"The world by the ass......"

A Galloping Goose cruises Griffith Park with his ol' lady in the Summer of 1972. From the pack roll on the front end, it looks like they were either headed out somewhere, or just coming in. What else could be better?

Killer big Flattie

This photograph is a little faded, because it was tacked up in my garage (along with Rooster's Shovel) for over 15 years. I always thought this was a killer bike. This picture came from the June '73 issue of Choppers magazine. It was part of an article called "The Bikes of The Northern California Hells Angels". I kept this picture and Rooster's bike picture from his Choppers feature tacked up for inspiration.

It had all the trad stuff for the day - wishbone frame with a 1/2" rake, Wassell tank, 8over 'glide forks, Sporty fork boots, Flanders #1 bars, 21" front wheel, and shotgun pipes. Seating was a Bates solo with p-pad. There were some different parts on this bike, too. There were the sidecar triple clamps, the 5 qt. oil tank, and a Bates ribbed fender that was cut so it hinged up to change the tire. It also mentioned that Pete Knell (former pres. of the Frisco Charter) had done the tranny.

I found another article that had this bike featured in it, along with a K Model that the owner had talked about building as his next project in the Choppers article. It was a feature on the Richmond Show from the Feb. '77 issue of Street Chopper. In the SC article, it said the bikes were owned by "Angelo", and so did his show cards. In the earlier Choppers article, they said the bike was owned by "Tony". I just assumed that for the show, Tony took the name "ANGELo" to stay anonymous for his own reasons. Probably never know for sure.

Here's a picture taken of "Angelo's" Flattie in the Richmond show article from the Feb. 77 issue of Street Chopper. His K Model is visable in the background.

The K Model that "Angelo" talked about building in the Choppers Magazine feature. From the Street Chopper Richmond Show article. Check the Super Glide gas tank, and rectangular Ciebie headlamp.

Rick LaBriola's "Knuckleator"

Rick LaBriola (LaBriola Machine/L.A. Suicide Jockey Shift) put this together in '89-'90. It's still crankin' out the miles. Rick got around the front pushrod angles by machining the lifter block, then he had Andrews grind a camshaft to his specs. It's 97 ci, and has dual plugged '47 heads.

Rick I've known for a long time, and I think he's one of the best machinists out there. Almost every bike I build has Rick's work in it somewhere. I've had him do some really oddball stuff for me, and he's always comes thru.

A 45 Magnum looks kinda girly........

How's about an 80 Magnum? Ok, 88 ci to be exact. A '42 UL bottom end, and an '83 Shovel top end. I've always wanted to do one of these, and they're a pretty straight forward deal, except for one little trick.

Stan Dishong's Panhead - converted to OHC

One of my favorite late '50's engine conversions, right up there with MC Supply's V-4 Panhead (I have a really crappy pic of the V-4, I'll post it up later for you).

Bored and stroked to 96 ci., with shop-cast flywheels, shop-cast cylinders, shop built overhead cam setup, with one-off 1/4 speed cams ground by (who else?) Chet Herbert. Herbert also set the cams up to trigger a set of points for each cylinder, that were mounted exposed on the L/H side of the heads, right by the spark plugs. Whew!

Here's a top view of the OHC's, and the induction system. You can clearly see the individual sets of points for each spark plug, mounted to the ends of the cams in this shot.

Check out this "fogger' setup. Not quite a carb, not quite fuel injection, but it worked. The fuel was force-fed by a war surplus aircraft fuel pump, thru aircraft fuel nozzles mounted in the venturi, controlled by a big butterfly.

Dishong campaigned this engine thru the late '50's-early '60's at the strip, recording a best time in the 1/4 mile of 10.50 seconds @ 132.65 MPH. I don't know if I'd want to ride this thing bent over that chain whipping along at 130 mph, right below my ribcage. But, that's how they did it!

Remember Arlen Ness' chain-driven Evo OHC conversion, done in the late '90's? Remember how everybody went ga-ga over it? Think it looked a lot like this setup?