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A Little Moto History

A Little Moto History

Jan 31st 2024

A follower on Donzzilla's social media saw one of his restoration projects - The Ted Boody Harley Davidson. He was gracious enough to share a neat story from his past on those unique front fork guards. Here is the message sent from Eric Frahm."Good morning, I love your restoration work and your dedi …
Ossa DMR Assembly.

Ossa DMR Assembly.

Posted by Peg Miller on Feb 12th 2021

How long does it take to assemble Ed Salley's Ossa DMR? Turns out Donzzilla can do it in 33 seconds. Well that would be time lapse, but it took him 33 minutes real time. Well this isn't reality TV and we have to say that the assembly was just finger tightening bolts. And it did take a few more hours …
Seven Day Montesa Motor Rebuild

Seven Day Montesa Motor Rebuild

Posted by Donzzilla on Jan 21st 2021

My posts usually are about some of the high-end restorations that I do when everything has to be just so. In this case, a good friend has this Montesa trials bike that he wanted to ride and enjoy, but would like it to still be presentable. The bike was a well preserved, running motorcycle when he pu …
Thankful

Thankful

Posted by Peg Miller on Nov 25th 2020

Two weeks ago, a customer, Walter, took the time to send me this photo of his newly purchased Maico hat with his dog at the cemetery visiting a friend. His note simply said, "Thanks for the hat. Randy was a Maico guy. I raced with him." Well, I wrote Walter back and thanked him for the photo and to …
Ed Salley and His Daytona Winning Ossa DMR

Ed Salley and His Daytona Winning Ossa DMR

Posted by Donzzilla on Oct 20th 2020

In some way or another, every restoration project has a story to tell. Usually, the main reason why it’s being restored is so that special and unique story can live on for many years to come.Hold on to your helmets, folks, this one is a good one!Most of you may know that vintage flat track racing is …
That Time We Promoted Vintage Racing

That Time We Promoted Vintage Racing

Posted by Peg Miller on Sep 9th 2020

This week, as we head to the AMA Vintage Flat Track National Races at Short Track New York, it brings back great memories of the start of the series we created.  Don and I moved from the Philly area to Brackney, PA in 2003 and by then he had been racing the AHRMA Dirt Track for years. We actual …