Silverface Fender Bassman 100 head for sale

I have been playing this '70s Fender Bassman 100 head for about 4 years now and actually using it for bass. I was always the loudest in the band, it gets real fuzzy and sounds way cool. Billy Zoom from the band X went through it for me whn i got it and also did a few tricks to it, like adding a master volume that's a push pull, so you can drive the rest of the amp and still control the output. Billy has finished the custom 300 watt head he's been building for me and i don't have much use for the Bassman except as a back up. It'd be a killer guitar amp and like i said, it's a fun bass amp too. $450, i'd rather not ship it, but if you have to have it, let me know grant.peterson@sorc.com
these are the only pics i have of it now with yours truely rockin out, i'll take some close ups.

























Also, this prism tank is going back up for sale. $150 bux, plus shipping. It's too long to fit on a stock big twin back bone, digger city.

The old days...

These pics are from Street Chopper reader Andy Anderson of Anderson Studios. He had a few bikes in the mag back in the day, plus lots of great pics of their work.

Just in case you missed this one last night on SNL.

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New stuff in the store!

We have a few new things in the WEBSTORE!

First we have two new Harpoon Kustom Paint shirts that we did to take with us to Japan. The first is a ringer T with Chopper Dave's famous diamond tank on it that actually has the same metalflake on it that Harpoon painted the tank with. Harpoon figured out how to screenprint with the same metalflake he paints with (just like our 3/4 metalflake helmet hoodie!). It is printed on a white ringer with chocolate neck and sleeve rings, just like the brown pinstriping on the tank. $20 each.






















Up next is another Harpoon Kustom Paint shirt with a cartoon of Harpoon rding his Panhead on it drawn by the famous Kustom Kulture artist, The Pizz. Simple black on white, $15 each.
























We also got a few copies of our friend and amazing photographer Adam Wright's latest instalment into his saught after Road Course series. inside you'll find great black and white images from Adam's Lieca of Keith Richards, Lucky, both JJ's, Scott Craig, the Atwater Playboy, Zipperneck, the old dude magnet himself-Dan Druff, Dustin H, Nelson Kanno, Harpoon, and even a shot of me making a rediculous face (Thanks Adam), and many more. $30 ea plus shipping while supplies last.



























SOLD!!!!!!!!!
Last but not least, i found one XXL Born-Free shirt from the show last year. Brand new, all packaged up. Everything is in our webstore which you can visit by clicking HERE

New one for the bar

This is a new one I drew for my bar.

I've been slingin drinks in this place for over five years now & it's coming to an end soon.

The Lava will be greatly missed when I leave for LA- soooooo many good times!

stolen pic.....an old one, but the one & only place in seattle with a healthy palm tree in front. It's twice as big now....from all the beer I've fead it over the years.

A few from me

 

will be missed

few more pics

Got out in the disaster area also known as our garage last night to start cleaning up from the last two weeks of thrashing, fun.
This little spot in the garage was my own hell while trying to finish it.



It was good to see the shovel back home in its natuaral habitat (after i made room for it), even though it looked awefuly nice in the show.

My shovel is done...........almost

you have probably noticed that we haven't been here much this last week. Its for good reason, we've been in the garage!
I was busting ass trying to get my shovel done for the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona over the weekend. It was a long week with little sleep. Going to bed at 2, 3, 4 , 6am and getting up early to still do my day job. I had manyt monents of doubt, but thanks to the help of Harpoon, and the last minute saves by Jeff Leighton, Mike Davis, Jeff Holt, John Edwards, Tom Perron, and Chopper Dave, we got the bike to the show. It didn't run and there are a few things i need to iron out, but it still made it and looked the part whcih is all i could hope for. I didn't do it to try and win and with it not running i couldn't, but i can say i built a bike that was in the GNRS--which was the goal. I was building it anyway.
I'll put more pics up later, this is all i have for now. It's time to piece my life back together, clean up the garage and the house, catch up on orders, ship parts, and sell some more parts so i can pay rent, because the bike broke me!

With this version (hopefully the last) i just wanted to build a simple Man's bike. Not super flashy this or that, no wild and crazy stuff, just a bike that worked as a whole and will look good forever. I had Hugger Orange in mind for an Oakland Orange-ish feel and settled on '63 Studebaker omaha orange because everything else was too red. I had to keep poon from getting carried away with the brush and to just lay one line on each fender lip in plack as well as the simple line on each side of the tank.

