The Good Guys, a chili cook off, and more...

We’ve got a couple of events coming up in the near future here in California, and if you’re in the neighborhood, we’d sure love to have you stop by. We’re going to be showing our latest customs at the Good Guys show in Pleasanton, California (Friday through Sunday, August 26-28) at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds, and then we’ll be out again at the Kiwanis Club Chili Cookoff in Malibu, California (from September 2nd through the 5th).

Take a look at this latest custom designed by Steve and built by our master bike builders…it’s a relatively mild custom with chrome billet wheels, a performance exhaust system, a custom green flame paint job on a pearlescent metallic white base, and a custom matching seat!

Green flames on pearlescent metallic white...it really works!

A matching custom seat, and a close up of the custom tank...

These colors really work, and when you see the bike in person, I think you’ll agree!

We’ll have a couple of additional milder customs (a metallic blue Classic with billet wheels, and a black Classic with wire wheels, along with a bunch of our standard models.

A custom metallic blue Classic with billet wheels, and a custom black Classic with wire wheels

And speaking of customs, check out this very early Sportster I spotted in Wade’s shop…it was chopped and customized way back in the 1970s!

An old school chopper in Wade's shop!

That’s an old ironhead Sporty XLH motor (the hotter XLCH had a stamped steel primary cover), with a radically-raked out frame and vintage custom paint. Wade let me sit on it and it was cool.

Lots of good stuff going on these days, not the least of which is a funny photo our good buddy Jimbo picked up from the Mustang site. The original Mustang had a two-seater model they called the Thoroughbred, and apparently some of the guys on that site started posting about bikes with increased seating capacity. Jimbo pointed out to me that this particular bike may have what is perhaps the original bucket seat…

The original bucket seat?

We’ve all seen these kinds of photos on the Internet, showing small motorcycles being used for all kinds of things and carrying way more people than their designers ever intended. I thought it might be interesting to see what’s out there, so first, let’s take a look at the “increased seating” category…

A long wheel base model...it probably has more people than the engine has cubic inches!

SUV? We don't need no stinkin' SUV!

Only four people?

You gotta wonder how these things handle!

Don't ask me...I have no idea...

The next category (do you have your score cards ready?) is for cargo carrying capacity. You’re not gonna believe some of this stuff…

Obviously, a hula hoop delivery bike...how many of you even remember what a hula hoop is?

I'm not sure...eggs, maybe?

A china cabinet...maybe in China?

If this bike is propane powered, it's probably got enough range to leave our solar system!

A tow bike?

A Christmas tree delivery bike...check out the rider's legs!

Enroute (obviously) to the 99-Cent Store...

Hmmmm....the pinyata delivery man?

This guy is going to get hosed!

I'm not sure what these are, but I'm pretty sure there's an aerodynamic penalty with this load...

This guy should get cited for obstruction to vision!

The Home Depot model...

There's a joke in there somewhere...

The next category only has one entrant….with apologies to my good buddy Johnnie C., it looks like some enterprising entrepreneur is starting a two-wheeled RV company!