Throttle Roll 2013 - A celebration of custom motorcycles and kulture. Cafe racers, bobbers and classics.
Music By: The Snowdroppers
White Dress
From the album “Moving Out Of Eden” out now through FOUR | FOURsnowdroppers.com
Main Sponsors - Sydney Cafe Racers, The Projects/The Vic Enmore,
Captain Morgan, Motorcycle Accessories Supermarket, tomwall.com & MY
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We can see it now, you have a certain build idea in mind but maybe not the time. Oh yeah, we are too often traveling down the same damn road and wondering why we cannot carve out just another three hours of daylight to get everything done. So yes, we are still working on the 49 Chevy shop truck and the Buell street fighter builds and praying for more free time to devote to them.
The other day I happened to stumble across these folks called Bobber Pros on youtube and damn if they cannot make some cool videos on their bikes and parts sold on ebay. Seems like they have a cool niche on their builds and would dig seeing them in more detail up close.
For years we have heard about Vintage Torque Fest and it is on our list of shows to get out to. With some of these great posters, video footage and event details we know its going to be a damn great time and our excuses just don't seem to add up, haha!
Please keep in mind all times, will be approximate - not exact.
Thursday - Vendor and Indoor Set Up 9am to 9pm Thursday Night - Coronados CC Main Street Cruise In - Open to ALL cars! Friday 8am to 11:30am - Vendor and Indoor Set Up - Don't be late!
Friday NOON - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Campers, Hot Rods & Kustoms, art show, model car contest can set up. Cars can get in and park on the West side of the Fairgrounds - the East side will be reserved for the racing vehicles/trailers that will arrive during the day.
Friday 3PM - Cruise to Bluff Lake/Maquoketa Caves - meet at Vendor Building #2 to receive route info. This is open to ALL classic cars and motorcycles.
Friday Evening - BANDS and some dirt track action - Midwest Jalopies will be arriving around 4pm to start hitting the track and give us all something to remember!
Friday Night - Bands Start 5:00 PM 5:30 PM The Dyes on Stage I 6 PM - Mean Mother on Stage II 6 PM Midwest Jalopies Exhibition / Hot Laps 7:30 - If the dirt is not too bad after Midwest Jalopies, Flat Track MN will have vintage motorcycle exhibition on the track. 7:30 PM-Cat Club - real Rockabilly from Spain! on Stage I 8:30 PM Bus Races! 9:00 PM - Koffin Kats on Stage I 9:00 PM - Buildings shut down - Overnight security will be on site. 9:45 PM - Big Iron on Stage II 10:00 PM - Voodoo Kings Ring of Fire 10:30 PM - The Reckless Ones on Stage I
Saturday 6AM Model Car Show Set Up/ Indoor Customs that had to be driven/Swap Meet Set Up
8:00 AM PRE - Registered Cars are allowed to park inside the fairgrounds. 9:00 AM Participating Cars Allowed in to Park
9:00 AM Open to Public Classic Cars will park in designated area Spectator parking will be in its designated area as well.
11:00 AM Flat Track MN will kick off the day with vintage motorcycle exhibition. 11:00 AM The Surf Zombies on Stage I 11:30 AM Mandatory Driver Meeting - if you want to hit the dirt track - you gotta be at the meeting. To be held at gate where cars enter to get on the dirt track.
NOON Cars allowed to start dirt laps. Maximum 3 laps per car. Cars will be assigned numbers and this will determine your place in line. Your number is based on volunteer status, pre registrations, and then first come first serve. (Another reason to pre reg) If you miss your turn, you gotta wait til the end of the day. Cars will be staged in 20 car increments. If you are car number 133 you will have to wait until the #120-140 are called. Obviously not everyone will want to run their cars on the track, but if there are 12 cars out of 20 that want to run, then we have to wait for those 12 to get done before we call up the NEXT 20 cars. So it will go from #1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 etc. Cars can get back in line to run again and again and again - but we gotta be good kiddies and take turns!
