I'm Back

Back from Chicago, the QP and i had fun, got sick, ate a ton, sweated a bunch.
I'll be getting back to emails and orders over the next couple of days.

So True.

From the LA Craigslist:
Most of the shoddy built "cafe" motorcycles seen on Craigslist these days are complete jokes. These hacksaw assassins buy a well worn STOCK Honda CB500 or 550 for $1200 to $1500, about current market value. Then to make it a "cafe" they remove the front and rear fenders, the speedo and tach, the chainguard, airbox, seat and footpegs, then drill worthless holes in everything else to make it look "racer". Next is to make home made crappy looking rear sets that just look stupid, repaint the tank and bodywork flat black, or flat green, or some other lame color, and if you are real lucky it gets a cheap checkerboard sticker across the tank. The "cafe" seats look OK but the ones I've seen dont match the factory seat lock so just flop around. The low bars are OK too, no complaints there, but for the price they are asking correct clip-on's should be installed. Without the stock airbox sometimes you can get air pods, or just nothing at all, and that's just dumb. And what else will $4100 buy you besides all the stock parts removed? Will it get you new frame paint? No. Will it get you new chrome hardware? No, it still has rusty 30 year old nuts and bolts holding on the shocks, forks, wheels, and so on. Will you get new tires? No, usually not, at best a cheap pair of CS or IRC's. So really what are you paying an extra $2600 for? If you buy a $1200 motorcycle and remove $300 worth of good stock parts, replace those stock parts with $100 worth of "cafe" parts, $10 for a couple cans of rattle can flat color paint.... then you shoild have around a $1000 moto at best! If all you idiot kids, yes I said kids, want to spend your hard earned burger flipping money on a cafe, for gods sake look closely at what you are buying. TOO many motorcycle "builders" are crooks only out to rip you off. Oh yes, another thing, just because these flakes decide to name their moto, like the Destroyer or Wicked Bitch or whatever else they can think of, that will not add one cent to it's value. It's a marketing ploy to rip you off, that's all. At the end of the day you can do whatever you want with your money, it's your money, I'm just trying to help you from looking stupid. I mean you do plan on riding this thing, right? Other people will see you and say "Wow, there's that crappy overpriced death trap that was on Craigslist last week for $4100, that guy is an idiot". And no, I'm NOT a custom bike builder trying to smear other builders. If anything I'm trying to keep these old stock motos from getting cut up by morons.

ch-ch-changes

here is a sneakpeek. this bike now has something that I have always talked about, thanks to grant. and something else, that just kind of happend that way today, thanks Gabe.

RIP SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON

Sky Saxon passed away yesterday. The first real Rocknroller I ever met. Kind of like meeting Keith Richards would be, i guess. To quote lil Ennis, " A living Legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike daddy." This was about 6-7 years ago. I always dug on garage rock and cycle-delic music, but now it was real. Davie Allan had just played my chopper show and Sky Saxon was crashing out at my friend John Miners(John did the Red Planet cover art-and screenprinted the album covers!) pad in south pas. The Seeds would play Johns backyard BBQ's! and I was rolling around a '64 tbird. what a summer!

Our condolences to all Sky's Friends and Family, especially to Rik Collins.

so-cal speedshop open house

this little t-bucket caught my eye. I've always liked mettallic blue-nice to see a simple painted hot-rod. how many t's are out there, glass or not that could take to this treatment ????????????????????????????????????

I saw this pan out at the street chopper party last month, dont know whose it is but its bitchin

Inside you could see a little bit of jimmy Shines handi-work. dig this roadster windscreen frame

The Reverend himself had his latest out for all the world to see. dummy spots could have used some candy teardrops and lakes pipes would have been sweet, but the candy coated lancer caps hit the '58 spot!

and yucked into the corner was a little employee project. this sportster is going to be one sweet chopper!

Francoise Hardy

is amazing. One of my favorite subject matters for art, since choppers arent the only things out there, or are they?????

snug harbor

So Grant and I have seen this place that opens at 6am on our way to the LBC swapmeet all the time and threaten each other with stopping in for a BM. We never do, but one night just rode out there for kicks. sweet place.

R&R

Taking some long overdue time off until the end of the month. No shirts will be shipped that haven't already been paid for. have a bitchin summer.

peelin

Worms and I jammed to the deal in LA to meet up with Poon. Split after an hour, crazy crowd. Split to Anahiem to see Gabe and the HEathens, hit taco boy, and headed home.





