Visit to a collection in Arden

Last year, my friend Andreas bought a Kawasaki Z1R - The original from 1978. He bought it from a Collector in Arden in Nordjutland, Jens. Jens has around 150 old 1970s bikes of all kinds. To Jens it is important that the bikes ends the right place and follow all his bikes. That is also the reason why we visited, cause Andreas needed some parts for his bikes. We took a look around the collection and talked and saw the new in the collection. Sadly I was so busy looking at bikes that I forgot to take pictures.

After the visit we drove to Hadsund to have a Burger. The picture is from that arrival.

TLC on the ISO

Yesterday I took the time to give the ISO some needed TLC. A couple of weeks ago, on a drive the rearwheel looked up an was totally stuck. I knew that it was the gearbox or the primary drive that needed attention. This was also the reason that I started the operation disassembling the primary chainbox and found that the nut, that holds the sprocket was broken loose and has stuck between the housing and rear-sprocket.

This is how it looked

  I removed the damage nut, Found a spare one from my spare engine and assembled the engine again and now it running. but after it has been parked for a couple of days the engine is running on a fat mixture of of petrol so some tuning is required. Old Italian bikes is difficult .. 

The next project - When the others are done !

Tonight I had ones again had a little time to spare. Yesterweek I was checking Bikeexif which featured "The black Douglas" which is a copy of an 1920s bike with a Honda engine. This is actually a brilliant idea because old bikes often is unreliable( The Iso is currently in the Shed and in big need of TLC), And the Honda engine helps this challenge. I just figured, instead of building a old new bike, the easyist would be to mount a Honda engine in an old frame. So Now I am looking for an old frame and until I find that enjoy "The Black Douglas"

 Borrowed from Bikeexif.com

Wup sidecases is never a problem !

If you think that sidecases is a problem for your driving -check this video out ! That BMW gets a prober trashing

Harz part 1

Last Friday, my dad, Niels, Dan and Steffen set out for harzen in germany. We wanted drive corners and Forest roads and for that harzen is the place to go. The others set out from Aalborg in the morning and I joint the convoy at Ejer baunehøj - which is actually the highest point of denmark - 180 meter/over sea.

 Next stop was at the Danish boarder where we just got petrol on the bikes and drove on. The next stop was north of Hamburg - The place where we eat our lunch. Lebercase was my meal. Apparantly at german speciality- It tasted like Spam..
Then we rode on an got into Hamburg and was lucky not the get into a "stau" but from Hamburg and on the amount of roadworks and "stau" was extreme. Finally after a long highway travel, we got into the Harz. And got our first tast of the roads of Harzen - Wow !
Finally we arrived at Berg hotel Wolfshagen and got a cold beer ! - The best beer i have had in a long time!

Harz in germany

This Weekend I went on a trip to the Harz in Germany. The next couple of bloggings will probably be about this trip. But at first a picture of the Team at kyffhausen would be nice.More will come

 

The first Hotdog ride of the year

If a journey do not really have a purpose beside the journey it self a hotdog is the perfect excuse for the ride. I would like the hotdog to be the tradition of the ride with me. Rasmus and i started this Hotdog-bikingseason together with a ride around Madam Sø in north jutland and ended on the harbour of Hobro. The hotdog was supplied by a place called "Grillhytten" - A perfect an authentic name for a place to buy a hotdog.

If you live in the hood around Hobro i would recommend the hotdog - you get two for 40 dkk :)
Get riding and eat hotdogs ! its good for the soul ! 

Photoride

I took the Iso for a ride around Aarhus the other day. This is the result- The pictures is taken around the university of Aarhus  

The hidden bike

I my granddads old shed behind a old Ferguson tractor and piles of lawnmovers is this the only sight of a bike that have been hidden for 10 years and before that 35 years.

It is a Nimbus, 36. It is one of the first bikes in northern jutland. The bike was brought by a doctor in Hjørring. The history for the next 20 years is unknown but around 1958 the bike was brought by Granddad. He rode the bike for some years and after that bought a car and borrowed the bike to his brother. Around 1966 the bike was parked in the shed for later use.
Around the autumn in 2004 the bike was pulled out of the shed again. My granddad and I used a week taking the bike apart. Within a year and after several vacations spend at my grandparents the bike started and ran. Then it was pulled back in the shed and my granddad does not have the time, money or energy to rebuild the bike. No one knows how this story will end but i hope that the bike will stay in the family. 

The true adventure lifestyle !

Its Murph - He is in finland ! and he is exploring the world with style
Check out his website !
http://wherethehellismurph.blogspot.dk/

Finally a update !

Finally i have found the time needed to make an update.
This time I am proud to blog about the ISO - It is now my daily vintage citybike.
Its pure joy to ride this around Aarhus !

With that said - Get riding instead of looking at the screen ! 

Puch Vz 50 Flagskib

The spring is almost over Denmark so the old man and I had to check if the old Puch moped would still run - And it did !
Enjoy the pictures of this happy event.

