Symphony of Shrapnel

"Socialism, then, as experience has shown, leads to an increase in consumption, to the dispersions of capital, and therefore to poverty...

Hallelujah East coast nightlife tradition

Typical of 60s Italian bikes, ther Macchi came stock with Radaelli chrome steel rims, with the thinnest possible chrome plating. Between Ita...

Awesome..... Spotted at Lowe's

A strange thing happened the other day after a longish ride on the BMW. Had a good ride, parked the bike on the centerstand in the garage, w...

I've been thinking about how to go about cutting up this tank for two days now, trying to determine the least amount of cuts and thereby...

I've been mulling over the stock tank on the Macchi again, especially after seeing a nice Motobi Barracuda one up on ebay all cleaned ou...

Night shift can turn you philosophical. The world is still and you and a small minority of people are awake, left with nothing else but your...

Merry Christmas everyone, may your stockings be filled with rusty gold and forgotten relics

Needed to make a few modifications for fitment today. Drilled out the angle irons to accept a 10mm bolt, had to reshape the center stand...

I really hate not having a center stand on the Aermacchi, this became even more apparent when I took the front wheel off. Why'd the Euro...

Was looking for some vintage matador levers to complement the Condor bars and all I could find was the cheap pot metal repros. Then I scored...

We don't give a fuck how they do it in California

There were 2 main reasons why I bought the Aermacchi. The first is that I wanted a departure from German stuff (mainly VW and BMW boxer engi...

There's a Kübelwagen on the tree I took the tach drive apart on the Aermacchi since the tach wasn't working when I test rode it...