Category Archives: California Scooter Company

Here’s an article and a photo that caught my eye this morning…it was in the LA Times… The ultimate Triumph: Stolen motorcycle retrieved 46 years later By Joseph Serna, November 4, 2013, 1:55 p.m. More than 46 years after his … Continue reading →

Our good buddy Brad recently sent this note and photo to us… Thought you might like this pic of my bud’s kid on an early Mustang that was found and restored.   The engine was added in the early 60’s. Wow, … Continue reading →

Wow, here we are in November already, with all that it brings.   We’ve already made the time change…it gets light out earlier, but this business of it being dark at 5:00 p.m….I just don’t know about that. So Halloween has … Continue reading →

…and to celebrate the holiday, I stopped by the shop and grabbed a photo of this beauty… Silver works on a California Scooter, and the powerful P-51 engine and wire wheels make this one even nicer.   I like the look.   … Continue reading →

Hopefully, you’re not too burned out on all the VW stuff I’ve put on the blog this week.   I know I’ve posted a lot of car stuff on a motorcycle blog, but it was easy to get excited about these cool … Continue reading →

I recently received this nice note from my good friend Carl in Missouri, with interesting inputs about Clint Walker’s Rickman motorcycle and the Dave Mungenast Museum… Hi Joe, Clint Walker (the actor from the TV series “Cheyenne”) was in England … Continue reading →

Nope, this blog isn’t about Muhammed Ali, Tyson, Sugar Ray, Camacho, or any of those guys.   We’re gearheads, and the focus today is on boxer engines. The boxer engine configuration is one that has been around for a long time … Continue reading →

More VW stuff, folks!   This time it’s the vans.   They sure were pretty.   I don’t know much about VW vans, so this blog entry consists mostly of photos.   Some of the front foldout windows were cool, as were the vans with … Continue reading →

I guess the bottom line in watching the VW drag races is this:   I had no idea you could make a VW perform like I saw yesterday.    As a guy who grew up around small block Chevrolets, GTOs, and Mopars, … Continue reading →

You’ve no doubt concluded that I had a lot of fun shooting VW photos this morning…and you, of course, are correct. Steve, TK, and I were almost the very first ones at the Irwindale track this morning…we were there at least … Continue reading →