The Sound of The City was KSFO radio, San Francisco's. signature song heard late at night for many years back in the 60s - orgionally written and recorded by the Johnny Mann Singers - this is a 2009 recording using the same arrangement, by the Covenant Four Quartet - www.covenant4.com
A recording of the Covenat Four Quartet of the origional arrangement of The Freshman
This is a very sweet custom motorcycle, yes? Actually, no. Some young ... scarred knuckled ... greasy fingered ... bike loving gentleman never worked on this bike ... or sweated out getting the exhausts tuned or getting the handle bars at "just the right angle" or anything. It came off an assembly line. Granted, it came off a high priced assembly line, but no true lover of cycles ever sweated blood and tears over this machine. A well to do man put in an order for it ... told the company what kind of motor he wanted, what kind of tires he wanted, what kind of wheels he wanted, what he wanted as far as a color scheme for a paint job and the whole ball of wax. Once the order was all written up, this sweet machine came off on an assembly line. "Custom made" without the "Custom".
Somehow, this all seems like cheating to me. Because some yo-yo has the big bucks, he can put in an order, ("do you want pies and fries with that sir?"), and "WHAM! BAM! PRESTO!" ... he's made into an instant "biker". He hauls this beautiful machine to the rally, (Panama City's "Thunder Beach" in this case), unloads it, and rides it "triumphantly into town" from his five star hotel room. After a weekend of bedding beautiful women and getting drunk at high priced bars, he rides it triumphantly back to the trailer, hauls it back home, and there it will sit in an air conditioned garage for the next bike rally six or seven month from now. The motor will never be fired up. It will never be loved. It's just a prized possession.
How do I know all this? Because I asked the owner when I stopped at a gas station to fill my tank and quench my parched throat from the long ride over.
Pathetic!
Give me my muchly used and lovingly customized Magna with 24,163.0 miles on it ANYDAY compared to this shining sparkling bike with barely 500 miles on it. I did ALL the work on my Magna and my Intruder myself ... every barfed knuckle, every scraped and cut finger, every tear of frustration on every rusted bolt was earned and appreciated. My bikes may not look as nice as this one ... but they are certainly loved more!
Now THIS is my idea of a sweet trike! Check out the huge rear wheels on this thing, the exposed HD (I think) motor, the rake of the front end, the radical fenders on all three wheels, the "springer style" fork on the front ... the custom paint job, ... just everything! Someone has truly put his heart and soul into this trike, and it shows! I would be proud to own her!
This was at the Bainbridge Georgia Bikefest Rally

2004 Honda Indian Scout 745 ......; The Indian Scout Motorcycle was born in 1920 and was the brainchild of Charles B. Franklin. In 1927 the Indian Scout Motorcycle, initially with a 596 cc (37ci) engine was bored out to 745 cc (45ci), and was Indian's most important model. The 1928 Scout 101 was and is regarded as Indian's best handling if not best-ever motorcycle. The Scout 101 won many races and it and the later Sport Scout which came out in 1934 and Standard Scout in 1936, were often hopped up for racing and street-fighting. Models of 1934 featured Indian's famous head-dress logo on the gas tank. Indian's huge Springfield, Mass. factory was known as the Wigwam, and native American imagery was much used in advertising. The Indian Scout went out of production after 1945. Ironically, Soichiro Honda rode a 101 Scout for a number of years and it inspired him to build motorcycles. The theme for this Honda Motorcycle is (Honda Indian Scout 745) it has a 745cc (45ci) 52 degree V-twin motor with, 3-valves and 2-plugs per jug, a single pin crank, single 1.34in. carb, two into one headers. The part's put on this Honda motorcycle follow the Scout theme, and are as follows / Indian head-dress, Scout and 745 logo decals / 5-coats of clear paint / Mustang studded seat / River Road T-bag / Custom made 6in. air intake with Spectre air filter and chrome top / Accel 8.8mm plug wires / muffler punched and drilled 7/8in. / Nelson Muffler Corp. plate on muffler / air injection on exhaust removed / custom tag bracket with LED light / custom chrome left engine cover / custom copy of a 1949 Indian speedometer / red neoprene vacuum hose / 5in. Retro mirrors / chrome Vintage horn cover / custom stubby passenger pegs / Indian points cover / chrome master cylinder cover / 45-70 Govt cartridge on chrome fuel shut off switch / Oversize Dunlop tires / Dark Candy Red is Honda's name for the bike's color, but it is very close to the Vermilion that would later be known as Indian Red. The Bikes nickname is Indian Joe !!!!!!!