The tank, fender and taillight all turned out how i had in mind, with the taillight probably being my favorite (i'll get finished pics soon!). I was nervous about joining the narrowed sporty tank set, but i think it looks right on the bike now. The pipes and the sissy bar were again thinks i wanted to be simple and a little different, but not for the sake of being different. I also went from 4- to 6-over tubes in the shaved early glide trees that are STOCK WIDTH! proper chopper early wideglides get no respect any more and thats a shame. so even with all the narrowness to the bike i'm leaving the frontent the way it is, i was planning on narrowing a set of trees, but not anymore.
hope you like it as much as i do, thanks to all my friends that chippied in, it wouldn't have happened without you. And thanks to the QP for hanging in there!

Hey Northwest!

ST. VALENTINES DAY MASSOCCURRENCE
We throws a pretty good dig, roll by, check it out.

this one has been goin since the 70's

Omaha

the water is rising

it stopped raining a few days ago, but the water is rising pretty fast as i try and get my shovel done by thursday before, let's say noon, so i can setup by 4pm at the roadster show....weird things like life, work, responsibility, sleep, etc, can really slow things down. the frame is back from powdercoat, most of the chrome is done, the tins have color on them, i just need to blast the jugs and heads, wait for the polishing to come back, and then put the whole bike together....if anyone is bored, come over and i'll put you to work!
We are also trying to get our booth ready for the show, which should be right across from my bike if all goes well.



I think all the orders have been packed (FINALLY! SORRY!) and will be headed out asap, thanks for being patient.


Also, i have a 35mm Ceriani front end with a 1" stem that is in decent shape that i NEED TO SELL ASAP!!!!! I had it sold and the deal fell through, the money is spent, $360 plus shipping. i think there are pics down the blog somewhere. email grant.peterson@sorc.com

A Word From Gabe Griffin

Gabe sent me an email last night with the first poster for his documentary on the Heathens MC which he is taking to Sundance and a picture of some of the Runaways. Thanks Gabe.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,
From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!3

looking to HAUL

So my litle shitbox is on its last leg and I needs me a truck, or el camino. looking for something nice and clean, no junk. any help would be appreciated. thanks, poon. harpoonkustompaint@hotmail.com

Born-Free Sponsor Deadline

Attention potential Born-Free sponsors, we have set a Feb 15th. deadline for being a part of the show. We have to have all hi-res JPG or PSD logos and commitment levels secured by that date in order to get your logo on the posters, flyers, magazine ads, and T shirts going. We have had overwhelming response so far & it's growing daily. Contact Mike Davis of Born Loser at jimmy.dickens@hotmail.com or myself at grant.peterson@sorc.com

ALSO! We will be selling raffle tickets for the Born-Free 1950 Panhead well in advance of the show. We are working on the tickets and they will be available online. We'll let you know when, check back often.

NOS shirts for sale

I gotta raise some money so i can finish my shovel for the GNRS at the end of the month. These are shirts are some of the coolest ones i got and i wanted to keep for myself, but i gotta get this bike done!

Free shipping in the USA, $15 worldwide, email grant.peterson@sorc.com for more info.

New Old Stock Barger HD Don't Mess With the US shirt, circa 1983? by For Bikers Only XL but fits like a large, $75




New Old Stock Chosas HD Tempe, AZ shirt. Dealer logo on back, awesome "it's hard to soar with eagles when you ride with turkeys" logo on the front. by For Bikers Only, circa 1984-85? XL but fits like a large, $75




I really hate to sell this one, NOS Genuine Hogs Blood pocket T. Flagstaff, AZ HD dealer logo on the back. Circa 1983? XL but fits like a large, $75



New Old Stock Bikers Are So Horney the Crack Of Dawn Isn't Safe shirt. By For Bikers Only, back logo is The Wheel SHop Phoenix, AZ. Circa 1983? XL, but fits like a large, $65




I'll be posting more soon, check back.

downed rider!

We just heard that our friend Gilby Clarke (yes, him) got majorly T-Boned on his freshly redone Pan on sunday leaving the Easyrider's show in Pomona. Keep your fingers crossed for good recover, he's in the hospital at the moment. He recently started a blog HERE, but he probably won't be posting much in the next little while.

still busy

gotta keep grinding and filing the welds on the rear pipe and make a bracket in the rear then off to chrome...

