So Cal To Nor Cal On An Orange.........

....Street Glide, a really orange Street Glide. Had a trip planned and the shovelhead was being a twat and the CB750 sold, it was looking like a car ride was the only option. Thank you HD for being very nice and loaning me a ride at the last minute. It was a 6 speed 103 cu comfy fast cruise mobil. Left LA and blasted up the 5 to the 99 to Fresno, both freeways suck. Then it got interesting. Took the 41 from Fresno and joined the 49 at Mariposa which is a great little town. We ended up in Sonora for the night and stayed at the excellent Knowles Hill B&B. A restored 1920's house where the owner also restores vintage Rolls Royce's. Had a few beers that night at the Sportsman where you can also buy guns and Doritos. Next day saw more miles on the 49, some of the best riding in the world. Just after Jackson we headed off toward Davis and onto yet another fantastic road, highway 128 to Napa. One of those days that will live with me forever. The next two days were spent at a great place called An Inn To Remember in the town of Sonoma which is also a very pleasant place to be. Rode the bike up to the out of the way, not at all touristy, Matanzas Creek winery/vineyard and had a tasting, a bottle of wine and a picnic under a giant oak tree looking out over rolling hills, perfect. Next it was time to pack up the Street Glide and head over to San Francisco through Marin County and over the Golden Gate Bridge, that is always a real treat. We stayed at Paul and Susan's house in the heart of the city and did some tourist things and some definitely not tourist things. Those guys really made the stay a great one. Two days later it was time to pack up again and get back on the road. The 1, the PCH, down through Big Sur and on into Paso Robles, again, one of those roads that everyone, given the chance, should experience once and if possible on a motorcycle. Just breathtaking. A good nights kip then a fast cruise back down the shitty 101 freeway to home. I returned the bike the next day and yes, I think we really bonded. Covered about 1200 miles in all and loved every minute of it. And to think it nearly didn't happen. Anyway, now I'm looking forward to getting the shovel back on the road and some more chopper adventures this summer. Yowza!
p.s. anyone got a pair 4 or 6 over 39 mm extended fork tubes for a mid to late 90's narrow glide you want to sell? please email matt@dicemagazine.com if you do.

Real Housewives......

Real Housewives of Disney from Kevin Sullivan on Vimeo.

Brilliant!

Dice Skate Decks Are Back In Stock.

Yes, yes they are.

Cafe Racer Festival. 21 & 22nd June. Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry. France.

On the banked circuit too! Ooh La La!

May 18th, Sacramento Swap.

BSA World Rally

Just hanging out in Sonoma, CA minding our own business on a recent sunny afternoon when I hear an unmistakable sound. On one side of the plaza I spy a few old bikes. So of course I did the only decent thing and ran over there as fast as I could. The next moment another 300 BSA's come around the corner! bloody hell! I had not seen this many of the marque in one place at one time and it just so happened to be in California of all places. The BSA World Rally was being held right here. I dashed round the corner and had a very good look round the car park they were headed for, every model you could think of was well presented. Then I bumped, literally, into Dick Mann himself! one of my all time heroes, what a nice guy he is too. Amazing. Unfortunately we then met some bloke from England who had shipped his A10 over, he managed to complain about everything for a half hour non stop. Ah yes, the good old moaning British bike bore is still very much alive and well and occasionally escapes from Kempton Park. You have been warned.

Meanwhile Over At The Garage Company In Inglewood...

...Was this beautiful 1939 EL OHV.

Dice Issue 55 Out Now.

What can we say about Issue 55? Well, it's a lot like a... a
refrigerator! It's about six feet tall, 300 pounds. It also makes ice,
and um Oh, wait a minute! Actually, Issue 55 is more like a beer. It
smells good, it looks good, you'd step over your own mother just to
get one! But you can't stop at one, you wanna drink another...and another...
...So I says yeah, if you want that money come and find it, cuz I
don't know where it is you baloney! You make me wanna wretch!
Zzzzzzz.......
This glorious issue is brought to you in collaboration with our good
friends at Eat Dust from Antwerp, Belgium. We have known Keith & Rob
for over 15 years and they are like brothers to us. And did you see
the cover? It was beautifuly painted by another good friend of ours,
the legendary, Nicolas Coleman!

That's not all either, because as you know, we always have a magazine
inside a magazine for double the pleasure. This time we have the
amazing Collectif, also from Belgium, it is a beautiful tome
about photography, motorcycles, skating, surfing and most importantly,
friends.