2004 Honda Indian Scout 745 ......; The Indian Scout Motorcycle was born in 1920 and was the brainchild of Charles B. Franklin. In 1927 the Indian Scout Motorcycle, initially with a 596 cc (37ci) engine was bored out to 745 cc (45ci), and was Indian's most important model. The 1928 Scout 101 was and is regarded as Indian's best handling if not best-ever motorcycle. The Scout 101 won many races and it and the later Sport Scout which came out in 1934 and Standard Scout in 1936, were often hopped up for racing and street-fighting. Models of 1934 featured Indian's famous head-dress logo on the gas tank. Indian's huge Springfield, Mass. factory was known as the Wigwam, and native American imagery was much used in advertising. The Indian Scout went out of production after 1945. Ironically, Soichiro Honda rode a 101 Scout for a number of years and it inspired him to build motorcycles. The theme for this Honda Motorcycle is (Honda Indian Scout 745) it has a 745cc (45ci) 52 degree V-twin motor with, 3-valves and 2-plugs per jug, a single pin crank, single 1.34in. carb, two into one headers. The part's put on this Honda motorcycle follow the Scout theme, and are as follows / Indian head-dress, Scout and 745 logo decals / 5-coats of clear paint / Mustang studded seat / River Road T-bag / Custom made 6in. air intake with Spectre air filter and chrome top / Accel 8.8mm plug wires / muffler punched and drilled 7/8in. / Nelson Muffler Corp. plate on muffler / air injection on exhaust removed / custom tag bracket with LED light / custom chrome left engine cover / custom copy of a 1949 Indian speedometer / red neoprene vacuum hose / 5in. Retro mirrors / chrome Vintage horn cover / custom stubby passenger pegs / Indian points cover / chrome master cylinder cover / 45-70 Govt cartridge on chrome fuel shut off switch / Oversize Dunlop tires / Dark Candy Red is Honda's name for the bike's color, but it is very close to the Vermilion that would later be known as Indian Red. The Bikes nickname is Indian Joe !!!!!!!
Well all, I just couldn't wait any longer to get out and ride. 70F here today and I wasn't about to let this day slip past me without getting out on the Silverado. We have very few nice days left so hey.....need I say more? The side covers are out getting custom paint work done on them and like I said in the blog yesterday....they should be back mid week! Oh La La
Hope all my family here had a fabulous weekend and Kyle, I don't know how your doing it without riding. Man I really feel for you. I go through major withdrawl and become a biotch when I can't get out!
Well all, I just couldn't wait any longer to get out and ride. 70F here today and I wasn't about to let this day slip past me without getting out on the Silverado. We have very few nice days left so hey.....need I say more? The side covers are out getting custom paint work done on them and like I said in the blog yesterday....they should be back mid week! Oh La La
Hope all my family here had a fabulous weekend and Kyle, I don't know how your doing it without riding. Man I really feel for you. I go through major withdrawl and become a biotch when I can't get out!
Well all, I just couldn't wait any longer to get out and ride. 70F here today and I wasn't about to let this day slip past me without getting out on the Silverado. We have very few nice days left so hey.....need I say more? The side covers are out getting custom paint work done on them and like I said in the blog yesterday....they should be back mid week! Oh La La
Hope all my family here had a fabulous weekend and Kyle, I don't know how your doing it without riding. Man I really feel for you. I go through major withdrawl and become a biotch when I can't get out!
Still haven't got back my side covers from haveing the custom paint work done. Recieved a phone call Friday morning saying the paint work has been completed and that they were being dropped off for clear coat. Should have them back by mid week. Man I'll tell ya, I sure do miss not being able to get on the bike and just ride. But I am very anxious to see the work. I'm thinking tomorrow might be a pretty darn good day to get a short ride in. I might just have to make some side covers up out of cardboard and sneak on down the road to feel some air in my face. I'm sure tired of hanging the head out the window of the cage to feel it!!!!!! Hope ya all are feeling the air my friends, I'm sure not. ~Vstargrl~
I'm putting together a list of members that attend Americade in June or are planning to attend. I would like to meet up during the week. I sent manybikes a note if Custom Cruiser would arrange something. Have not heard back yet, I'll keep you posted. Leave me a profile comment.
Be safe, Ride safe
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO RIDE
Gene aka surfwer
One of the main reasons I bought Vance & Hines exhausts for my Magna, is when I release the throttle and allow the compression from the motor to decelerate the bike, it sounds very much like a Chevy small block V-8 engine. I love that sound ... that "rumbling" growling almost "popping" sound. I just had to make a video to demonstrate! Hope you enjoy it!
