Choke, Saturday

From Jason Mc at By Hand By Brain (that's his Triumph in the shot directly above).

Howdy from LA. Good time this afternoon at Choke - took the trumpet and shook it up. Choke is really a cool spot to hang- espresso, peeps, the warm fall LA sunshine, cool breeze and laughter. Jeff is a real stand up fellow, and serves a gentile espresso. I met Nick and the rest of the gang-really cool!
Jeff and I spoke a bit about racing 'peds'-

Jason-I like the potential for speed on these scooters.
Jeff Johnson-yeah actually there are a couple of us that tune these scooters for racing.
JM-what? where?
JJ-well it's crazy but the guys race in Atwater couple times a year at the Polini Cup.
JM-Atwater-Northern cali?
JJ- yep north of Fresno.
JM-cool.
JJ- yeah-its crazy what these guys get out of these bikes.

Later I spoke with Nick and another rider about the engine-

Nick-(to customer/friend) it sounds great let me take it up the street.
friend- yeah its got this sort of 'tone' to it.
JM- (as Nick returns on bike) that is a unique sound the expansion chamber has..
Nick-this bike has an interesting chamber on it which resonates at a particular temp
and speed duration, just like any bike and it results in its own sin wave which is
that sound.
JM-my Benelli screams-it has the silentium cigar chamber on it so its low sounding-
Nick-its interesting that the different chamber give you a different performance but
that the sound can be a good way to judge if its the one for the bike.
we use parts in so many different ways its cool to see what works.

After two espressos it was time to head home-Jeff asked if the Sideburn guys would
come out again. We'll see.

I Thanked Jeff and Nick for their hospitality and boogied.
J-