Saddletramps MC blood drive at San Diego Harley, Kearney Mesa, to get blood donations for the Red Cross Blood Bank

SaddleTramps Blood Drive

11/19/2011 -
Come down to San Diego Harley-Davidson & give blood! Then enjoy our complimentary bbq and enjoy our live band, Ideas. Bring your friends & family! 5600 Kearny Mesa Rd. 92111. To make an appointment please visit: http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation-sponsor?field_sponsor_code_value=saddletramps

This isn't to get blood for the club, it's because when the club was in need last year, the Red Cross was there for them.

What happened?

Four bikers died in a brutal accident, five others were hospitalized. Those who lived have now lost their friends, and those who died left behind kids, brothers and sisters, parents and friends. They were members of the Saddle Tramps Motorcycle Club. It was the clubs 10th anniversary ride.


The club members were riding about 80 miles East of San Diego when a Gold Honda Accord came up from behind them and tried to pass them . Another car was in the oncoming lane, the driver tried to avoid the Honda by swerving off to his right, he lost control when overcorrecting when he hit the shoulder on his side of the road and crashed with the group of motorcycles. The driver of the Accord fled the scene, and were never found

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/person-in-gold-colored-honda-fled-scene.html

http://www.sandiegoharley.com/event_detail.asp?event=503292

Von Dutch stuff that just sold at the Bonhams auction at the Peterson Museum, 2 days ago

 Somewhere these mototcycles must be the stars of someones collection... but i bet at least one of the bikes Von Dutch restored is not recognized by whoever owns it now.

the auction is the annual Collectors' Motorcars, Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia at the Peterson Museum http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?DocID=902&CalendarID=935

the online catalog with the prices things sold for is at http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=usa&screen=catalogue&iSaleNo=19466&iSaleLotNo=133 but isn't likely to be there for long

Fonzie's bike was up for auction by Bud Elkins, 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5... so was James Garner's Baja Olds 442

The motorcycle that helped make Arthur Fonzarelli an icon of cool was up for auction. (didn't sell)

The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 was featured on the beloved sitcom “Happy Days.” Even without the Fonz connection, the bike would have a famous pedigree since it was owned by stuntman, racer and Triumph dealer Bud Ekins — a guy even cooler than Fonzie himself. He’s best known for dyeing his hair blonde and performing the stunts that studios wouldn’t allow his friend Steve McQueen to do, including the fence jump at the end of The Great Escape and some of the driving in Bullit

When Happy Days needed an authentic bike for Fonzie, Ekins obliged by removing the bike’s front fender, spray-painting the gas tank silver and replacing the handlebars.

Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz, couldn’t ride a motorcycle. Winkler told Emmy TV Legends that he rammed the bike into a sound truck the first time he tried to ride it. From that day on, the crew pulled him and the motorcycle on a board.

The bike is in need of a lot of repairs. The speedometer is broken, it's rusted and hasn’t run since the 1970s, according to the New York Times. Despite the bike’s condition, it was expected to fetch between $60,000 and $80,000.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/10/ayy-fonzies-bike-is-for-sale/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/fonzies-happy-days-motorcycle-up-for-sale-photo/2011/10/11/gIQAWOiFcL_blog.html



also up for auction are James Garner's former Oldsmobile Racer (didn't sell) , Fast and the Furious '94 Toyota Supra(sold for $21,000), and Tom Cruise's futuristic Lexus (sold at $101,000) from the "Minority Report", though the winning bidder can't actually take it on the road. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/car_tips&id=8429328

some photos from http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r

Sinister Industries, make of saddle bags for motorcycles, winner of "The Chopper Challenge" on CMT, had crowds looking at this bike by John Shope

 Everyone looking at this bike had the same question... what size is that front tire? 140-40/30. 30 inch rim, 40 ratio sidewall

 the look of the fairing reminds me of the space monster in "Predator"

http://www.ssinisterchoppers.com/media.asp

Quick look at the upcoming awesome cars I'm going to post galleries about in the next couple weeks