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1\/4\/13: \u00a0<\/strong>Brad sent me this picture of his Gilera and Spiders. \u00a0Nice! \u00a0He also has a Honda CL77 Scrambler.<\/p>\n

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There’s some serious Italian metal in this garage!<\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/27\/12:\u00a0<\/strong>Craig sent me this picture of part of his fleet -a very nice duo I think. \u00a0Anyone else want to share a picture?<\/p>\n

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Color coordinated, technically interesting and neat! \u00a0I’ve been looking longingly at \/2’s for years. \u00a0Thanks for sharing Craig.<\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/23\/12:<\/strong> I spent some time looking at Paul’s blog Vintagent<\/a> the other evening, reminiscing about the days when I was all about motorcycles. \u00a0Motorcycles are my first vehicular love, and my first love seems to be experiencing a revival, as I suddenly have slightly more than a few right now crowding my work space. I remember riding in front of my dad on his Triumph to preschool without a helmet -it was the mid-70’s, so I guess I was about 4 – must have stuck as great fun. \u00a0I inherited that motorcycle for a few years (1991 – 2011 then gave it back), did a few miles on it and, most importantly, figured out how a lot of stuff, like brakes, clutches, electrons etc worked, and had some adventures. \u00a0Alas for the near absence of pictures from the pre-cellphone days! \"IMG_5053\"<\/a> 1961 Honda CB72 13393, a rare thing, along the lines of a ’56 Sprint sort of rare, with lots of ‘early, one year only’ parts, and a 1964 CL72, somewhat like a ’59-’61 Spider sort of rare. \u00a0I’ve rebuilt a few of these engines over the years. \u00a0State of the art superb mechanicals with poor-ish chrome and paint applied over bare metal. \u00a0Sound familiar? \u00a0In a weird way Honda of 1962 is a lot like Alfa of 1962, though a case can be made that Ducati is the Alfa of motorbikes. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

But this isn’t entirely about motorcycles -it’s also about blogs. \u00a0Paul’s blog got me thinking. \u00a0I do searches, find blogs that seem interesting and most are like a crash diet or any other human endeavor that follows an asymptotic decay (or dead drop as often as not) after some initial spurt.<\/p>\n

Note the descriptor ‘interesting’. \u00a0An interesting blog is one that has a voice all its own – think\u00a0Anthony Bourdain’s<\/a> blog. Anyway, there are not many blogs I know of that both have an individual voice and have managed to stay current. \u00a0Vintagent, Occhio Lungo<\/a>, Jalopnik<\/a>\u00a0(does Jalopnik fit? \u00a0they have a more collective voice) and I don’t even know. \u00a0Squadra Alfa Romeo Madeira<\/a> (even though I don’t read\u00a0Portuguese) and Spider Veloce’s blog<\/a> (even though I don’t read Italian) look to be current and interesting. \u00a0And then there’s the house of self indulgence<\/a> -among the very best blogs, consistent, inspired, creative, but focused on some odd shit!<\/p>\n

Anyway finding a good blog is hard due to most search engines tendency to return results that it knows you like. Do you, reader, know any I should check out that have an individual voice and some history and will likely carry on into the future?? \u00a0Post your favorites in the comments section!<\/em> \u00a0\"IMG_5055\"<\/a> Early first series (expensive) tail light. \u00a0Drool if you know about these things -meh if you don’t.<\/strong> \"IMG_5056\"<\/a> Black head is wrong, but hard to rectify and made the bike cheap to buy! \u00a0I have a spare engine that turns over, so someday… Seat cover is also wrong, but live-able. Pipes are stellar compared to most originals. \u00a0I have a set of rebuilt carbs to put on this and a correct seat cover. \u00a0Might give it to my dad to ride.\u00a0<\/strong> \"IMG_5054\"<\/a> CB160 with CL160 pipe. \u00a0This is the real jewel of the Honda line – like a 1300 Veloce. \u00a0Very capable despite its size, and light weight. Thats why there’s a vintage racing class<\/a> dedicated to these. \u00a0I am going to build one nice enough to sit next to the bikes in the first picture, and a race inspired street bike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope none of you mind some occasional posts about vintage motorcycles. \u00a0I’m working on procuring a vintage Ducati single, so the Italian theme will be carried on. \u00a0Any of you readers have vintage motorcycles? \u00a0I’d love to hear about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1\/4\/13: \u00a0Brad sent me this picture of his Gilera and Spiders. \u00a0Nice! \u00a0He also has a Honda CL77 Scrambler. There’s some serious Italian metal in this garage! 12\/27\/12:\u00a0Craig sent me this picture of part of his fleet -a very nice duo I think. \u00a0Anyone else want to share a picture? Color coordinated, technically interesting and … <\/p>\n

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