Wild weekend

This past weekend jeff And I went on a ride to the dice party in DES moines via minneapolis. Big thanks to Dave Polgreen for sorting us out with some proper choppers. Here are a few highlights but the best part was all the great people we gotta meet.


The motherland


Reuban with turkey is called a Rachel


HEAVY


Kurpius tire change


Bobbed chief


Sneaky Pete likes splitting the taco lane


Tom Fugles panhead of insanity


Hans' party pan-shovel


Matt Olsen and his 36EL. It's s beautiful thing.


Biplane at the airport for chopperdave

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Man and His Machine

The Harpoon has his panhead back in ruling form. He is a man and can do what he wants

T-Bone is baaaay-ack

Our old friend Scott "T-Bone" Jones of NOISE fame is back! He's even eating meat now so he can put some beef into bending bars and such. He started a new blog...CLICK HERE

Speaking of T-Bone, i found this pic i took of my shovel outside his place a few years ago before he built my bars, which i did a tech article in Street Chopper about. Man, had a lot of good times on this bike in all it's different forms over the years. 

doin it

It's always nice to meet new people heavy into what they are doing. Sometimes it's easy to get weighed down by the local vibe, etc, especially out here in California where the wheels never stop and there are more people than you can shake the ol' stick at.
We met the dudes from Speedmetal in Denver this last January when they brought out their Knucklehead for the Grand National Roadster show. Killer bike, and VERY down to earth and enthusuastic guys. Wish i had more time to hang out with them then.
When we decided to do Born-Free again they were also eagar to help and support something that has meant so much to us and is done out of love (there sure as shit ain't no money in putting on a huge FREE show...). Well, they recently moved into a bigger shop and are settling in and planning their annual Love Thy Chopper

show coming up in July, which FMA is a proud sponsor of.
I feel like a nice long ride to Denver...

SpeedMetal presents First Saturdays from Kris Bennett on Vimeo.

TOKYO BREAKFAST posted by HAJIME

 "Tokyo Breakfast"
This local ivent was opened already a little while ago in Harajuku
which is one of the famous area for shopping.
We gathered in the early morning and had breakfast together.
Mochi of L7 did great job to make such many chopper guys together!!
We all had a really good time.
Thanks Mochi.

HAJIME



RACE? part 2...

almost there...

This is SoCal & Tokyo

Yes, we welcome our Friend Hajime to the FMA blog. Too bad he put a picture of me up instead of himself! Haji has been riding choppers through the streets of Tokyo and beyond for many years. He just so happens to ride with other local chopper nuts like Gaku of Hawgholic and Mochi of L7. Good company for sure!
I met Haji two years ago on my first trip to Japan. Great dude right off the bat and speaks some of the best English of any of my Japanese friends. That year he, Okun, and Mochi lead myself, Gabe, and Harpoon (in the back of Gaku's van) all over Tokyo. I think I took 1200 pictures that day alone.
Since then Haji has been to our house many times and we've been back to Japan and look forward to the time when we can hang out again.

Hello from Tokyo. posted by Hajime

Hello！
My name is Hajime who lives in Tokyo.
I'm a friend of Grant and Harpoon and I'm invited to join this FMA blog.
So, from now on, I'll report what is going on over Tokyo.
Of course it's gonna be about the only chopper things!!
I have clothing shops in Harajuku and Sangenjaya which are both in Tokyo.
Please check out our web shop too.
http://us2000.shop3.makeshop.jp/

FTW...radness!

MADE MY DAY!!!








There is a power couple that live way up north, Little Davey and his woman Little Jenny. Jenny is the brians behind the French Toast Wizard, how awesome. I've always had a thing for French Toast, i make a real nice piece of it as well, but i have had to enjoy it (and ranch dressing) from afar the last few years because i am getting fat and old...and not ready to embrace either one yet. But HU-RAY for the Frnch Toast wizard!
 

Race?

So i bought a notchback Mustang a while ago to use as a new project car at work. went to Irwindale a few weeks ago and did some stock base runs...putting a Hellion Turbo kit on it now...gonna try not to push the crank out the oil pan...
Summit Racing came through with a new Simpson Bandit helmet (Harpoon is gonna gold leaf it), SFI jacket, and gloves so we can go back to Irwindale hopefully next thursday after the car goes to Westech to get tuned with the turbo...
I can't believe i own a Fox body Mustang...

Time is running out!

To get your Born-Free 3 Knucklehead poster with Free ticket! Online sales will be cut off June 15th so CLICK HERE to get yours now! For full show details visit http://www.bornfreeshow.com/

Nash!

We are packing up and headed to the Nash's art show in Newport....see you there!

