Bikie Wars - Brother in Arms

This new TV show has rattled some old memories which I thought was gone since that day on Fathers Day 1984 when all hell broke loose and I found myself like a lot of us that day, scattering for cover. Thank God for trestle tables.

Take a look at the true events that lead to this day. I am happy to post this, but have only watched 1 and 1/2 episodes and can't watch any more. I now just get the updates from my fellow workmates who watch it. I once was a Warlord from Penrith area which later were re-patched to the Comanchero's, being the end for me. Enjoy

History from the Website.......

In the 1970s and early 80s, the outlaw Bikie scene was in its fledgling days. More wild west than organized crime, the Comanchero's vied with many other motorcycle gangs for territory.

As the tribes fought, the Comancheros were also fighting their own internal battle, with the Supreme Commander, Jock Ross, recruiting men to his club with the purpose of being the one dominant motorcycle gang in Sydney and eventually Australia.

Not everyone agreed with his tactics.

When the men challenged him, Jock split the club in what was a betrayal of his most loyal acolyte, Anthony “Snoddy” Spencer. With this act, Jock Ross misjudged the feelings of his men. Instead of staying with him, the majority mutinied, sticking with Snoddy who formed the Bandidos. And the seeds for Milperra were sown. With powerful forces within each of the rival clubs demanding retribution, a series of tit-for-tat attacks led to war being declared.

The winner would take all from the final battlefield that was to be the bikie swap meet at the Viking Tavern in Milperra on Fathers Day 1984.

Lethal Strike

Lethal Strike is a true one off piece, never to be repeated. Wicked Bros. began this build with the concept of combining Old School roots with New Age Style and Innovation. An 88” Pandemonium Generator Style Motor was mated to a Six Speed RSD Transmission using a BDL Top Fuel open Primary. The geometry of the frame is -3” in the down tube, +3” in the backbone and 52 degrees of rake in the neck, the side plates are also mounted 2” further back than stock. Rear Tire is a 300 on an 80 Spoke 18”x10” all Stainless Wheel. There is no brake on the front and a four piston PM Brake on the rear actuated by a PM Contour hand control mounted to the right handle bar. The handlebars are custom made by Wicked Bros. We also made the Custom Suicide Shifter and mounted the PM Contour Hand control directly to it. There are no controls on the Foot Pegs, very clean looking. The Pegs and Grips are from Yaffe. The oil bag is mounted in front of the frame. So where is the fuel? The Fender and Swing arm hold 1.75 gallons of fuel delivered to the carburetor via an electronic fuel pump passing through a fuel pressure regulator. It’s a softail with a Progressive Air Suspension.

Sportster with some wicked engraving

Some Old Adverts

Harley washed out to sea

A container that was apparently swept away from Miyagi Prefecture by the March 2011 tsunami has been found on a British Columbia island, and inside it contained a Harley-Davidson.

The motorcycle, found in the container by a local resident, bears a license plate showing it registered in Miyagi Prefecture, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said Monday. The container may be the first debris from the disaster to arrive in Canada, the report added.

The container with the motorcycle washed up on Graham Island on April 18. Peter Mark found it while he was riding his all-terrain vehicle exploring an isolated beach, the report said. The license plate on the rusted Harley-Davidson motorcycle reads Miyagi So 428.

"I gotta say, the first thing that popped into my mind when I was looking at the scene (was) I really wonder what happened to this person. I really hope this person is OK," Mark was quoted as saying.

The bike is set to be reunited with its owner Ikuo Yokoyama after he was traced by its number plate.
“This is unmistakably mine. It’s miraculous,” Yokoyama told Nippon TV when shown photos of the motorcycle. Ikuo lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and is now living in temporary housing

The bike was found by Canadian Peter Mark on Graham Island, off British Columbia on April 18.
Peter said the bike was covered in "a lot of corrosion, a lot of rust."

He added, he "couldn’t believe that something like that would make it across the Pacific."
Reports say the motorcycle would be shipped back to Japan, and that the shop that sold it to Yokoyama would help with paperwork and storage.

MOTW - Marisa Matthews

Jesse James Airstream Bike

Here’s Jesse James‘ tribute to one of the true icons of the American highway. I don’t care how much traveling you’ve ever done you have had to have seen one of these shiny bright Airstream trailers. For 75 years all different sizes of these riveted aluminum homes away from home have been tagging along behind all sorts of vehicles. Come on fess up, don’t tell me you’ve never pulled up behind one to check out you and your bikes’ reflection in the trailers’ mirror finish.

Jesse built this bike to roll with an 113 CI S&S motor and Baker 6-speed tranny squeezed into a WCC200 Dominator frame. A true metal craftsman he hand fabricated the sidecar frame. The shell of the sidecar formed from aluminum and pop riveted just like the trailers he was paying tribute to. A five gallon gas tank and the battery are behind the sidecar seat.

This clean looking bike and sidecar were introduced to the public at “The Legend Of Motorcycle Show” in Half Moon Bay, California earlier this year. Since July the bike has been resting at the Ohio headquarters of Airstream. For more info www.airstream.com

Bernie’s Bobber

Not much info on the fine looking Bobber, except, it low, and Old-School Style with the rodder feel. Nice Job thou.

Von Dutch Supercharged Triumph

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