Iron and steel

Funny how things can pan out. A few weeks back, my wife found this knife in the street. It had clearly been lying there for a while and with no houses or shops nearby, she brought it home and I cleaned it up. It seems it was a promotional freebie, originally in a leather pouch and probably from the 1950s. I've seen others online stamped with Bayer and also made by Walter Kayser in Solingen, Germany, a town with a long history of blade making, the Sheffield of the Rhineland.

And this is Adolf Weil, a son of Solingen and known as the Iron Man thanks to his long career in motocross, most of which was spent as a Maico works rider, in fact the AW400 he's riding here in 1976 bears his initials. He won 14 national championships and three times came third in the 500cc world championships. At the age of 34 he won the Trans-AMA title. Adolf died in 2011, but the bike shop he set up in his home town when he retired from racing in 1977 is still run by his sons Frank and Jürgen. MP

Great looking bikes for sale in LA

Thanks to Andrew Guzzi Nerd for the tip

Up for sale is a collection of 70s motocross motorcycles Yamaha 360 & 500 Maico 400 also Bultaco & BSA flat track Ossa cafe racer call Mark 310 498 7709
Via craigslist

NOTE: We have nothing to do with this sale and don't know the history of these bikes or the seller.

Telford Classic Dirt Bike Metal

Ariel Trials for real heroes
Mmmmm... Cheney TriumphCheney Yamaha
Brit engine (don't know what) in a Maico chassis.
Rudge 500 Trials, 4 valve heads, bitsa but well built, expensive at £5,000

Thanks to Simon for the photos and captions. G

TOP MEN, true heroes of international jet setting global adventurers Austin and Gerald Vince of Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa spectaculars, on display in the flesh, braving Arctic blizzard whiteout conditions besetting Telford International Centre... These chaps spreading the word about the most best value for money off-road adventure Old School Orienteering in the Pyrenees £200 take your own machine, check out AustinVince.com. Runs in June and then in Sept - the VINCE, the very interesting Navigation Challenge Event. Diamond Geezers. Simo

PS Austin should've been at Rollerburn, but got the wrong date, the dope. G

Australian Classic Dirt Track

Hi Guys,
Thought you might like to see some [crappy MoPho] pics from the Australian classic Dirt-Track championship staged at North Brisbane.
There were more Elsinore CR250s than I've ever seen. A Rickman Mettise and a heap of other weird and wonderful things. Of course, I neglected to take photos of them!
Here's a leaky triumph thing, an XR750 with an MX rear tyre as a front! and my mate Gordon on his Maico 490.
Not sure if you've ever done anything about Australian Dirt-Track. I keep meaning to take my camera to the track and do some decent pics, if you're interested I would be happy to take some snaps.
Keep up the good work,
Paul