Distinguished Gentlemans Ride 2013 Amsterdam - Part 1

Yesterday was a perfect day. Great people, nice classic bikes and customs, nice food and the weather was amazing. Thanks everyone for organizing a brilliant event. It was a blast. I won first price for best dressed dapper dude, ha! The price was a beautiful Oris watch sponsored by Amsterdam Watch Company. Flabbergasted!

Retro Wheels 2013

Great weekend. On Saturday I finally got the chance to work on the SV650. Got it on the road again but still have to change a lot before I can start using it again. Removed the clip ons and changed it for a drag bar. Turned out it was much more complicated than just swapping the tripple clamp. Had to rewire the brake line, still have to cut down the gigantic electric loop that was hidden in the SV fairing. The brak fluid reservoir needed a new mount. Kay made me a new mount for the recylcled speedo and tachometer. New mirror mount. I think I have to extend the gas cables, had to buy new headlight brackets and headlight, new blinkers, etc, etc. Just before dark I rode home from my friends garage near Utrecht without a working front light, blinkers, mirror, proper working front brake. I made it home safe but that was a rather sketchy ride...

Sunday I went to Retro Wheels in Scheveningen. Was planning to go on the GR650 but it still has some clutch problems so I decided to go on the Super100.
Arrived very late at Retro Wheels so I missed most of the bikes but the vibe and location was very good. Met a lot of nice people. Will be back next year!
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Numbnut Motorcycles Ride out #1

The day before Rusty Gold 2013 Numbnut Motorcycles organized their first Ride-Out. 
They started from Westerpark and made a very nice trip along the Amstel with a wide variety of bikes. My Suzuki GR650 town smoker died on me a few hours before the trip so I made the trip on my trusty Super 100. It was great to meet a lot of new bikers from Amsterdam. Looking forward to Numbnuts next ride out! I will post the video soon.

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