Crude looking bike

Yea, no matter how crude it is, it's interesting that this guy must have put this bike together himself. You can tell he was no engineer but he's riding his Pan Head and probably very proud of it. And you're right Pup, I can remember some bikes in the old old days that didn't look much better than that.

Picture from Japan

This is an interesting bike, the picture was sent to me from Japan. Some one who liked my Web Site. This is what he wrote in the mail.

Hi!
I am Mochi.
I live in Tokyo.
I love Drag bike!!!
I love your great photos!!!
Thank you!!!!!

PS my panhead ride everyday

It's the first picture I have received from the many hits I get in Japan.

Mel Of Belt Drive Fame Passes

Mel was a great guy and friend to everyone, I could always depend on Mel for help when I needed it. I remember when he had a house in Spring Valley Lake, right on the lake front in Victorville Valley, CA. He always would say "Joe anytime you want to get away from it all just let me know, you can use it anytime you want".

He will be missed by all his friends.

The Bonneville Man

Here's a pictures from John Noonan. His record holding bike of Bonneville and El Mirage fame.

Winning Trophy

Do you remember this, it's you giving me the Trophy for winning Top Fuel. It was a thing you hung on the wall, a engraving of Russ and his bike. I still have it someplace, when I first got it I hung it over the toilet in the back bath room at home.

Those were the days!

Old For Sale Article

My friend Bazza found this and sent it to me. The caption is pretty interesting. Hard to read, "Murray estimates the value of his motorcycle is $4000". This had to be a long time ago. To bad you couldn't build that bike for that cost today, there would probably be a lot around.

A Friend at Lions Drag Strip

A memory that always comes to mind when I think of you happened at Lions on a slightly foggy Saturday Night. I had just made a run and was sitting on the return road just past the timing lights. You remember how dark it was down there when it was foggy, which by the way was almost every Saturday. You had made a run and the rear brake drum on your Sportster had shattered and back in those days we only had one brake and now yours was gone. When you went by me you looked over at me with this horrible look on your face and the smoke was coming off your tennis shoes trying to get stopped, which you did. I laughed all night about that.

It's a good memory.

I'm sorry to hear about Bruce, I always liked that man, he was a great friend. You remember when he got those yellow leathers and he looked like a big Canary, we used to tease him about it all the time, he was so good natured he sometimes would go, tweet tweet.
Happy to see you are doing well and glad you joined our Old Timers get together.