"Mama Tried" Bike Show Milwaukee 2014
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"Mama Tried" Bike Show Milwaukee 2014
Wife and I went to the "Mama Tried" Bike Show here in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon and it was a great time. Thought I'd share some of the poor quality pictures I took for those interested and couldn't make it.
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I think i saw take that pic
Hey Aaresz, I think I saw you take that picture of fender ornament(?) of the thumbing nose. I was standing next to you taking a picture of the bike.
It was an interesting show, a lot of Harley custom choppers and bobbers with a bunch of racing bikes and some metric cafe racers.
I don't know what clicked but I had to spend an hour explaining to my wife the difference between a Knuckle, Shovel, Pan, Evo, BT and Iron. Here some of my favorites, I may have a clearer image of some of the builders names if anyone is interested.
An FXR setup for dirt:
you were here...
Paint this bike black and lose the fish tails and this is basically what i rode when my wife met me in 77. I realised she is basically a yuppie biker chick. Bonus the name is carved onto the heads.
The first thing she noticed was that the race placard matched the year. When I told I liked this she explained that i would never own a bike with that pillion seat.
I never figured out if this bike was original or restored to original.
I liked this style, but maybe I'm old.
It was an interesting show, a lot of Harley custom choppers and bobbers with a bunch of racing bikes and some metric cafe racers.
I don't know what clicked but I had to spend an hour explaining to my wife the difference between a Knuckle, Shovel, Pan, Evo, BT and Iron. Here some of my favorites, I may have a clearer image of some of the builders names if anyone is interested.
An FXR setup for dirt:
you were here...
Paint this bike black and lose the fish tails and this is basically what i rode when my wife met me in 77. I realised she is basically a yuppie biker chick. Bonus the name is carved onto the heads.
The first thing she noticed was that the race placard matched the year. When I told I liked this she explained that i would never own a bike with that pillion seat.
I never figured out if this bike was original or restored to original.
I liked this style, but maybe I'm old.
Last edited by kokemill; Feb 23, 2014 at 04:32 PM. Reason: second attempt at english
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Was there last night. That knuckle in Aaresz 3rd pic must have had a lot of time in it. The throttle cable was completely internal, from the carb all the way up through the bars. Lots of details in it that you had to look at it for awhile to see it all.
Lots of cool old rides. Nice change from the usual stuff.
Lots of cool old rides. Nice change from the usual stuff.
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some race and metric
some more, warning metric ahead :-)
Put a headlight on this and it is my ideal saturday morning errand runner.
I have a friend that is building a Triumph bike for gravel roads, this seemed like it was 90% there. I'm going to do the same thing but with a 03 and earlier 883.
my son wanted this one:
I suggested this style as an alternative to a scooter for a campus scoot.
Too much fairing for me:
C looking at an Ice Racer? (no shrouded tires, maybe Ice Rider) Or giving me the eye- are you taking my picture?
The other side of the Duc
My son liked this mirror, I'm lost, why not mount the way Harley does it?
This was his favorite instrument cluster:
from this bike:
Put a headlight on this and it is my ideal saturday morning errand runner.
I have a friend that is building a Triumph bike for gravel roads, this seemed like it was 90% there. I'm going to do the same thing but with a 03 and earlier 883.
my son wanted this one:
I suggested this style as an alternative to a scooter for a campus scoot.
Too much fairing for me:
C looking at an Ice Racer? (no shrouded tires, maybe Ice Rider) Or giving me the eye- are you taking my picture?
The other side of the Duc
My son liked this mirror, I'm lost, why not mount the way Harley does it?
This was his favorite instrument cluster:
from this bike:
Last edited by kokemill; Feb 23, 2014 at 04:55 PM. Reason: engrish
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The Elvis Bike by Kevin Bass - he's a local high school shop instructor and teaches a class on motorcycle building. Each year at the Donnie Smith show they have a high school build off against other schools from around North America. His team usually brings a pretty cool bike. After seeing the other stuff they built I'll bet he built it that way.