The flying V.

Boom!

It's that time of year

This Thursday

We'll be riding up to this and DJing as well...

The Littles

Don't mess with them or get in their way! When they unite, they generate an AMAZING power.

Where the magic happens

Well, after we print your shirts we keep them in the garage amongst all the bike crap we have. This is the last thing your shirt see's before it gets packed and sent to you. Oh, we only have a couple of orders left standing, so if you've been waiting, i shipped a butt load of shirts this morning.

5 years ago this month

I had picked this 56 Clipper up about a year before with my late Grandfather George(a lifelong long-haul trucker and pillar of steel) up in Fresno. The plan was for a white pearl paintjob with deep blue candy apple over metalflake inside the trim and on the roof-rolling on raders of course. Only thing i ever did with it was driveway cruise and fill up the backseat with empty beer cans. Pulled the re-built motor to put in a hot rod-Nads style(that'll be the day) and I sold the car in June 2004 for the princely sum of $900.oo

bad

yes you've all seen the LIFE pics, but this is one of the baddest.

FIVE FEET

60-over

sunday ride

polish your bandanas and pass it on.

VINTAGE/N.O.S. HD and Chopper shirts for sale FRISCO STYLE FREAKOUT!

N.O.S.
Gus' Shop another one wrapped in plastic. Skull/knuckle/cone shovel logo is like some of the later FRISCO CHOPPERS logo. XL, but we can only assume it fits like a large since i don't have extras to open and try on. white on black and white on red. Not sure if there is anything on the back.





SOLD OUT!
N.O.S.
FRISCO CHOPPERS shirts! amazing old Frisco Choppers shirts from the Bay Area original. Large FRISCO across the chest and the old Bay bridge logo on the back.
the white on black fits like a tight large. the white on bright red and red on black fit more like a large.








N.O.S.
FRISCO CHOPPERS trucker hat! SALE PENDING
If only my fat head wasn't so fat I could wear this...new, but nice and old. The foam stuff that always comes out of old hats is almost all the way gone (which is good) doesn't seem to have been worn.




N.O.S.?
Arlen Ness Hoodie size large

Amazing Arlen Ness hoodie from back when he still built killer bikes. Sweet Shovelhead digger/frag bike on the back. logo on the front. Light blue Hanes hoodie. Printed by Nor Cal's Andy's Tee-Shirts. Don't miss out.

What's not to like

JD King is a sweet dude. Not only is he a great singer/songwriter, but he's learnin' to ride and has Gilby Clarke bar to bar with him most of the time. Check out JD's blog and music: http://jdkingmusic.blogspot.com/

Announcing FMA and the AEE Baseball tee

We should have these on the site soon. We've been playing around with different brands of B-ball shirts and this one is real nice, but a little different. THe sleeves are full length and the shirt is real soft. The run just a tad tight though. $25 plus shipping.



Also, we've been working with those new designs a little bit and did a number on my jacket. We're looking into getting some of these to print on, stay tuned.


We are also launching FMA which is Freedom Machinery & Accesories. This will be the parent company for all our Chopped Out and Knees In The Breeze shirts and we're hoping to expand into making parts, so stay tuned!

New shirts on the way!

We are doing two new shirts for the Street Chopper Magazine 40th Anniversary as well as an Oink Sissy bar shirt. Stay tuned real soon for ordering info since we don't have them on the site yet. We'll be at the Long Beach MC swap this Sunday with all our other shirts and maybe some surprises.

New ROTH works 4 Sale

Harpoon busted out these few Ed Roth works. Hand screened on canvas, wrapped on wood. email Poon directly at harpoonkustompaint@hotmail.com


Through Roth's Eyes, 14 1/2x9", $100




SNAKES, SKULLS, & A PIG, 22 1/2x5 1/4", $100




OINK OVER AND OVER, large SOLD, small SOLD

lazy

I'm still in knoxville and had a bitchin night at the Pilot Light once again. Great bands, dudes, and Shlitz. I'm too lazy to get the pics all the way from my camera so here's: the amazing motorcycle riding dog from last year in Ventura. Dude wouldnt get off the bike, good dog.

And Poon harassing him:

followed me home

so this is what i had to set down to het into my hotel room in knoxville this evening. A almost drank 12 pack of High Life and a 1972 Fender Musicmaster bass, all for $150....