As I promised, here are photos of OldCarFest shot by Oksana. She concentrated mostly on people, friends of ours who visited us on festival. This guy with his little daughter is the very man who painted all bikes I built…
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Pity, but last two years there were no specialized custom motorcycle festivals or exhibitions in Ukraine. The only event that one may call alike is traditional every year OldCarLand festival. As you may guess from its name this festival is…
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Our next location for autumn photo shooting was a wall of red ivy we found a couple a years ago in one village. We crossed our fingers and hoped it still was there. By the way to the place we…
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And here is second part of Autumn photos. This time inspiration was found in the off-road side, so “Eight Ball” cafe-racer collected a little of dirt by the way:-) And photos shot by Oksana:
Every Autumn we arrange a ride to photo-hunt golden tree leaves and red ivy. But this Autumn the weather mostly broke our plans. We got the week of cold rains combined with gusty wind exactly when leaves burst into all…
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Heh, looks like lately I had not a lot of time to fill my blog. I was working in my garage one evening a couple of days ago when I occasionaly looked at the garage entrance and I saw quite…
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Some time ago I was asked on Yamaha XJ owners forum (xjbikes.com) about Diversion 600 cylinder block and pistons compatibility with XJ600 engines of previous generation, like 51J. I used Diversion cylinders in “Eight Ball” project, based on 51J engine, so…
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So, bikes were maintained and it was good reason for morning city ride. And ride is good reason to explore some potential photo locations I noticed earlier and had in my mind to check. The ride was pleasant, the locations…
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I used to maintain my motorcycles in the end of April. So I did this year. The first was “Eight Ball” maintenance. Usually it includes carburettors cleaning, air filter cleaning/oiling, fuel filter change and so on and so forth. But…
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