bedside manners are extra

so, the build continues and i sink into further minutea, turning fasteners to resemble titanium from the pro-bolt catalogue, i needed some of the period correct 'showa racing service' stickers for the fork leg lowers, eventually tracked them down to lamb-shank, illinois, spent two weeks cleaning up the engine covers and still not satisfied, sent them off for blasting and powdercoating, an age cleaning out threads, jointing surfaces and re-mounting stator's, bearings, blah, blah, blah. why bother? well, it's for real, if you want the easy option go and get someone to build your bike for you, it's a lot less hassle ain't it gary?

insert hipster buzz word here

right, after a lot of soul searching, 'shall i nuke the blog and disappear into the ether?' i have finally decided to keep on keeping on. i've sold all my copies of 'dice' 'sideburn' and 'greasy kulture' [something six months ago i said i would never do] i've raised a handsome profit to put back into my own projects and i feel a lot better for doing it too. this blog has always been about sharing stuff with people, experiences, builds, bikes, good times, bad times and the time in-between where i, er, walk the dogs, go to football, play old vinyl or go to work. that's it. a lot of people have lost their way. pound notes cloud their vision, [fifteen quid coat-hangers? fifteen quid key-fob's, hand tooled of course] 'limited edition' t-shirt run's? fuck off! any respect i had for the 'independent' magazines disappeared when my comment's were deleted from 'their' blog's, you don't need some 'cool' mag to tell you what's cool, what's 'essential' and what's trendy. hipster shops, [who, just happen's to stock 'our' magazine by the way] tell's you what to think. they steal ideas and pass them off as their own, they don't have a clue! fuck them and the donkey they rode in on, 'support the independent's' yeah, whatever, the 'independent's' aren't selling 'merch' to punters, they are still out there being a thorn in the side of the wankers, wannabe's and barbour jacketed media lovey's. i would rather spend my time, emotion and money with the dirty finger-nailed, tattooed, rigger-booted, fucking hooligan scum-bags who are actually building stuff in shed's, outhouses, or, under a tarp in the backyard! hello, hello, i'm back again........

ducati track bike project, [the peaky blinder]

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ducati track bike project [the blind stagger] the queen's speech

you might have seen the last post, you might not, had to delete it because it hadn't loaded properly, [sorry to larry for deleting your comment by the way], truth be told, i haven't been posting much lately due to the fact that my dear wife, the world famous mr's b has been ill over the last few months and has had a rather major operation earlier in the month, posting bollock's and pictures of the bike project / day's out / race meetings / blah, blah, blah soon fades into insignifigance as you can guess. anyhoo, here's some pic's of the progress on the bike, wishing everyone a peaceful and happy xmas, thank's for catching the blog, [jan, larry, chris, nanno, hermit, ed, bench-donkee's andy and anyone else who has posted a comment in the past] if my old mucker, dave, 'dog' william's happen's to read this or anyone who know's him, pass on the message, get in touch you big, red-headed aussie bastard, bikes waiting for you for the classic tt......

ducati trackbike project [the peaky blinder]

don't need a speedo on a trackbike so why do you need a speedo drive? weighs more than a battleship anchor, consigned to the bin and a replacement spacer turned up instead, [when i say 'turned up' i don't mean the postman knocked on the door and said 'sign here mate'] scored a forty-quid 'wavy' rear disc feom the bike show for forty quid, not really a fan of them but at that price? oh yeah, spunked my dinner money on a couple of titanium shock mounting bolts, [sixteen english pounds for the pair, or 'the brace' if we are being really posh] if you missed it, i'm planning to ride this thing at the classic tt next year, not racing but a closed-lap of the tt circuit, the last thing i need is the rear fucking shock mounting bolts shearing off ,hence the expense, beat me up..............