back. We painted a set of Sportster Sheet metal for this client in 2005, In late 2007 he called us up & wanted us to do these saddlebags to match the rest of his paint. It was a fun project, its pretty much a rolling mural.
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Cooks Corner Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
Big Mike looks on while Steve and Tom try to fish the Cook's Corner Creek
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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The Pink Taco at Cooks Corner The Pink Taco at Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
The Pink Taco is powered by a vintage Honda CB750 motor
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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vintage BSA scrambler at Cooks vintage BSA scrambler at Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
vintage BSA scrambler
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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Skull artwork at Cooks Corner Skull artwork at Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
Skull artwork
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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HBS chopper at Cooks Corner HBS chopper at Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
HBS chopper
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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great looking chopper at Cooks great looking chopper at Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
great looking chopper
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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Triumph Old Skool Chopper at C Triumph Old Skool Chopper at Cooks Corner
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Sunday August 22, 2010 at Cook's Corner
Triumph Old Skool Chopper
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 2 weeks ago
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1941 Indian 841 1941 Indian 841
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1941 Indian 841
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WEST COAST THUNDER XI WEST COAST THUNDER XI
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WEST COAST THUNDER XI
Memorial Day, 2010
West Coast Thunder is a salute and remembrance of Veteran's who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
West Coast Thunder first originated in May of 2000. Pat Delahunty first thought of the idea in May of 1999 while watching the documentary Letters from the Trenches. The following day, Pat called some of his fellow HOG chapter members, and they organized a small ride to the Riverside National Cemetery for their annual remembrance ceremony. After the ceremony, they decided to make the ride a tradition. That's where West Coast Thunder was born. With the financial support from Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson, the tradition grew in stride, doubling attendance each year. To this date, West Coast Thunder and Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson has donated over $300,000 to the Riverside National Cemetery Support Committee. These donations have helped build monuments at the Riverside National Cemetery.
This year the ride garnered more than 8,000 riders. The Ride started at Skip Fordyce Harley Davidson and went to the Riverside National Cemetery and on to Soboba Casino for a concert and party. The ride started at 9:11 AM and to give you an idea of how many bikes 8,000 is, riding two abreast at 35 mph, it took 44 minutes for the parade to pass. When the first bikes out reached the Riverside National Cemetery, 7 miles away, half of the bikes had not even left yet.
Riverside National Cemetery
22495 Van Buren Blvd.
Riverside, CA 92518
(951) 653-8417
Riverside National Cemetery
Support Committee
PO Box 7519, Redlands, CA 92375
Voice: 909-957-3982
Contact UsSkip Fordyce Harley-Davidson
7688 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: 951.785.0100 Fax: 951.785.4915
Toll Free Phone: 1.800.429.4349
Skip Fordyce website - 4 months ago
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WEST COAST THUNDER XI WEST COAST THUNDER XI
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WEST COAST THUNDER XI
Memorial Day, 2010
West Coast Thunder is a salute and remembrance of Veteran's who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
West Coast Thunder first originated in May of 2000. Pat Delahunty first thought of the idea in May of 1999 while watching the documentary Letters from the Trenches. The following day, Pat called some of his fellow HOG chapter members, and they organized a small ride to the Riverside National Cemetery for their annual remembrance ceremony. After the ceremony, they decided to make the ride a tradition. That's where West Coast Thunder was born. With the financial support from Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson, the tradition grew in stride, doubling attendance each year. To this date, West Coast Thunder and Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson has donated over $300,000 to the Riverside National Cemetery Support Committee. These donations have helped build monuments at the Riverside National Cemetery.
This year the ride garnered more than 8,000 riders. The Ride started at Skip Fordyce Harley Davidson and went to the Riverside National Cemetery and on to Soboba Casino for a concert and party. The ride started at 9:11 AM and to give you an idea of how many bikes 8,000 is, riding two abreast at 35 mph, it took 44 minutes for the parade to pass. When the first bikes out reached the Riverside National Cemetery, 7 miles away, half of the bikes had not even left yet.