Party Hardy!

Lots of stuff to do coming up:

Born-Free 2 Sponsor info

We are getting the sponsors together now for Born-Free 2. If you want to be involved with the show & be on the posters,flyers,T shirts,banners & magazine ad's please contact me at grant.peterson@sorc.com or Mike Davis of Born Loser @ jimmy.dickens@hotmail.com.....If we have talked to you already about securing one of the limited tent/booth spots @ the show then we got you covered....Otherwise the deal is you pay $75 and you'll get your logo on the poster, flyer, and shirt, and can send us a banner that we'll hang up at the show. We'll also have a sponsor info table where we can put flyers, pamflets, stickers etc, for people to help them selves too. If you just want to send your stuff to us for all the giveaways you can do that too and is much appreciated. We are doing it like this to help pay for the show since we did it all out of pocket last year (which was worth it, but not cheap). There'll still be free food and drinks like last year, so don't worry! Just contact us for more info. And don't forget about the panhead raffle, we'll be selling advance tickets soon.

Little Shop in N. Seattle...... Dig it!

Finally...(update)

Thanks everyone! I guess i should post more of my fab stuff but i'm usually not thinking about taking pics while i'm working, i do that for work!
Yep, 19 in the rear. This whole thing started with this star hub, stainless spoke, 19i got at the swapmeet way too cheap about the same time i got the pan frame i used for the hardtail and thought the two should go together! What a pain in the ass! and i'm even building a totally different wheel in the back after all is said and done...I'm using a knuckle 19 rim and a mid star hub with a juice drum since i didn't use the brake cross over during the hardtail. 5 months later here i am. The fender is an early Sportster like the one i had on the bike before, but i narrowed it 1 1/2" (which is why i narrowed the tank that much)to fit the tire, took the skirts off, and re-enforced the crap out of the inside. I'm paranoid of craking fenders after the last in carnation of the bike, but i think it should be good with the shorter sissy bar and twice as many fender mounts than was on the last version as a swingarm. it's funny too, because i didn't set out to build a "skinny" bike, but things happen. I should be building pipes this week as well as doig body work and sending more out for chrome...stay tuned.

Finally...

I've finally been making progress on my shovelhead. Been going out to the garage every night for the last couple of weeks and getting things done. The tank has been the never ending story, but it's almost ready to get welded back together for good. I narrowed it 1 1/2 inches, recrowned the filler area, installed a British filler, lowered most of the tunnel. I'll still be mounting my power and light switches in the front part of the tunnel like did before. The bottom of the tank has been a real bugger because i'm a weirdo when it comes to metalwork. I wanted to put the bottom back together like it was still stock with the body lines on both sides and the rolled flange. This would up being way more work than i anticipated, and even though most people wont ever even look at the bottom of the tank, i'll know it's there! I should have the front mount done today and then i'll weld the bottom and top shell back together.
The rear fender is almost done as well. I need to make the very bottom mount by the trans and finish off the taillight mounting. THEN i can bodywork and paint the tins finally!
Build pipes, do lots of other little stuff, send stuff to chrome, time is ticking...probably going to change the bars, swapping the 4-over tubes for 6-over, building new wheels...

Jerry says

don't be sad, Gilligan got off the island.

more Yokohama

It's raining in SoCal

and cold, right around 60, maybe high 50s (just rubbing it in).

Listen to Black Sabbath today!

Born-Free 2 Hand Screened Poster

Harpoon whipped up a bunch of these Born-Free 2 posters for us to take to Japan. He does these the old school way, hand cut amberlithe lettering, followed by pulling the colors by hand. We have some left and will have them for sale whenever you see us at an event. When we figure out the sponsors for Born-Free 2010, we'll be doing another poster with all the logos that we'll sell online. Pass it on!

merry xmas

A Big Man and his Big Machine

Jason is right at home on his new cone shovel long bike, this pic by Josh says it all! I think everything is gonna be alright.

I heard

That this beaut' is for sale...

