Saturday, 9 May 2009

BMW racer inspiration for the final project? days past when BM's rule the roads pink grips belt seats stainless cans clip ons's cafe racer tail pieces single plug twin plug eating the miles to Kent Farm yard and Donnington. It started with Shaun set a light by the R80 leaning agianst the BMF tree the inspiration of a decade only to come complete circle at 3 three shire gunning on choppers and in hand shake that took nearly 20 twenty years Shaun was impressed.

Crazy sort of silent movie still, mostly likely composed. Nice to think she was changing the your tyre on the hot rod.

Called by the beauty of nature and the challenge of the fall they gather on new years day year after year waiting in the cold wishing for the sun. Walking the course for the loose rock the wet leaves hidden holes. C12's D14's and master Ariels waiting to pitch their skill against nature. Every year the course to molded by mother earth with un-paralleled force. To have the power to mold and shape delivers a bitter sweet taste of success to your mouth. The 3am cutting session, waking in the morning with hands dirty with oil, the obsession to continue to modify to build never falters, you see the need in every shape, as you touch and removing metal adding metal. As you walk picking that tank those front pegs, we see these objects with different eyes, its never ours until we have worked our hands into those parts it, we walk the auto jumble in a parallel line to others, all ways moving faster and occasionally very occasionally a rift lets someone else in.
Old Bill can be seen at Wollaton Park. Days of real engineering long lost in the over blown over coloured world of so called chopper building. Every few decades the engineering spirt in reborn the 60s cafe racer the 80s AWoL style now but all but completely lost in bling. But the shed door is still open for a few good people. True chopper hero check http://www.broughsuperiorclub.com/pages/history/history_menu.htm
For me the 20's are the start of it all.
An inspiration vision of the future

Art work and the healing process. Its easy to forget what you've got but you can never forget what you've lost.

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Wednesday Club all present and correct. An electronic free forum for tea and utter b*ll*cks