Symphony of Shrapnel

Finally got around to welding the last mounting ear on the gas tank, nice fit and looking good. Obviously it'll need a final dressing up...

I'm psyched I found that Benelli tank. It's really got the exact look I'm going for with really a minimal amount of modification...

Picked up this Benelli Cobra 125 tank for pretty cheap, has exactly the look I wanted for the macchi project and will spare me all the addit...

Finally got the time to paint my front hub and then the motivation to actually start lacing the front wheel. Pretty impressed with the resul...

This week my world was rocked, quite unexpectedly. My bearings are off and I'm wounded. To compound things I'm on night shift, which...

"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...