KILLIN-IT

Dogs

2012-02-11T00:42:00.001-06:00

look crazy under water

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150776874633018&set=a.10150776873218018.502767.393450018017

srry

2012-02-09T08:10:00.002-06:00

monkey mind easily derailed.

back to motorbikes.

12.5 years

2012-02-08T17:37:00.003-06:00

Here is what I was doing on August 8th, 1999. My "last" show with the Bottles.

It was a good day

2012-02-08T12:20:00.003-06:00

I'll be falling asleep to the sweet sounds of the Dan and Lindsey Yoder wedding soundtrack this evening...

My first love...E30's

2012-02-07T23:00:00.001-06:00

1048BHP anyone? More Here

Simple, clean and oh so sexy

E30 M3=Boner...again

Then you have this wolf in sheep's clothes...this ultimate sleeper boasts an M3 motor under the hood. More here from some crappy car sales site.

My first car was an 87 325is and it was the shit! I later bought an 89 325ix (AWD) and that too was the shizzy until the transfer case went....the transfer case woulda cost me twice what the car was worth so some guy came with atrailer and gave me $500 and away it went. I vowed that if I ever had the time to build a car it would be an E30 325.

VFR fighters

2012-02-07T21:48:00.003-06:00

Ok that green thing is wierd and neat, and this is kind of boring, but it's nice looking if you can get past the bad quality photo. I found it in the following thread, which is a mixed bag, but has a surprising number of VFR fighters:

http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10386

Streetfighter? No.

2012-02-07T14:00:00.004-06:00

While searching for VFR streetfighter pictures at Dan's prompting, I came across this KDX with an RVF400 rear end. About as close to a VFR streetfighter as I wanna get judging by the examples the web kicked up.

Leeeeean

2012-02-06T20:04:00.003-06:00

VFRs get down too...

Louie the new guy

2012-02-05T16:46:00.001-06:00

EDC

2012-02-04T00:26:00.003-06:00

$8 Nokia. Swiss army knife. Finger nail clippers (made in USA, they really do work better than the Chinese ones). Key pile includes left pocket duplicates so I can't lock myself out of my truck. "Semi"-auto knife from Beatrice Machine. Hand cream to keep my skin on in winter. Beat up wallet, mostly empty. MIA is my Vans key chain, lucky left pocket peso, and my dear departed SOG powerlock.

EDC

2012-02-03T11:59:00.001-06:00

this is what I do not leave the house without...

not sure how the monkey got in the picture, sneaky little bastard...

I'll bite...

2012-02-03T08:33:00.000-06:00

on the EDC show and tell.

Sorry, no fancy guns or bullets on my person...I'm just a boring Midwesterner.

warmer days

2012-02-02T22:30:00.000-06:00

but considering the winter so far, not by much...

Rust Haven

2012-02-01T22:19:00.007-06:00

I took this along route 66 in Oklahoma.

bowl of corn flakes...

2012-02-01T21:46:00.002-06:00

and yet another video, and again not original content. I guess cabin fever is really fucking with me. BUT, if I were to build a car, I'd seriously consider going this route.

these guys can drive, are obnoxious, reckless, and look like a fun crew to shotgun beers and adjust carburators with...

The guilt they should have felt

2012-02-01T21:37:00.004-06:00

I'm at a point in the VFR project that has more frustrations than rewards. Maybe I should be building killer robots instead.

kiss your day goodbye...

2012-02-01T12:06:00.004-06:00

I'm not nearly this organized or anal, but there is some cool shit tucked in these pages..
Every Day Carry EDC

Wheelie bars are for sissys

2012-01-31T21:41:00.001-06:00

continuing with the topic of days gone by quality...

2012-01-30T22:05:00.002-06:00

who knows maybe the back-lash towards over seas production and the abundance of the shit for sale mentality is slowly starting to happen? We could only hope...

Ben, you'll dig this one, nice printing vid.

I cant drink jd at all, it smells like sweet vomit to me.

I love old motel signs.

