Oldies but Goodies

[jrt]

This one's too easy for a quiz, so I thought I'd just post a few pictures of a bike I saw recently. I like these old board track racers, and someone restored this one with a lot of attention to detail. My crappy camera work doesn't begin to show how nice this bike is.

 

 

 

[Ralph Werner]

Good photos of a neat bike! The Wheels of Time museum in Maggie Valley, NC has several board trackers in a really nice display area.

 

That was some time period - guys picking splinters out of themselves for weeks (the lucky ones!).

[Guest george in vancouver]

This bike was built by friend Paul Brodie from Vancouver BC. It's an amazing story. Details here:

 

http://www.flashbackfab.com/ (under Excelsior)

 

He built the whole thing except the engine cases. The cam covers & towers, valve gear, heads etc. are mock-ups for the casting patterns that will make the first in a series of (hopefully) 10 running bikes. The first completed one will head to Bonneville for a speed record attempt.

 

Here's a page about three Bultaco Metrallas that Paul & I restored a few years ago:

 

http://www.seitz.us/metralla/restoration/index.html

[jrt]

George, thanks for the link! That's some cool work. It sounds like you know Paul, please give him my appreciation and congratulations on a stunning job. Bob, my father-in-law and the guy that made the rear wheel spacers I sold for a few of us, also does a lot of similar restoration work. He works mainly on Henderson 4 cyl for a guy named Schultz (if you know Hendies, you prolly know Schultz), but can one-off a part for just about anything. It's an art, that's for sure. He has parts in Jay Leno's bikes and in the Harley museum. And on my bike

Have a good thought for him, ya'll. He's just out of surgery to fix an aneurism in his aorta.

[Steve G.]

This bike was built by friend Paul Brodie from Vancouver BC. It's an amazing story. Details here:

 

http://www.flashbackfab.com/ (under Excelsior)

 

He built the whole thing except the engine cases. The cam covers & towers, valve gear, heads etc. are mock-ups for the casting patterns that will make the first in a series of (hopefully) 10 running bikes. The first completed one will head to Bonneville for a speed record attempt.

 

Here's a page about three Bultaco Metrallas that Paul & I restored a few years ago:

 

http://www.seitz.us/metralla/restoration/index.html

As George would agree, Paul is a genuis. Plus he's the nicest guy around. Formerly of Brodie Mountain Bikes, he's moved onto restoring machines of extreme note for notable people.

Ciao, Steve G.