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The California Charger
In the early seventies the chopper craze was changing rapidly with many builders and suppliers heading into the high performance mode. Ground up customs utilizing only the Harley drive train were being...
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Unknown Choppers Magazine T-Shirt/Decal Art
Once while doing a search I stumbled upon this unknown (at least to me), Choppers Magazine T-shirt art.I can tell by the art's style it was done by Robert Williams. I don't think Roth ever made it...
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Von Randy
I've known of Randy Smith since about 1970 and that he sometimes did pin striping and art like on Doc Holiday's Witch which was first featured in Choppers magazine. (Click the Randy Smith label to find...
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Dick Allen's Cobra Trike with Roth
Here's a post for fans of Dick Allen or Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.As many of you know Ed Roth and Dick Allen collaborated on selling Cobra Trike kits. Here's a couple of old photos of Dick's trike at a show...
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Randy Gervais Smith
Here's another cool photo from the Randy Smith memorial page. I can't help but see a resemblance to Ricky Gervais.
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More Randy
An early shot of Randy on his street legal Harley 45 WRI thought the shop was in Gardena but, the1485 Canal St. address suggest this is Venice, Ca.Photos from the Facebook RS memorial page.
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CK's Sketch Book/45 ideas
Every now and them I do little sketches while drinking my morning coffee. Recently I was thinking about my 45 and how I might style it. This is a small drawing of about 4 inches. Some of the...
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Go Fast - Look Good
My buddy Arte sent me this ad.Love the motto. From the Randy Smith memorial page.
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XAVW Von Dutch, Ed Roth & Randy Smith
Most of you have probably heard of Von Dutch's XAVW (the VW powered motorcycle once featured on American Pickers), but may not know this part of it's history. It seems that Von Dutch might have been...
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South Bay Originals- Angel Marc Setting the Record Straight
My name is Marc, AKA Angel Marc. I was a founding member of the Huns MC So. Cal. in Hermosa Beach and one of the seven Huns who patched over to became the Hells Angels So. Bay. I moved out of...
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Rat Fink Tacos & Roth
Here's a photo I shot of Taco Bill's mini bike collection at the Mooneyes Rat Fink Reunion back in 1997. The Roth Trike Body in the background was an extra bonus. $250 what a deal! The For Sale...
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The South Bay Originals
This should make up for the recent lack of posts.Around 2006-2007 I went on a mission of surfing the net to see if there were any good vintage chopper photos floating around. At that time motorcycle...
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It's A Small World After All
From The Better Late Than Never ArchivesKerry & ArteA Short Tale of The Brotherhood Between Builders5/27/2014Hello Chris, how is everything? Still liking your MC art blog. Always interesting and...
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What to do with a 65 Panhead?
As stated in an earlier post, Every now and then I do little thumbnail sketches to explore ideas floating around in my head.Although I have all the parts to put my '65 Panhead back to it's former...
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More South Bay Coolness From Marc
Angel Mark sent these follow up photos of the South Bay Originals.Filthy Frank wheelies while Marc (to the left), and others watch.Marc says Big Chuck was not holding the bike up, just worried as the...
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A Wild One Favorite
One of the best scenes from The Wild One.One of the coolest bikes in the film too.
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The Mysterious Model Maker
This was sent a little bit ago by Dr. Sprocket with no explanation or any details other than the subject line 1912 H-D. Work like this blurs the line between model making and fine art sculpture.From...
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Roy's Beer Keg Trike
Somehow this photo was left out when I posted Big Roy's trike a few years back. It's been in a few post. Click here for another look or search the 'Trikes' label for more.Photo courtesy of Kerry Crist
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Kerry Scores
A few months ago there was a post on the Born Loser blog of a Panhead belonging to Kerry but without any information other than something like he plans on getting it back on the road. The pictures...
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Juxtaposition Is Everything
More from Angel MarkMarc says: Larry and I were roommates at one time. We did a lot of riding together and to make it easy when we parked, we would use one chain through both rear tires to lock the...
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