Riverside National Cemetery
22495 Van Buren Blvd.
Riverside, CA 92518
(951) 653-8417
Riverside National Cemetery
Support Committee
PO Box 7519, Redlands, CA 92375
Voice: 909-957-3982
Contact UsSkip Fordyce Harley-Davidson
7688 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: 951.785.0100 Fax: 951.785.4915
Toll Free Phone: 1.800.429.4349
Skip Fordyce website - 4 months ago
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WEST COAST THUNDER XI WEST COAST THUNDER XI
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WEST COAST THUNDER XI
Memorial Day, 2010
West Coast Thunder is a salute and remembrance of Veteran's who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
West Coast Thunder first originated in May of 2000. Pat Delahunty first thought of the idea in May of 1999 while watching the documentary Letters from the Trenches. The following day, Pat called some of his fellow HOG chapter members, and they organized a small ride to the Riverside National Cemetery for their annual remembrance ceremony. After the ceremony, they decided to make the ride a tradition. That's where West Coast Thunder was born. With the financial support from Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson, the tradition grew in stride, doubling attendance each year. To this date, West Coast Thunder and Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson has donated over $300,000 to the Riverside National Cemetery Support Committee. These donations have helped build monuments at the Riverside National Cemetery.
This year the ride garnered more than 8,000 riders. The Ride started at Skip Fordyce Harley Davidson and went to the Riverside National Cemetery and on to Soboba Casino for a concert and party. The ride started at 9:11 AM and to give you an idea of how many bikes 8,000 is, riding two abreast at 35 mph, it took 44 minutes for the parade to pass. When the first bikes out reached the Riverside National Cemetery, 7 miles away, half of the bikes had not even left yet.
Riverside National Cemetery
22495 Van Buren Blvd.
Riverside, CA 92518
(951) 653-8417
Riverside National Cemetery
Support Committee
PO Box 7519, Redlands, CA 92375
Voice: 909-957-3982
Contact UsSkip Fordyce Harley-Davidson
7688 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: 951.785.0100 Fax: 951.785.4915
Toll Free Phone: 1.800.429.4349
Skip Fordyce website - 4 months ago
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Indian 841 Military 1942 Indian 841 Military 1942
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1943 Indian 841 - Many of you are familiar with the story of the 841. It was an experimental bike built to spec for the U.S. Army for WWII. Due to the advent of the Jeep, the bike never went into production beyond the roughly 1,000 built for Army testing. A truly unique bike, it had many firsts for Indian. First hand clutch, first foot shift 4 speed transmission, first and only shaft drive, etc. This bike was purchased in early 2003, and underwent a 6 year total restoration. I was lucky with this bike, as it only had a little over 1,000 original miles from new. The engine was still completely disassembled and completely gone through by Indian guru Jim Mosher at Performance Indian. There was very little wear on the transmission gears, however, a NOS set of gears purchased from Bob Stark was installed. The carburetors were absolutely mint and did not require attention. Same with the generator. The engine received all new bearings and seals, as did the front and rear wheels. The rear differential was disassembled and all new seals and bearings were installed. Every nut, bolt and other metal part that was originally parkerized was replated in fresh parkerizing. Being a high number 841 it had the second, larger blackout light installed above and to the right of the headlight. A NOS keyed ignition switch was installed. Janus Napierala completely rebuilt the proper speedometer. There are no broken engine fins and the kicker housing is in perfect condition on this bike. The seat was recovered by Wayne Hagler at Heather's Leathers, and a proper set of leather saddlebags were installed. These are new but exact in every way to the originals. All the blackout lights, dash lights and running lights work perfectly. This bike is a one kick starter, and like too many of my bikes has only been ridden once around the block by me after the full restoration was complete. This bike has two upgrades to make it far easier to ride and enjoy. First, the bikes came from the factory with low gearing. As the bike is shaft driven re-gearing the bike is difficult, to say the least. While I had the rear end apart, I purchased and installed the last remaining higher ratio rear gearset from a small run that was produced by an 841 enthusiast in Europe. This enables you to ride the bike at highway speeds without any loss of low speed power. Second, an exact replacement set of handlebars were made by John Bivens at Indian Engineering, with the controls reversed. These have the throttle on the right, so the hand clutch lever could be placed on the left bar. The 841 has a distributor with an automatic spark advance so there is only one handlebar control. This makes riding this 841 the same as riding a modern bike rather than trying to master the left hand throttle, left hand front brake and right hand clutch lever the bike came from the factory with. This bike is pristinely restored, and is ready to ride and enjoy.
