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

Yaba-daba-do-me

I love T-buckets

Greasy Kulture is Born-Free

Check out the new issue of GREASY KULTURE for coverage of our Born-Free show from this past September. There's also a very nice feature on John "knock me out and you can have my panhead" Edwards and his aforementioned pan.
We have some pretty far out stuff planned for Born-Free 2010...you wont believe it!

only in California...

only out here do you find yourself driving down the freeway and pass a tow truck with the ORIGINAL BATMOBILE on it! Happened to me today on the 10 East just past the 57.

35mm Ceriani for sale

SOLD
one of the last things i'm unloading before going to Japan. A pretty decent 35mm Ceriani frontend. Tubes are ok, not show. I started replacing the rusty hardware with new bits, lowers cleaned up nice, trees are good, couple dings, one of the tube caps has a chipped screw, no biggie. I haven't had it appart and cant guarantee its working condition, but both legs slide freely. Includes a 1"stem, but others are available on ebay. no axle.

John Voit?

So Gabe sold the '34 and found this gem:





Only Gabe.