Morgan & Phillips, and more!

Another fun day, and another fun project…California Scooter Company lent a bike to Morgan and Phillips (a premier automotive clothing company) for one of their photo shoots. It was beyond cool, and watching Michael Satterfield and his crew capture photos was a hoot.

Steve and I borrowed Josh’s bike (Mike asked for one with apehanger handle bars), and it fit perfectly with the cars Michael had his friends bring over. The Greaser’s custom flame paint really meshed well with the ultra cool Merc you see below.

Bad Bob's super cool Merc

Michael Satterfield’s friend, Johnny, wasn’t a model, but his clothes worked so well with Josh’s Greaser that I grabbed a photo of him with the bike…

Purple Johnny and the Greaser

I had my Flip camera with me, too, and here’s a video we assembled…

As if the Morgan and Phillips photo shoot wasn’t a big enough treat, on the way home I saw something that at first I thought I was imagining. 

Check this out, boys and girls…

Robert, who rode his 1938 flathead BMW all the way down from the Pacific Northwest!

Yep, that’s a 1938 750cc flathead BMW (manufactured the same year as the Model A Ford I’ll be posting in the Morgan and Phillips video a bit later today) complete with a vintage sidecar! This bike is not driveway jewelry, either! My new friend Robert rode it down to southern California when he recently moved here from the Pacific Northwest!

Wow!

Robert is an actor and a writer (actually, not everybody in southern California is), and he’s obviously an outstanding mechanic as well. Robert told me he didn’t want a concours bike, because he intended to ride it, and he met his intent. Listen to this…this bike is Robert’s daily driver! Robert even custom-engineered an electric starter for this magnificent old motorcycle (it’s tucked up on top of the engine).

Folks, I’ve never seen one of these as a daily driver. Robert, a tip of our helmets to you!