Tim Graber
Classic And Antique Motorcycle Consignments
2058 Aliso Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92627Tim Graber - Proprietor
cell: 949-254-6551
Office: 949-6429682 ext. #3 - 4 months ago
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R1MadBrit rides the awsome Mot R1MadBrit rides the awsome Moto Morini and manages to park his Aprilia in London!
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Wow am I late getting this blog out! My pooter blew. As in Windows7 opens but without any sign-in box. It's going back for repairs. My lousy luck is world famous (Everyone sing along: "If it wasn't for bad luck -I wouldn't have no luck at all"). Let me explain. I DO have 'luck' in many huge areas of life. But Sod's Law rules every minute of it. I'm sort of like a chap that wins a round-the-world boat trip only to find the terms and conditions stipulate you spend the entire trip sitting on a drawing pin (thumb tack to Yanks). So I thought I should report my incident of last night that flies in the face of reason. I parked my motorcycle in Westmnster!I was due to meet my business partner at a curry house in London for a freebie meal. I checked motorcycle parking spaces on my sister's pooter to find that Westminster charges to park bikes now. (Greedy swine councillors!) Undetered I left a bit of extra time and rode off into the sunset. Oddly enough I even got a tad muddled on the route in and wasted a further 5 minutes. Then a detour due to road works at the bottom of Queensway added another 5 minutes. I finally rode past the front door of said restaurant and swung right immediately as I saw a motorcycle-only-parking-bay right across the road. There was even a tiny spave left next to the 3,756 Honda 90 Pizza delivery bikes. I squeezed in, making sure not even my mirror crossed the end-of-bay white line so the gangs of Somalian Traffic Wardens couldn't book me, checked the fees and found that they stop charging at 6:30pm. It was EXACTLY 6:30pm. Cocky sod enters curry house as a dozen Bin Laden-look-alikes leave...
Flippin' cold riding home. 6C (42F)! Britain's longest winter I reckon!
I have been riding quite a bit lately. Mostly to visit dealers to promote Extra Mile Bike Tours and MotoZania.com. One event I really enjoyed was an evening at Haslemere Motorcycles (no longer in Haslemere though!) where R1 riding World Superbike star James Toseland attended. There are pics and video of his visit on their website.
Now I expected the usual breeze in, wave, rush out leaving 6 signed autographs. Nope. This boy was gracious, witty and pleasant and spent the entire evening there signing autographs for a queue that went round the block and then he sat and played the electric piano and sang for us! At just 23 years of age his many talents blew us away. Now I am not an autograph hunter but I did get my poster with a signature for the 'office' wall. It seemed disrespectful not to!
On that evening the sales chap Mark asked me if I had seen 'IT'. ??? 'IT' turned out to be a Suzuki Burgman with a big label that said Sold to James Kingstone on it! The RATS! In front of all those people! My mate Andy will laugh about that! Andy and I sneeringly suggest that the other should be doddering about on a Burgerman with day-glo safety harness and tesco carrier bags in the footwells. Haslemere Motorcycles have indulged our pranks on one another for many years. Now it was my turn to get sneered at. With a cast of thousands present. I'll kill you guys! I also met the Yamaha rep that night who described the new R1 in terms that made me drool and doubt my change to Aprilia. One day I'll snag a ride and see how good it is. When I win the Lotto...
The problem James Toseland's niceness has created for me is that I was cheering for Leon Camier on the Aprilia RSV4 in World Superbikes. Now I have to cheer for BOTH of them! (Not that that is odd for me. I cheered for both Munich Bayern and Manchester United as they battled it out in footbal. United won. Very dramatic. We thought the lads would beat me up in the pub as I cheered for the Germans but once I explained they laughed and bought me pint.)
I met Leon very briefly at LAX awaiting passport control some years ago and sort of cheered him on ever since. When he romped away with the British Superbike title last year on the Yamaha R1 I was at Brands to cheer him on. I must be effective at cheering because he won all 3 races. (It was a bank holiday Monday). That was the day the Rover destroyed my beloved '98 R1. I blasted it from Brands and slowing to a pleasant pootle with just 5 miles to go...kerbang! Over the bonnett and down the road. Yesterday I went for an MRI scan on the busted hand and foot, 9 months later.