X Xmas show at the Wiltern

The QP and i went and picked up Mrs. Zoom (AKA Cari) and we carpooled to LA for the X Christmas show with another band i really like, Calexico, which was an odd pair for a show, but who am i to complain! We ran into a bunch of friends there and i got to drink the band's beer backstage (always a plus) before the QP and i went into the balcony to watch Calexico. They were in full numbers (band membership is kind of a revolving door) and had some amazing people playing with them like this older mexican dude dressed in black stomping on a wooden box with ,i assume, a mic under it while shaking any number of percusive tools, i think everyone there was impressed with this guy alone! And he could sing! The sound was really good and while i don't usually like sitting down and watching bands play, actually i most always hate it, they are one of the few you can do it with. Calexico is definately has a southwest flavor of spaghetti western/mariachi/psych and they have a bazillion albums, but start with The Black Light if you want to buy one, or download, or whatever you kids do these days. I have it on LP...



Afterward we went back stage to wake Billy up from his nap before X went on. We hung out on the side of the stage with Cari and enjoyed their set from the band's point of view. It was funny to watch the would-be moshers try and get a pit going and then fizzle out after about 45 seconds with exhuasted faces, i guess even punks get old!
X even had two X-mas numbers that everyone enjoyed. I think you can even download them from itunes or the X website. Good times! X is one of the few bands from "back in the day" that still sound like they did then or at least like their records. Even though they have a few years under their belts now, they aren't cheesey.
HERE

and we all know what love is...

All we need is love

In case you haven't heard, our buddy Jeremiah of Love Cycles fame is having a 1 year anniversary show/party/hullabaloo at the shop in Phoenix January 16, 2010. We are proud to sponsor the show and hope to get our act together enough to ride out with the Born-Chino pack.

Raffle Panhead Rendering

Our Born-Free partner Mike Davis's guy that just did him some killer BORN LOSER T-shirt designs threw down this killer rendering of the Born-Free Panhead we'll be raffling off June 12, 2010. You have to be present at the show to win SO BE THERE!

More Yokohama pics

I'm still going through them all. These are from before the show when we all went over to the Mooneyes storage garage where all the bikes were kept once they got the Japan. At this point most everyone hadn't seen their bikes in probably a month and a half. They were pulled out of the garage, fired up, warmed up, followed by hot laps up and down the road, before finally all riding over to the convention center. Adam Wright and i hung out the back of the Moon Buggy and shot while Toru from Moon ran the video camera.





















Califonia Panheads...

More Freakin' Four

You asked for it. Here's some of my shots of it from the show.

In this side shot you can see the wave pattern and the freak dots inside the lettering.

HOODIES are On Sale!

Until Xmas, hoodies are $40 instead of $45! Get one for yourself, you deserve it!

You Zig, He Zags

FOR SALE
Harpoon busted out this rightous pink pearl with magenta flames Sporty tank complete with a Zig Zag man fade on the top. Bolt on and go. Email harpoonkustompaint@hotmail.com for more info

Pantastic

We finally had a moment to meet up with our Born-Free Brothers at Mike's place to check out the start of the Born-Free Panhead that we'll be raffling off. 1950 Pan motor-CHECK, nice wishbone frame-CHECK, real HD springer-CHECK, offset small cap peanut tank-CHECK. We're have a vision and are gathern parts as we speak. over and out.

Freakin Four!!!!!!!!!!!

So every year I crank out[well not really "crank out" per se as I take a lot of time(I emphasize a lot of time) and care to craft the very best job that I can using only the finest materials) about 5 cycle-delic refinish jobs or so, maybe 6, 7, depending on what alls goings onduring the year and this one has been quite full of action. the best year and in some small wayts the worst year of my life but no need for such melodramatical colliquialies of trepanation because here is the . . .



FREAK'N FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dig the NOS M&H Drag Slick. special thanks to the Born Loser himself, Mike Davis for that.

the Endless, Endless Line panel

I had the distinct honor of being requested by Shige Suganuma, the man with the plan behind the Mooneyes grand extravaganza to do what i like to do best on a very special Honda Dream CB500 Drag Bike. Can you dig it Warriors?

Big Born-Free News!!!!!!!!

Mike Davis, Harpoon, EZ, Josh Connley, and myself who now collectively make up the Born-Free staff, have been working on planning the 2010 Born-Free show. There are still plenty of details and things to workout, but at least you can all start planning your summer vacations!
Yes, we will be raffling off a 1950 Panhead chopper. I know! Crazy! Mike just picked up the engine and frame while we were in Japan and we'll be working building it over the next couple of months. We'll be pre-selling raffle tickets as soon as we figure out some things, like the ticket/certificate price and getting certificates printed up.
check back often with us or Mike over at BORN LOSER

Oh, and pass it on!

