British dirtbags

Some local history...

This is an old ad from a 1964 issue of Cylce Magazine for BMW with dealer Hank Sleger featured in it.  He ran a dealership for years and years in North Jersey, selling lots of European bikes, and later became partners with Malcolm Forbes.  Hank's son Ed took over the business and sold bikes for many years.  In fact my '71 BSA B50 MX that was given to me by a family friend that raced bikes, actually raced them with Ed, who lives a half a mile down the road from me.  It's kind of neat to know the history of an old bike from when it was new, and see where it winds up.  The guy that gave me the BSA was a good friend of my grandfather's for many years.  He told me not that long ago he threw out a bunch of old pictures of him at the scrambles with the bike back in the early 70's.  He didn't think anyone would be interested in seeing them so he tossed them.  Fuck I probably would of put the them in frames and hung them in my garage!

Garage Sale scores from this morning...

Paid 8 bucks for all, in really nice shape.  The Rolling Stones High Tide is a mono pressing  I already have all of them but two, but for a buck a piece you buy them anyway.  Good for trading or selling later.

MC5 apprecition post.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS I WANNA TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I HEAR A LOTTA TALK, BY A LOTTA HONKIES, SITTIN' ON A LOTTA MONEY, TELLIN' ME THEY'RE HIGH SOCIETY. 

WELL YOU KNOW WHAT? 

THIS IS THE HIGH SOCIETY MAN!!! THIS IS THE HIGH SOCIETY!!!

Garage Update

Got a lot done in my garage the past week.  Threw out a bunch more shit I didn't need anymore, rearranged some things, hung another 4ft fluorescent light on the ceiling, bought a new bench grinder, hung up some posters and things I never had  a place to hang up before, and so on. 

Last Friday I snagged these two vintage KLH speakers at the Salvation Army for ten bucks.  They weigh a ton and sound great.  The receiver I already had, but didn't have speakers for, so I was psyched to find those KLHs. 

Cleaned my new to me vise up and hit it with a coat of Rustoleum.  I like vises with color on them. I think it makes things easier to see when you're working on them, due to the contrast between the vise and the part itself.  Unless you are working on a red part I guess.

That's a parking block I single handily "borrowed" from the parking lock of a park down the street this past winter by myself.  Fucker is heavy!.  There was a bunch of them pushed off to the side covered in moss and dirt.  I salvaged one, took it home, wire wheeled it and threw like four coats of yellow tractor paint on it to get it smooth.  I can boardslide the entire thing, and do a half ass axle stall on it, but that's about it.  My goal is to slappy it by the end of summer.  I'm old so cut me a break. 

Still need to get an air compressor, and drill press would be nice too.  but as of now it's much nicer to work in then it ever was before.  Good enough to skate in too.

Father's Day

I'm one lucky scumbag.  My daughter is 5 now and I honestly don't know where the time goes.  Trying to savor every bit of it, but it goes by fast.

The Warlocks

Another one of my favorites.  Really trippy and dark.