Disaster Motors

Here is racing legend Joe Leonard national #98....sidelined with a FLAT while leading the 1962 Springfield 20 mile National Championship race! bummer

Our friend Kazu who is a member of the Scorpions Vintage Flattrack Japan Team sent great some photos  of him racing last weekend in Japan at a vintage race.  We hope to race with them soon and have Kazu and his buddies race here maybe next summer!

Here is a shot of myself, Motocycho Norman and Myk Rock in the heat of the battle at Vernon vintage Flattrack races last year 2010... 

1950's Triumph 500 and 2 later 60's CL350 Honda twins...

 Wow, what a blast this years Disasterdaze was. We hosted the event in the small coastal town of Sechelt this year.  Lot of lake swimming, choppers on the beach and roads a plenty on the Sunshine Coast. Thanks to everyone that made it from far away too. We have to have a long distance award next year!  

My buddy Jay from Vanouver Island and I had been planning a roadtrip for awhile. Well the Born-Free show in Longbeach held at the middle of June 2010 became our destination. We worked our asses off getting some late 60's shovelheads tuned up and running for the challenge to ride down the coast.  I had a 1967 Shovelhead in storage for a number of years and Jay picked up a 1969 Shovelhead that needed a bunch of work.  Well after some late nights and many test runs, breakdowns and all that we were ready to roll out and point our front tires south on Monday June 7th.    We met in Port Townsend that day.  Weather was good for me, but Jay was already at the laundry mat drying his stuff.   I had to ride into the night and caught the last ferry to Port Townsend that night.  Raingear was the order of the day for Washington and Oregon.  Our secret weapon was old Dish-gloves..these are great for wet riding ! We hit up some killer food and wine in Napa. Jay is a chef, so our bikes HAD to stop in that legendary wine region.  The highways and traffic got professively worse as we got south.  cars passing at 80-90mph. AND this insance highway concrete with grooves that makes your tires go every other direction except where you are steering!   ok here is a photo or 2 ...more story later! and show photos! 

Yes folks..its that time of year again! DisasterDaze.  The biggest and greasiest motorcycle show around. This year it will be held at Gilligans Pub in Sechelt, BC. This place is cool and has lots of parking. This  is on the Sunshine Coast in B.C, so you'll have to jump on the ferry. This is a great overnight place to go camping/ cheap motel.  Anyone one that has  been to previous years DisasterDaze knows this is not to be misssed. 5 pm till late! Easy to find Gilligans Pub..it is right on the Highway in Sechelt.   3 Rockin Bands: Powell Street Slim and the Known Associates, The Manipulators and Adelaide! amazing.  More infor to follow. You can book camping through BC Parks. There is great camping 5-10 minutes away at Porpoise Bay and in Robert Creek. Get your oldest and greasiest bike warmed up! 

Ya about time eh! Yes with the help of some great people the new Disaster Motors website is up and running. This will be a great way to keep in touch and keep you informed about our latest products, trips, races and events. We’ll be sure to keep you up to date on stuff with our new Disaster Blog, as well as you can check out some of our past events (and future) in our Photo Gallery. All the best and enjoy!