Moe from Brryds MC

Original 1980's Swedish Style!

Lillen's Early Shovel

Killer swechop bike built in -71.

My School Project 1989

Still can't figure out how the hell I managed to convince my teacher in Tech Engineering School to build a chopper as my Final Project. I had just turned 19 and I banged it out in the evenings and on weekends, from January to June, -89. It totally busted up all my grades in every class...but that summer was awesome!

Chopper Glory 1980: Gordon Roth

John E Franzen

 One of Sweden's most renowned artists: John E Franzen. After his studies in Stockholm, he moved to San Francisco in 1966. Lived the life, painted and rode with the locals like the H-A's, until 1969 when he moved back home.



A series of more recent lithographs.

Probably one his most famous painting:
"Hells Angels of California, USA". Painted 1966-1969. 165X213 cm, oil on canvas.
Hangs at the Modern Museum of Art, Stockholm.

 

San Francisco  sometime during 1966-69.

Longforks Rule

Mashed Kidneys MC: Peder's insanely badass ultimate longfork/fat cartire combo. His girlfriends TriChop in the background. Pic must be from mid -80's

Sick trick Trike littered with hard-to-get shit. Don't remember the dude's name...was it Mike?  Think it was built in the hood of Eskilstuna in the early -90's.

Good Times

 Some good ol' parties in Stockholm. Early -80's. Look closely: there's cool shit everywhere in these pics!

The original Cala Steimar!



Forget that new pope Franz the 1st  in Italy and check outta the real  Pope of Performance: the one and only Cala Steimar! What Cala doesn't know (or have) in terms of H-D is probably not worth knowing (or having). A true Living legend!



Cala was the first who started to sell S&S stuff outside of the US. Musta been late -60's or early -70's. 

Luv these pics! Think they are from early -80's...but not sure. Cala: help me out if you see this.

Check out Cala's High Performance amazing workshop and bikes here. 

Borås Bobbers early -80's

Klasse Wingrens classy Panhead.

Borås Bobbers: Swedish West Coast Style.



Original Badass

The cover of the very first MCM in 1985 featuring original badass Choken and his epic Pan!

Epic GP Ice Racing at Rämen 1933

These dude's were hard as fuckin' nails! 4,5 hour race at speeds up to 100 mph on a damn cold swedish february day. 11000 spectators sure saw some serious action!

Thank's to Gasoline Magazine for the tip!

My own shit...on my own day.

Got these complaints...that I never post pics of my own stuff...well today's my b-day so wtf...here we go! Some seriously ol' stuff from my own vault!

 Must've been like 7 or 8. With one of my long fork bicycles. Learned to weld doing those bikes. Z-bars and jeansjacket with cut-off-arms. All part of the deal.

14 and I just finished my moped chop. Spent soo much time on that thing. The first real build I did from scratch. Calles Chopperparts did the fork for me. I saved all my money to pay for that fork. Set me back 150 bucks back in the day. A fortune! Soo cool that he trusted me and my order. No down payment. That fuckin' rules! Calle still remembers welding it up! That fork still looks awesome!

Eventually I won my class at the Hot Rod Show in Stockholm in -86. I was sooo stoked!

 When I turned 18 my brother Daf borrowed me 1000 euros so I could buy this chopped Triumph. Today it looks grand. But back then it was ugly as sin. My brother dug it tho, he's older then me and for him it represented a real chopper! I couldn't wait to cut it all up.

 So the first winter after I bought the Tri,  I chopped it all up. My brother was shocked and thought I lost it all. But I had a plan. Here I'm wrapping up the frame fixture.

That orange welder, the Boxer, was my first welding machine. I got it from my dad when I was like 6 or 7 'cause it was busted and only ran on full power. I cherished that thing like my holiest possession. It finally gave up sometime in the mid -90's. Damn I miss that Boxer!

Today I deal with other Boxers...kinda weird actually.

 Built a new frame around the original motormounts. Did my own fork, wheels, oiltank, etc, etc

 Rode that thing 3 summers. First year it was orange, second year green and third yellow...