2012-01-30T19:44:00.004-06:00

They look cool, and they help me find places to stay where my motorcycle will be parked in front of a window about 10 feet from where I sleep, and where there will be tires on a nearby highway making the soothing ocean sound that helps me sleep. I like to take pictures of them.

America Is Fucked... (Graphically at least)

2012-01-30T09:26:00.000-06:00

Couldnt've said it any better myself. Sometimes I feel like a fucking fish swimming up stream in this industry that has mostly gone to shit. But I cant rest on my laurels and have to continue to keep fighting the good fight against the shit ass shit thats out there today. Thanks to Jay for finding this for me.

Balls deep in UP Lake Effect Snow!

2012-01-29T13:09:00.000-06:00

Our cozy digs

Lake Gogebic in all its vast glory

No road to this cabin...snowmobile in only. Its perched halfway down the mountain overlooking Lake Superior. The owners said "go ahead swing on in on your way through and drink our beer and eat our food"...and that we did

These types of river crossing were the norm on this trip. I didnt get a photo but Adam launched over the river only to slam his right ski into the birm, knocking him off and tipping my sled over...no damage though and was quite funny to witness

Our feerless leader "Skeeter" put his sled in a 4-5' deep ravine not long after telling us "watch out on this route...there deep, hidden ravines that will swallow you and you sled whole"


After we got his sled up on the path he hit the gas a little to get out further and proceeded to coast it right into another ravine....this one was tits deep.

Adam and I have been to the UP sledding several times and always have a good time but since we dont know where the hell we are going alot of time gets wasted on the main trails trying to find the good stuff. This time we had the pleasure of hooking up with the local old timers...and when I say old timers I mean 50-72 yrs old! We met these guys and once we saw them we thought this might be a slow ride...wrong! We went 130 miles through the backcountry in the best snow we've ever ridden in...only hit about 10miles of actual marked trails...fucking awesome! We saw it all from watching a 72 old guy drop an 8' bank onto a half frozen river to the multitude of water crossings. 15 sleds in our group and no real issues...the best trip up there ever. No we know that we need to ride with the locals!

Dad? I'm Tommy...your son.

2012-01-29T08:57:00.002-06:00

I dont think

2012-01-28T16:51:00.002-06:00

mr. peters gives a fuck about audio or video quality.

if Bob Dylan was a dirty, smack addicted, no teethed, skater who played in a few punk bands, he'd be like duane.

I did however hear he is a pre-madonna prick in real life...

winter blows

2012-01-28T16:28:00.001-06:00

the seat to the fender to the sissy bar looks a little off in this picture.

that's because it is.

just the way I roll...

"...and I'm a mormon."

2012-01-28T11:29:00.002-06:00

I've been seeing a lot of these mormon "featured video" ads on youtube lately. I had to watch this one:

Stylo

2012-01-26T17:24:00.001-06:00

I will probably get a buncha crap for this, but I don't care. Gorillaz music videos rule.

brand new vintage

2012-01-24T18:43:00.007-06:00

plastic dirt bike tanks. They have a replica of the can am tank even. Found this while looking for vintage oval number plates, which I'm thinking about for the duc.

http://www.dcvmx.com/xcart/home.php?cat=483

Original Racing Situation

2012-01-23T17:26:00.004-06:00

Found this while digging further on the Zaeta 530 DT posted on BikeEXIF. Nimble bikes, Italian women, and Porsches getting dirty. Sounds good to me. Who wants to take a trip to Europe?

The longer version is here: http://youtu.be/2dvPFJSlBr4

kickstart

2012-01-22T16:24:00.003-06:00

sorry Aaron, yet another Vimeo video. cool sub-titled docu on the wrenchmonkees.

Really cool to see these bikes out getting dirty and gettin' on it...

Davenport or Die

2012-01-22T09:02:00.000-06:00

Wipe the crust from your eyes and grab a cup of coffee. It's already afternoon where I'm at. It's my one down day a week (not off day, there's no such thing as off day here) so I finally finished throwing this together from Davenport.

Old people

2012-01-21T20:15:00.004-06:00

Sometimes old marrieds start dressing in matching track suits..

Well how about matching 16 year old bone stock sport tourers?

