The Brush of Fame

Hopefully, by now, you have looked over the first post below about all the race action last night. Now, you get to hear about the brush of fame. So after leaving the race track, we needed a bit to eat and so off it was to the Shakopee Culver's. In front of us taking his order was motorsickle stuntman Bubba Blackwell and his fiancee.  He was at the race as an honorary flag man. This cat has done motorsickle stunts and jumps that have beat Evel's jump records on a Harley. Anyway, we had a nice chat and he is genuine gentleman who is appreciative of his fans. No photos, unfortunately, but he did sign a Culver's discount coupon for me. It was the best piece of paper I had at the time. And this shall go into the Motorsickle Hall of Fame in my basement. Thanks Bubba.

Not to be used at a Culver's for discount.

Harley wheelie. Yep, he does this. 

Airborne action.

With the record setting Harley XR750.

Last Night's Action

'Twas a swell evening last night at Canterbury Downs for the American Flat Track Racing event dubbed the Minnesota Mile. Some good race action which you can read all about here:
American Flat Track results

Otherwise, here is a pile of pics; nothing too serious as it was a sorta chilly evening and the images were captured with the Crap-Matic Wonder-Phone camera.

Nice display of what runs on the track. These are nice bikes.

Yep, about 100 per. Stoopid phone could not cut it.

Getting prepped for the main event. Indian is a dominant ride.

The single-action is fun to catch. These move fast.

Even KTM makes the show.

Some schmoe hanging in the pits.

At work on the Kawa's. Yes, we like Kawasaki.

Fan friendly. Pits were opened for,chats, swag and signatures.

Getting this bad boy ready for the big show.

Bikes.

And more bikes.

Greetings From It-lee

Yep, Our Man in the Field has traveled abroad, not for work, but for shits-and-giggles. This time it is Italy. (Fun fact: Italy is shaped like a boot and therefore it produces a lot of boots, especially for motorsickle riders.) Doing his dutiful duty, he is spreading the word about the Ironworks' mojo. Cards have been handed out. Carry on in that duty, sir.

No idea what bike this is, but the rider has a bitchin' card.

This is Italy. If Red Wing were more bad-ass, it would look like this.

When You Are Banned From Riding...

What do you do? Roll out at least one bike and start the work for the winter nap. Uggggh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know for the rest of you, there is plenty of riding yet to be had. I'll just stay at home and drink coffee. And play Scrabble.

No Horsies on Saturday

But there is gonna be some flat track racing at Canterbury Down in Shakopee. If you wear your Renaissance Festival outfit, you get an extra 10 percent off.

Details of race, go here: American Flat Track

This kid will be there.

These guys will be there, too

This will not be there.

More Weekend Dirt Bike Riding?

Yep, this time in west central Minnesota; the fall Huntersville, MN ride. It was pretty damn swell. A couple of pics to see.

Ads From the Past

Did a little fishing around the internet and found a ton of old British bike ads from the days of yore....

Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day

North Shore Shindig; In Pictures

Every year this event is held along the north shore of Lake Superior in the wonderful Arrowhead region of north east Minnesota. Dual sports, adventure bikes, converted dirt bikes with lights; and anything else with two wheels shows up for great riding on dirt roads, fire roads, and trails of any and all manner. We usually attend as it is great group of riders to hang with for a long weekend of riding and comradery. A few pictures to enjoy today.

Plenty o' Pictures From a Lovely Day

From today's Konawerks bike show in the fair town of Minneapolis. Of course, our time at the Dayblock was fun as usual.

Checking out a very righteous custom made with a Suzuki engine
from the company's days of making the Savage cruiser. This bike had the right mojo.

Helmet with message. Yes, be careful out there. But go fast.

Bikes started rolling in as the afternoon lingered on.

Airhead. Not the spacey kind. The riding kind.

Little Timmy checking out an old school Beemer from the days of yore.

Harley FLH is about the best looking machine the company every made.

More from what you see above.

Ratted out Yamie dual sport.

In 1989, Honda made the GB500.
Yep, it's version of a modern Triumph. Or BSA. Or Norton.

Riding friends of all sorts made it. Hanging out by a nice KLR 650; the Kawasaki that
has been in existence since 1927. Okay, 1987.

Noice cafe race restoration.

Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day

Odd little thing from the Flood Run of 1935.

From The Land of Sky Blue Waters

A few from the boys up north riding the Shindig this weekend. More to come later.

From Croatia, With Love

Child No. 1 is visiting Croatia. She left behind a club card for the local riding hooligans.

From the Dept. of Shit to Do

This weekend:

For staters on Saturday at 2 p.m. - Konawerks Bike show in Minneapolis. In the parking lot behind Grumpy's on Washington Avenue. Of course, you could hang out at Dayblock Brewing where Child No. 2 is the bar manager. No crappy Miller Light there; only real beer. We've been to this before; it was swell.

Link here for details:  Konawerks Bike Show

Who are these two?

For part two on Saturday, the  Fall Flood Run, where riders do drunk motorsickle stuff at every damn bar along the river. (Funny how the official website states "Don't Drink and Ride" but there are 14 advertisements for bars at the bottom of the page.)  It used to be a fun event but its now become a ride of the same-old-thing every fall and spring. And, it's now sponsored by some organization that had nothing to do with the ride when it started in 1965 to help deal with flood damage down this way. Irony and paradox? Yeah, kinda thinking that.  If you are a sport/adventure/cafe/sport touring/double sport kinda rider, and wanna see some bikes, sure, hang out in Maiden Rock or Nelson for a bit. Otherwise, hit the curvy ABC back roads; the cruiser crowd usually sticks to Hwy. 61 and Hwy. 35.

Link here for details: Flood Run

You meet the nicest people at the Flood Run.

And, if you really wanna ride Commando-style, hit the North Shore Shindig waaay the hell up north. We already posted stuff about this a few days ago.