We kick this issue off with some beautiful photographs of Luke
MacMaster and his righteous Gen-Shovel. Oooh it hurts so good!
Photo: Troy Critchlow

What do you know about survivor bikes? This one is a beauty! Jeff
Leighton's pre-unit trumpet.
Photo: Troy Critchlow.

Cassandra is every mans dream. She is drop dead gorgeous, she rides a
Harley with a 6-over front end and she is building a Panhead chopper
just like the one her grandfather had back in the 1960's! Yikes!
Photo: Troy Critchlow

Pascal from Riff Raff leather is the man that personally hand makes
Lemmy's cowboy boots. Nuff said!
Photo: Troy Critchlow.

Last week I was in a bar with Bram De Roek and we decided to start a
One Direction cover band called Wrong Direction. I'm not going to give
too much away at this point, let's just say, keep your eyes peeled for
our new reality TV show.
Photo: Jelle Keppens.

6 pages that sum up those waffle eating, Juliper loving, denim
wearing, beautiful bastards from Eat Dust. Keith and Rob we love you.
Photo: Jelle Keppens

Grant got some great shots at last years Mooneyes show in
Yokohama with his 35mm film camera and we have them right here for you
to wrap your mince pies around.
Photo: Grant Peterson.

Nicke Svensson from Rigid Hips in Stockholm, Sweden, is the
man/myth/legend who is making new Speed-E-Shift set ups that are super
wicked. Get ready for the Nick-E-Shift!!
Photo: Nicke Svensson.

This Panhead is madder than a box of frogs...in a good way! All of the
parts were hand made by the owner, Travis McLelland in Vancouver,
Canada. It has so many neat details you could stare at it forever!

ARD magneto - check.
Kimtab magnesium wheels - check.
Twin disk Hurst airheart brakes - double check.
Roberts CB750 is titty balls.
Photo: Troy Critchlow.

Jeff Twa thought it was quite ironic when he put some petrol in his
bike and it came to $6.66 so he snapped a pic of it with his iPhone
for instagram. The ironic feeling turned to sadness when he kicked it
over and it belched flames back out of the carb and burnt the whole
bike to the ground. We are very happy to say that the bike is already
rebuilt and riding again.
Photo: Michael Schmidt

Speaking about the number 666, Troys annual Death Valley run is
exactly 666 miles round trip!
Photo: Troy Critchlow

This Knucklehead is called 'Octopussy' and it was built by NOISE
Cycles. It looks so good I could cry knowing I don't own it

Tuesday afternoons in Richmond California are crazier than every other
persons Saturday night.
Photo: Ken Nagahara.

I actually smoked this bike at Born Free last year. It has a bowl/pipe
welded into the frame and we loaded it with mind melting weed and I
took a hit. It got me well mash up.
Photo: Kris Bennett

Even though he plays really dodgy music, we still kind of like him.
Caleb at Cro Customs finally builds a bike with a sprung seat, even
though he has been talking shit about them for years.
Photo: Troy Critchlow.

Doug has ridden around the world a bunch of times on various bikes, as you do. A small part of his story is sitting neatly between the covers of issue 55. 
Get your copy today right H E R E.

DICE/EAT DUST ISSUE 55 LIMITED SPECIAL COLLECTORS PACK. TO BE LAUNCHED APRIL 29TH.

In collaboration with Eat Dust, Belgium. What you get with this 50 limited collectors pack is 1 x handmade Eat Dust/Dice raw denim apron 30.5" wide x 37" high. 1 x handmade Eat Dust/Dice raw denim magazine holder (hang it wherever you want). 1 x Eat Dust/Dice beer coaster. Only 50 of each of these items have been made and will never be repeated. You also get 1 x issue of Dice #55 and 1 x issue of the great Collectiv magazine from Belgium.  Available H E R E at 9am LA time on Tuesday April 29th.

Harolds Iron Works Panifold.

The Panifold is a specially engineered cast aluminum intake manifold for Harley O-ring style Panheads and Knuckleheads with stock cylinder height. The Panifold features radius corners and a direction "Y" shape inside. This shape helps the flow and delivery of the air/fuel mixture to the combustion chambers. The overall increase in flow throughout the range is 13%. The peak increase is 18% in the mid range right where you ride most in the street! The flange will bolt up to any S&S super B, E or G carb as well as S&S L series carbs. If you have plumber style intake ports you can buy a steel adapter nipple kit made by Colony to covert your heads to o-ring style. This is 100% American made!! Please visit HAROLDS to see these and more custom parts for Harley-Davidson.

Tomorrow Night At The Viper Room!!

Tomorrow night at the Viper Room on Sunset Strip...
The black Tibetans and The Jim Jones Revue!

This Sunday In Tempe, Arizona!