Scruffy Wants A Bobber!

This is the koolest bike I've seen on eBay tonight.

Well, not a lot going on in Ol' Scruffy's life this weekend. However I'm just 7 days away from the Indy Road Rocket's Motorama 1963 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, and our 1st "official" car club outing.

I like the look of red powdercoated wheels on a black bike.

With cold weather outside, and nothing to do this evening, Ol' Scruffy surfed eBay for kool bikes. Back about 10 years ago, I set a goal for myself. I wanted to have a hot rod and a harley before the age of 40. Well, @ 40, our family size nearly doubled with the additions of a foster child, an adopted child, and a biological child. I've had to back those goals up a bit as these new additions added to the 3 teenagers (2 w/ braces!) we already had in the house.

This custom Triumph Cafe' Street Racer is VERY kool.

Well, regular readers of Suede and Chrome know that last April I was able to purchase my 1st hot rod, and I'm now dreaming of a bike before the age of 45 or 50. I really like the looks of old skool bobbers. Real simple with few frills. Heck...even Harley Davidson has gotten into the act by producing production bikes like the "Nightster". This bike is actually priced below 10 grand, which seems to be "reasonable" compared to custom bobbers.

Have A GREAT week!

Scruffy

p.s....Scruffy's "pappy" called this week and told me "he didn't like the new white background". So, in order to appease my #1 fan, I thought I try a dark charcoal. What do you think?

What The Heck Is It?!?!?!?!

Hey! Not a lot happening around here this week. It's Thursday night and I've FINALLY gotten the chance to check out what is current for auction on eBay. I ran a search for rat rod motorcycles and came up with the pictured contraption. This thing is for sale in Ft. Worth, Texas with what appears to be no reserve. There are currently 9 people who have bid on it and the high bid right now is $850.00.

The description says it is a complete running trike. The guy built it himself with the body of an old slantback Ford and a VW engine. The motorcycle tank looks like it is "just for show". This thing is ugly man! I'm into "rats" but this thing is even too ugly for me! What kind of frame does this thing have? Looks like the guy used whatever was lying around the lot! Interesting yes?

Alot of Cool Bobbers

Driving home from a middle school football game this afternoon, I went through a small Ohio town known for it's Pizza joint/bar. I was amazed to see a group of what I would guess to be close to 150 - 200 bikes lining all four corners at the intersection of the US highway and the road that intersect at the place. As I passed through the town, most of the bikers were mounting their rides and strapping on their helmets. It wasn't too long after that, I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a string of motorcycle headlamps for as far as I could see.

This experience got me thinking about bikes again. When I got home, I got online and registered to win the Sunoco/Orange County Chopper/NASCAR bike that will be given away in December 2007. I also went to email and did a search for "bobber". Here are some photographs of the bikes that I saw that are in the "style" that I would prefer. Hope you enjoy them!

My father-in-law's motorcycle

My father-in-law has had this Honda for years. I believe he told me it is a 1967 model. The problem is he could not get it running. He had a neighbor that moved in

10 years or so ago. The neighbor told him he thought he could fix the bike, so he took it, and it sat in his garage until a couple of summers ago. When the neighbor moved, my father-in-law went over and found his bike among the neighbor's "stuff".

My friend who I've 'blogged' about several times told my father-in-law he thought he could get it running. What the neighbor couldn't do in 8 or 9 years, my friend was able to do in an afternoon. He then cleaned the bike up a bit, put a low gloss, metalflake grey paint job on it, and added a few tribal decals. The result is not the prettiest thing to look at, but it is fun to ride around on a Sunday afternoon.