Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.
with apologies to Ogden Nash...
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Marsland Pipe wrench
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Bikes in the 'hood, RV90
I never saw these oddball fat tire Suzukis back when they were new, but they must have sold enough of them because they keep turning up, and Suzuki has reintroduced the bike as a VanVan. I still don't get them.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The very first Brough Superior
The new marque wasn't quite ready to show at the Olympia show in late November 1920, but by Christmas it was in the weekly motorcycle magazines. Powered by a 980 OHV JAP V twin, it was presented as a fast sporty solo mount and George Brough was eager to promote his "specially ordered" components in his "assembled" motorcycle.
Monday, October 13, 2025
Monday Mystery, hand cranked thing
The casting is marked American S.M.&T St. Louis. The handle turns something that is missing, possibly a grinding wheel? The angled wheel is raised and lowered by a lever that may connect by chain or cable to a foot pedal? My initial thought is that it might be related to valve grinding... ideas?
Sunday, October 12, 2025
End of the season...
The Cockshutt Model 30 was the Canadian company's first PTO tractor, produced from 1946 to 1957. Still earning it's keep...
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