Bout damn time

2012-01-21T10:41:00.001-06:00

while I should be working...

2012-01-20T10:04:00.003-06:00

I come across weird stuff like this. Thanks Patrick for the heads up of this site on FB.

Build your very own streamliner. THe goal: 70mph-100mpg in a 30mph headwind.
Craig Vetter is still a fucking mad scientist.
Here's the streamliner article
and here is his expansive website

Excess'

2012-01-19T23:21:00.000-06:00

39mm Forks for the Triumph...

2012-01-19T16:09:00.002-06:00

These should fit nicely in the Mullins trees...my beautiful wife took the pics for me. Should have enough parts to be able to get the Trump into roller status when I get back.

Today's images...

2012-01-18T12:39:00.001-06:00

Went to a different gate along the ABL (Administrative Boundary Line) and talked with the EULEX police and a Serbian that was translating for the people that didn't speak the language...good conversations and interesting stories over some Turkish coffee about the war and working along the ABL. There are several other Germans and French military here, but the EULEX people run the gate. I have a picture of me standing on the ABL (between Kosovo and Serbia), but this top one is looking down from a hill top. You can see Serbia down below. They have a road block setup right around the corner so no one can come through here at all.

The Germans have the coolest trucks...

Also went to Mount Goles. This was a strategic and a military base for the Yugoslavian military and whoever has owned this area during any war here. This was a bombed out Yugo military building. DPR sticker left in the bathroom...

I would drive this.

2012-01-17T12:14:00.003-06:00

No embedding, you have to click:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbVyE5ZGj9k

Aaron can weld and metal gets hot

2012-01-17T09:58:00.000-06:00

After throwing in the towel on the first attempt due to a failing welding lens Mr. Fisher got it nailed on the second go round...he will say he's not too impressed with the finished weld but I think it looks titties. Also shaped my ugly ass welds and burnt my arm real proper like on a rather hot, freshly welded bung.

getting back on track

2012-01-17T07:39:00.001-06:00

as seen on sideburn.

Davey, we're looking at -10 this week with windchill, hope it's nicer weather wise over by you...

turns out

2012-01-16T19:59:00.006-06:00

the bike I rented was a 250 yamaha something or other. It was lotsa fun.

The Salton sea area of southern cal is literally the wild west. Rules may apply, but nobody pays any attention. four wheelers and dirt bikes every and anywhere. Went to the lake, if you have ever heard of this or about it, it's quite a bit worse in person, really fucking wild. And dead.
Slab city is on the opposite side of the lake we visited, it was already a really long day, so we didn't get to go there.

Surfing in san diego. The wave looks small, pretty much because it was, and the end of the ride.

Kris on her Honda 250 quad. This thing was a metric shit ton of fun.

I got erection

2012-01-16T10:43:00.001-06:00

Would love to see something like this, set up for rally!

Inpiration Part 2: Frank Atkinson

2012-01-16T10:09:00.000-06:00

Mr Frank Atkinson was the man. His layouts and designs have been the source of inspiration for many generations of sign painters and that continues today.

Inspiration Part 1: Mike Stevens

2012-01-16T09:38:00.000-06:00

Just like any other trade out there, its easy to get burnt out. I've been in the trade since I was 18 and started my shop when I was 25 and have certainly been burnt out as of late so i have turned to some of my stash to help re-ignite my passion for sign work. Technology has done wonders for the trade but it has been abused by most simply because of pure laziness. One of my New Years resolutions is to bring it back to the basics...like as in dust off my brushes when the job permits.

means of production

2012-01-13T13:31:00.006-06:00

This is a nice drill press I use often. It's about 9 feet tall. Leland Gifford double spindle, probably from the '50s.

For Dave

2012-01-13T10:44:00.000-06:00

"We miss you Davey"

Views

2012-01-13T10:38:00.001-06:00

Dave's view

Tom's view

Our View...Fuck!

smell you

2012-01-11T18:22:00.003-06:00

eskimos laterz

I'm going surfing and riding in the desert.

