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That was this ride. The Frame Maker show and tell begins at about 8 minutes.

It is with deep sorrow and sadness I must inform you that my great friend Julian Farnam, a.k.a., Frame Maker, passed away very unexpectedly last Thursday, May 16, 2024. He was a great human being and touched the motorcycles and lives of many people. A racer, unbelievable genius fabricator, and creator of some of the most exotic and special one-off motorcycles you have ever seen.

Thank you for honoring me with your friendship.

RIP Julian

I have not been riding much and took the Thrasher bike out for a spin.

You do very nice work. Everything looks new including all the zinc plated stuff. Looking forward to more updates.

Well, it was fun for a couple of hours...

Have a great time at that great event. Lots of pics and videos please.

Wonderful pics and event. Seems quite worth the early rising. Thanks for posting.

Ouch. Yeah, very cool but also very expensive stuff isn't it. Too bad.

Here's 5 THE ONE MOTORCYCLE SHOW videos for your weekend entertainment.

That bike looks wonderful. Nice work. Fix your little issues and enjoy riding the thing. You will get lots of attention most everywhere you go. Thanks for the YT channel mention!

  That sucks Tim. Good to see the HF tool works but what a horrible sight.

Yes, quite excellent job on that bike.

Thanks again Jim. Interesting to hear your history at the early shows. Very cool.

Monday, 4/22/24 THE ONE MOTORCYCLE SHOW JOURNEY COMES TO AN END

A little more on Sunday. After packing and loading some stuff for the trip home we went for a wonderful hike leaving at 5 PM. Once again Portland delivers. It was beautiful lush greenery the whole time we hiked. Sarah and Troy (and Huxley) had me drive their Tesla there and back. This was a first for me driving a Tesla. Troy switched it to self-driving mode on the way there. As we got close there was a switchback type turn. The car miscalculated and had to be manually reversed and driven around this corner. Was an interesting experience driving this thing.

In the morning a little after 6 AM we pulled out for the drive home.





Going this direction the views of Mount Shasta are even better. And last for a long time.









We chose not to stop in our city.



And just a short while later, after dropping off Julian's bike at his house it was back to home sweet home.






Oh yes, if someone finds a trailer vent on I5 N somewhere between Livermore and Portland, will you please just drop it off on my porch? Thank you.



It would look something like this one that is ready to fall off also due to rotted plastic rivets.




Still need to go out and wash the bug splatter and dirt off the truck. Maybe today.





All in all, this was a wonderful journey to Portland and back. A bit too much driving though. So will we do it again next year?

Sunday, 4/21/24 DAY THREE OF THE ONE MOTORCYCLE SHOW

In the morning I met RZ Charlie at the show. Charlie and I have known each other for 10 or 15 years but never met. We are RZ forum friends. It was great to finally meet you in person Charlie.





I hope to see you again my Oregon friend.




After Charlie left I went back to Sarah's house to get Pam. We needed to get back to the show to hook up the trailer and set it up in a big line of trucks and trailers staging for loading out of the show.

We watched the awards presentation which was quite enjoyable. Here is a small sample.

















After that it was time to move motorcycles out and get them over to the trailer.



I dirt rode my 500 and then pushed Julian's bike. Pam took some great photos in the loading zone with bridges in the background.














After returning to Sarah's house I met her next door neighbor, an optometrist.

He flies that two stroke para motor thing and he has a little hobby car. He has swapped out the original 500cc engine with a 650cc. What a cool little car.

You are welcome Jim and thanks for the comments Wade.

Saturday, 4/20/24 DAY TWO OF THE ONE MOTORCYCLE SHOW


My oldest brother and his wife came up from Bend Friday night. Saturday morning we walked to the show.

Crossing over Highway 5 on this footbridge you can see this cable tram right above you. The elevation does not show up in this photo. This tram connects that hospital up there to another hospital facility down below and is used to transport people between the two facilities. There are no supports between the two ends. Quite interesting.




Saturday seemed to just about double the crowds at the show.








The Vincent's were part of a well coordinated stunt show. One of their team came over while I was looking at the bikes and I asked how they were able to get a "bathroom" for each motorcycle. He said they paid them a few dollars.





These two officers were genuinely interested in my motorcycle. They were very friendly and seemed to be having a great time at the show. I mentioned that I would probably be in trouble with them if they saw me on this loud and stinky bike. They both said absolutely not and would either just enjoy it or possibly turn and look the other way.















Both of our better halves walked over a little while later and joined in the fun. My brother and his wife seemed to really enjoy the stunt shows. It's always fun to watch these FMX guys in action. Today they were able to do a whole lot more than yesterday when it was super windy and they had to cut it short for safety reasons.






And the aforementioned Vincent show was quite entertaining.








Walking back from atop the footbridge you can see in this photo that this is a really fantastic venue for this event. There are activities on the right, the main motorcycle show in the big building, and activities and food on the left.




And just before we got back to Sarah's house there was a fire in the neighborhood.



Saturday evening Sarah's brother (my nephew) and my other older brother from Podunk town, Oregon, showed up and we had a pizza party. :Party