2012 Hell On Wheels Story and Photos by Tom Corley

Tom Corley has been shooting all sorts of motorcycle racing for years and he captured some highlights from this years H.O.W. Rally and Race and added some captions along with his photos. Enjoy!

MINI 2 SMOKER for THE H.O.W. RALLY & RACE!!

The 2012 Hell On Wheels Rally & Vintage Scramble is coming up this June and it was perfect timing to stumble across this '74 Yamaha MX 100 a few weeks back. It doesn't run, but that shouldn't be a problem, I blew up my MX 360 two weeks before last years H.O.W. Rally and still got it running for the race!! Hahahaha... so atleast I have a few months to get this little 2 smoker running for the Mini Class!! Check out the folding rear foot pegs and the foam fork guards!! Sweet!

Good Times Will be Had!!

PAINT IT YELLOW!!

I don't usually take the time to paint for myself, so I had to force myself to finish this. Can't wait to put some scars on it!!

JUST ADD BEER!!

This photo almost has it all...

Back to Old Skool...

Wish I had one of these as a kid!! ...guess it's never too late?!

El Camino & Long Beach Cycle Swap

Founds some old motocross junk over the weekend. The more and more of this cool old shit I find, the less and less I want to leave my garage!!

FRESH PAINT!!

The '74 MX 360 I bought had an old school fiberglass desert tank on it, although the cast aluminum octagon gas cap is bitchin', the petcock threads are toast. So I found an original tank from a '73 ( they were silver) and transformed it into a '74 tank all while listening to Elvin Bishop on 8 track!

VMX + T&A

Another stolen from here...couting the seconds until the 2011 Hell On Wheels Rally!!

SALVAGE YARD FIND!!

Sorry things have been duller than usual here. Been workin' an wrenchin. I'll get some T&A on here to help soon, meanwhile here's a recent cycle salvage yard find!! Check out the down pipe!!

1974 YAMAHA MX 360

Picked one up in Temecula this past weekend just in time for Meatball's Rally next month. Got my work cut out for me, it runs, but it needs some work...

SCRAMBLER!!

A buddy from work called me up and asked if I'd be interested in a 1959 Greeves Hawkstone Scrambler with an original 250cc Villers 2 stroke engine!! I said, "is it running?" He said, "not quite, it's all in pieces on a pallet!!" "I said how much?!" He said, "$50!!" "I said SOLD!!" This obviously isn't the same bike in the photo, but definitely what it could be...one day!! Too bad it's too late to build up for Meatball's Scramble!! I'll take a photo of the pile of parts soon! Meanwhile heres what happened to my ankle last year...this year I'll probably wear boots!!

HODAKA!!

Another stolen from here. Street Legal 1971 Hodaka 100cc B+. I think it was similar to the ACE 100cc?