Analog run

A few pics from Caleb's analog run last month. Some well needed time with friends, bikes, and camping. Thanks dude!

Cleaning out - a few bits for sale



Clearing out the garage and ran across a few bits that some of you might be interested in.  Nice Wico light, corkscrew pegs with removable end caps (these took some time to make), old cast aluminum ribbed pegs, cast aluminum Harley kicker pedal (SOLD), unfriendly lion that'll make a good tail light (SOLD).

Hit me up for prices arobinson0217 at gmail.com (replace the at with @ symbol).  Thanks.

the Genius of Keith Weesner

I've been talking with Keith about doing a shirt for us for quite some time and well, earlier this year he hit a supreme home run.  Just realised ive been lacking on posting this out there in interweb land, instagram gets all my attention lately.  But hey, here we are splitting the lane of a sweet roadster and Barney Fife himself!  never forget that while SPLITTING LANES IS NOT A CRIME it is dangerous so ride safe please.  Thank you again Keith, and congratulations on baby Violet!

make sure to visit our store if you havent gotten yours already.
, and check out Keith's too!

www.keithweesner.com

American Japanese Fusion

Our friend Hajime drives his sweet El Camino through the narrow streets of Tokyo almost every day...this was leaving lunch on a chilly December day in 2011...looking forward to going back in about 6 weeks for the Mooneyes HRCS!

No phone, no pool, no pets...Analog Run

We were happy to join in and support our friend Caleb of Cro Customs and his much needed Analog Run idea. More info than that might be pushing it, but i am really looking forward to a weekend of riding, camping, and no phones...the blackout starts friday...

Hill Cllimb Fever!!!!

Last weekend at the Hell On Wheels hill climb event our fearless friend Chris Huber straddled an old rigid panhead hillcliber owned and recently brought to life by Mike Davis. After a couple of fuel issues Chris made it all the way up!
Watch the video and click on full screen to make it big

Iron invasion

Headed to the Chicago area tomorrow for the Iron Invasion show! Lots of hot rods and customs and a growing number of motorcycles from all over should be there. Hope to see you there! 

Summertime bloggin blues

Greasy Kulture Magazine #35

35 issues ago Greasy Kulture was just a website.  A really cool website that was one of the few links to the modern movement of vintage choppers.  I would check for updates all of the time, wanting, one day to have a chopper as cool as the ones on there.  And now, Guy Bolton, the man behind the magazine has given me the great honor of the magazine cover!  I'm incredibly stoked and had no idea that this was his plan.  My little pile of parts and me.  I was happy enough, and surprised that he wanted a feature!  When I got back from Brooklyn this weekend, I didnt feel home sweet home until I saw my panhead at the Lodge.  I'll always love my bike.  Its a dream come true, and a dream that couldnt happen without friends like Alonzo, Grant and Dom, thats for sure.  just need to fix it now!  Great pictures by a great dude, Mark Kawakami at JoyRidesArtCo

Thank you GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                 click GKM for yours!

Lookout Weekends

Because here I come. Real excited for this weekend

Rodders Journal Revival

Next weekend in Baltimore!
We had a great time last year, wish we could go again...

New Pocket TEE!

Penned up by our extremely talented pal EZ, comes this blistering hot babe and front engine rail, harkening back to my first foray into the t-shirt world with my "drag punk" brand in college.

Find yours in the store today!

Dog-Bones

Up for sale out of the stash are 3 matched pair of vintage Flanders brass dog-bones. All measure 3.5" center to center. Risers are available to purchase out of our webstore.

tube steak boogie

This weekend in Lake ELsinore, ol' Jason Webber has out done himself. CLICK HERE for all the details.

Escape from LAbor day supersale

Enter code : SNAKE at checkout fer tees discount, hats/tanks already handled for ya!

Watson glassware?

If Larry Watson was still alive, I'd be inclined to send these veiled glasses I picked up over the summer to him.  The carrying case is cool and whoever designed it should get a high five.

Detroit this weekend!!!

If you are in the upper midwest this weekend please go check out the Oily Souls show in Detroit. CLICK HERE for even more info.

Support Lee Bender this weekend

Our buddy Lee Bender got smashed up pretty bad on his bike a while back and his buddies are throwing a good times benefit in NorCal. For all the details CLICK HERE!!!!

Hu-Ray!

Motorcycles are fun! Go enjoy yours!

Design exercise

I took a photo at the train museum in Sacramento and then discussed the meaning of life with some hobos on the riverbank after an education conference last year. Some time back I turned that pic into a design exercise, all but forgot about it...

Rader equipped

Serious setup here. Grabbed this pic from our good pal Chris Kallas-think it was a Roth poster-you should look him up on our sidebar

Looks like a big flattie hooked up to a trike rear with my all-time favorite wheels. Looking for some? I may know where a few are...

