Briar Flips The Bird

No sooner had a local paper, then the AMA commentators, crowned Henry Wiles 'King Henry' than his 'subjects' were acting in a revolutionary manner.

Earlier this month Henry Wiles won his 11th straight Peoria TT and thanked current champion Jared Mees for at least making a race of it this year. Here the young Briar Bauman is showing what he thinks of Wiles' achievement.

Bauman came fifth in Peoria and third at the Black Hills Half-Mile, Sturgis, in the previous round. He's sixth in the championship standings, Wiles eighth.

As you can see from the screengrab above, the young Californian wasn't ashamed of getting caught giving the racewinner the bird. He even put it on his instagram. He was given a fine for being detrimental to the sport of motorcycle racing.

Peoria was feisty. It sounds like two other riders were fined $625 and $500 and banned for a race each, for having an 'altercation'.

While I was trying to find a better shot of the Bauman incident, and failing, I found this video below. The needle between the two is pretty funny.

Final thing, what's with sticking the tops of your ears into your cap? Never a good look. G

Hawkwind

From our eagle eyed Skooter Farm legal department...
"Hey Ben and Gary, check out the new official 2011 AMA Grand National shirt design! Traditionally a gaudy affair...where do you think they got inspiration for this design from?"
Something about it does look vaguely familiar... I dunno was it on that Orange County Choppers show? definite Hawkwind influence. BP

Or For Something a Little More Relaxed

There I Fixed It .com one of my all time favorite websites. Classic DIY bodges defying class, style, and all notions of health and safety. BPphoto by Darusha

HOW

This is our second to last tear-sheet teaser for SB#5. Words and photos from the German globe trotter Frank Kletschkus; this time in the Oz outback. An Indian Scout with a heart transplant (I think the owner must have had one too, but of a 16 year old, judging from his merciless abuse of an antique). Any minute now our Sideburn website man Kar Lee, will up-date our shop page. SB#5 should be back from the printers in less than a week. BP

Shame on you Mr Harley...

This is from Frank's blog... http://southsiders-mc.blogspot.com/
What does anyone else think?

In 1970 Dick O’Brien create a mythical motorcycle : the XR750. From this years nobody succeeded to make not even a pale copy of this wonderful machine.
Nobody … until today when H.D decided a couple years ago to do that: ... the XR 1200
Shame on you Mr Harley. How can you put a knife in the back of Mr O’Brien and the original XR 750 by designing and producing this kind of horror.
And worst than that how can you use the image of this legend to promote the sales of this new product.
With all what’s happening in every countries on the motorcycle scene, please help us and yourself by firing your designer or let him free to make real bikes again… I know i’m angry but take time to compare and you’ll see what i’m talking about.

Frank Sider