BACK TO BACK BACKBARROW

Earlier this week i sold a GSXR11 engine to a chap in Cumbria, instead of crating it up and sending it by freight as usual i thought it would be a nice ride out for me and Al and we could have lunch in some Lacey little tea room in the Dales on the way home so we put it in the car and travelled over yesterday morning, but..... guess what, just guess fucking what ? i only took the wrong engine thats what ! so i went back again today, another 7 hours drive.
Still my customer is happy and i got to see the sun rise at Grange over Sands (yes i was up early today). There is probably a lesson to be learned but learning isnt my strong point.

FLAME GRILL

Subject....PJS
Photo......JPH
Words.....ODG
Magazine..BSH
Year.......1989

WRECKERS BALL

In a flash of genius Steve and Rob have come up with the "Bag On Yer 'ed Wreck Run". Scheduled for 2nd June. Everyone starts from somewhere round here rides up to the Lakes, camps, drinks some beer and rides home again. Nowt special there but you have to do it on a bike of less than 250cc which has cost less than £250 on the road ready to go. This could be the biggest laugh of the year.
Full details 'ere.

THEY SHOOT HORSES

Last week i bought a van from a guy in Wakefield and made the mistake of looking at his '67 Mustang. So now do i want one ? , only one i could find in budget was this brokeback fastback, £1200 buy it now on Ebay, looked again today and its gone. How drunk do you have to be to think this is a good idea ?

DRUNK JENGA MAN

He fell off the seat a few minutes later but never woke up.

POWER CUT

A couple of nights ago we had a power cut for 3 hours. It was 9.30pm and i spent an hour just sitting in candlelight without TV, Computer or Radio. There was no economic crisis, no conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain or Libya and no natural disasters in Japan, just a log fire, a bottle of wine and Franks whiskers singeing on the candles. Life 100 years ago surely wasnt all that bad, i hear theres a new invention called a motor cycle..

VIDEO THEFT

Shouldnt really do this, i got to it via Stukas blog and he got it from Fingymoto. Ive been smirking to myself and singing it for a couple of days now, apologies if youve already seen it but its too good not to share.

Plenty more stuff from them on Youtube, worth a search while you've nowt to do over Christmas.

VAN DIESEL

Most people i know have done it at sometime or other but until last night i never have. This is my new van, it goes well BUT not on petrol.



I set off to South Yorkshire to collect a bike, filled up with £40 of fuel and got 5 miles out of Malton before grinding to a halt. I had no telephone service so left the van and walked a mile or so to call Alison who borrowed a Transit and came and towed me in (we have been married a long time, she is pretty used to this sort of thing). When we were ready to set off however a guy came up looking a bit sheepish and said he had called the police as his back door was open and with there being an unoccupied white Transit parked nearby he assumed he was being robbed, a few minutes later two cop cars hurtled up with flashing lights ready to cart us off as vagrant good for nothing tinkers. Luckily they were happy with my explanation and went off to check on the guys house.
I have spent all morning pumping out the tank, changing the filter and cleaning the fuel lines so its now a runner again.
According to my daughter i am a tool, probably right !

ME GRANDAD

as this old bike in't shed, yer can ave it for two 'undred quid cos theres some bits missin. Any good to yer ?




Mmmmmm possibly cant come till the weekend though, do you think he would take a hundred and fifty, it needs a lot of work ?

LITTLE BRITAIN '78

Russell Brand and Matt Lucas out with the Bromley boys before they were famous. Photo from Bike magazine 1978.

NOT SO BEAUTIFUL

Again seen at Stafford Classic Bike Show. This is the specially modified half width plate for pipe smokers.

BLINK

Blink's sister brought him these shorts back from a holiday in the US, it was supposed to be a joke, he wore them all summer..

THREE WHEELS AGAIN

In one of the early Outlaw biker films, Hells Angels 69 possibly, there is a chop with a sidecar, something ive always fancied doing. This one was on ebay last week and would have been cosmic on my Shovel !

and ideal for taking essentials to bike rallies

ETON RIFLED

CAPTION COMPETITION

SPIKE JONES AND HIS CITY SLICKERS 1949

Who's that a-knockin', knockin at my door
It's Gopher Annie, the girl you adore
Gopher Gal, you've changed somehow
Do I look like a cowgirl?
No, like a cow
Bill, you like the perfume i got in my hair
Is that the perfume you always wear?
No, this is different, it's more alive
What do you call it?
Corral number five
Gal, I can see you've been a'ridin'
Yes of course, and I had to blindfold the horse
Blindfold a horse, you're crazy in the head
If he sees what he's carrying, he'll drop down dead
Gal, I loves ya, deep down inside
And I've been needin' a wife since old Kate died
What, stop staring, why don't you propose?
I can't find a ring the size of your nose


Used to sing this with my mate Tig late on Saturday nights (or any other nights) at the Crown Inn a long time ago, and for some obscure reason i can still remember it ! He always had to be Annie. God knows where he is now....

THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD

Just as a further indication of my progress into the 21st century as of last night i have a Facebook page, incredibly i am known on there as pete stansfield , there are other Peter Stansfields but not looking like this..



So now i can talk to you all on there as well as Dirty Bobbers, Flywheel, Choppertown Nation, 200mph, OSS, Jockey Journal, email or even the telephone ! I will probably not be tweeting though.


On the 5th February i set up my blog flag counter to tell me if i am just publishing to myself or not. It seems i am not, in the last 4 weeks i've had 1400 hits from all over the place. Thankyou all for being arsed to look and please keep popping in, i have lots more old and interesting stuff to come.