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$1400 and local pick up.

$1200 bucks

Beautiful ride this weekend with the Foothill Flyers on the Columbia

Truffle!..

Still more photos…

More photos!

It always starts with a man, an idea, several pints of local stout, some blind encouragement from fellow stout drinkers, and a group of willing like-minded friends. Before you know it, folks are lining up in the darkness of twilight along an industrial alley behind their neighborhood...

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Puddingstone Lake on the Italvega this afternoon.

Stingray at the Long Beach Motorcycle Swap this morning to promote the Foothill Flyers Bicycle Show & Swap.

SEP 1970?

…looks like JF 44024

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Stingray and Razor night ride to get some icecream from the corner liquor store.

Right on… thanks!

I’ll check the serial, Mark.

Night ride for burgers on the stingray and Oriole..

I used some artists patina solution with an activator.

It is horribly uncomfortable! I’m rethinking that design decision, hah

I added a big slick, straightened the forks, fashioned a twisty kickstand, kept the bare metal seat pan, replaced the broken spokes.. I think it’s done.

I didn’t like all that missing paint and shiny metal so I put the rust back on :P

I brought it home, disassembled it, and experimented with a wood bleach acid bath..

I found this stingray in the swap area of the last RPM Nationals drag races, leaning against some hot rod parts. The seller and I struck a deal, and I suddenly had a new bike to play with.

Liquor store run on the Stingray and Oriole with my daughter…

Thanks for another great ride…

Elgin Oriole with my daughter to Ed’s for breakfast…

Also! (Sorry for all the posts) @tina_vines on instagram posts some of the best chain-stitching I’ve seen. I have not worked with her but I’m always impressed with her work…

Me too! But you can make and wear anything you want. You just can’t sell them. I’ll be making authentic wool or wool synthetic replicas of these sweaters that you can bring to your own “friend” to complete the chain-stitch decorating.

Very similar to this (but in dark cardinal) with the break away buttoned-shoulder.

By the way, I am in the process of making vintage (teens era) motorcycle sweater jerseys. I’ll be making a couple replicas to match some “Pierce” racer photos I’ve found. But I’ll be making a few more blanks or Dario-Motor Co. Branded as well. Let me know if you are looking for something...

You can see the chain stitch machine they use in the last photo with the rotating needle bar, which is controlled manually. Chain-stitching is a true lost art in my opinion.

Here is jacket being made for my car club. The “puffy” fill area seen here is all chainstitch…

The tall puffy loops in the fill area looks like chenille which is still used on modern varsity/letterman jackets, and the border looks like chain stitching. I know dozens of shops that can do the chenille work but only a couple that still do vintage style chain-stitching.

I last saw Carl a couple months ago at an Irwindale Speedway drag race night where he convinced the announcer to allow the two of us to race our highwheel bicycles down the 1/8 mile track.

With regret, I want to inform our community of builders and collectors that my friend, “Carburetor” Carl has passed away. He was my strongest influence with regard to restoring a Pierce motorcycle in the first place. He was always quick to share his knowledge and resources whenever I leaned...

Sorry for the slow progress lately. It has definitely taken a back seat to other projects, but I actually did take the parts out last week and had a shop blast the inside of the tanks to finally begin re-assembling the frame tubes.

Elgin Oriole yesterday…

…and filled the bike rack at our neighborhood diner this morning with a couple Elgins. Oriole & Ms America

Exploring the lakeside yesterday on the Sachs 2-speed equipped Oriole.

I assembled and test rode the new Elgin Ms America before allowing my daughter to take it for a spin. Thank you @easyrider for the geeat bike!

Very cool, thank you.

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