Cracked

2012-01-07T16:58:00.001-06:00

Cost of new lens = cost of new helmet. Ain't that a shitter.

Train Champs Inc.

2012-01-07T09:32:00.001-06:00

My good friend sent me this print and since blogger is a being a little bitch you'll have to follow the link. Tom, you'll dig it!

TCI Flickr Photostream

Smoking at a bar in wisco...awesome!

2012-01-06T22:39:00.001-06:00

50 degrees in January & 650 singles

2012-01-06T17:50:00.001-06:00

I dont know about you but I hate shallow rocks

Paved SM Track

2012-01-06T10:32:00.001-06:00

Weld 'er up, Jimmy

2012-01-06T09:27:00.002-06:00

2012-01-06T08:53:00.000-06:00

I just dig it

2012-01-05T14:53:00.003-06:00

Seat Rails

2012-01-05T09:48:00.000-06:00

I got the brake side seat rail all fit and tacked and figured the drive side would be a snap to fit since I had a good model to work from...wrong! The left tube above was the first attempt, got the rear loop joint fit nicely then proceeded to cut the other end too short...scrapped. Worked up a second one, got it fit nicely on both joints but after looking at it, the radius on the bend didnt match the brake side rail at all...scrapped. So after two failed attempts I finally got it on the third try. 7 hrs total for one fucking piece of tubing!

All its needs it the finish welds and the frame is finally done with the exception if the upper shock mounts.

Anyone want this

2012-01-04T11:01:00.000-06:00

My brother in law gave me this but I dont like the elastic thingys on the back but one of you might like it. Lemme know Sirs.

so this new year I get to get

2012-01-03T09:34:00.005-06:00

one of these

instead of one of these

big suck & shit happens & all all that horseshit.
Never have been happier to have this honda here. I was feeling sorry for myself so I hugged it and the 750 made me feel better.

2012 Ride?

2011-12-31T14:20:00.003-06:00

Anyone up for a little ride around town tomorrow? Noon-ish maybe?

Cookin on the fly

2011-12-29T16:49:00.004-06:00

Found this on the ADVrider forums...

What a great idea. Full thread here.

Tomorrow's choices

2011-12-28T11:41:00.002-06:00

Thoughts?

Stay Classy

2011-12-27T18:47:00.000-06:00

Had to post for obvious reasons

It lives

2011-12-27T14:54:00.002-06:00

Still some small issues, no sweat. I'm pretty sure it was Dan's XS headlight that made it go. Time to put it back together and move on to the VFR.

Air Cleaner

2011-12-26T03:30:00.000-06:00

Goodbye donkey dick sideways airfilter setup....hello Goodson.

Height weight proportionate

2011-12-25T11:46:00.002-06:00

Perfection

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T10:46:00.001-06:00

or whatever you celebrate.Randoms.

Shortest day

2011-12-22T18:45:00.003-06:00

Winter is all right for a while, thanks to the internet and heated garages.

Happy Birthday

2011-12-20T22:56:00.002-06:00

Bandit XXR

2011-12-20T08:32:00.000-06:00

Picked one of these up...I'll have to wait 8 months to wear it, but I've read good things and of course it has its critics. Made in Germany, fiberglass shell, DOT and SNELL ratings...and I dig the style of it though I've seen some very well done airbrush jobs that aren't my style at all.

Messing around on my wife...

2011-12-19T23:41:00.002-06:00

...with my Harbor Freight Special. Seems to work as advertised!

Kaboom

2011-12-19T08:46:00.003-06:00

Over the weekend, the pig in my garage exploded (more)

Does this remind you of that scene from The Wall?

Doesn't look half bad with all that fiberglass out of the way.

Akira

2011-12-17T10:10:00.000-06:00

Akira: The Kaneda Short Film from Eye Tape on Vimeo.

neat beemer

2011-12-17T09:21:00.003-06:00

as found on speed junkies

Who stole my camera

2011-12-17T00:01:00.000-06:00

next level bus...

2011-12-15T17:54:00.002-06:00

RAD

2011-12-14T21:36:00.000-06:00

Finally an affordable DS helmet?