MOONEYES YOKOHAMA 2013

Once again, the best indoor car and bike show is right around the corner!  What a great lineup!  Every bike is from BORN-FREE!!!  Im especially excited that two bikes I painted are headed out!  Can't wait, see you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corvette summer

Never know what you'll see at the lodge

New York - Summer 2013

Each summer we pack, leave the rat race of Seattle, and head back east to rural New York.  Yes, there is a rural New York.  "The city" is but a small part of this beautiful state, and it is surely not the most beautiful part.

 

In our time here, we live a more comfortable and peaceful life, if only for six weeks.  We live that life with family, and our time is spent dually in the Adirondack and Allegany mountains.  A 10 year old boy lives "the dream," an 8 year old girl and her mother swim and tan, and a 35 year old man regresses to a near state of childhood, living the life of that 10 year old boy.  Shoot, fish, explore, climb, campfire, ATV, repeat.  I work while I am here, but the minute I step away from the computer, I become the 10 year old boy.  The switch is quick.  Grandparents enjoy the company of children, children enjoy the company of cousins, and "seasonal" friendships are rekindled.

 

The life we live while in New York is admittedly unconventional.  We have access to homes, land, toys and many other things that most do not.  The median income is $27-30,000 in the areas we visit.  That is for a family, and the figure leaves me both sad and speechless, wondering how folks eat - much less support their families.  But they do.

 

It is with all of this in mind that I wonder if a more rural existence is the right one for my family and I.  I have enjoyed what the city has offered over the past 10 years, and we have lived a full and successful urban life...but a country boy living in the city is still a country boy.

 

 

      

The Best Chopper Website, EVER

CHOPPERDAVES

I was just revisiting this classic the other night.  As a young lad, there was no more comprehenisve textbook for me on the chopped motorcycle than chopperdaves website.  What i was seeing here wasnt the accepted norm of the newstand time.  All i could think about was chopped panhead-chopped panhead-chopped panhead (got one now!)
There was very little online to blow your mind with, no chopcult or jockey journal, Everything here was pre-blog, pre-Instagram, pre-facebook(which i still dont understand), hell I dont think anyone was texting either. 
Just look at the brutality of the Morton Friis Hoodlum Harleys feature!!!!! 
If this website was a magazine, the cover of mine wouldve fallen off and most pictures clipped and pasted to the garage walls long ago.
Dave is still getting dirty on his BLOG

Thank you ChopperDave for kickstarting it all

here is a couple of gems from the site

 Rudy's Triumph Perfection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Family values

No matter how cool you think you are or how long you've been into something there is always gonna be someone cooler and more into whatever than you. Take it the right way and learn from your elders and respect. The guy in this amazing photo is my friend Domenic Mingirulli's dad and his son Dylan's grandpa. "Pappa Joe" is his name and this was taken back in the mid '50s I believe on one of over 360 motorcycles he built! It just so happens to be an outstanding knucklehead. 

His son Domenic is one of the nicest and sharpest guys you'll ever meet and has nothing to prove to anyone. He'll give you the short off his back and help you fix your bike no matter if you just got into it or been there for decades. It's about life, not a scene, or status. It's about learning and sharing and surrounding yourself with people you can learn from and helping those with a will to learn. Perspective is always good and should be in the back of your mind at all times. 

Oh, and Pappa Joe's 19 year old grandson already has a '65 panhead and '66 shovel under his belt and was the youngest invited builder at Born-Free 5...something to think about! 

Do what you love and do it for the right reasons. 

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Please click on this link below for our webstore.  thank you!!!!!

 

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Brothers

My brother nick has been on the road with his softail for quite a bit now. He lives out in Arizona so I don't get to see him much, let alone have a chance to go for a ride. This weekend was another story. Nick was pretty impressed with the panheads highway boogie!

Support Denver!

Love Thy Chopper is this weekend!

Nice day for a ride

What's the point of havin em if you don't use em?

12 minutes on Born-Free and a couple of our BF5 builders...

The folks at the Motor Trend Magazine youtube channel have a motorcycle program called On Two Wheels and they wanted to shoot some stuff on Born-Free and some of the builders. enjoy!

Mooneyes open House!

if you're in the area, stop by and grab a burger!

4th of July tank -top sale!

Yesterday, today, Tommorrow and Sunday! All new FMA tanks on sale for $15!!!

God Bless America

Went to a good old fashioned block party yesterday. This sweet classic truck was hauling the kiddos up and down the street.

May the wings of liberty never lose a feather.

Born-Free 5

What a beautiful day for motorcycles. Who would've thought that a little parking lot show would turn into something that took over 2 hours to get into? Or that 18 men would slave over their own two-wheeled creations only to give them up to chance... I didn't get to take any photos really, there were just too many wonderful people to meet and old friends to talk to, and that's what I enjoy the most about this show, the gathering of men and women from around the world with one common bond, just having a good time.

(thanks Geoff K for the great pic)