A couple of months ago I spent some time up in QLD and met up with Max from Akin Moto, he threw me the keys to his Triumph Scrambler, equipped me with a new Akin jacket, some gloves, a helmet and we hit the road to meet up with some of his friends. After a […]

If your an avid reader of ETS then you may remember a little KTM that I threw together a few years ago. It started as a form of payment to my friend Dean, he went shooting for a company and ended up being paid with 2/3’rds of a motorcycle. I guess this story signifies a […]

It’s now June 2017 and winter is well and truly here, two very important events have coincided this past month that have given me the best opportunity to really put 100% into this project. The first is a financial boost with the approval of an exciting new marketing contract which you will hear about in […]

You know the old saying…. Progress is impossible without change? Well that’s me right there, always in a rush to progress, so I am always in a rush to change, always searching for a better way to do things. I think it’s the biggest thing I have learnt over the years, never ever give up […]

I started writing this post a few months ago, I was trying to afford a trip to the USA for two weeks to visit the Pamona Swap Meet followed by the NHRA museum and then the Hot Rod Reunion to see the cars of the 1960’s in action. I decided to concentrate on the roots […]

Firstly I cant tell you how good it felt to be back in my car at Wilby Raceway, once I had everything packed away I relaxed for a few days and then set my sights on finishing a few things in the garage. Before I show you what I have been up to though I […]

I had a request the other day to be a part of a book, the book was on modified cars, they wanted three photos and a short story on the car, 3 photos I thought………. That should be easy. I fired up the old laptop, it took a few minutes to come to life, bogged […]

October was a pretty wild month, after my trip up the east coast of Australia I am starting to find my routine again. Last weekend I took the little TS185 2 stroke Chopper up to Kustom Kommune for the Oil Stained Brain show. It got lots of great comments but it seems to divide people. […]

It’s been a while since I have updated this build, to tell you the truth I almost gave up on it all together. Before I left for America I hit a roadblock, the lower frame rails I had made up just weren’t working, I went over and over every scenario to make them work but […]