12:00 PM - Red Desert on Stage II 1PM Miss (or Mrs) Torque Thrust Pin Up Contest will be held inside Building 1 1:30 PM - Lucky Tubb on Stage I 2 PM Auction for www.helpinghannahsheart.org ALL TRACK ACTION WILL STOP AROUND 2 pm for 30 minutes while this auction is done. 2:30 PM Daikaiju on Stage II 3:00 PM Davy Jay Sparrow on Stage I 3:45 PM - Federation of Horsepower on Stage II
4:45 PM Car Clubs from around the country will present their picks for what THEY liked best. Held inside Building #1 where auction takes place. Vintage Torque Fest does NOT give out trophies. If your car club or motorcycle club would like to present a trophy or an award - be sure to make it here at 4:44 pm!
5:15 PM - Western Starlanders on Stage I 6:00 PM - Buildings shut down - Vendors clean up. 7:30 PM - Al & The Black Cats on Stage I 9 PM PM - Jane Rose and the Deadend Boys on Stage I
In the need of a new ride and got tax money that Uncle Sam sat on over the year and made interest with? Well, looky here hombre's. Found this on ebay this morning and the sale is about to end without the bike even hitting its reserve. Good luck bidding on this ride.
"This is a custom built single down tube rigid bike that was built to have that old boardtrack feel. Professionally built she has a ton of time put into making sure everything works as good as it looks.
1981 Shovel bottom end completely gone through. New Primo primary, clutch, belt, pulleys everything. Late Knucklehead top end with fresh pistons, valves, springs etc. endless hours went into making this combo work together, It's an ol school thing that hardly anyone does anymore. A freshened up Morris Mag with new wires makes it fire up first kick. Ratched Lid 4 Speed trans, also completely rebuilt. Crimescene oil tank with brass lines. Late shovel primary case with the starter bump filled and smoothed out.
Custom mid controls by Cycle Boys with Flyrite brakes and really really expensive De Luxe hand controls. Late HD spring shortened 3 inches slams it nice and low. 21 inch front and rear wheels with frsh Avon skins
There are too many details to list but I can say this bike has an amazing stance and runs amazing. It was featured in Feb/March issue of Street Chopper and gets a ton attention at the shop. Leave her bare or give it some shiney paint, either way you'll have a one of a kind badass bike."
1947 custom Knucklehead chopper
Clean gas lines with brass fittings and Morris magneto
Avon tires surrounding laced wheel
Classic brass hand controls powering a FlyRite Choppers front brake setup
Cast and finned oil tank
Great photo shoot setup for 1947 Knucklehead chopper
1938 Harley Davidson Chopper. This is a fresh build with less than 200
miles on the engine. Will start with one kick even ice cold.
61in lower with 74in top end fully rebuilt and fresh.
1941 knucklehead frame.
1940 knucklehead transmission.
linkert M-74B.
star hubs.
original drum brake.
original 45 springer front end.
original floor boards.
bates seat.
narrowed original pan hand shift tanks.
hand made one-off tail light assembly.
hand made custom touches throughout the bike.
This bike is fresh and full show quality. It recently took second place
in its class at the David Mann Chopperfest.
It is fast, aggressive, and not for kids. This is an absolutely gorgeous
bike and would be at home in a Harley Museum or in front of a bar.
Please see photos for serial numbers and hallmarks.Clear California
Title as 1938 Harley Davidson.
805-637-3083 for more info
Winter time is a great time to seek out new rides or to check on what other folks are building. Currently we are in parts collecting mode for two projects so nothing is getting done on our builds. In the interim, check out this 1967 Triumph 650 Custom Bobber for sale in Arizona.
"We
are excited to offer up for auction this very nice, clean vintage Triumph with
the rare 650 5 speed engine/tranny along with some very nice retro upgrades built
in the old school style. Bike starts easily and runs great with a very strong
engine.