It ended up in a bunch of magazines. And on the Norrtälje Custom Bike Show podium. Love this pic with my friend Thomas and his Norton, shot for Wheels Magazine in -91.

 Never bothered with TUV or numberplates and stuff like that...bike ran good anyway!

 That fat car tire in the back did for great burnouts. Remember that this particular event made our neighbors wanting to call the fire brigade since they thought we had set our clubhouse on fire...

 When I was 19 I bough my first Harley basketcase from Michael Fors: a 80" Flathead. Half a year before I had met legendary Mats Hedenstrand and was absolutely floored by his orange badass flattie. And he indulged me into the secrets of the big sidevalve H-D motor. After that I just had to have my own!

 2005, 4 in the morning,  sitting on the floor of Plebs Choppers clubhouse and trying to work on the Monster Garage Copper Cojones bike with Gordon, Ronny and Benny of UCC fame.

2010, knees in the breeze, gettin' rid of the fleas...on the Forsaken Shovel. Now owned by Jonas in Stockholm. Thanks Jonas for letting me ride it once in awhile=)!



Child of the Seventies. Part 3.

This is the 3rd and last part (for now) of Don Cammorata growing up "motorcycle mad" in NorCal during the seventies. These shots gimme the goosebumps! They are from the 'grid of Laguna Seca. Check the names on the leathers: Craaazy! Real Shotcallers!

"I'm guessing this is 1971 -72. Remember this is just me and Dad hanging out on the starting grid at a Laguna Seca Grand Prix.... No big deal at the time! Maybe he had some special pass, he did own a Kawasaki shop at the time, but I don't think so.. It's just the way it was back then!"

And last but not least, the Man himself in the seventies: DON!

 Good Year hat: check...Hang Ten shirt: check...long hair and shredded jeans: check!

24/7 two wheel rascal punk: CHECK!

Thanks again for sharing all these truly Glorious photos!!!!

Child of the Seventies. Part 2.



More photografic Glory from Don Cammorata! Don grew up on two wheels, making the streets unsafe around Oakland, NorCal. Such a trip! Epic pics Don!

"My first chopper - laid down ape hangers and a sissy bar, looking at it now I quite like the white seat with the knobby rear tire! First bike no training wheels I think."

"My first motorbike - Notice the missing rear tailight lens, I remember I used to pop it into first gear with the throttle slightly cracked to try and get it to do a wheelie... I always looped-it hanging on with my hands and chasing it down the street for a while... We never bothered replacing the rear light, lucky it had the grab handle crash-bar on the back to keep the seat from getting too thrashed!"

"The first and last snow ever seen in Danville - My Yamaha Moto-Bike... I loved that thing! ultimately I ended up braking the frame at the steerer tube from jumping it too much =( I held the record in the court for jumping over the most kids (13) They would line up in their backs, brother was the last one. Crazy stupid shit when you think about it, no helmet, nothing protective at all, huge consequences for all of us doing it if we fucked up. Too many Evel Knievel movies!"

"BMX days in the hills above Oakland... thinking this was a Chrome Molly Mongoose? Man I wish I had a head of hair like that now!"

Child of the Seventies. Part 1.

Here's a bunch of absolutely Glorious photos from fellow motorcycle designer Don Cammorata! Don grew up riding righteous iron in the Nevada desert, together with these two Kool Kats he called parents. Such a badass childhood! I got such a kick out of these pics. And there is more to come. Mega thanks for sharing Don!

"Mom and dad on their Kawees - Ma had a 125 and dad a 250... She didn't
like riding all that much =))"



"Some where out in the desert outside of camp on the 90"

"...big sand hill that used to scare the shit out of me coming back down."

"Our camp track - Camp was killer, right next to a big river with
tons of shade and partying parents... "

"Looks like a VW bus in the
background? Classic!"

SUGG MC going places in -92

Mans legendary preunit Purple People Eater Triumph. More Brakes than Motor.

Petter's VW trike.

My "Boozefighters Up" bobber.

Happy-Sven on his 500cc Triumph Cafe Racer.

Rundby on his 450 Green Bomber.

Thomas on his brutally tuned Duc.

Early morning, getting ready for Norrtälje Custom Bike Show.