Soul Food

Came across this little beauty the other night.

 

Via @jasonlauphotos

Gorgeous SR400 for sale.

If you live in or near Melbourne, hear this… For sale is this gorgeous Yamaha SR400 cafe racer built by Marlon Slacks who runs a blog dedicated to his bike called www.sr400cafe.com.  He is selling it to free up some fund his studies.  I have personally ridden this beauty and can testify that it is a hoot to ride.  The engine has been tuned to put out twice the horsepower of a standard SR400 and there are plenty of nifty details on this bike to put a grin on your face.  He has spent a ridiculous amount of hours and heart working on this bike and it is something special.  Check out this link for a detailed write up about the bike and how you could get your hands on it.

Changing the oil on an SR500

A truly informative and very entertaining video by Marlon.

Lost things

The thing I miss about film photography is forgetting what was on that film and rediscovering the images when you finally have the photos developed.  A few months ago I went on a ride with a coupe of guys I met in the city.  I approached them because I admired their retro bikes and we ended up going for a ride a few weeks later.  Of the two guys I rode with, one had the coolest name of Marlon Slacks, who rode a cafe’d Yamaha SR400 which he blogs about.  The other was a quiet, thoughtful guy named Matt, who pottered on his largely unmodified SR500.  These are a few photos from that trip that I unearthed.  I had asked Marlon to take a few for me but unfortunately NONE  of them were in focus.  I suppose I should have specified more strongly that my old camera required manual focusing.  He did let me ride his bike though, so I’m not too upset.

Matt writes beautifully on his own motorcycling blog called Contemplative Motorcycling.  Well worth checking out as a reminder of why we ride.