tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post6252556029398012017..comments2024-03-21T17:03:47.134+00:00Comments on sideblog: Uncle BuntSideburn Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17388542247621130725noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-72021051175413725222022-11-29T06:45:27.844+00:002022-11-29T06:45:27.844+00:00I still think after all those years since that fe...I still think after all those years since that feature came out in superbike (1982) there has never been a better looking model posing with a bike ever👌Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-16286852351765812142022-09-15T22:27:05.833+01:002022-09-15T22:27:05.833+01:00I have a uncle bunt frame how can I find out the y...I have a uncle bunt frame how can I find out the year Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-30455346648775566392018-07-09T00:47:17.334+01:002018-07-09T00:47:17.334+01:00I photographed him in 1985, nice bloke.I photographed him in 1985, nice bloke.fitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124059520957905718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-59209901178574399892017-03-09T01:15:53.125+00:002017-03-09T01:15:53.125+00:00I remember seeing the bike above at a show in Manc...I remember seeing the bike above at a show in Manchester UK. I must have spent an hour looking at it. I still have the copy of Superbike that picture is taken from. That bike remains an absolute triumph of custom bike building.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845375020992667434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-34308574424628532022016-02-05T20:48:33.923+00:002016-02-05T20:48:33.923+00:00remember seeing reeds bike at earls court too, if ...remember seeing reeds bike at earls court too, if my memory serves me right it was on the avon tyres stand, just mind blowing at the time, remember, this was in the day when motorcycling was really struggling, the meriden triumphs were reaching the end of the line, harleys were exotica [and shit] we were fed a diet of bland japanese commuter bikes, the xs 400 yamaha, cx 500's, superdreams, xs 750 triples, gs 850 shafties and c-bloody-b 200's!if you went into a pub wearing a barbour jacket you were asked to take it off so you didn't leave waterproofing compound all over the seats for the regular punters! ahh happy day's! it's only in recent years and with the advent of the bikeshed, et al. that these fucking boring bikes are suddenly feted as 'classic's' if you turned up on your dad's cd 200 then you parked it on the road or at the back of the carpark! anyhoo, back to the plot, john reed's tr 1 took a horrible, boxy, squared frame twin, [and before you take issue i have built a chop for a mate using one as a base bike when you could still pick them up for two-and-six] and turned it into a thing of beauty, single sided swing-arm? still fifteen years away, clip-on's on a chop? engraving courtesy of old don blocksidge the famous gun engraver, 'solid' wheel's? [harley 'fatboy' was still 8-9 years away]ok, the gold plating might age it and place it in the big-haired, permed '80's but, for us, the people who were actually there back in the day, just a seriously inspirational motorcycle and something to aspire to, just brilliant...... lovelesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056800133539832964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-27587923149648480472016-02-05T14:24:15.037+00:002016-02-05T14:24:15.037+00:00He seemed Ok whenI met him at his workshop when Un...He seemed Ok whenI met him at his workshop when Uncle Bunt for tour with the then Harley Riders Club and again at a Earls Court Bike Show. I can't remember whether this was before he built that fantastic bike . must have been a stressy time.<br />I still have the magazine with the feature in SuperBike.arcadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692692784828523485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-88776743002901647912016-02-05T09:22:12.560+00:002016-02-05T09:22:12.560+00:00It was one of my less comfortable interviews. He w...It was one of my less comfortable interviews. He warmed up a bit after a while, but it still felt like riding over cobbles holding a flask of nitroglycerine (yeah, because I've done that so often...).Mick Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742574306425728027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-36894130945338986492016-02-05T09:05:51.436+00:002016-02-05T09:05:51.436+00:00"lean, steely and irascible" - that pret..."lean, steely and irascible" - that pretty much sums up the man who was less than amused to have an error on his otherwise superb YaManx chop pointed out to him by a spotty youth.<br />The error? the speedo and tacho cables ran to the wrong clocks<br />The spotty youth? Me<br />The moral? Never upset Uncle Bunt Harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08136579261885780145noreply@blogger.com