Ariel time

My Ariel Hunter Scrambler and Dag`s `32 Ford.

A new Norton?

Saw this bike at a shopping center in Germany some time ago.........What can I say......check your spelling and don`t pay your design company!

Bsa owners club.

Quick trip to the BSAOC coffe meeting. Just in time for the starting up.

Garage visit.

Last night I went to have a look at Gunnar "Speedy Gonzales" progress in the garage. Always interesting to have a close look there, he might have stuff I need.....He was also serving cake and drinks.....perfect!

The Il Duce of motorcycling: Gunnars portrait behind the Velocette Truxton

Just some minor adjustments left?

A nice tail!........Fish tail that is!

The Power egg lurking in a corner.

The secret GP drawer. Every home should have one.

 HD 750, guarded by the house ghost.

 Yea???

This is a must have: A drill powered by a British Thomson-Houston motor. The famous magneto company. In short : BTH.

A pig in a bucket.

A Triumph 5S engine from 1939 in need of some TLC.............

A rare bird.

It`s the first warm and sunny Sunday of spring, that`s probably why I am inside carpentering a new roof in the living room. It`s all about timing........The good thing is that I can see and hear all the bikes passing my house. For the record: the roof is not my idea. Suddenly I hear the sound of a single. It stops at my house. I can sense a welcomed brake in the roofing.

 This is not a common bike. An Ardie from 1931. I think the model is called Silberpfeil. Made in Germany by Ardie Werk Nürnberg. English made JAP 500cc engine and Burman gerbox. Aluminum frame and a lot of chrome make the bike very shiny.This is a well restored and sorted bike.

I found out that Ardie also made a hot dog machine......That`s probably why Hans where heading to a snack bar. I think i know the order: "Eine grose bratwürst bitte".

Healthy diet.....

Burgers and heads, the meny at todays classic bike meet. The local cafe.....the waitress was not to impressed.

The meny from left: Norton Inter 350cc, aluminum/bronze, ca 1937. Rudge Ulster, 500cc, bronze, 1933-34. Rudge Special 500cc, cast iron, 1933-34.

They are still out there!

Sometime at work we get in orders that are extremely urgent. Yesterday we had to get parts made and machined for a generator. To get them delivered fast enough I had to drive them out myself.

Just when I had delivered the spares I got a phone call: “Have you seen the bike adverted today? I think it`s a Triumph”. I had not and was a long way from home. But surprise, I was only 10 minutes away from the bike. So I went off to the seller. Best thing you can do, look at bikes when you are paid for it. This is the bike, covered in dust and chicken shit:

The engine is a side valve Triumph, 5S or 6S, from late `30 is. The bike parts? I think it is a Tornax, once fitted with a JAP engine.

The average sidecar chauffeur?

I was planning to send you all a nice Easter greeting and an update on the bikes. But you have to settle for this diabolic rider. Might be my friend at  http://americanmotorcyclesnorway.blogspot.com/ . I have seen him with a sidecar outfit from time to time.....

Brookelands 1924

Montgomery-Anzani record breaking machine. Ridden by Claude Temple to two world records in the five lap 1000cc race at Brooklands. He had an average speed of 105.52 mph, the highest speed recorded to that date at Brookelands.


The engine is a single overhead camshaft British Anzani, 996 cc, vee twin. The designer of the engine, Hubert Hagens, is standing behind the bike.

The forks looks like Harley Davidson equipped with a scissor damper.

Claude Temple looks like a tuff man, even with a tie and white sweater…. He`s boot are well oiled from the engine.