Honda scrapper project

The easter is a nice season. Its in the spring !. Everything is coming back to life and is blooming.
This year easter was a chance for me to visit my mum and dad. In the shed at my parents, my old Honda CB 250 is parked. For a long period I have wondered what to do with this bike. It was to poor to become a minter again but that just opens the big bag of opportunities for ideer of what to make out of it.
I have decided that the bike has to be striped and rebuild as a budget scrambler.

I have take some pictures of how the disassembly went

The plans for the bike is to
- simplify the wiring 
- Go from disc to drum brakes on the front wheel
- Make it look like a roadgoing oldschool trialbike
- Make it look even rattyer ! 

The perfect Crip

Nothing more to say...

Danish craftmanship

Yesterday I did my daily browsing around the different bike blogs I know.
I came across The Vintagent and found a article about A dane who wanted a Indian with 4 cylinders but wasn't able to find one and pay the crazy price of it - so he resided to build his own.

It´s called the Alma Four - check it out here    

http://thevintagent.blogspot.dk/2013/03/the-alma-four.html

Maggot day in the north

The winter is still over Denmark and while we are waiting not much happens on the blog. But this weekend we had a cool event comming up

Since I was a small boy, The bike in my dads mind and since garage has been the "Maggot" - A Honda CX 500 B mode from 1981. The bike has done 150000 km, and is still running. It has given me the first bike experiences and introduced me to allot of people. Today the Maggot is retired from its touring duty and enjoying is 3 age as a sundaybike. Last year it did 2000 km overall around 700 km with me and 1300km ridden by my dad.

My Dad and his old Maggot entertaining

The club culture around these bikes has always been great and yesterday we went to a technical day in northern jutland. The day was called "Cx teknisk dag" and gathered around 70 people to learn more about the bikes. I been helping with servicing the Maggot since i was 13 years old so I help the old man showing how to maintain the bikes in general. The guys that did not service their own bikes before they came was impressed and happy to learn and see how things was done on the old bikes. The whole day was great - The people that knew a little and them who knew allot had the possibility to nerd with other that knew allot. A great day - A day that should be a possibility in every club.

Jan - The host and technical expert showing and explaining the program of the day 

"How to make maintain your old bike"

Changing the Cam Chain - Jan tells how its done

Vinter has returned in denmark ..

Just as we through that Winter was over, it has returned in denmark - The temperaturs is down and there is snow on the ground.

To keep the mood up, we are planning a grill party in the shed tonight ! -In your face winter !

The Iso - Now running

Sorry for the distance between the posts! I been busy serving and drinking beer and working in the shed.
The breaking news of today is that the Iso Milano startede for the first time in 23 years. it was awesome to hear the old lady run. At first she did not do as told but after a little fetle with the carb she behaved and is now running fine. The gears and clutch cables need replacing and everything needs a final check before going to town  but now we know that she will run.

The Iso Milano

The Italian scooter, the ISO a company also know for their exclusive sportscars from the 60's, Is comming back to life. I have been working on an off renovating the engine for the last couple of months and I am almost ready to fire the engine.
I want to share some of the pictures of the process here:

A biker fact !

Honda pics

The day in the shed- Enjoy

Finally

Today the Renthal grips arrived from UK. Looking forward to seeing them mounted on the bike. That may be the project for tomorrow

Going back to the 60's

60's Rockers from HK Rockers on Vimeo.

Staying with the VFR - this time a RC30.

Stickertuning - the fastest of its kind !

Stickertuning on a cold Saturday

A grip-ing update ...

The VFR is slowly coming together and is soon to be ready for spring - as seen in the former update. Today i ordered the last parts for the handlebars - Renthal trialgrip, my personal favorite. I also mounted tape on the bars so that the consoles for lighting and buttons will stay firm in place. When the grips arrive from the UK the handlebar project will be done.   

I also did a bit of work on the vintage italien ISO scooter. After a crankshaft change the treading on this was a bit damaged so today i did the final repair. I also test fitted the clutch and primary-chain and ignition

tomorrows project will be to make an oil change on the VFR and refit the farrings  

Spark-plug and brake change

A top-tip is to change the sparks once a year. They get worn easy and a fine spark is the cheapest way to tune your bike.

I did that the other evening. It was a very productive day cause i also achieved to replace the brakepads and discs. The VFR just needs a oil and filter change and it will be ready for spring.

Updates on the VFR project

Today my order from Polo-motorrad in Germany arrived. A new handlebar, some brakepads and sparkplugs. I went directly to the shed to testfit the bar. Top tip by a manual- or a smartphone - the thing saved me for allot of work. I can only say the Hondas engineers is a bunch of perfectionists. To dismantle the Clipons had to look in the manual because the entire end comes of. Well I got the bars fitted - The throttle cables needs to be rerouted but else it is a perfect fit !

Enjoy the pictures