The trike built by Si Harris and featured in TRIKE Magazine has been sold. This three wheel beast was a ‘traffic stopper’ – hand crafted and engineered to the usual high standards set by Attitude Customs it appeared in Trike Magazine alongside the beautiful Missy Malone… Missy Malone is an accomplished actress and model but is maybe best known for her Burlesque show which tours Internationally and throughout the UK. Si added. “We rarely build trikes, not because we don’t want to, but because the trikes we build are not half-car-half-motorcycle… designed and engineered from the ground up to become a purpose-made machine that makes a statement. This style of trike, an Attitude trike, goes back a few years – pre-dating the trike Russell Mitchell built at Exile that got a load of press and media coverage. I’m happy this one has found a new home so we’re able to take orders for our next build schedule… we will only be building a limited number of trikes in 2012 and there are only 5 build slots available so people should contact us soon to make sure they get their booking in — first come first served I’m afraid.”

Call Simon on 07758 241123 to talk spec and build schedule

We’ve built quite a few of these Bobbers now and they have gained quite a reputation for being comfortable and easy to ride. Having built over twenty now, all of them unique to their owners, we are able to reduce the build time down to 10 weeks (depending on the spec and paint obviously) as these are meant to be stripped down, raw motorcycles… so, if you order soon you will have a Bobber ready for the road before Easter. There is a new trend for the ‘Japanese Bobber’ style and we have one in build right now so we’ll post photos of that as soon as its finished… call me if you want to chat about building a Bobber

Victory Wheelers 35th Southcoast Internationals, 8-11th June 2012…

Victory Wheelers are please to announce a NEW location to celebrate its 35th Birthday.

The show is to be held in the grounds of the magnificent country estate of Pylewell Park, the 80 Acre show ground boasts probably one of the best views in the country looking down to the Solent and across to the Isle of Wight, with the back drop of the 17th Century Pylewell House.

This is situated less than 2 miles from Lymington, in the heart of the New Forest.

This year the gates will open at 10am Friday, with camping available Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, with departures on Monday morning.

The usual Victory Wheelers events will take place, with Live Bands, DJ, Cruise through the New Forest, Trade Stands and Fun Fair.

Sunday will continue to be Show & Shine Day where all American, Hotrod & Custom cars are welcome to attend, and prizes will be awarded in various categories.

For Booking information and details about the show, please check back here or at: www.southcoastinternationals.com regularly.

The new build ‘Wrecking Crew’ Harley Davidson engined board track racer is coming on really well now, most of the fabrication is done so the tins will be off to paint soon. Terry’s dream is nearly a reality

Board track, or motordrome, racing was popular in the US in the early years of the 20th century. Races were held on oval race tracks made of wooden planks. The first board track opened at the Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome near Playa del Rey, California, on April 8, 1910. By 1931 there were 24 operating board tracks, including tracks in Beverly Hills, California, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York, and Laurel, Maryland. Many fatalities occurred – often involving spectators. On September 8, 1912, Eddie Hasha was killed at the New Jersey Motordrome near Atlantic City. The accident killed 4 boys and injured 10 more people. The deaths made the front page of the New York Times. The press started calling the short 1/4 and 1/3 mile circuits “murderdromes”. Board tracks slowly faded away in the 1920s and 1930s, though racing continued into 1940 at Coney Island Velodrome, Nutley, and Castle Hill Speedway in the Bronx. The oval layout led to the development of the 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 and Mile dirt tracks – less expensive to maintain and safer as the body count of riders and drivers had been climbing as speeds increased. These dirt tracks became the basis for the modern Flat Track, Indy and NASCAR race tracks.

The Harley Davidson Wrecking Crew

A few years later, Harley-Davidson added speed to the equation by setting a new record at the 1912 Bakersfield Road Race in California. Whether it was an endurance test through muddy back roads, or speed races on the wooden board tracks popular at the time, Harley-Davidson-supported racers – eventually known as the “Wrecking Crew” – were untouchable. The onset of World War I suspended the racing schedule, but by the 1920s the company was back in the winner’s circle. And not only did the “Wrecking Crew” win, but they shattered speed records as they did it. In 1921, the Harley-Davidson team became the first to win a motorcycle race at an average speed of more than 100 mph.

PETRALI – THE NAME MEANT VICTORY - Through the 20th century, several riders would uphold the tradition and pride of Harley-Davidson Racing, but the man who laid the groundwork for it all was Joe Petrali. In a six-year stretch between 1931 and 1936, Petrali amassed the most National points five times. In 1935 he won every race on the 13-stop National schedule. In 1937, Petrali set a speed record of 136.183 mph by piloting the 1937 Model E Streamliner at Daytona Beach. He also won the National Hillclimb Championship eight years running, beginning in 1929.

We recently had Andy Boldry come down to the workshop and do some photos… we have featured some on the website as you will have seen. We think they are super cool, thanks Andy… we just wanted to give you a mention here – ANDY BOLDRY - FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER BASED ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND - AVAILABLE FOR HIRE IN ALL AREAS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BUT SPECIALISING IN PORTRAIT AND FASHION - EMAIL: ITS_BOLDRY@HOTMAIL.COM  — www.andyboldry.co.uk

Some tips if you plan to have a drink while prepping for Christmas lunch…

1. Buy a turkey

2. Take a drink of whiskey

3. Put the turkey in the oven

4. Take another 2 drinks of whiskey

5. Set the degrees at 375 ovens

6. Take 3 whiskies of drink

7. Check if temperature is up to oven

8. Take 4 whiskey of drinkey

9. Turk the Bastey

10. Whiskey another bottle of get

11. Stick a turkey in the thermometer

12. Glass yourself a pour of whiskey

13. Bake the whiskey for 4 hours

14. Open the door oven

15. Take the oven out of the turkey

16. Floor the turkey up off the pick

17. Turk the carvey

18. Get another scuttle of botch

19. Set the table and have another pour of glass turkey

20. Bless the saying, pass and eat out

Merry Christmas!