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If you are interested, this is a good swap meet for most Britt bikes including BSA, Triumph, Norton and others. I have seen some old metric bikes including Honda, Yamaha and BMW offered too. It's a nice ride along the Ohio River...

Old Slow Hand rocked the Garden last night.....as did the Stones and some others.

As much as we knew it was a possibility, we have to say that Suzuki's announcement this afternoon that it is filing chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings caught us a bit off guard. American Suzuki Motor Corporation - the sole distributor of Suzuki automobiles in the United States - will realign its...

Beachwood Ohio has banned handheld electronic device use for all those driving in city limits. The ordinance also covers laptop computers. Ticket plus 2 points against the driver's license. The police chief successfully lobbied for primary enforcement for all violators, regardless of age, saying...

Happy Birthday America !!

I just found out that a long time friend and an avid rider died of Leukemia at the Cleveland Clinic yesterday. He was part owner of our local Yamaha shop and saw the need to keep as many OEM parts for the old XS650s as he could find. I won't mention his name out of respect of friends and family...

Two weeks ago, we had a wind storm which downed two big maple trees in my front yard, the trees took down every power line, cable line and phone line for two blocks. Last week we had a hail storm which inflicted $1,800.00 damage on my new Jeep Grand Cherokee. Tonight, after I dropped my Yamaha...

It's hot in Ohio, the weatherman is preditcing 92 F. for today. It's too bloody hot to wrench or ride !

Guess what I have been doing for two days....cleaning up a mess left over from high winds on N.E. Ohio. A tree in my curb lawn went down and took all of the electric lines, cable lines and phone lines on my block with it. The tree just missed my Jeep by inches.

I am experiencing trouble viewing U-Tube videos thru this site and on other sites. I haven't changed any switch settings or spam settings, it was fine yesterday morning, but I could not view videos last night or this morning. The U-Tube format is there, but the black screen has no start/pause...

" Overkill " comes to mind. You make it, someone will ride it.:D

Interesting reading: Pearl Harbor Mistakes A very different and interesting conclusion of the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor . Read on . . . . Tour boats ferry people out to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii every thirty minutes. We just missed a ferry and had to wait thirty...

A three part video of a low budget tour of the Balkans....it's worth watching: Part 1 - http://vimeo.com/32399334 Part 2 - http://vimeo.com/33013685 Part 3 - http://vimeo.com/33959875

Not long ago, my wife, myself, my best friend from Ireland and his wife were on our way to the Canadian side of Niagara falls to see the falls and to visit a casino. As we stopped at the border, there were college kids in lime green vests directing traffic. Two of the students insisted that I...

My good friend from Dublin Ireland sent this to me, his friend raced a 250 Yamaha in this race in France. I think he place way back in the pack. That's a lot if dirt donks !:D

Two days ago, I answered the front door bell to find a young man standing on my front porch in need of a pair of jumper cables. He said he just moved into the rental property two doors down. My very first thought was to run to the garage and get him the cables and offer to help get his car...

We were bikers back in the day, the 1950's is when we started....my buddies and me. We rode Triumphs, BSA, Nortons, Harleys and Indians and we argued who had the best and fastest motorcycle. We imitated James Dean with our white tee shirts with rolled up sleeves, and we wore black jackets that...

The local news is talking about gas prices rising to $5.00 per gallon by this summer in N.E. Ohio. I've decided to ride as much as I did last year, and the year before. I might have to give up beer or borrow gas money from my wife, but by god, I'm going to ride. :D

Happy New Year to everyone on the forum, may 2012 be a good year for all of you. Ride safe !

I borrowed this from my site: http://imgur.com/a/rhkfp