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!