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2010 Rockers Reunion

The 2010 Rockers Reunion was held at the Melody Inn bar at 38th and Illinois.  Put on by the Ton-Up Indy guys and gals.  This was a cool showing of classic bikes of all types.  The number of bikes was good also lineing both sides of the block with lots of people checking out the iron.  A couple of guys from Detroit rolled in and parked beside me.  Fun event!  Click on pic to enlarge.  More pics at www.sonsofthunder.myphotoalbum.com

 





 


 The Brecheisen Bobber showed well too!




      
   
 
  
       
 

 

Texas Trip!

Eight of us took an 8-day 3,600 mile trip to south western Texas the end of April.  Those riding were Bruce Schemehorn, John Weikel, Don Stogsdill, Chuck Martonicz, John Bornemann (Joliet, Il.), Wayne Williams, Phil Brecheisen, and myself. We had a great trip.  Saw some beautiful country.  Texas is a country not a state.  We only covered the top two thirds of the state and not very complete at that.  We started in the rain until south of St. Louis. We were blessed with good weather for most of the ride.  We had a bubble of no rain we followed home in between the tornados and heavy weather that hit the south.  Great sights and fellowship.  Click pic to enlarge.  More pics at: www.sonsofthunder.myphotoalbum.com

Planning the trip.

Take off in the rain, minus John B.

 Chuck's friends Lynn and LeAnn from Cedar Park, TX (Austin) met us and took us to a fabulous club called Oasis on Sunday nite.  We met some others from his church there.  The place was rock'in and over looked a great lake at sunset.

         
 Lynn and his cousin met us the next morning and led us through the back hills of Texas to a series of roads called the 3 Twisted Sisters.  Good riding.  Lynn road a Harley Trike and hammered through the turns.  Some cool points of interest along the way too.  They took us to Del Rio and stayed the nite then rode back home the next morning.  Thanks Lynn!! 

  

  
 
 Boarder Patrol checked us about 4 times on the U.S. side.

 Throwing rocks int Mexico, a rather dry Rio Grande.

Wild horses watering in the Rio Grande.  Big Bend National Park  Shot from in the Basin, some peaks were over 7,800 ft.
Real work'in Cow Pokers!
McAlister, OK evening dinner spot.
Last nite in St. Louis, tornados all around, we rode home dry. Amazing!
Last lunch at truck stop on the otherside of Brazil, IN.    

 
     

   

  
  

 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  

Ride Time!

We are on summer hours now and we will meet at 8:00 at the 116th Street and I-69 Shell station for Sat. morning rides.  This spring has been a strange one and we  haven't been together much at all.  We are back on schedule unless it is raining there should be a ride.

 

53 B/B "Brecheisen Bobber"

Here is our winter project.  It started life as a 1978 Honda 400T Hawk.  Brian Schoonveld had this in his garage for a long time and was going to throw it away.  The mice had eaten a large hole in the seat and built a nest under the tank and in the upper frame tube. Lots of rust and didn't run.  We took it home and decided we would do something with it if first it would run and secondly if it would shift through the 5 speeds, it did and so began the transformation.

Old school flat-trackers need nothning but the basics.  This seemed the direction to go.  Strip, chop and cut until there is not much there.  Then fabricate what you need and keep a close eye on the overall balance of the look.  We had the important parts welded by a pro and the remainder done by us, thanks to Bruce's old stick welder.  Click on pic to enlarge.

Nice trunk too!

2 Hours after we got it home..

Trying on different tanks took a while.

Not much left. Above.  Finished product Below!  Loud and Fast!

 



   First Showing at the 2010 Rockers Reunion by Ton-Up Indy at the Melody Inn.