Digger Monday...BACC Relic Found

Found in Roma, Italy. She's for sale for $17,500. Not quite in her prime show condition, but mostly intact.

Digger Monday...Revenge II

Simply Simms

The fatbob years.

Digger Monday...Asstastic

 

Sweet ass little digger from the BACC crew, The flower paint is a bit unusal for Horst. Simms claimed he had 3g's tied up in the build. Not bad at all.

 

 

Digger Monday...Blown Away

 

(Top) BACC's Starship in it's original build form. Later the supercharger was replaced with a turbo.

(Below) SB&F Sporty rockin' an unusual carb placement. 

 

Digger Monday...Life Is A Journey

Wtf...digger theme bikes? Nope, it's just a BACC built sled with some album art.

Digger Monday...Unicorns Rule

Check out this '79 XLH built by BACC. This one's sporting one of  their hardheads, a Rajay turbo kit, PM wheels, Sifton disc setup and it makes for a pretty trick sled. The engraving was done by the one and only Rudy Pena. Now if you're wandering what's up with the Horst paint job, it's a funny story. See this scoot was built for a cat in Japan. Customs were a no-no, so he brought it through customs as a piece of art. Probably knowing this, Horst figured this dude's getting a fuckin' unicorn. Fuck yeah!

Digger Monday...Whammer Jammer II

This bike was originally built by Bob "The Greek" in San Leandro for Larry Cumforman and named Whammer Jammer. Long story short, this bike never made it past the show circuit, due to mechanical issues. The boys at Custom Cycle magazine were interested in it, and Ron Simms (BACC) persuaded Larry to sell it to them. After sorting out all the issues, it hit the streets as Whammer Jammer II.
Fred Schirmer built the frame, forks, tank and fender. If you notice, the whole drivetrain drops out, thanks to that trick sub-frame. Pretty f'n cool! Besides "The Greek" and Schirmer, BACC, California Cycle Works, Horst, Steve Ellington and Stu Lundberg all had their hands in the build of this innovative scoot.

Digger Monday...Dan Eberhardt's '78 FXS

Dan built a pretty fine scoot utilizing a pretty much stock drivetrain to keep the ridability factor up. A Ness hardhead was added to the Motor Company's frame and a Ness springer was used to keep her pointing in the right direction. B.A.C.C. supplied the fender and seat. I'm normally not a fan of the 16/19 combo, but this sled wears 'em well. All in all, a killer ride.

Digger Monday...Return of The Star Ship II

After B.A.C.C.'s Star Ship finished it show circuit duties, it was stripped and shoved into a corner of the shop. Parts were canabalized daily and soon all that was left were the frame and tank. Ken Barrow caught a glimpse of the chassis stuffed under a bench, and made Ron an offer. they soon got busy piecincg the ship back together. they also added some rake to the frame this time around.

B.A.C.C.'s Fat Bob

This bike was the sign of the end of the digger era as Simms and the B.A.C.C. crew moved towards building more traditional styled bikes. Either way I've always dug Ron's style of custom.

Digger Monday...One More From Wray

Digger Monday...'76 Oakland Roadster Show

I was cleaning out the ol' hard drive and came across some pics my buddy Wray took at the ORS. He sent these to me a few years back and I kinda forgot about them. Thanks Wray!

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