Cole Foster's Moon Rocket

A beautiful modern day rendition of a Bonneville Salt Flat Racer. Love this look and what it tells about its purpose. Build by Cole Foster at SalanisBoyz Customs.

Happy Holiday

One of my favorite images of the best boy.

Montauk Today

The break off Trailer Park in Montauk today. Offshore winds...perfect.

Hudson River Day Line Steamer Washington Irving

The Hudson River Day line would run from New York City to Albany regularly providing a valuable commuting or travel option to pre- depression era travelers. Faity Tuttle told me a wonderful story last night that she would travel on the Day Line with her children to Hudson New York for $5.00. The expense of gas at that time helped make the decision. They would leave their car in Hudson and drive the remaining country miles to Merwin Lake for the weekends where they all still reside. The small fee included a state room and as one can imagine with the magnificent views of the Hudson Valley accompanied by the music and lively passengers I am sure it made for an unforgettable voyage. Learn more HERE. Wylie is studying the Hudson river with his class this year and this is another example of the rivers past charms.

The Departure

Got this bike image from Seth's Vintage Motori face book page. Excellent shot and speaks volumes to me. Good find Seth. Looks like a hell of a lot of fun. My version is above.

VNM COBRA

Hunting on rupert murdoch's Old Farm

Here is Wylie and his friend Colin Anderson taking a nice scenic stroll through the former estate of Mr Murdoch. This was a beautiful day and wylie had a fairly good time running around. I don't quite know the acreage here but the farm is expansive with amazing views of the Catskills off in the far distance. There are actually two homes on the property. The manor house is on the hill and the guest quarters are in the valley you see here below. We did see a rabbit that day which was exciting and a few low line Angus cattle not paying any attention to us at all.

Mopar Madness!

Love the old nostalgia cars. They are always close in my mind regarding the aesthetic appeal of days gone by. A simpler time where people I think had a bit more fun and were not as serious. Love the dragster on the top. The scale is just perfect and it is a fine example of speed for the era of the 60's. I think I was born a bit out of step as that would have been a great time to be around.

The Gasser Mopar below is another wild example if the straight axle trend of the late 60's. This one is a bit on the ugly side but in a good way I think as you just do not see cars like this around much any more at the strip.

My GSXR Finally Fixed!

Not great pic of the old bike as it was raining but you get the idea. Finally have a bike I can ride again. Bike had a very tough summer but now back to her old self. The solo tail section is new..an eBay purchase that only took me 6 month to find. Will be selling her in the spring most likely now that it is all ready to go. A good bike for someone who takes it seriously as this bike will bite back if you let it.

Inspiration for my GSXR Restoration

Nirvana

Vintage Motori Gets Dirty

Finally got my old DR 250 put back together. Love this bike it is like a giant tractor and could climb up a tree it has so much torque. Any way after fabricating new side panels by hand and customizing the rear fender you see here as well as the front the bike looks respectable and ready to race. I hope to be doing that soon enough. The motor is all good now and super strong..it barely ran when I got it..left for dead.

Had to represent Seth's company so as you can see the tail has the VM logo riding high. Don't forget to visit his site. http://www.vintagemotori.com/

Wyle on Track

Wylie walking in the walk-athon for school. His entire grade was on the track and most of them walked between 7 and 9 miles! Wow. It was super windy that day but the sun was out and the kids had lots of fun. They were able to raise some money for their school and have a great time in the process! Good job everyone!

Washington Square Park

Wylie in Washington Square Park NYC. Found a great sand mandala the other day. It was more of an art piece then a religious one and was just beautiful. The park itself which has been going through a major renovation over the past few years is now almost done and looks great. Take a look at their site.

KTM

A great brand and a holly grail of mine as far as vintage MX bikes go. Here is a good site for all that is interesting in vintage KTM bikes.

It's A Van Baby!

Ran across this time warp vehicle last week. Weather you hated them or loved them or just didn't care the vintage custom Van is a true rare bird these days. Most subjected to drug crazed destruction many of these 70's icons never made it into retirement.

This Chevy is a very mild custom but love the short wheelbase and the 15X10 mags on the rear. This one was was actually hauling furniture...still in use! Good on ya ugly duck.

Cobra Example

Looking to maybe move into something like this and away from the bikes a bit as Wylie gets older and his dad gets slower. It would be great to build one with him one day.

Vintage Motori Rocks!

Just had to represent Seth's new clothing line Vintage Motori! I put his sticker on the gixxer last night and just love my new shirt that came with it. The logos are awesome and the quality of the shirts are superb. Finally a great fitting moto T. Great job brother!

*VINTAGE MOTORI*

West Side Sunday

Wylie and i found ourselves skateboarding last Sunday. The boats were out and the sun was shinning. A beautiful day!

There was a historic boat regatta on the river and even a pirate ship or two shooting off their cannons. That even if was a mock battle was still unsettling hearing all the explosions. Wylie thought it was awesome.

The car Wylie is so astutely posing in is the new Camaro tribute to the transformer's movie character Bumblebee. Nice rideW.

1978 Continental jetboat

Our new boat!

Just kidding...

South Street With Wylie

This was labor day Monday evening with Mr. Wylie. We had an excellent time. Played some mini golf, had some great pasta and found a beach at the end of the pier! Wylie is holding the book I got for my birthday. Love it "Vans Off The Wall"!

Wylie had a hole in one at the golf venue which was just amazing! It was a beautiful night and so glad I got to hang out with my boy. BTW he was chewing gum the entire time hence is funny smiles.