As
with other bikes we have built we are extremely meticulous with the build
process. This Triumph was built from the bare frame up; we media blasted the
frame and painted it with a base coat clear coat application. All parts of the
bike were assembled with great care, as is evident when you look at the
pictures. We realize the description of this bike is longer than most but we
wanted to share as much as possible about this Triumph and all the professional
work that went into this custom build.
Bike
has a clean Arizona title in my name and it is titled as a 1967 Triumph T-120.
The engine put into this build was a better breathing 1972 650 with a 5 speed,
the only 650 engine with a 5 speed from the factory. The bike has the upgraded
trans 5-speed high gear.
Frame
Number: T120RDU61748
Engine
Number: TR6RV-XG36520
Bike
starts first kick as it has a healthy Joe Hunt Magneto freshened up with new
points, condenser, cap, plug wires and boots. Bike has a lot of power and
drives great as is evident in the video. As there is a freshly rebuilt engine
in the bike it will need to be ridden easily at first to break in the new top
end. The engine was built from the sludge trap up so no surprises. Below is a
list of some of the new parts that went into this engine:
Rod bearings and bushings
A new bore job
Pistons at 0.20, pins, clips and rings
Valve job and valve guides
Exhaust flanges
New Black Diamond Valves
Bearings
Gaskets, seals, etc.
Bike
has a nice set of NEW Amal carbs,
again these are new carbs not rebuilt!
Frame
has a small 4 degree rake and a new factory metal work hardtail with a 6”
stretch and a 2.5” drop, so it is long and low but still has an 18” rear wheel.
The rear fender is a very nice old Wassell that we were able to bring back to
life.
This
bike is a blast to ride and a real head turner. Paint is Gloss Black Base Coat
Clear Coat on the frame and it is Antique Cream White with a Candy Copper
Stripe on the tank and fenders.
In
addition to the new engine parts I am listing a number of the other new parts
that went into the bike as well:
Dunlop tires and tubes – Gold Seal K-70s
Rear sprocket and chain
Monstercraft chain tensioner
A beautiful hand tooled leather seat
Hairpin Springs
Factory Metal Works Hardtail (6” stretch
and 2.5” drop)
All new rubber – shift, kick, foot pegs,
etc.
Amal Carbs
Fork seals, springs, gators and front wheel
hub cap
Grips, kill switch, levers and all cables
A nice early type British headlight with light
switch in headlight
Tank knee pads and Petcocks
Rocker box billet caps
Primary chain
All hoses
Miller tail light and billet plate holder
Also new are the 1.75” exhaust headers
All New Wiring run in a cloth type loom with new Podtronics Regulator"
Some days when you are on a mission to find a certain part of piece that you need for a build, too much hops in your path and you just have to scratch your head and consistently think on, why those items didn't cross your path before. Par exampla, rolled over to the coast today to link up with Mopar Rob to go and check out a lead on a 350 Small Block Chevy Motor and while waiting for our contact to show up at his shop we found all kinds of randomness. A 1950 Chevy 3100 truck that was being sold for 20k. Could easily see close to 10k but the rust spots and melted parts of dash were not a good sign. Then we happen to roll by a late 50's Chevy 4 x 4 longbed truck which was perfect for a shop truck, gotta check back in on that one. Also cruised by a shop called Combat Cycles which had quite a few builds out front but some just seemed to be a parts depot, compared to really though out for a killer ride.
1950 Chevy 3100 Truck
1950 Chevy 3100 Truck
Ironhead Sportster in a custom frame with springer front end and dual carbs
Patina'd out custom bobber with way too much motor and transmission for the frame
Patina'd out custom bobber with 6 speed Baker Trans and S&S 110" motor
Looks to be a custom bolt on hardtail section for a Triumph wtih a girder front end, fugly for sure.
Peep some new steel tubing designs coming out of the Dime City Cycles compound. Be on the lookout for news on a killer shindig happening in the Tampa area in May. Will give ya a hint on some of the ingredients involved, rock n' roll, custom motorcycles, Rusty Knuckles, Lowside Magazine and Dime City Cycles and a lot more on that soon.
