GO TO THIS.(if you are in France, next to the Alps

ROAD TRIP pt4

 After 5 days in Croatia Lizzy and me left all the other guys at the house and started making our own way back. 
It was sad to leave such good friends after only a few days, but we will see them again soon, plus the road called. 
We left the heat of Croatia and rode into the heat of Italy.
There is a Highway that spans the top of Italy, joining Venice-Milan-Verona and Tureno.
DONT EVER use this road, it is HELL. 
The Italian drivers (i dont want to generalise the whole population) were driving so fast and practically pushing me out of the way. 
At one point Five cars and a truck crashed right in-front of me, i was in danger of being crushed from behind and hitting all the carnage but at the last moment i spotted a gap in all the wreckage and gunned it through before the mass pile-up killed us both.
That was enough for us we got off that road as soon as possible and headed for the mountains.

 We stayed one night next to a lake ( where we were under dressed in a nice resturant). 
The next day we headed up and over Mont Blanche and into France.
On the Italian Side of the mount we saw all these cool sculptures made from motor parts. 

 At the top of St Bernard pass. That is snow on the ground in places.

 It was an amazing road that wound up and down the mountain. At the end of the day we stopped in a Small city called Charmbry. 

 This was a very beautiful city and i spotted this Great Laverda Montjuic.

TRIUMPH FRAME

Today i started welding together the triumph frame. The welder decided to give me quite a lot of shit but i managed to get a lot of it sorted still a lot of engine mounts and braces to do though.

SATURDAY IS SWEDISH CHOP DAY

 I nearly forgot that its SWEDISH SATURDAY.
so here we go

 Dollar Sullivan on a nice Trumpet

Strange looking motor.Is it a new INDIAN?


Check the film below for Swedish drag racing.
My frind Dave told me about this today. Apparantly a load of people would block a motorway, during the night, and hold illigal races. I dont think that this still happens as the police have clamped down since somebody got hurt. 

SWEDISH ILLEGAL STREET RACING.

BORN READY

Guess who

was the first  

ready to go out

The photos don't do it justice. i was stood there for 3 days and 6 hours!

ROAD TRIP pt3

 Once in Croatia we Rode, drank , ate, Relaxed and saw some amazing tourist stuff.

 This "Iron age fort was right behind our house and it was loaded with ,what looked like, Black Widow spiders.

 This ampetheater was bloody amazing and the best thing was that you could see it from the Pub.

 Booze run..

FLAT TRACK

 I've just received a book from i bought from the guys at SIDEBURN and its bloody marvelouse.
It is the "The Complete Book of Flat Track Racing" by Gerald Foster.
Its a great read with some amazing photos and advise on Flat Track racing, Well worth parting with some, Hard earned, cash for.
If your interested (why wouldn't you be?) get one here http://www.sideburnmag.blogspot.co.uk/
They also stock some verrrrry cool other books.

ROAD TRIP pt2

Day 4 

After a stinking hangover we had to go to a bike shop so that Alex could get a new front tyre.

This was a relief as it gave me a few moments to sit and get my shit together.

The mechanic said that "We should be real care-full which road we took around Munchen as the coppers hate non-standerd bikes and will confiscate ours because we have loud pipes!!"

So like a moonshine run we headed for the hills of Austria.

 Once in Austria we were confronted with grey surging rivers and snowy mountains.
With a breathtaking view and a receding  hangover we booked into a hotel in a ski resort and cooled down with a big, cold beer.

Day 5
The next day we headed higher into the mountains where we had to load our bikes onto a train to take them through a tunnel.
Then it was a hot drive into Slovena. We hit a massive cue on a motorway, all the cars and trucks had pulled over to the side (to let emergency vehicles through ).
 We crawled through 8km of vehicles, people were standing in the shade of trucks, kids were skateboarding, children were wobbleing about in nappies. As we weaved between all this, people were silently watching us ride past, it was the wierdest scene, like something from an appocolips movie. 
Turns out some one was dead. Realising this was a big wake-up call, realising the body's fragility is a sure-fire way to make you slow down and wake up.

 Finally we we arrived at our house in Croatia. It was really hot ( one day it was 46 deg). So after loading up the bike with beers and snacks we hit the pool. COOL, COOL WATER.

 The four Swedes Dana, Lasa, Miya and Mia turned up so we all went out for grub and Grappa (moonshine). 
It was SWEDISH SATURDAY after all.

RIDE TO CROATIA pt1

Back today after 3000miles and 7 countries.

I'm having problems coming down, but work

tomorrow should sort that out

 After the obligitory 'leaving photo' we got on the road to dover.

On to the train in Dover.

DAY TWO
 Spent the night in Calais after taking the tunnel to France.
I noticed that my engine was knocking a bit, so had a fiddle. Turns out the 'crap rear swingarm in engine' thing had become more crap, so engine vibes were being transmited in the frame. 
"Oh well, i can deal with that".
The forks started pissing oil all over my legs, which will water-proof my trousers nicely. 

 Middle of France, day two and it becomes evident that the (rear) seat i made isn't too comfortable.

 We met our Dutch friends,
 the t'shirts become global
 and i ate 'Pigs assholes!!'
Who said that the French can cook? 




DAY THREE
430 miles of highway into Augsburg Germany. 
Long strait Roman roads in France followed with
Tanking along the highway with the 'matt- black, tail-gunner' to fend off the Merc's, BMW'S and Audi's.

Dirty Dutch covered with dead bugs.

 We always meet a friendly German.
I wasn't being sarcastic, It's true.

 Very cool car out-side the HANK 111 gig.

HANK 111 gig was BRILLIANT but i didnt get any good pictures

of the band but i got a photo of some nice boots.

The wearer was very proud.