GUYS! Guess where I’m almost surely going this year? BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS FOR THE SPEED TRIALS!
I’ll be heading down with an amazing group- the Bjorklund Sodium Distortion team (check out their website- Super Rat website).
They’re going for four land speed records with this amazing custom Ducati S4RS. And I get to document the whole thing with my camera! (And maybe even ride it…)
So, dealing with the wheels turned out to be more of a hassle than I thought- as it always happens with the Monster Project. I got the runaround from different shops about how much getting my wheels stripped would be… no one would just tell me where they take their wheels to get stripped in Portland. A couple people told me they shipped them out of the city. Wtf? Finally, after going to a place that said they could do it… a kind gentleman that worked there told me I should save myself the time and go straight to the source. American Metal Cleaning on Vancouver Ave. It was the that easy.

So then came the task of pulling my bearings (another thing I neglected to realize). Yes, I am obviously totally new to this. But hey! I did it!
Since I don’t know the answer to this I would a) call a Ducati dealership (MotoCorsa- the one I work at is awesome…. 503.292.7488) or b) Have someone fabricate one for you.
Hope that helps… sorry I don’t know more. Oh and thanks for the compliment! :)
Okay POST SCRIPT: Hey douchebag who wrote me an anonymous msg- “Fabricate a hub? lol yeah right.” I’m fuckin’ tired and I read it wrong so give me a break.
Model Eva Skye with some blingin’ wrenches and a shiny catsuit. Photo by Alli Jiang.
Enrica Citoni rides a beautiful custom Triumph in this video from Cafe Twin. The video shows her gearing up, riding off, and going through some amazing scenery.
Remember the Luis Moto (website) custom Monster and motolady (you might remember Donkeys in the photo) back in April?
I did some hunting and found out this bike was built by Luis for his girlfriend, Aurora. Stay tuned for some exclusive photos and a short interview with the awesome couple, comin’ soon!
MotoTent LoneRider.. the baddest tent that ever allowed a person to sleep under the stars without being rained on and eaten alive by bugs! Now you can sleep next to your motorcycle while you’re out camping it up.
Awesome.
You might be thinking, “wtf am I looking at?” Well my friends, you’re looking at a motorcycle constructed by a Frenchman from a broken Citroën 2CV automobile. Emile Laray was stranded in the Moroccan desert with only ten days worth of rations… did he shrivel up and die? No. He built himself a damn motorcycle in true badass apocalypse fashion. Now that is custom!
Read the full story and see more photos on Jalopnik »
(And thanks to Tyler for the tip!)
A heart breaking yet beautiful scene. …I wonder what the back story is.
Thanks for the tips guys-
The motorcycle was taken during the tsunami in Japan, washed up in Canada.