Thanks Brandon

So my Shovel motor is at Smokey's place in Long Beach getting rebuilt. It was long overdue and made urgent by the front exhaust valve that was starting to stick more and more...So it is now in the most capable hands i know of. Well, Smokey tries not to use aftermarket parts on anything he can still get original and i needed a new crank pin...he had already honed the barrels for the new pistons, rebuilt the rods, etc, and just needed a crank pin to move forward. I was trying to remain calm but Born-Free is swiftly approaching and i want to get the bike back together and get some gentle break-in miles on it before everyone rolls into town because i'm sure there'll be some riding done with far away friends.

Well, I called Brandon over at Westminster HD and he took the time to find one, ordered it, and i dropped it off to Smokey last night....whew. Thanks Brandon.

Indians, Fantasy, letterpress, dragons, airbrushing...New Shirts!

We have a few new designs for you just in time for summer as well as a few old ones back in stock.
We revamped our Headress design to a big front only print and now have it in tees, ladies, and TANK TOPS! Looks like an Indian summer...CLICK THE FMA WEBSTORE to buy.

Next is the FMA Dragon Slayer Baseball tee. our friend and talented artist EZ put his pens to paper and came up with this killer knucklehead chopper fantasy design. Black on a black and white baseball tee. Then Harpoon took matters in his own hands and fired up the airbrush to add one-off colors to the magical artwork...get a
stock one or a full optioned airbrushed shirt. Airbrushing is done one at a time by Harpoon and are made to order.






Also up is the simple and sweet FMA 1910 design. Harpoon put this logo together a while back to use as a tag for a special FMA co-op project in Japan and we thought it'd look sweet by itself on a tee.

Back in stock are the Splitting Lanes Is Not A Crime tees. In both black and in white. We also have hats and every order gets stickers...

1973 Ford F-250 for sale..........SUPER CLEAN!

Been slammed at work all week and will most likely spend the night here, but i offer this beaut.

This is a man's truck. It is for sale. 1973 (pre-Smog!) Ford F-250 Camper Special with a 390 and AC. Original owner and Original plates from '73. Truck is in Salt Lake City, but it can be shipped to So Cal or where ever you are. Seriously interested? email me grant@getchoppedout.com.

 

swingin springers

for Grant. that front leg, pretty sketchy.

for Mike. This is the bike that Leighton would build for his girlfriend if he fould one that was interested in motorcycles-kinda looks like his Knuckle dont it.

after the swap!

Shibuya Station 2009

we ran into a coupla dudes on choppers...Mochi and Okun!

summer nights

Sure can't wait to get my motor back...i miss this...

Two Wheels Brazil

It's nice to be able to pitch in and help out someone that has been a great supporter of FMA and Born-Free since the begining so when Paulo of Joe King SPeed Shop in Brazil put together what should be South America's premier chopper/bike show FMA wanted to get involved. Yes, we are a proud sponsor of Two Wheels Brazil and hope there is a chance we could even make it down there for the event in October!

Who needs an excuse to go to Brazil anayway??? i better start workin out!

More Events!!!

The fun never stops!!


I'll have the Born-Free Knucklehead at Carry from Hopper Magazine's Art of The Cycle May 21 in Long Beach.

FMA is also sponsoring Ride To Skate in Philly! (Clark, i swear the stuff's in the mail!)

told you twice

Evil Kenevil...i think the chick on the right might have two black eyes...

Asphalt Gods

In case you didn't know, FMA is the #1 seller of Gabe Griffin's Asphalt Gods book on the Heathens motorcycle family. Gabe made me this poster for the Cyclelodge so i took the torch and burnt it and a piece of wood, then shellacked them together...i'm handy, i know. Good with wood maybe...
If you want a book and haven't ordered one yet, CLICK HERE to visit our online store. They are all signed and numbered. I heard the last 100 books will rise in price significantly, so get one now.

Thanks Lucky

our man wheelie man, Lucky gave us his old fridge on permanent loan for the Cyclelodge. Came with a good array of stickers, but we added more. Cold yellow bellies inside...an delicious Japanese cookies from Shige.
If you want to visit the Cyclelodge hit us up, we aren't there during the day...by appointment...mostly

luvin on the run

Nothing says luvin like the Korean Bell in San Pedro...well, that was news to me too. But tell that to the couple on the stairs...this was an out take from when i shot Mark Drews' pre unit one beautiful day...

New Street Chopper Magazine

Is just hitting our office, so it should be out asap! I am pleased to have spent some time with my friend Mark Drews one astounding sunny southern california day to get some shots of him on his killer pre-unit triumph. This thing hauls! Mark was kind enough to hold all features in the USA for me until we were able to get together, thanks Mark! There is even a pull out spead in the middle of the book of Mark's bike.

Also, the back cover of this issue is our full page ad for Born-Free 3, plus it's a British Bike Blowout inside the mag. pick one up if you see it on the news stands or buy one from Lowbrow Customs. Decker' Vincent and interview with the White Knights, plus lots more.