Bike Shed, London

I went to the Bike Shed event in Shoreditch in London today. It was an outing for my red custom bike, Tradewinds. I met a few friends there, so what better way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon.Part bike display, part art show, it was a small but busy event that showed off custom...

Read More

How to fix luggage to a custom motorcycle

When designing my custom motorcycle Amelia, I knew two things for sure.1. I would be touring long distances on this motorcycle.2. I needed to be able to fix luggage to the bike, but I didn't want an ugly rack to spoil the look of the bike.Good looks and practicality don't always go well together, so, it became clear that we needed to be quite innovative in devising a solution for fixing luggage to...

Read More

Cool Picture from St Tropez

I was looking on the Harley-Davidson HOG website and found a cool picture of yours truly riding my Amelia bike in St Tropez.....Also, in an e-mail HOG sent out to it's members, there is a video form the recent rally in St Tropez and somewhere near the beginning, is Amelia parked up in the marina....

Read More

Introducing Amelia, my new Harley-Davidson chopper

Many of you know a new custom bike has been built for me recently. I have posted a few pictures of the progress of the bike as it developed and of some of the details of the bike, but it is now time to reveal the completed motorcycle.Called Amelia, the bike is based upon what old school choppers used...

Read More

Amelia Bike – Latest Pictures

Work on my custom bike, called Amelia, continues. Now only a week until final assembly is complete, here are a few pictures taken over the past few weeks....Engraving of all of the parts is now complete....The build is complete. Here are a few partial pictures....The bike was then dismantled and all...

Read More