Saturday, March 2, 2013

♥♥ festival of thump...♥♥


heading to deus ex machina in venice beach to check the festival of thump out. we decided to take only backstreets, no freeways, just like the cannonball. niimie's XS650 had a brake problem so he took CL450 and shinya and i doubled my SR500.

ベニス・ビーチのデウス・エクス・マキナで「festival of thump」という単気筒の集いがあるという誘いを受け、アズサのお山から海へ下道で向かう。まるでキャノンボールのよう。あ、キャノンボールを経験している彼らにとっては距離的にまったく大したことはない。出発してすぐにN美氏のXS650のブレーキが引きずり出したので、戻ってCL450に乗り換える。そして、我々はSR500をニケツで。

the weather was perfect. we were yelling to each other "this feels so great!!" at every traffic light. in a little over an hour or so, we got to deus. with honda and yamaha, we can go anywhere. we could enjoy even the crazy downtown traffic jam and slow crawl. we all trembled at the thought of taking the 1915 indian instead.

お天気は絶好調。信号で止まる度に「最高!!」と叫んでしまう。小一時間でデウスに到着。あっけない。ホンダとヤマハならどこまででも行けそうな気がする。ダウンタウンのクレイジーな渋滞や、工事中でノロノロの道でさえも楽しい!しかし、もしもこれが1915インディアンだったら・・・と考えたら全員ゾッとする。本当に現代の交通事情の中で何の不安もなく乗れるオートバイに感謝。

as a single piston lover, this place was filled with gems! it was like a paradise!!

単気筒好きにとっては楽園のような光景。素敵、ステキ、すてき。

 found many beaustiful SR500s

とてつもなく良いコンディションのSR500がわんさか。

norton manx 500cc

TT racer(in '47, '48 and '52), the legend Gerry Hickson was here with his beautiful manx. WOW

ゲリー・ヒクソンだ!上のマンクスは1947年、1948年、そして1952年にマン島のTTレースに参戦していた彼のものだった。感激!当時レースで使用したマンクスや他の何台かも全部彼の元に残っているそう。

 second from the left is Gerry :)

上の写真左から2番目がゲリー
 
 S of deus

デウスのS、誘ってくれてありがとう。


 they serve handsome coffee here!

ハンサム・コーフィーをここで飲めるという歓び。





hearley-davidson single

yup, everybody does the same thing. vroom vroom :D

皆やること一緒だね。ブンブーン、どいてどいて!

we met SW there. thank you for the t-shirts SW!!

ここで出会ったSWが「あなたはいつも様々なオートバイを作って僕を楽しませてくれているから」と木村氏に今日のイベントtシャツを買ってプレゼントしてくれた。粋な紳士、見習いたい。
 

met lots of good friends and made some new friends, too at the cozy space in a comfortable atmosphere.

たくさん友達にも会え、新しい出会いもあり、とても落ち着く穏やかな雰囲気を存分に満喫。格好つけたり威張ったりしない上に単気筒好き、という特殊な人達の集まりはいいですね。


we saw the the single harley guy again on the street. he had the oklahoma plate!

さっき見たハーレーのシングルのおっちゃんと帰り道で遭遇。オクラホマのナンバー付けてたけど、都会の喧騒をスイスイと縫って去って行った。

and we headed to the beach.

そして我々は海へ向かう。



we all had the boots on and it was obvious that we were not beach goers :D niimie was born and raised near the ocean but he said the clifornia beach was totally different.

全員ブーツだし、ビーチでは暑苦しい私達。山から下りてきたの丸出し。あ、ちなみにN美氏は海の近くで生まれ、海の近くで育ち、今も海の近くに住んでいる。でも、カリフォルニアのビーチとは全然違う、と言っていた。



from the ocean, passing through west LA, beverly hills, koreatown, downtown LA, skid row, little tokyo...

帰りは行きと別のルートで。海からウェスト・LAを抜け、ビバリー・ヒルズの端っこを通り、コリアタウン、ダウンタウンLA、スキッド・ロー、そして小東京を抜けて・・・

passing through the union station.

ユニオン・ステーションを通り過ぎる。

finally the gas stop.

いよいよ給油。

santa anita race track.  arrived safely back in the neighborhood :)

で、サンタ・アニータの競馬場の横まで来たら、もうご近所。LAの様々な顔を見れて大変興味深いルートだったな。下道って最高に楽しい!


1 comment:

emil said...

The Norton Manx or Manx Norton is a British racing motorcycle that was made from 1947 to 1962 by Norton Motors Ltd. A Norton had contested every Isle of Man TT race from the inaugural 1907 event through into the 1970s, a feat unrivalled by any other manufacturer, and the development and honing of the Manx racing motorcycle was another step in this racing achievement.

New Manx Nortons, built to various specifications are still available to buy new, from various suppliers around the world. These suit different categories and definitions of Classic Motorcycle Racing and Historic Motorcycle Racing in different countries around the world.

Norton's first use of the name 'Manx' was applied to the 'Manx Grand Prix' model available from 1936-1940, a special racing version of their 'International' roadster, with telescopic forks and a plunger rear suspension, magnesium for the crankcases and cambox, and no provision for lighting. Just after WW2, the 'Grand Prix' was dropped, and Norton named their 1947 racing model the 'Manx'. It was a lightly redesigned prewar racing Norton International, an overhead cam single-cylinder machine available as a 350cc or 500cc. The Norton factory race bikes under team manager Joe Craig were experimental models, and a version was available to buy from the factory in Bracebridge Street - to selected customers. Fitted with the McCandless brothers Featherbed frame for 1950, the Manx gained a new lease of racing life as a racing machine, the new frame giving the fine steering necessary for high speed navigation of some very fast racing circuits of the time.

The last Bracebridge Street (the original home of Norton) Manx Nortons were sold in 1963. Even though Norton had pulled out of International Grand Prix racing in 1954, the Manx had become the backbone of privateer racing.[8] The Classic Motorcycle Racing movement from the 1970s onwards has seen relatively large numbers of Manxs return to the track, and a flourishing supply of parts and services has appeared all around the world to nourish this demand.

Greetings from Stuttgart, Germany

Matthias