Motorcycles

[Gomer]

In my life I have had many types of motorcycles but my blood runs DUCATI!

Here are some of them we have that are together....others in boxes patiently waiting for my return.

[Shannon Graham]

....the one in the last pic leaning against the green building.

Your passion runs the full Ducati spectrum. Now that's a hobby!

Shannon

[DesertWalker]

Love the bikes! Those are nice ones, right there! Do you do all the restoration, painting, etc?

[Gomer]

Shannon you got a good one then! A very easy and "fast" bike to ride!

Yes Desert Walker on all the ones shown here except the Blue and Black one with the fairing. Got to give kudos here where they are deserved...The Black Fairing bike, a 1098S, my wife and son bought me for my 60th birthday. I was completely blown away, what a gift....I felt like I had won the Lotto! Been a few custom goodies added on it since this pic was taken.

I use to play race at flat tracks in the early seventies. Had a lot of fun and only a few broke bones but then gave that up and got into slalom water skiing and barefooten (the lake was a closer drive than the race tracks! Never really got rid of any of the toy's and in the last year been trying to get back to the bikes more. Just started putting back together the motor in my last race back back then, a 350cc Desmo Ducati Single with all the good stuff in it from that time period. I am thinking I may just out it in a plastic cube and use it for decoration inside the house. It is almost like like finding a Cumberland or Clovis point these days.

A few pics of the start of the process.At the rate of how little free time I get this project will take a while before completed.

[Steve Valentine]

Nice motorcycles Gomer. My uncle had a Ducati back around 1975 that look very similar to the first one you posted. He didn't have very long though since he traded it for a 500 Kawasaki that would fly.

There also used to be a man that lived up the street form my parents house that collected Indians and had 5 or 6 of them in his basement. He has a couple of the really old ones that just looked like bicycles and a couple form the 40's and 50's that looked like Harleys. I believe he died a few years back and I never did hear what became of the Indians.

[Gomer]

Yes Steve those early 3 cylinder Kaws were very, very fast......just could not stop the durn things. Bad brakes and as with most any two stroke sometimes they actually ran faster when you let the throttle off!!! Unless one had a compression relief valve on them. They were/are high demand bikes.

[eddies]

nice bikes

[kansas]

Love the photos!! I am a claims manager for an insurance company in the motorcycle division. I was recently on Discovery Channel's HD Theater. The show is called Two Wheel Thunder. I am in the episode with Brass Balls Bobbers. It is currently being aired. On Direct TV, it is channel 281. It was a great experience and if you like bobbers, you should check out Darwin Motorcycles in Oklahoma City. The name of the company is Brass Balls Bobbers. Anyway, it was my 15 second claim to fame. Enjoy!!

Steve
Kansas

[mrchadcopeland]

Glad this post made it back to the top...Love old bikes!!