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I hassled Tyson for a few pics of his recently finished custom Suzuki GS500. He finally sent them through to me and I then I forgot I had them…oops.

This bike was built by the good guys over at 66 Motorcycles in North Fremantle, Western Australia. Tyson saw the one that Ellaspede did and thought it could be improved on. I reckon they nailed it. Do you?

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An early exit after 27 years: Sir Alex steps down in his own style

By Anthony Lopopolo

The numbers pop out of his resume like eyes out of a cartoon character: he won 27 major trophies with United over the same number of years; he outlasted 116 managers on seven major European clubs; and he’s won 75% of his home games at Old Trafford. Nothing satisfied his hunger for success, and his diet never consisted of anything but winning. He’s always the first man at Carrington, the team’s training facility in Greater Manchester, there before staff and players as early as 5 a.m. He’s said over and over that he has trouble envisioning life without football. Retirement was something he wasn’t exactly ready for. “Nobody’s getting rid of me,” Sir Alex Ferguson told The Guardian in March.

Nobody – not the media, not the club, not his body – but himself did.

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Lanvin - S/S 2013

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S/S 2013

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garageprojectmotorcycles:

Mike sent me a picture of his bike and asked if I’d be interested in featuring it. Suppose I could squeeze it in… :)

Sometimes I’ll write a little intro to the bike but I’m not going to do that this time as Mike has done it all for me.

Don’t just look at the pictures ya lazy bastards, have a read…there’s a lesson in it for ya.

What to do when recovering from an accident after your Yamaha ‘single’ bucked you off ? After all, seven months convalescense is a stretch, and apparently those 500cc ‘singles’ can’t be trusted. The solution? Build a SIX !

Highlights

• I stumbled on this ‘82 CBX, and managed to get it for a great price. It had issues, but was still a, registered, runner.
• Headlights are back-up lights for a semi-trailer ($10.00 at the local auto parts dealer. I never claimed to be a big spender).
• ‘05 & ‘08 GSXR 1000 front & rear ends, respectively.
• Rear subframe fabbed from my wife’s lawn chair ( I’ll deny it if you mention it to her). On that score….the seat angle isn’t as extreme as it looks. It’s just that the, modded, tire display rack I fabbed for a race stand holds the rear up really high.
• Ducati Monster seat
• Tail light is a modded brake light off the wing for a Toyota Sienna.
• Gas cap came from a $10.00 GSXR gas tank I discovered on E-bay. The tank was useless with the exception of an aftermarket, billet, cap. I cut out the filler area and grafted it onto the CBX tank.
• Breather hose on the tank? Its an oil line from my Ducati ( it supplied oil to the heads on my 748).
• Breather hose from the engine cases, that goes to my Coke can catch tank? Courtesy of the plumbing department at the local hardware store. Its a braided line for a dishwasher. Honest, you can’t make this stuff up.
• There’s a modded Yoshimura resonator in place of the original DG 6-1 muffler. Only, you can’t really describe it as a ‘muffler’ now!
• 1150 big-bore ( I had no choice, the original bores were just too corroded)
• Stage 3 Dynojet kit. Oh, and the most diabolically difficult-to-set-up carbs in the universe.
• GSXR 1000 rearsets.
• The speedo unit in the snaps, a budget on-line item, has been trash-canned in favor of a KOSO replacement. Sometimes, you get what you pay for!
• The rear ‘mud guard’ is a combo of modded sub-frame left-over from an old build, and a fibreglass bit I made for the Duc.
• In a moment of, misplaced, confidence I decided on doing the wiring harness over myself. If I ever mention that I’m thinking of doing that again, do me a favor and shoot me! In the end, all was well, but getting there? Not so fun.
• All the paintwork was drawn up, masked & applied by myself. Some bits, as they hung from my kids’ old swing set, at the side of the house (don’t try this at home folks, these men are trained professionals!)

Is it fun to ride? O M G !       This is, hands-down the most fun I’ve had on a bike. There are limitations, to be sure, but what a blast! Its fun to accelerate up through the gears, only to slow abruptly so you can repeat the process all over. That SOUND is a, major, drug. I thought about doing this build for years, and now kick myself for putting it off for so long.

Funny then how things work out. One minute you’re lying in a ditch, with no idea how you ended up there, which is odd, because after the beating you took you would figure on at least some recollection. The next you’re scooting along on a screaming six cylinder salute to internal combustion.

Carpe diem.      (17 page build thread here)

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Phineas Cole - S/S 2013