Women and Motorcycles

Women and motorcycles go hand in hand, it just works. When I was a kid I used to dig seeing garages that had the random oil company calendar with the token hot chick holding their product. Nowadays if you had that in your shop if its a "corporate" environment you might have to get sensitivity training. Will never forget the day at one of the old companies I worked at when the lame ass HR numb nuts of an individual told me I could not have a certain photo on my desk. That photo was of Ozzy giving the finger, which a buddy of mine took for the cover of Interview magazine. The irony of this was that I was working for a digital music company in which we played Sabbath or Ozzy songs daily. So this goes out to all the men and women that dig a hot chick on a bike. And for those that feel its objectifying women, yep it sure is and we need more of it.

For more photos such as these, check the killer blog RocRPinups where I grabbed'em

Mac Motorcycles

When Harley decided to shutter Buell they left a wave of destruction that just about crippled another company about to open its doors. Mac Motorcycles out of England had a killer vision about making some really stylish cafe infused bikes based around the Buell Blast motor. Back in San Francisco there were a few guys that had some really tricked out Blast's that sounded mean and nasty and were solid runners off the stoplight. Unfortunately with Buell's demise and revamping into a race only type of manufacturer the fellas at Mac had to reconfigure their plans. I would really dig owning one of their bikes with the blast motor. They have style for miles.
Mac Motorcycles

Those Revenge Runners Are A Lucky Bunch

Folks, let me just say, you are some lucky fuckers. All those who are on the run will get one free raffle ticket and for those that want up the ante and improve their chances, well you can simply buy more raffle tickets. We have four MAJOR prizes to give out at the campfire on the beach and those will specifically go to folks on the run. The other large batch of merch prizes will be raffled off in between bands down at Billy Goats. Have a look at some of the bounty, yeah I said some. Not everything is officially in and we put some things to the side already as special prizes.


And for those that haven't sampled quality North Carolina moonshine, our local brewmaster decided a few cherries needed to be popped and cooked us up something killer...

RIP - Peter Steele of Type O Negative & Carnivore

Luckily I was able to see Type O a couple of years ago on one of their tours. Hadn't seen them since around 94 with Pantera, which was one hell of a show. No matter how ya shake it, whether you are into the vampiric side of their metal or whether you were a diehard for Peter's original band Carnivore, his vocal presence was truly defining. The thundering baritone outclassed other singers in it's distinctive pitch as well as haunting melodies. This two'fer is for you Peter, thanks for the memories!

Revenge Run Shirts Are In Stock

Stoked to finally get the shirts in and they are moving faster than greased lightning. We have almost already sold out of them but should have a few left in Wilmington once the dust settles from the run. Or why take a chance, get one of the last few in our store...

Revenge Run Shirts - Shop Rusty Knuckles dot com




Original Sketch

She Rides

Its amazing how life influences art and art influences life. Well in this case you be the judge. Here are two things in life that I know and enjoy going by the name "She Rides." This is for you George! Glad the show at Headhunters in Texas brought all this together and how can we forget Jay Berndt in the mix. Give it up for Providence on this early Tuesday morning!

RIP Chuck Biscuits

She Rides - Providence Sleazy Punk

Home Made Vacuum Gauge Synchronizer

Been looking for a solid way to get the Honda cb650 carbs sync'd up solid and Josh over at Wrench Works found this tool on ebay http://tinyurl.com/y4636cf. This should take care of the issue of the carbs along with the new jets rolling in from Atlanta via motorcyclecarbs.com. But in the best interest of anyone that is DIY and into cafe bikes, I found this link based upon building yer own vacuum tester. Damn, I love the MacGyver attitude that exists in the motorcycle kingdom, here is the whole story...

Home Made Vacuum Gauge Synchronizer

Carburetor Jetting

Was able to get the bike rewired last week and get it fired up and running but noticed a lot of issues on initial starts. After tearing around the neighborhood for a bit and realizing the issue was actually getting a bit worse, decided to tear into the bike more to address the issues. As it turns out, with the pod filters and larger cherry bomb muffler I am going to have to bump up the jet settings on the carbs to push more gas into the mix. Hopefully that will resolve the issues and hoping the vacuum settings will be dead on, we shall see. Thanks to Josh from Wrench Works for helping to battle the carb issue. Two heads are better than one when dealing with a 4 carb setup.

Honda V12 - Custom

Spotted this bike while looking for an oil pressure gauge to go onto my Honda cb650 cafe racer. To be honest I don't even know where or what link it popped up from but damn, I have just spent the last half hour checking out the photos. Here is more of the story from DucCutters.com.

"A V12-engined Honda CBX is just the thing you need to show those Yamaha VMax and Triumph Rocket III guys a thing or two...

We've said this often in the past and we'll say it again � we absolutely love the Honda CBX 1000. With its elegant lines and screaming six-cylinder engine, the CBX was, and remains to this day, an incredibly special machine.

We suppose it would take incredible talent to �improve' on a standard CBX. Or, in the case of Andreas Georgeades, make it twice as outrageous and mechanically over the top as a regular CBX. Twice as outrageous? Yes, that's precisely what Andreas' V12-engined CBX is.

In his mid-60s now, Andreas was a fairly successful motorcycle racer in the 1960s, having raced against the likes of Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini. Later, when he retired from racing, he took up building his own custom specials, which include no less than three Ferrari-engined motorcycles � two of those with six-cylinder engines from the Ferrari Dino (one of which even features a supercharger), and one with a V8 from the Ferrari 308!

Of course, Andreas didn't stop there � after building six- and eight-cylinder motorcycles, how could he not build a V12-engined machine? So he started with two six-cylinder CBX engines, welding them together to create a 2,000cc V12. And as these pictures show, it must have been a diabolically difficult task.

Unfortunately enough, we don't have more details on the machine � we don't know how much power that V12 makes and we don't have any acceleration or top speed numbers. Still, we're hugely impressed with Andreas' V12 CBX. Watch the video below to see Andreas fire up the machine, warm it up and take it for a ride down the street. Awesome!"

Andreas's V12 on Flickr

Original Article over at Duc Cutter dot com