It's so nice to get flowers. These are from my daughter's boyfriend's mother. She has an amazing garden so full of flowers she has plenty to give away. I got another bunch a couple weeks later.
The flowers in the mug are an end-of-year gift from the high school where I volunteer. Notice the sprockets on the fence. HH knows I like parts, but these are the only ones he'll let me keep. There's more to the left out of the photo. The leaf between was made by a friend.
The BSA Bantam lineup is part of a swap meet at the vintage motorcycle show several unknown number of years ago. The green one is pretty cute, but HH said restoration would cost too much. I just thought Avus would maybe think his was a lot nicer than anything here.
This is a photo of Kenny Dreer with his Norton Commando behind him. It's a sad and complicated story about how hard he tried and how expensive it was and how eventually there were too many obstacles, but it was pretty exciting to see him and that bike at the vintage motorcycle show. This photo and the Bantam are so old that they aren't digital. All I know is they were taken in the past.
HH finally racked up all the miles he needed so he could do the first oil change and retune the bike after the rebuild. Here's the bike under the Yaquina Bay Bridge looking nothing like a troll. I'm not sure this will get big if it's clicked, but if it does, it's spectacular. He was really thrilled with this bike and his ride. A bit of history now. The bridge on Hwy 101 was completed in 1936. When I was a kid during the Cold War days, a Russian ship came under it in the fog. It was spooky seeing the hammer and sickle through the fog, but it needed repairs and the visit was friendly.
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That Laverda is one beautiful bike, Vita - probably the best colour too. As to my Bantam (D3 model 1956, yes, it was in better nick than the image you show, but it was only 2 years old then - I wonder if it's still going somewhere? Way back I had one of the little trials model that you show - great fun on the rough.
Hope the Sunbeam goes to NZ OK - I managed to finally get £2150 for the Enfield on Ebay...............
I like the fence "decorations", I suppose I could compete by putting my collection of old head gaskets on my fence, but I don't think that would be popular with the "management"!
Hooray for Ebay! Glad that worked out. I'm lucky Management allowed me to use a wheel in the front garden. Birds like to perch on it while they wait for the birdbath, and I like it. He was going to chuck it. I'll bet if you wanted, you could arrange the perfect unarguable display for your gasket collection. Management here has nixed some of my little arrangements involving "junk". Did I mention how good everyone looks posing on your D3?
"Eheu fugaces.." Vita. (look it up on google!)
Well said. I just wish I could remember it to repeat occasionally.
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