Gophers and Cheese

Jordan's 1959 ironhead sportster is phenomenal and it was great to see it again.  It was his dad's bike.  The whole story of how he tracked it down and got it running again is worth a listen if you ever run into him.  Be sure to check out Donorcycles too as he posts a lot over there. Overall, I had a great time at the show and was treated to this beautiful sunset as I headed home.

Here is Noot's 1952 Harley-Davidson Model K as seen at the 2014 Rochester Bike Show .  Check out Noot's blog here . Panheads are next!

More pics from the August 2013 First Thursday bike night at Dulono's Pizza .  I'll start with a few Harleys from vastly different decades and then just jump into Sportsters. I can't tell you how much I love the fact this 1922 actually gets ridden.  You'll see it often at bike nights and shows around town. A pair of shovels. Road Glide with "real fire" / "true fire" skulls. To kick off the Sportster section, here's mine.  It's my blog.  I'll do what I want. Here's a nice-looking Sporty that's been tastefully customized. This one has been more heavily customized and is more of a cafe racer.  Something about the shape or proportions of the tail section look off to me but maybe the color is making it look that way.  Regardless, the owner went in an interesting direction. Skull lace paint (check out the owner's blog here ). Turtle! Buell (honorary Sporty): ...and I saved a very specia...

Gophers and Cheese is now part of the Chop Cult's Blogdump!!! To me, it's a big honor and if I didn't see it with my own eyes, I might not have believed it.  Go check it out for yourself before someone over there comes to their senses.

I am beyond excited to share the new Gophers and Cheese logo at the top of the page.  I contacted Shawn Dickinson a few months ago to see if he would be interested in drawing something up.  I've never commissioned artwork before but I really couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. If you're not familiar with Shawn's work, I think it most closely resembles classic Looney Tunes cartoons, but with a hot rod style.  Here's just a small sampling of his work that I really like.  You can find lots more on his blog and you can buy his work in his store .      

After drooling over the bikes in the parking lot, I headed back inside the Chopper Art Show.  This panhead is yet another one of my local favorites and I've photographed it quite a few times before. I liked the satin finish on this bike's rockerboxes.  I'm assuming it was done with ScotchBrite.  At the time I didn't even notice it was a pan-shovel.  Very cool. Back outside, people were still coming and going. Right next to my bike was this awesome panhead, a '54 if I remember correctly.  I was talking to the owner a bit about it.  It turns out his name is Noot and he also writes a blog ( click here ).  He rode up from Iowa for the show.  I also saw his bike earlier this year at the Rochester Bike Show (click here for the post). While I did stop back one last time later that day, I didn't take many more photos except for this Triumph.  It may be the only Triumph I've ever seen with forward controls. ...