this is one of my dogs, gus is his name, this is a picture of him when he was a puppy, [check out the tv remote control at the side of him for scale], friday night i took him and his bro ted out for the normal tea time walk, let them off in the woods and they did that usual mental jack russell barking, running fighting thing, up the hill towards the stile and i notice a trace of blood on gus's left side, on investigation he has a 2 inch cut in his side, no worries, phone ahead to trish to contact the vet, a couple of stitches and a jab and he will be fine, in the car and down to the vet's, "it's a little more serious i'm afraid" says the vet, my blood chills, it appears a stick has pierced his side, approx. 10mm in diameter, it's glanced off his ribs and entered 130mm into his body but missed vital organs, as he has pulled off the stick it's cut him 50mm in the opposite direction, he has had a lump of damaged tissue removed and a drain fitted to get rid of the blood, he's stitched up now and pretty poorly but the vet thinks he should be ok, gus, the hardest dog in the world- ever.

ducati desmodromic valve gear, i love two-valve ducati engine, the power is lovely, you drop into a corner and accelerate out and the power delivery is just so linear, they don't feel intimidating or particularly fast just usable power, i got into trouble on sunday when i rode up to calver to meet barse, jake and gordie, set off on the sporty the day after doing 200+ miles on the duc, you need to re-adjust your riding style considerably because the two bikes are so different, after a day in the company of the duc you forget what a handful the sporty can be, shaking it's head and the front end washing out on the skinny tyre, certainly had a few interesting moments thats for sure!

no, it's not jesus, the son of god but the infamous derek hales, the rams legend, signed from charlton in 1976 where he earned the nickname 'the killer' for his 72 goals in 129 appearances the mighty rams signed him in 1977, he scored just 4 goals in 23 games and was sold on to west ham the following season.

ratbikes have become very contrived over recent years, lots of plastic skulls and shit stuck on them for the sake of it rather than getting back to the tough, functional, matt black bikes that they once represented, i think this was once a goldwing, but the owner has converted it to monoshock with ducati style underseat exhausts and big chunky tyres, tough as they come.

wakan racer, sportsters still rule.

the wakan sportster racer project, powered by a 1600cc s+s sporty motor, 250 gp bike dimensions, looks like a lot of fun this one, very smart.

apehangers rule, nothing say's F.U. like a pair of apes canked forward, righteous.

what sort of animal can fill a container like this?, big up respect!

kenny coolbeth superstylin' - dangerous, barse and me went to mfn tonight, bank holiday monday and it was really quiet, bloke on a 749 duc nearly dropped it entering the carpark, how embarassing would that have been?, best bit was me and barse, foot down flat-track style round the left hander into heanor.

born a rocker, die a rocker.

moriwaki racer replica, i can remember seeing graham crosby wrestling one of these monsters around donington park in the early eighties, up against tz yamaha two strokes with fairings and then this nutter on what looked like a streetbike stuffing them, i like the 'open' look behind the engine where the airbox and battery normally would be, note also the added bracing triangulating the top shock mounting but what really seals it is the passenger seat strap emphasising the racer's street roots.