Hondas Factory RS 750 Flat Track Race Bike

Here's that bike we were talking about, CD, the last motorcycle to really compete with
the powerful Harley Davidson XR750. This one was ridden in '85,'86 and '87
by Bubba Shobert to three AMA Grand National Dirt Track championships.
It's a sick bike for sure.

Barfly 1987

One of my all time favorite movies, if you haven't seen it, you should.

Jack "Packman" McCann

A couple weeks ago, we were in need of some pin striping and Mark over at Joyrides told us Jack could take care of it so, I gave him a call. After a short conversation with him about what our customer was looking for he said, no problem, I got it.

Well, Jack, he picked up his bike on Saturday and he was stoked! He said it was exactly what he was looking for, the colors, the style and the amount of paint were perfect. We agree, thanks again, Jack, we'll see you soon.

Fun Stuff

Being a regular motorcycle shop, that helps just about anyone who wants to ride, means not always getting to do the fun stuff. This week, we have a couple of Softail in need of electrical work. An 883 Sportster getting a complete Buell 1200 top end set up. An FXR getting a faring, a couple of paint jobs and all kind of other stuff. But hey, everyone wants to ride so, we'll do what ever we can to help them. But, every once in a while we get to do a fun project. We finished this shovel a few months ago and finally got it registered so you should see it bombing the streets of So Cal soon. Stay tune though, we have a couple fun projects going on now.

the Vandals- pirates life

J Geirman... Garage Builder

Looks like James is headed back out to the track. Back in the early '90s, he built the car in the first picture and ran it at most of the big west coast VW events. It was a low ten second car that ran up near 120mph. The picture taken about six seconds before the car in the left lane broke an axle and made a hard right into James lane. James tried to swerve to avoid hitting it and spun his car into the guard rail at over 100mph, damaging the car beyond repair.
Well, about a year ago, he found this '63 and after almost 20 years, (married with a great family) is well on his way to getting back in the mix. I took these shots of the chassis/roll cage a month or so ago. He said it's on the ground now with wheels and tires. While his last car was a race only affair, he's telling me this one will be a dual sport. I"ll follow this one til it's done for sure. Stay tuned, he always does nice work.

New Loser Machine Death Grip leather riding gloves

I'm picky about riding glove but, I think these rule. Made from 100% leather with a two ply palm for durability and Loser Machine logo for style. And, there only thirty bucks!

All sizes in stock now.

Get them here $30.

714-903-8042

Kill'n it in P town

Ever wondered how bad you can beat on your Harley? Here's your answer.

Descendents - Statue of Liberty

2010 AMA Motocross 450Class RD7 Spring Creek Moto 1 Part 3

Mad Scientist

At a quick glance, this bike may look like your typical mid 90s custom.

Most people these days, including myself, would probably walk right by it

and never think of it again. But, since we had to work on it, we forced to

take a closer look. And what we found was a very special motorcycle built by a guy

who built what he thought needed to be built, the way he wanted to build it. He was Randy Smith of Custom Cycle Engineering. You don't want to judge this book by its cover.

The first thing we noticed about this bike was the rubber mounted motor and the bagger trans. Then, the Carls Speed Shop carb. Looked a little closer and noticed it had fully adjustable suspension, front and rear. But the biggest shock was, how easy it was to move around the shop. And, that's because this bike is lite, really lite. This sucker was built around a hand made, all aluminum frame and swingarm. Both fenders and the faring are also aluminum. It also sports a set of Sun aluminum rims laced up to a very rare set of Performance Machine wire spoke hubs. The gas tank for some reason is not aluminum though, it's carbon fiber, unreal!

It came to us to have the top end and the carb rebuilt. The motor was piece work too. Harley Davidson Evo case with Sputhe Engineering 95" jugs, CP pistons and ported cylinder heads.

I don't know the specs on the frame as far as rake or stretch go but, I can tell you that it's a very easy bike to ride that turns well and goes straight and, the motor flat gets it! They say Randy built this bike for his wife. However, a close friend of his told us whenever Randy built a bike, he told his wife it was for her, it was the best way to get her to agree on any project. Crafty in more ways than one. If anyone has more info on this bike, please let us know.

As a side note, the art work on the air cleaner was another piece done by the late Bob Iverson.

49mm Dyna Fork Boots

Still have a couple set of these 49mm fork boots in stock. These are the really nice ones, and they fit perfect.

Get them here 714-903-8042

www.topshelfcustoms.com

AMA Motocross

AMA motocross was back in Unadilla. Lots of talk over the past few weeks about James Stewart returning to the series in Unadilla and sure enough, there he was on his number 7 Yamaha. James hasn't raced an AMA outdoor moto since he won every moto of every round of the 2008 AMA outdoor motocross series. Unfortunately, you can't come off the couch after an 18 month lay-off and win an outdoor national, I don't care how fast you were. To win outdoors, you gotta be in shape, you gotta be sharp and you gotta be fast for 30 minutes plus two laps, twicw in one day. He he looked good early in the first moto and ran up front with the leaders but, his lack of fitness began to show as the race wore on. He ended his day 11th over all after pulling out of the second moto at the half way mark. He's got the speed but thats not enough these days.
Ryan Dungey, Clemente Desalle, Andrew Short and Kevin Windham however are in great race shape and put on one of the best races of the 2010 season. At the end it was Ryan Dungey who won both motos though and is closing in on his first 450cc class AMA outdoor title.

Dungey #5, Desalle #463, Windham #14, Short #29, Stewart #7

You Know It's American Made

Took a ride up to Monterey last week for car week.
While there were all kinds of car all over the place, I
still love Amereica cars the most.
Grab that stailess steel handle and take a step inside.