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Progress!

Hon — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:37:19 +0000

Picked up this cool light off Jeremiah at Love Cycles. It’s an old Guide Tractor Light. Exactly what I was looking for, will be great on the 45 project.

Vintage Light – I like, 2 1/4 inch lense, 3 1/4 inch body

Hon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:25:24 +0000

I like the old lights, this little one is neat. Pioneer like the light I used on my Ironhead.

Bell Custom 500 Helmet Review

Hon — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:50:29 +0000

Had quite a few people ask me for my opinion on the new Bell Custom 500 helmets. So here goes, I got a silver flake Large size. I really didn’t need another helmet but wanted a nice looking DOT open face. I first saw these online when it was posted by Stretch on the Nostalgia on Wheels blog some time ago. Was at the a local bike shop with a friend and they had one on display. Couldn’t resist since I could try on for size, ordered a large right away.

Here is a size comparison to an old Bell Super Magnum that I picked up at a swap meet last year. The Bell Custom 500 fits pretty good. I usually wear a Medium that fits really tight or a Large. In this case the Bell in Large fit well.

The inside lining has a cool pattern sewn in. A little too flashy for me personally but you can’t see it anyway when you are wearing it. The material is comfortable and smooth. Feels cooling rather than warm and is o.k. in hot weather. The helmet fit well on me and doesn’t move around even at 60 miles / 100km. Didn’t go any quicker than that.

The Bell Custom 500 is light compared to old school buckets, I have a Shoei Teal Metalflake with Snell sticker 1968, that’s pretty heavy. The chin strap is pretty comfortable. The “mini” Art Fulmer chrome trim looks good. Mine didn’t line up so well at the back so it looked a little cheap but still cool.

Not so much padding in the ears, so it’s loud but not to the point of being annoying. You can really hear your bike, traffic and what’s going on so that’s alright.

Finish is nice, nothing crazy, small flake. Here’s a comparison with my old Shoei. Shoei has bigger flake and more depth.

Key thing for me was to get the DOT rating so I don’t get hassled while on the street. Nice big sticker for you on the back.

Overall, I think it’s a great helmet. Can’t really say anything about how long it will last and I never want to comment on how well it works!

That’s it for my review of the Bell Custom 500.

O.k. this looks NOS

Hon — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:09:27 +0000

Bates seat and pillion set on ebay. Let’s see what this will fetch.

Another cool tank for the JPRC collection

Hon — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:11:03 +0000

Jason showed me this cool Wassell with some funky fiberglass molding from the 70′s, nice piece to add to the collection.

Mag era Ironhead sportster

Hon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:21:12 +0000

Jason dropped this rocker on me, the old Shovel style rocker with the middle filled up used on the older Ironheads. Looks great, a nice clean look. Reminded me of the vid below from Nice MC.

Vintage air cleaner – which one?

Hon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:35:35 +0000

This is what happens when you get to Jason’s early and wait for him. You stare into his office window and see parts! I spotted these louvered air cleaner covers. I’ve only seen in a Vibes mag that I had. I like it for it’s simple look.

It never gets easy, so now which one should I run?

I know, I’ll use both, the louvered one for a more understated feel and the holely one when I just want to scream! Easy enough to swap in and out.

Love these covers

Hon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:46:57 +0000

I’d like to get a short velocity stack with one of these covers.

Vintage dash

Hon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:41:24 +0000

Some really cool pieces just hanging around at JPRC.

Friday Closeup

Hon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:41:20 +0000

Bingo, Bates sticker up close, well worn in.