16th Old Style Weekend, #5

A man`s gotta to do what a man`s gotta  do.....

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed......

16th Old Style Weekend, #4

Old school double trouble.

New school double trouble.

16th Old Style Weekend, #3

Albert Hammond once sang:

It never rains in Southern Califorina

 But girl don`t they warn ya

It pours man it pours

Well, also in Sweden......

So when you leave your front fender at home......Inventions come fast:

16th Old Style Weekend, #2

Some interesting brakes....

Guess the owners favorite beer:

16th Old Style Weekend

Busy days.....But I managed to sqweez in a day at A-Bombers Old style weekend.

The Standard oil man are thinking of gettin`one of them choppers....

Sweet sixteen....

I have kids......three boys. I don`t know if they will like bikes.....there will not be any pressure. But show some interess and the old man will provide the stuff:

For Oskar`s sixteen years birthday; a Bultaco Lobito 125 cc, 1971.

Nothing comes for free, Oskar have to finish the bike. Get some shine on that cover boy!

Sign of use.....

Husqvarna

Modell 170, 1924, 550cc

Modell 180, 1925 550cc. Spot the differences.......

The new generation.

Oskar pulled out my Bultaco today; he wanted to try it out in the garden.  A good initiative, so I had to teach him how to ride it

Oskar and Kristian posing with the 1975 Bultaco Sherpa 350.

A “hare and hound” race in the garden. My neighbors are not so impressed; they are having coffee and cake outside today….

Triumph LW, 1914

This good looking Triumph did “Skogsløpet” last weekend.  The oldest bike in the rally but not the fastest….I must have passed it five or six times. The 225 cc two stroke was ridden by owner Harald Raaken.

The bike has an interesting history, once owned by Olympic ice skating champion Ivar Ballangerud.  He had the bike on display in his sports shop.

I had to read me up on this model: the Model LW - Light Weight also called the Junior and by some the “Baby” (hence the smallest of Triumph`s motorcycles).

Made between 1914 – 1922. 225cc 2-stroke 2¼ hp. 64mm bore X 70mm stroke.
Two-speed gearbox. No clutch or kick start.

It is a small bike with low saddle height and easy starting. I read that that caused the model to gain popularity in Britain amongst District Nurses, Ministers of the Church, and schoolboys with wealthy parents! (The legal minimum riding age in those days was fourteen).