Sometimes...

...you're in the right place at the right time and you are front and center when something old becomes new again. I went to the first attempt to hold a vintage drag bike race in Smithfield, Ohio. Wayne Skinner and his family put this thing together... along the way they managed to get M&H Racemaster Tires to cast 60 or so of their old 4"x 18" drag slicks from the late 60's-early 70's. Incredibly they still had their molds... Avon, on the other hand, had discarded theirs. These were the first purpose made slicks for motorcycle drag racing. Needless to say this old bike drag racer had the Skinners put his name on one! I'll eventually build a quarter miler around this- British or American powered of course...

Winter in the Mitten...

Winter finally struck the Mitten:

The legendary Dutch oven snorting cocaine...

Indiana cops are still trying to find these car thieves... 

Gordo is contemplating how he can shoe horn this baby into the Fabulous Hudson Hornet... 

Some of the krew went to Auburn to check out the museums and to gain knowledge and wisdom.

SpeedshifterS Summer Show and Party

SpeedshifterS Summer Car/Bike Show and Party

September 10, 2011

Landfill Stadium- 19725 15 Mile Rd. Marshall, Mi 49068

Food, Fun and Beer! 

The bands are are booked!

"Verona"

"Danae and The Grind"

"Out of Favor Boys"

"The Eddy Haskells"

"Koffin Kats"

Auto/motorcycle swap meet- FREE!- come sell your parts!

More information to come!

Terry Wins Best Gasser at Sins of Steel!

Terry took it with "Tequila Sunrise"!

Way to represent Terry!

Billetproof 2011- "The Rapture Nine"

With complete disregard for the coming Rapture nine SpeedshifterS and three Ladies of SpeedshifterS made the trek to Ypsilanti for Billetproof 2011 along with Nick DeRyke of the Relix. The weather in Ypsi was perfect all day... the weather on the way home was a different story... all in all a good day filled with the usual adventures: weird sunburns, fried axle bearings, sore ass cheeks, hanging with friends, drinking beers at 9:30 in the morning, etc. I'll let the photos do the talking:

Ferg was rolled out way early and along with his posse (Peezy and Catie) accepted the all important duty of chase vehicle driver, mobile photo vehicle operator, jackman, roadside mechanic, etc. the man was a Mountain Dew fueled blur all day...

A monster of a man Ferg was preparing to jack this house up in the middle of a dandelion field... such an ambitious lad...

Photographer, navigator, enforcer- Peezey wears many hats...

And keeping these two Sketchballs in line (the toughest job of all by far) is this determined young redhead (you know her, you love her- Catherine Shalapoo):

From their vantage point taking up the rear this is what they saw and photographed. Rose Ann got some great shots from the middle of the pack as well in the old mans hammered Model A:

Terry in his "Tequila Sunrise" '55 Chevy Gasser, Cody in "Hot & Heavy" sporting a new dual carbed Poncho mill, KK and Rose Ann in the slammed 5 window A-Coupe, Nick in his high boy 5 window A coupe on '32 rails, Matt rocking the Golden Honda Rebel bobber, Gordo rolling on the 750 Honda chop, Jake debuting his Evo sportster, and Tanny and Kara on the venerable Triumph Thruxton. 

Cody sez: "So that's what Windex is for... huh... well I believe I'll just have a beer instead"

I'll add more soon!