2011-12-14T18:18:00.001-06:00

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/11/51/661/24300/ITEM/Joe-Rocket-RKT-Hybrid-Helmet.aspx

Not DIRT cheap, but close enough. But does it suck?

For all that money should it come with a frame?

2011-12-13T22:15:00.000-06:00

I'll take one.

if the holidays torque you as much as me

2011-12-13T20:33:00.001-06:00

this will cheer you up.

Dumb and Dumber clip short from Mitch Corn on Vimeo.

I hate xmas and I'm not afraid to say it.
but I looooooooove d and d, 'specially this scene.

Its things like these...

2011-12-13T14:34:00.002-06:00

...that make it a good day. Bill Ray book and my first issue of Lowside Mag...fucking sweet! Thanks Tommy! It definitely helps the time go by here and keeps me day dreaming...

Leaving the French Army post in the north...the Germans heading into the danger zone in their APC...highway to the danger zone.....I'll take you ridin' into the daaaaaaanger zoooooone! Kenny Loggins was a genius. We went the other direction.

We got snow...wish I could go hike up that mountain. Forced sobriety makes me want to do strange things.

creative tank mounting...

2011-12-11T14:22:00.003-06:00

if Dave can use a truck, then I'm using a wheel.

run what you brung and use what you have. Frankly, after the zombie apocalypse, you'll all be glad I'm around.

way back machine

2011-12-11T09:18:00.001-06:00

well, way back to last spring anyways...
brookfield park, april, a couple of moscow mules and a burger in the gut made for a interesting bowl sesh...

I like skate videos

2011-12-09T14:51:00.002-06:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmd4NqtcUBE

More Fire

2011-12-09T00:48:00.001-06:00

Good productive night with good friends.

Random photo's...

2011-12-08T14:08:00.001-06:00

...from the road since I've been here. Most are from today...some I took last week. From the most polluting energy plant in this part of the world (400 times worse than what is acceptable anywhere else) that made my eyes burn to checking out radio equipment of ours on the top of a mountain and getting stuck for several hours behind a locals truck that slid into the ditch due to a freak snow storm and vertical drop off and horrible roads...

...this is my adventure.

Machineshed...

2011-12-08T13:18:00.001-06:00

japan

2011-12-07T23:04:00.001-06:00

http://bubblevisor.blogspot.com/

Yokohama show pics by Motoyan

clay-boy

2011-12-07T20:48:00.001-06:00

the real reason why I was rooting for clay to get sniped...

I need a new hell-boy. stat.

Race knuck.

2011-12-07T12:20:00.001-06:00

xs...

2011-12-06T12:24:00.001-06:00

I like this one...and this is also to get the last picture pushed off the top of the site.

Squeeze the alum

2011-12-05T14:16:00.007-06:00

EDIT: ~~One~~ A couple of many reasons why I don't donate money despite the UW's persistent requests:

Also because all of my spare cash is tied up in motorcycle parts and beer.

Wassup Rockers

2011-12-04T08:26:00.001-06:00

Highly recommend if you havent seen it already

Yo Danno....7/8-1" bars...

2011-12-02T19:51:00.003-06:00

maybe get to use those H/K grips after all...

as found on front street cycle

Thanks to blood falcons for the tip!

saving a seat for dave...

2011-12-02T11:14:00.001-06:00

the opposite of easy and user friendly?

2011-11-30T18:58:00.001-06:00

that would be this.

the price is right tho...

pinstripping is not dead

2011-11-30T08:55:00.001-06:00

it's just a little underground...

Found on Pacmans Line and Letter blog. He contributes over at CoC, but his personal blog is his sign work. Really good stuff. Respect.

Johnson & Johnson

2011-11-29T14:25:00.001-06:00

Some handy work by the previous owner of Adam's XS.

FIRE, FIRE, FIRE

2011-11-29T13:11:00.001-06:00

Round 2 on the rear subframe loop this thursday night....if ya wanna drink, smoke and get burnt.

Sticks are for more than

2011-11-28T18:12:00.005-06:00

sticks aren't for kids, kids. they are for melting metal like nobodys business...