Autumn Road. Part 3.
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…
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“Eight Ball” cafe-racer
Autumn Road. Part 2.
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:
Autumn Road. Part 1.
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…
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Garage sketch.
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…
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Diversion 600 cylinders mode for 51J, 3KM engines.
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,…
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City ride.
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…
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Spring maintenance.
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…
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“Eight Ball” and cherry blossom. Part 2.
Second part of our hunt for sakura blossom. It turned out that we found not only flowering cherry trees but also new interesting location for further photo session. We explored it only superficially but have…
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“Eight Ball” and cherry blossom. Part 1.
When apricot trees began to blossom we decided that this year we surely have to shoot “Eight Ball” cafe-racer under the blossom tree. But weather this Spring is very unstable, so apricot trees already drop…
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