I'm going to run a few "Honorable Mention bikes as I go along. The first three are posted and I have 2 selections to go. I'm squirming mightily... so sue me! lol....
This is a bike I've drooled over since I was a pup. There's about four or five fantastic British bikes I could put here. Bikes that are much more popular and more renowned. The BSA Goldstar, The Triumph T100C and the Norton Commando 750S are all contenders for a spot. But to be honest I find this bike to be much more striking than just about every other British bike on the planet. That chrome thank with the old school lettering, and the general stance and line of the bike just hits the perfect notes for me. I have a local friend who is the "go-to" british bike mechanic and he raves about this bike in looks AND engineering. He doesn't understand how they were overlooked for so many decades by British bike fans. Neither can I.
Sam has built so shared so many interesting bikes with me that he has his own search term over in the cloud. do yourself a favor and check out some of his other excellent builds. His 2-stroke bikes are legendary. you can see more of his stuff over on my 2 Stoke Biker Blog. I havn't heard from him in a while and I fugured he'd been up to something special and as usual he doesn't disappoint.
Sam writes in:
Hello Steve,
Been a while,huh. Well,although I've been involved with several non-motorcycle related activities,I did manage to finish the RE500(just yesterday!!).The basis for this 60's theme street scrambler was a new,dealer leftover '07 Bullet my wife located in Ohio late in '08. I bought it for the sole purpose of doing just such a bike,which made for a really odd feeling when I purchased a new machine that: 1) I
So,I hope you enjoy the pics,Steve.
Always a pleasure Sam! Keep em coming!
Almost forgot... The before picture!!