Anyway, there I was as a happy R1 supporter and Camier went to Aprilia. And then I bought my Aprilia RSV1000. So I cheer for Aprilia and feel guilty every time I sign into MotoZania.com as R1MadBrit. Maybe I need to change to R1RSVMadBrit? I think just Mad Brit would be more appropriate.
One of the dealers I visited was Three Cross Motorcycles near(ish) Wimborne, Dorset. I do believe Leon Camier lives there. Anyway, salesman and generally good chap Steve Thomas takes me in to a showroom to show me a Moto Morini 1200 Corsaro in Italian red with Termignonis. Starts the beast up. OMG it was like Armaggedon with a sidestand. He casually asked if I had my licence (always my dear boy) and said he needed me to ride it 20 miles to the petrol station to fill the tank. The sun was shining, roads near empty, the fields were golden and the English countryside looked like a 1920's Weetabix advert! That bike is AMAZING! Grunt? That bugger will pull dead elephants up walls! The supermoto stance was very confidence inspiring and in no time at all I felt relaxed and comfortable. I liked the low-speed handling and the swooping bend-altering flight was more akin to snowboarding. I was planning to mug someone to buy it! 30mph, 6th gear, I opened up and away she went without a glitch or a "how's your auntie?". As I rolled into Three Cross Motorcycles to return the bike a chap was waiting his turn to test ride. Asked my opinion the second I dismounted all I could stammer was "WOW". He grinned and went off to change into his gear. If he can afford it I hate his guts...
I know it sounds like this is a plug for that dealer but the atmosphere in the place was excellent and I like that. I will say though that almost all the dealers I have visited in England are super friendly.
I also visited Snell Ducati in Alton Hampshire to say hello to 'Desmo' Dave. He raved about the Desmo and the new Multistrada which is selling like Nissan Micras at a pensioner's convention. Apparently they have the last Desmo you can buy so nick yer local MP's fiddled expenses and get down there.
Another event I enjoyed was the Goodwood Breakfast Club on Sunday 2nd May. A mate from the pub with a Triumph tiger 955i met me at 8am and off we rode with threats of rain overhead. The ride from Haslemere to Goodwood is GLORIOUS with cute English villages and forested twisty roads. The breakfast was £10! We wandered amongst the bikes and old vehicles for an hour and then blatted our way back to our local pub where an even bigger English breakfast is just £3.69. Gotta save for fuel. We just beat the rain too. Oh dear, it's raining, I guess we'll just HAVE to have a pint until it stops...
Photos: Don't mention the war! VW camper van one can hire if one can withstand 20mpg at $6.92 per US Gallon. The biggest bike I have ever seen the Boss Hoss bus - my lens wasn't wide enough to get the sauna in the topbox. A MotoGuzzi single cylinder Italian Army bike with weedy rifle. No wonder they surrendered. Proof that spring has sprung in England and the streets are lined with blossoms. And Rovers!
Finally, I got the Aprilia serviced by Racing Creations and took Paul Coltman's advice to ride the A339 home through Alton. What a lovely English road! The sunshine has been much appreciated but it's still so flamin' cold! I blame the Highafalutin Iceland volcano.
Last but not least I am investigating the price of shipping my 05R1 from AZ to UK (or even Spain). I say investigating because not one of the logistic companies has responded to my on-line requests for a price. I really just want to sell the bike but no one seems to be buying Stateside right now so I'd rather have it where I can enjoy it. If anyone knows a good international bike shipper I'd like to hear from them.
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Beautiful Bagger at Cooks Corn Beautiful Bagger at Cooks Corner
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Mother's Day - May 9, 2010 at Cook's Corner
Beautiful Bagger
Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol started being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born. In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
HOURS:
MON-THURS 9AM - 11PM
FRI 9AM - 2AM
SAT 7AM - 2AM
SUN 7AM – Midnight19152 Santiago Canyon Road,
Trabuco Canyon,
CA 92679
949-858-0266 - 4 months ago
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