Fishing Trip

Dimitri Coste Vans Flat Track Boots

These crappy photos, taken by me in my dining room, could get the perverted sneaker freaker world fizzed up. Why? They're the first ever pair of Vans to be made not using the waffle sole.
They were produced, as prototypes,  for Dimitri Coste to race in at Dirt Quake. They have Vibram soles (and looked better on and covered in Coventry clay). G
Good action photo: Grant Robinson

Iowa State Fairgrounds

Anyone going to this should try make time to call in on Jeff and Brad at the Kung Fu Tap and Taco, Des Moines. G

SB x the Portland Mercury

Stevie Gee drew this motorcycle-riding tiger for a Sideburn T-shirt (and we still have a very few left - here). He gave permission to the Portland Mercury to run the image and our friend Thor Drake of See See Motorcycles saw it. Tentacles around the world. G
PS Yes, we have a specific Portland label. And a Thor Drake one. We've been doing this blog for quite a while. And the magazine for a little while longer than that.

Socks and Strokers

Some great stuff going on over at the Iron & Resin blog. G
PS And yes, we have a specific 'socks' label.

Dirt Quake Inspired Art 2

Stevie Gee brought his dad and his boy Jesse to the race on Saturday. Little Jesse was up at the crack of dawn the next day and had finished this before his parents had even got out of bed. He's got the band under their awning (thanks for that Richard); Kenny and Conway and, I think, GuyGuy in the middle; the Vintage Speedway display, the pie parked in the middle while a race is under way and even the Burger Shack! All from memory. Accurate work, JayGee!

If you still want more Dirt Quake - and why wouldn't you? - there's a top report by Dutch of The Bike Shed (that's one of his photos, below) and another goodie by virgin race Jules called 'There will be mud'. The latter sums up a lot of what we were trying to do with this event. G

SB's GI on RSD

I'm a big admirer of a lot of what Roland Sands does, says and builds and have been for years, so it was pretty bloody cool for him to send me some questions to answer for an interview to go on his RSD blog. Go leave a comment, please.

Above is a fully-faired Sportster his company is working on. Love the tank work. G

Spaghetti Western

Paint job for an Aermacchi by Chris Watson. BP

UPDATE: There's a nice Dirt Quake ride home report on Chris's blog.

Gary Nixon Auction

Don at Metro got in touch to say the widow of Gary Nixon has appointed an auctioneer, a friend of the family, to sell a bunch of the former #1's memorabilia, riding kit and bikes. the sale is set for June 16 in York, PA. It's a shame this stuff didn't go in eBay. I'm sure it would've fetched a lot. I'd have loved to bid on some of this.
Get details here. G

Prized

Thanks to all at Davida for the made in England Classic pudding basin for the weekend's top Quakers. G