Digger Monday... Jerry Magnuson's Blown Sporty

This is one of the first MagnaCharged Sporty's and Jerry's personal bike. I believe this bike was built while Jerry was still working with Dan Gurney.

Digger Monday...Ingredients

Just follow the recipe, get to cookin'.

Sporty Lovin'...MagnaCycle Madness

Loves 'em like a red headed stepchild.

MagnaCharger Madness

A mild sporty custom at The Harley Rendezvous. This ain't your girl's bike, bitches!

Spring Cleaning...

Time to straighten up the garage. You should see what's inside! I have way too many projects going on.

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. 

 

I Picked Up A Few More Of These...

Gilmer pulleys. A 15, 16, and an 18. I've got a pretty good assortment to help dial in the boost on the digger.

MagnaCycle!!!

As goofy as this kit was, it was well engineered and well made. If they could've been manufactured cheaper, it may have been more popular.  I'd love to take one for a ride. I imagine it'd handle like an overweight, overpowered scooter.

Digger Monday...MagnaCharger Madness

Not really a digger by my definition, but if it's force fed you're half way there. She just needs a little top tube stretch.

Digger Monday...5 Year Itch

Okay, you really need top tube stretch in my book to "qualify" as a digger, but it's a bad mofo, so it's get posted. This sled was built by Shaker out of Sportsters of San Jose. Shaker spent 5 years massaging this '73 into the monster that's displayed here. The stock frame was raked 3/4 off an inch and everything was smoothed and molded. The front end is off a Honda 550. The rear fender is a chopped FX unit with custom rails. Now who really cares about that bullshit, check out the mill. The 70 incher sports a 4 9/16 stroke, Manley valves, Venolia pistons, Sifton C cams, and Magnuson MC60 supercharger. This fuckers dripping in chrome and gold plating, with engraving by Rudy Pena. Now that's a powerplant that would be at home in any digger chassis!

Digger Monday...Mal Ross's Malster

Here's my buddy Mal's digger from SuperCylcle, back in October of 1990. The detail in his machine work is incredible in all his bikes, but this scoot is fuckin' wild. Just check out the supercharger support, intake manifold, open primary, clutch setup, front calipers, the list goes on for days. This is probably one of the best diggers ever built and one of my favorites!



One Too Many...

carbs, superchargers, nitrous bottles, drive belts etc.  Arlen's Ferrari bike was way over the top and still insane by todays standards.

Digger Monday...Mal Ross

 

I picked up some old mags from that auction site. It's always cool when you see your friends bikes in there.

Digger Monday...Risky BizNess

Alright, it's not really a digger. Cory built this bike in '85, diggers were done, and the Ness's were applying their style to the fat bob scene. None the less Cory's insane supercharged shovel rules. Check out the 80 inch MagnaCharger fed by 3, that's right, 3 SU's. Talk about a tuning nightmare! Imagine hitting the nitrous button? 

Everything on this bike is over the top. All the usual suspects were involved, Jim Davis, Bob Monroe, Jeff McCann, Rudy Pena, Daryl Hayes, Jim Doherty, Bob Vance Mike Leonard and probably that cat named Arlen. 

This bike was for sale when it was built for $25,000. That was some serious scratch back then, but you got a hell of a bike, built by the finest craftsmen. Hopefully, this scoot is still together. If you know it's where abouts, hit me up.

Digger Monday...Magic Man

My buddy Mal's blown digger.

Digger Monday...The Jersey Rumbler

Mike Giangrande's killer Sporty. These pics were taken roughly 4 blocks from my house almost 30 years ago.

Digger Monday...Roadside Repairs

Yo fuckers, give me a minute while I yank my blower off. Anybody have some Allen keys?

MPD Manifold...

A nice score from eGay. I might use this, if not, it'll be back up for sale with a super clean Weber DCOE 40.

Digger Monday...Al Reichenbach's Blown Sporty

Al began construction of this bike with a wrecked '69 CH he picked up for $500 back in '78. He started with a Cycle Fab frame and fabricated his own "digger"fender and cut down Sporty tank. Al did all the paint and molding at his shop, AJR Accessories. The engine on this scoot is almost all stock internally, with the exception of Magnuson blower and Dellorto carb. When the engine was stripped for rebuilding, the cases were polished and virtually all the pieces were sent to Perewitz for engraving or 24ct gold plating. Cycle Fab also handled the barrel and head hexing. This bike is the only Sporty I've seen using a MC80 supercharger. Check out the pulleys, it's actually being under driven.

MPD Primary Covers

I've always loved their finned covers. I never knew they did a engraved cover. Kinda neat.