1960 pan shovel

let the fun begin...
60' pan with 66'-69' heads
gently molded oem wishbone frame
keihin carb
custom narrow trees
4 speed jockey top 
a true 70's survivor, with an incredible story to match.
will update as progress continues.

FXE teaser

not done yet, customer projects are keeping me from finishing up and getting it sold.
what we have done so far is pretty awesome though :)

reworking another SR500 frame

For a customer
god i love these little thumpers.
new seat section, tabs cleaned up, new upper shock mounts.
finishing the tank and seat pan now.
customer is going all out with this build and the fact that he drove 16 hours to get me to do this frame proves it.
this thing is gonna rip!

e foot open primary

trying to massage a stock inner and shitty v twin louvered outer into an open primary set up for this FXE that i'm doing.
this is sort of my motivation..
time to fire up the mill and see what happens.

DO THIS NOW

stickers!

small, black ink, gold foil, awesome.
slightly larger clear with black ink, also awesome.
send me an sase for a grip and some misc goodies.

new project

82 FXE with a raked neck and a 6" over wide glide.
going to meet the the guy in the morning again and ride it back to the shop.
i don't get to actually ride project bikes back to the shop very often.

new swag is here

printed some more swag yesterday..
hoodies, T's and some hats and stickers.
email me if you want in...

no pullback

needed a set for a customer...done and done

Narrowing a sporty tank

This started as a tank i was going to run on one of my projects but now it's getting finished up for a customer instead.
money talks fuckers

Revenge Run is on!

My good buddy Tim has been talking about and working hard on this run for a while now.
The route will follow Blackbeard's last stand across eastern NC and out to the outer islands. Camping, i'm told, will be epic and the list of sponsors tells me that this will not be something you'll want to miss.
The run itinerary is April 23rd through the 24th with a huge after party planned for the night of the 24th.
We are super amped to be taking part in and helping to sponsor this event and look forward to whatever shenanigans Tim has planned for us!
thanks for everything that you do homie...
http://revengerun.blogspot.com/

Spring has sprung...

...and it's time to get choppin'!

My old knee mill

My old benchmaster knee mill the day i drug it home.
Reworked the whole thing and painted it, it's a little work horse.
I do more with this little fixed quill then some of my friends with their fancy full size bridgeports :)

Renthal bars and a polished tank

Customer wanted to use these old renthal bars on his chop, cool idea but i thought they needed a bit of creativity.
Cut them in half, plugged the ends, drilled and taped the top clamps and risers..i like them.
And yes that's actually a steel tank that was painstakingly polished over the course of a few weeks.

Kawi chop

This thing started as a 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan, came in looking boring left pretty awesome.
Pound after pound of unnecessary shit removed, jockey shift, foot clutch, frame cut up and tweaked, slammed mono shock, Front Street fender, some old Z's , an old Paughco mustang tank, floorboards, shaved and shortened forks, disc brakes front and rear. No one ever guessed that this thing was a late model jap bike.

Who says that a late model jap cruiser cant have style.

New axle plates and tail section for a customer.

This guys frame was c-r-a-z-y sketchy!!!
Another drop seat, less than 2" of ground clearance and everything was crooked, porous welds, pipe for tubing...etc.
 We jigged it up on the fab table, fixed up the neck area, straightened it out, got rid of the drop seat crap, Fabbed up a new tail section with .120 wall DOM and installed some new water jet cut axle plates courtesy of Baas metal craft.
We also installed that cheap dna springer as well and made him a headlight, tank and fender mount bungs.

Wheel Building 101

me and my good friend Brantley decided it was time to learn how to build wheels.
It was nerve racking at first glance but we actually breezed right through it and the final product was well within spec (.02") Not too bad for our first try.
We have another one to do for the same customer next week in fact.

80 SR500

pretty stoked to finally own one of these as i have always coveted them.
I am going to have a tough time selling this one.
Got the frame all taken care of and the motor completely re built and polished/painted.
Been super slammed with customer projects so she has taken a place on the back burners for now but i will dive back in soon.

My buddy Eric

The brains behind anything combustion related that takes place in the shop.
I like to throw wrenches at the wall, He likes to calmly correct problems.
I didn't know they taught patience in the Army.
i guess some of us got it and some of us don't.

Adam's XS

This thing was an absolute mess when it rolled into the compound.
it was an accident waiting to happen, the frame was straight sketch, everything was fucked.
Not to mention it was really kooky looking with forward controls, apes and long fishtails and some ridiculously low sitting drop seat frame abortion.
Frame was completely re done and bike was fixed up right.

after a bit of un doing what had been done.

My good friend James's 73 sporty

This guy has always been an inspiration to me. Always putting himself before everyone else around him so naturally when he said he needed a bike i was on it.
He suffered a pretty nasty hand injury at work so we had to get really creative with the controls.