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			The First Annual Iron Horse Saloon Poker Run is history, and here are the pictures to prove it. (The file names provide details.) How 'bout those Redbucks?
	September 5, 2010
		"Just finished this bike. It's headed for France. The paint (you can't see it in these pictures) is black but with a red tint. You have to look at it in certain light and it looks red. An interesting story behind this bike. We built an almost identical bike for the same customer a few years ago.
		He lived in China but the bike was shipped to France. The garage it was stored in burnt down before the customer ever got to ride it. Fortunately insurance took care of the claim and he ordered another bike nearly identical to the one that burned."
	September 3, 2010
	"We had nothing special planned, and then about 10 Chang Jiangs rolled into our parking lot. It was a good day."
	August 25, 2010
"We just finished this bike. It's a military type but with powder coated frames and hubs, BMW motor (of course) 750cc. We're still searching for an appropriate tank logo."
	July 20, 2010
"Finally got a decent day this spring. Seems likes it's been either sandy, cold, or raining every day. So, spring is when a man's heart turns to ... motorcycles. We seem to be building up quite a collection here. Most are waiting for shipping which seems to be a little slower than usual these days."
	April 23, 2010
"We don't build many CJ powered bikes anymore, but here's one that will be headed to Norway."
	March 26, 2010
	This Chang has a BMW R75/6 engine, BMW fenders, wheels, exhaust pipes and handlebars. It makes you wonder—at what point would it no longer be considered a CJ??
	February 4, 2010
			"These two "twins" are headed out this week, one to Shandong and one to Vienna, Austria. Then we're off for about 10 days."
	February 8, 2010
				"The latest—a 1000cc Panzer Grey hot rod, and a 750cc Dover White that was finished today."
	February 6, 2010
"Here's our next bike under construction in our new shop. You really had to have seen our former shop to appreciate all the space, light, and heat we have now. This bike is going to a local rider I met last fall when riding down in Shandong Province. At the time we met, he was riding a local 125cc bike. He said he wanted to buy one of our bikes and I just shook my head. But he did come up to Beijing and placed his order. He'll come up next week to ride it back to (Zibo) Shandong."
				"He even wanted our logo painted onto the front and back of his sidecar tub. What a guy!"
	February 4, 2010
"Well, we're finally actually at work again. Seems like we haven't worked in half a year. Now I'm seeing we have a lot of stuff! Over 50 sets of BMW cylinders, over 40 pairs of heads, about a dozen crank cases, 50 pairs of pistons, covers, rods, timing chains, flywheels and clutches. Where did all this stuff come from? And that's just our storage space up on the second floor. Still probably gonna take a few weeks to get everything up off the floor and organized. Anyway, it's good to be to work."
	February 2, 2010
	Video of Jim's first try at riding up the death ramp.
	Here's the second try. By the 18th. bike, he had it mastered.
	January 28, 2010
"Well, we finally started moving into our new shop. The move should be complete by this weekend. Today I rode 18 bikes up the "ramp of death" to the second floor. The first attempt I needed an assist. The second went smoother, and by the third, it was a breeze. But my camera battery died after the second ride. Robbie Knievel need any help? I'm now ready!"
"This is getting funnier (I think). Our ramp is almost done. I'm going to film myself taking the first bike up the ramp. The paint booth was just about finished when our landlord asked us to paint the exterior and roof of the building so it camoflages with the surroundings out front (so the building inspector won't notice it.) It's being moved tonight after dark to the front left of the building and we'll keep our fingers crossed it doesn't get noticed!"
	The ramp
	Paint booth camouflage
	Camouflaging underway
	Paint booth interior
	The extractor
	December 17, 2009
	"I didn't get many pictures, but I'd say it was successful with maybe 50 bikes showing up for the ride and path afterwards. Not all were Milwaukee iron as there were a fair number of Changs, both BMW powered and local iron motors, a couple new BMWs, a Triumph Rocket III, and maybe a Jap bike or two."
	"Live music after the ride and a BBQ grilling away. Several good sponsors gave stuff away in a raffle too. Now here's hoping next year's run is during warmer weather!"
	November 30, 2009
			"Here's our latest build. There are almost too many features to list on this bike. For starters, we used BMW /2 fenders front and rear. The rims are painted, polished and pinstriped."
"The sidecar light is from a 1950s VW Bug. The polished stainless steel hardware features round heads. It has BMW-type bar end turn signals, tank mounted shifter, airbrushed frame-mounted tool box, Harley seats, upholstered sidecar interior, Hella LED tail lights, rebuilt BMW R75/5 motor, powder coated hub caps, engine, tranny, rear drive, and lower fork legs"
	November 17, 2009
"Here's pictures of our new shop building. There is a Harley shop on the right side and we'll be on the left side. We're trying to find another bike company to take up the middle so this will be 100% motorcycle business building. And here's the last two bikes to be completed at our old shop. The dark grey bike is going to Australia and is powered by a 750cc BMW. The Harley is for a local customer. We didn't build the bike, but we built a subframe and then installed the Dong Hai sidecar on a Chang Jiang sidecar frame.
	November 17, 2009
		"I just got back to Beijing and this is what our old shop looks like right now. We'll be moving into the new one all this week."
	November 14, 2009
	We finally got POR-15! It is extremely difficult to ship as it must come in as hazardous material, but we finally got it, and we'll start treating all the bikes that we build. It's a three- part process. You clean out all the crud with the first treatment, then etch the interior of the tank. The third step is coating the tank. Takes about 100+ hours to do all three steps. We also invite anyone in Beijing that has a rusty tank to come in for the treatment. It's been about three years we've been trying to get this product here.
October 25, 2009
	We just finished up this bike. Powered by a 1000cc BMW motor, Bing CV carbs.
	The paint is cool. It's a PPG paint that looks green in certain light and blue in other light. The customer has a Silverado in the same color that we matched it up to.
	And it's headed for Dubai. Our first shipment to the Middle East.
October 20, 2009
	Look what I found. it's an old Denfeld bench seat made for a plunger framed BMW (early post-war). Fits a CJ although I can see if the CJ had the slimmer BMW tank it would look more sanitary at the front of the seat.
	And for some reason it seems a little short at the rear. Looks like it could use another 80mm in length to look just right.
	I'll consider making repops if there is enough interest. It is comfortable and gives taller riders' room to stretch their legs a bit.
October 16, 2009
	Read about Jimbo in the China Daily!
September 24, 2009
			We finished three bikes this week. You can tell who the owner of the yellow bike works for. They are all BMW powered of course, but with a new finish on the motors. I think it looks much better than the polish.
September 22, 2009