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Let's Welcome C.C. Filson to the Ballard area and Backfiremoto during Backfire moto event #69 !

4/15/2017

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​Backfiremoto would like to welcome the new C.C. Filson store to Ballard! They are excited to be part of the Ballard Community and are looking forward to meeting you.
The store is about a block and a half away from the backfire corner. They are located on the corner of Ballard Ave . and Dock street. During Backfire  ( 4-8 pm)  they hope that you might stop by and see the new store and share a brew with them on the house.  ALSO, make sure that you sign up for the free raffle. SEE BELOW
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So this is the sweet blanket that they are going to be raffling off on Wednesday during Backfire. It is a custom Faribault Woolen Mill Co . wool blend blanket. 
Perfect for a  night out in the wilderness camping or sleeping by your bike on the side of the road after a roadkill dinner and a few sips off your vintage backfire flask. ( is ten years old vintage?)


This custom, queen sized, wool-blend blanket was made for Filson by Faribault Woolen Mill Co. It features an original design featuring the C.C. Filson Company store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.

Features:
  • Custom blend of 85% wool, 15% cotton
  • Original Filson design
  • Large enough to cover a queen size bed
  • Made in USA by Faribault Woolen Mill Co.
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This is a shot of the inside of the store . 
Lastly , a map of how to get there from backfire. It's a block and a half away . So ride over or walk over between 4 pm and 8 pm on Wed. 19th  April 2017 and say "hi "to them and share a brew with the Filson crew! and sign up for the raffle between 4 and 8 pm ! whoohoo!
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​​If you would like to learn more about the Filson History  just click here: 
https://www.filson.com/history
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A Postcard from Backfiremoto #68  Spring Opener

4/12/2017

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Well, It was a rustic Pacific Northwest  Spring opener as usual.  Planning the spring opener is always a gamble. Every year, we have to study the weather and wait as long as possible to decide whether to make a go of it in March or not.  The Groundhog in Pennsylvania doesn't usually help us out with the decision. The weather reports can often be wrong this time of year.  All we really need is a four-hour window of decent weather to draw out all the hibernating  PNW moto-folks.  Actually, over the past nine years, we have been extremely lucky in terms of weather.  We have only had a few rainy spring openers and maybe one with snow and hail.  In the past, we have postponed the date to April a few times. The April option always puts us on or around tax day. Which is a bummer.  And then there is the daylight factor. Waiting till April definitely helps with having more time to see. But, everyone is anxious to get their " Spring on ".  So in the past, if the weather looks bad,  we have made the March Spring Opener an informal and un-official  "meet and greet ".  That works too  , but the next month it might rain again as well. So, all in all, it is hard to win.  Or maybe we will either way.  Just about now  I can hear all of the " soggy bottoms / "I always ride in the rain" people saying," that is what rain gear is for!" ... And now I can hear that guy saying " Rain gear is for wussies!".  It doesn't matter where you stand on the matter ..... If you ride out to Backfire and it is too Dark , too rainy , too cold , and too windy to chill out and  walk around outside and mix it up with your friends and see the sweet bikes, then it's just not as good.  And that is why we try to pick the best date to have the spring Opener.  This time we were kind of lucky because we just had inclement weather meaning a few sprinkles and wind in Ballard. But, It was raining all over the area north and south of us.  So the turnout was pretty small, but as they say" the people who did show had a great time! ". Below, you will find a few highlight from that evening. ​
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Mark showed up early on his 1958 Lambretta.
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Doug showed up on his new build. It is a 1978 Suzuki PE175, shopped down to a cafe/flat tracker style. Doug is planning to race it at dirtquake this year! Whoohoo!
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​There was definitely enough attendees to have a good time and see some interesting bikes. It was not a 500-600 person turn out like in the Summer, but a good time was had for sure
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A beautiful Triton showed up. This is Jacks new ride for the Season. It came from Gloy Motorworks from LA.   He is in the process of tweaking it to his own liking.
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Jack
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Nice BMW side car showed up. ​
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​Nice ! Hey, put that down.....haha....
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When in doubt, roll up on a classic Cafe Racer! ​
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We even got a classic PNW rainbow for the occasion! ​
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If you didn't  make it to the Spring Opener, this is the shirt from the event. We have plenty of them left, so please drop by the red info. / DJ booth and buy one to help support us. Thanks and see you on Wednesday, April  19th for Backfiremoto# 69. Cheers TW
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BACKFIREMOTO #68 SPRING OPENER 2017 Wednesday, March 15th 4pm Rain or Shine Seattle WA 98107 Corner of 17th Ave. NW and Leary Ave. NW .... always free ... All bikes welcome! Please share this ad and help to spread the word. Thanks!

3/8/2017

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February 23rd, 2017

2/23/2017

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Usually we post them a few weeks after each event. This set of photos by Todd Werny got lost for a while, but here it is now. If you would like to see more photos from Backfiremoto #64 just click here to go to facebook .  ​
Eric and his better half rolling up on his BSA. ​
​A Great example of a local Suzuki Boulevard S40 with Ryca bobber conversion ( minus the Tank) . You don't see a lot of these Ryca bikes here in seattle. The Ryca scrambler , tracker and Cafe racer are worth taking a look at too.
Haha ....  Looks like she is taking a nice ride in the Swiss Alps ..... ​
​A nice Motobike showed up .... 
Just had to include these two Yamaha 650s that showed up . Beautiful bikes. I am not sure who built them . Great job! ​
Nice Harley Cafe racer . I think this one is owned by a local rock-star. ​
​Well we cant put all the photos up here on the blog but please go to our facebook page to see all the rest from this event soon. Looking forward to getting the pics from Backfiremoto #66 up from last summer too. Expect them next week ... Till then,  Cheers T.W.
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