2 guzzi – 1 yami
Brian / Andrew / Ben are doing a road trip. Right now they’re in Burlington. Brian just text’d me a few pics. Check them out.
Z1 shakedown run
Adam and I leave for our trip in a few days. Since doing the engine rebuild I haven’t ridden the bike more than 20 miles. I finally got it dialed in and rode it to a website conference in DC I’m at for a couple days. It was a successful shake down run. No oil […]
license plates and driving history
I like where my license plate sits on my cb650. See if you can find it in the above pic. Yea… it’s sort of hidden, but it’s also sort of visible from certain angles. I’ve ridden in front of so many cops through the city for years, and no one has ever given me a […]
kev and a camo truck
This has nothing to do with motorcycles, but I don’t care. I love Kev to death. He’s been one of my best friends since I was like 2yr old. He’s def a nut. Definitely a nut… He’s moving to North Carolina in a few days. right near Lake Lore, which is in the middle of […]
chin-tank in montana
Our buddy Colin is still fine tuning his xs750 triple up in Montana. He sent over these couple photos. Pretty rad looking.
Z1 Engine Teardown – Part 2
Got my cylinders back from Powerseal. Bored out to 1015cc. Got the cylinder head back from Mar Auto. Those guys are the best. – I had bent valves and loose guides – had 3 angle valve job done – they installed all new valves, springs, guides, seals and set my cam-valve lash – done super […]
Philly to Great Lakes – Route
Adam and I are doing this trip beginning August 9th to the 25th. Should be pretty fun to see the upper peninsula of Michigan and all the great lakes. We’ll be taking mostly back roads, a couple ferry’s, and just living free. Let us know if you know of anything cool along the way to […]
Philly to Denver – Route
Adam and I did this trip early Sept 2010. This doesn’t account for any of the backroads we took. But it gives an overall idea of the locations we hit.
Philly to Quebec City – Route
Adam and I did this trip end of Sept 2012. This doesn’t account for any of the backroads we took. But it gives an overall idea of the locations we hit.
Summer Events
Damn… this summer filled up fast. Just so it’s on your radar. Harrisburg camping trip – saturday july 13th Babe on Back beach ride – sunday aug 4th
Colins xs750
My New Zealand buddy Colin, who is Max’s cousin… now lives in Missoula Montana. He recently picked up a xs750. A month ago he was in Philly for a week. I let him borrow my cb650 to roast around on. I’m def not saying my cb650 is the sexiest looking bike, but as a mad-max […]
Spare Parts – Philadelphia
I just saw this on Silodrome blog and figured local Philly riders needed to check it out. Spare Parts has been a staple in Philadelphia motorcycling for decades and if you’re a local you’ve most likely met Roland and/or Scott. If you haven’t, stop by a Two Wheel Tuesday at the Abbaye sometime. Good guys […]
Kawabusa
As I said before… the Z1 was basically the hayabusa of the 70’s. I saw this vid and thought it was kinda decent. Damn, I want that seat at 1:47. Pretty sure my z1 is going to completely haul ass when I’m done. – 1015 wiseco pistons and 118 web cams.
Pure Gold
I can’t get enough of this stuff. Old videos from the 70’s. Man, the Z1, kz900, kz1000 are badass. Pretty neat to hear stuff about the kz750 and kz400 too.
ThunderFuck Run/Camping
Thought I’d plug this one more time… We’re leaving tomorrow from the Barbary (Frankford & Delaware Ave) at 10am tomorrow to head up to the Barbary Breakout, which is basically a bunch of bands (including our friend Demian’s Serpent Throne) free beer and dj’s in the middle of mountains. There are tickets for sale, but […]
Dirt Bike Weekend
We took to the dirt this weekend, on the banks of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, to break out the Cast & Salvage 2-strokes. It was good to see us country kids and the Honda Elsinore back in their natural environment.
Riding to the Norton Show
A few left over photos from the Norton Show camping trip this past April.
1975 Yamaha DT175
I recently picked up this DT175. I’ve been looking for an old 2-stroke Yamaha enduro for awhile and found this one for a good deal out in the Poconos. It was a shitty drive out of the city in rush hour traffic but it was well worth it. It’s a bit beat up but everything […]
z1 engine teardown – part 1
Decided to get started on the z1 engine teardown. Took a couple hours sunday morning and tore this guy down. Not positive yet, but it’s looking like I’m going to do a Weisco 1015cc kit. Animated GIF’s are dumb but fun.
COTT T-Shirts
I’m clearing out the last few COTT shirts in preparation for getting some new designs and shirt printed. Send me an email at store@castandsalvage.com if you want to get one or stop by the Cast & Salvage shop if you’re in Philly. Available in Medium and Large only. $15 each (cheap!) $20 shipped domestic All […]
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Published - Nov 17, 2012
making old bmw’s look good
I know its hard to make old bmw’s actually look good… I’ll let this one slide though.