Japan, you make loving fun

picture taken by Mochi from
COC thank you brother

there is nothing like rolling over in a lawn chair inside Gaks box truck down the sloping Tokyo streets with your closest friends as his provide 74" escort after the freshest atlantic bluefin filled your belly without out filling you since your head has already fallen apart with the impact of yesterday, the unending motorcycle version of an Elvis movie, a Motley Crue video, and Christmas in July with all the presents you asked for unwrapped on display in a beautiful galaxy of beautiful people, generous humans who love all that you love too, many are the amazing moments in memory no photo captures when you close your eyes and look around at everything that is

sweet wonderful you

you make me happy with the things you do

Oh, can it be so?

This feeling follows me wherever I go

Dave Mann o man

It was a beautiful day in Ventura yesterday with some sweet machines. Max and his new knuckle, our brother from a Born-Free mother Mike D got his pan on the road fer it, dean had his madien voyage on his pan, a good day. But no joke, we heard someone say "there are some nice bikes here, but it's no where near as good as the Born-Free show"
No joke!
Stay tuned.

Congrats

Proud pappa and handsome photographer adam Wright had a brand new baby boy this morning.
Nice work knockin' up your ol' lady buddy!

still jammed up

if i don't die in my sleep tonight it'll be a miracle. Been going hard since we got back with the mooneyes irwindale show, Dave Mann, and that thing called a day job that i'm hustling to catch up on from being gone. i had a huge deadline today with my job and as a result i haven't managed to get anything shipped out since before we went to japan, haven't had a free minute during daylight hours and despite my plee to the post office, they won't stay open 24 hours...
Anyway, please be patient if you've ordered anything, come hell or high water i'm getting most of it out tomorrow!
I haven't even managed to look through all my pics from Japan yet! Here's a few.

overloaded

still trying to recover from the trip, my birthday dinner/drunkfest last night, and a huge work load from being gone...
Here's a couple until i can think straight. I think everything that's going on plus this weekend with Moon and Dave Mann might kill me...

We're home

We made it back in one piece even though jet lag is hitting pretty hard! The whole trip to Japan at least for me (and Harpoon i'm sure) was life changing. I feel very fortunate to have been able to experience it after all these years.
I have almost 3000 pictures to go through, so stay tuned.
Also, I'll be mailing orders out this week, thanks for your patience. It was a mad house before we left.

ALSO! We have some new designs for sale.
The first is another FMA work of art from EZ. It's Burner the skunk astride a killer Sporty digger surrounded by plenty of scroll work. There is even a two color Ness-style springer on each sleeve! These are printed on premium long sleeve tees, they run a little small, but are super soft. Price is $30 each, they are in the store now.
We have two new Harpoon Kustom Paint shirts ready as well, but we need to shoot them.
Thanks

SLEEPY.....SL-EEEE-EEEEE-PEE-PEE-Y

pop some little sleepies ......... don't fret......... sweet dreams of the the beautiful motor-island to the East.......... sleep walk to the car......... drool on your shoulder while driving to LAX.......sleep walk to your plane........ WAKE UP! make sue it's the right one!........... get on........... order a drink............ pop more sleepies........... sleep.......... dream of things you may or may not have forgotten??? Huh? What?........... Wake up when the pilot welcomes you to Japan..........get rattled by his shitty landing, but make it anyway.......... get off the freakin plane and HAVE FUN IN YOKOHAMA! 

Wish I was with!!!

We're off to Japan

tomorrow morning we're headed to Yohohama Japan for the Mooneyes show. It's gonna be a good'un! Get to go to an amazing country with a few close friends, see an amazing show and who know what else. PARTY!
We'll see you next week. We have three new designs we did to debut in Japan and will have them for sale when we come home. The hat and shirt combo discount is still going, order away, but i can't ship anything out until we get back. TTFN.

The wizard walks by

"We don't go for that dated Duane Allman look around here". This is Scott Craig quoting some mid westerner about Zack the Wizard's beard, long hair, and bell bottoms while in Kansas City this last summer. It was the best thing i heard all weekend and a good look if you ask me.

Duane Allman, RIP. The Wizard is alive and well. Fire up Black Hearted Woman by the Allman Brothers on your turntable........

Greg and Duane Allman in a little place called Muscle Shoals