Challenging tree

[Mike Marmon]

I found this picture on the web and thought that this group would appreciate it. I have heard of finding strange things in trees when preparing blanks but this is a bit extreme :D .



Happy Holidays!

[Jack Riley]

This picture is proof that doing anything close to a malaluca tree can be hazardous to your health! It grows almost as fast as Kudzu.....Jack

[Richard Madison]

Looks a little like my old 650 Triumph from about a century ago, but can't be sure. Maybe a BSA? Anybody know?

[Dick Strauss]

Stu would love that one...he could score some wood and some motorcycle parts all in the same place!!!

[Gary DeWitt]

I'm seeing Yamaha on the engine case, but it could just be my imagination. Looks like sometime in the 60s.

[Chris Barton]

Looks like an old "yellerhammer" like what Gary said.

[John Hart]

I'm sorry I'm late honey....I stopped for a minute and a tree ate my bike.:o

[Richard Madison]

Yamaha was building two-strokes in the mid to late '60's, but don't know about before then. To me the bike looks British and the seat looks Japanese. Come on woodturner/bikers (trying to stay on topic), jump in here.

[David Epperson]

The engine profile and gearcase cover say Honda. I figured it for a photo shopped picture till Jack said that those trees really do grow that fast. I mean in the amount of time needed for any other "normal" tree to grow around anything the seat would be weathered to rags.

[Art Mulder]

I figured it for a photo shopped picture till Jack said that those trees really do grow that fast.

I was inclined to believe it, as I've seen something like that before, though with a bicycle. Berke Breathed (Bloom County author) had a photo like that in one of his christmas story books.

[Ron Sardo]

I'm inclined to think this is a spoof.

There are areas in the photo that have been changed and shows as different sized pixels.

[Richard Madison]

David, Oh yeah, I forgot about the 450 Honda that came out some time in the '70's? I think you nailed it. I was only turning metal in those days (trying to stay on topic). Didn't learn about turning wood until much later.

[Skip Spaulding]

Great picture no matter what. Have to go with Honda. Skip