Here are Chris and the boys playing in Lucerne. The piece was written/arranged by the band specially for the audience, with many Swiss references.
As YouTube only allows a maximum of 10 minutes, the piece is split into two:
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Have you tried to buy a Honda T-Shirt recently? It’s OK if all you want is a CBRVFRCBF modern thingy.
I have a CB500/4 that is 38 years old (1972):
I have been feeling a bit creative recently so spent an enormous amount of time working on a photo of the 500/4 logo from my bike.
I made it into a t-shirt but it only lasted about 24 hours before I received the following email:
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I can’t imagine how the corporate machine at Honda would bother too much about a logo that appeared for a scant 2 years, 38 years ago!
So. I’ve quit Z*****.
Does anyone:
a) have any idea on the length of copyright on stuff like this?
b) know where I can buy a kosher 500/4 t-shirt?
c) make this stuff and want to “help”?
Here’s Chris and the guys in a boat in Switzerland… playing the William Tell Overture.
… and nobody got wet!
This was filmed (badly!) during their October 2010 tour of Switzerland.
More to come.
This is the logo from the sidepanel of my black 1972 CB500/4 Honda. With a steady hand on the camera and a bit of careful cropping in Photoshop, I’ve designed my own t-shirt:
I got a bit bored with “Steve’s Blog”. It has served well for the past couple of years but I fancied something a bit different.
“Dionysian Divagation” is an attempt to gain page one status on Google (I’ll let you know…).
Di·o·ny·sian
[dahy-uh-nish-uhn, -nis-ee-uhn, -nahy-see-]
–adjective Greek
1. of, pertaining to, or honoring Dionysus (root of name Dennis)
di·va·ga·tion
dahy-vuh-geyt
– noun late Latin
1. Wanderings or driftings.
2. Ramblings; digressions.
Now all I need is a cute logo…
When checking the prices of bikes back in the 70’s, Comerfords ad was always the first stop.
In 1970, they had a regular “slot” on the back page of “Motor Cycle” – a weekly newspaper of the time.
Here’s one from the 18th November 1970:
£695 for a CB750! That’ll be the K0 – now worth in the region of £5k – £10k.
Who remembers those iconic full colour ads from the motorcycle press in the 70’s?
I had an A1-sized poster on my wall at Uni that I picked up from one of the bikes shows of the time (probably the Racing & Sporting Show at the Victoria Horticultural Halls – now that’s another “Anyone remember…” thread!). That one had two of the girls on a sidecar outfit, full “kitted out” in Life helmets and bodypaint.
I recently found a pile of old bike papers in the back of a cupboard:
This is from Motorcycle Weekly of 25/3/78 and features a Suzuki GS (by the looks of it), oh… and some bodypaint.
If anyone out there has any more of these I’d be delighted to put them up here! [I have Google-imaged “Life Helmet Advert Bodypaint] to no avail – there’s some interesting bodypaint out there (just make sure you have safesearch turned off!
Update:
Various bike forums have responded to my challenge and have dug up the picture that I remember as the poster on my wall:
The model “Tula”, was famous later in the 80’s as she was “outed” by the tabloids as a transexual…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Cossey
Plus – found a magazine version (as opposed to the newspaper print above):
Note the different helmet…
After 3 1/2 years and about 30k miles, my trusty Alpinestars SMX-4WP boots have suffered a broken zip! These boots have been brilliant – they are the Gore-Tex version (hence the “WP”) and haven’t leaked a drop in all that time.
Luckily, the broken part was the zip puller and so a simple fix with a large paperclip got me home from work that night.
I had seen those repair kits for zips that basically provide a plastic clip that goes over the paperclip but couldn’t find one anywhere.
Trying eBay (as you do), I came across this rather neat little gadget from Minerva Crafts & Fabrics
£1.99 plus 99p postage
Job done!
I recently had some small scuffs imparted to the rear bumper of my SLK by a nice lady who reversed into it in a car park. I thought I’d try the “Smart Repair” available from a local dealer as opposed to the full-blown insurance repair (about £400!) and at 1pm today, George duly arrived in his white van with all his kit.
Apologies in advance for the photos – it was really bright this morning and he was working so fast that I had to take what I could whilst trying to get around the deep contrast caused by the direct sunlight on a silver car…
Her he is masking the job off:
After rubbing it down:
Five coats of silver paint and one coat of lacquer:
Heat treatment:
Job done!
While George was here, I asked him what I should do about the wheel nuts, which were rusty (and ridiculously expensive to replace)
Before:
After:
Silver engine paint and a funnel made out of an old cornflake packet to stop the overspray. Maybe it won’t last long; we shall see!
90 minutes and £80.
Job done.
OK, I know the weather forecast was dreadful and that the actual weather was wet and windy, but this is the first time in 3 years that absolutely no Bulldog RATs have shown up for an organised rideout.
so·lus
[saw-loo
s; Eng. soh-luhs]
–adjective Latin
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself
I hope that you are all ashamed of yourselves…
So, quickly back home to catch up on the Japanese MotoGP on the Red Button and/or iPlayer (plus coffee and a warm dry house of course)
