Thursday, December 29, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Baby Training
We bought a baby doll to try to start training our dogs to not be maniacs when we walk in the door. I'm sure it doesn't smell like a real child, but Luka is mostly apathetic and Sheena is downright shaking with fear.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
"A Work In Progress"
These digital artsy-fartsy videos are becoming quite a trend. Same style, same editing... but like Pokemon, ya gotta catch em all.
A Work in Progress / No 1 Evolution Custom Ind. from A Work in Progress on Vimeo.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Weesner Wacked!
Ouch, look what happened to Weesner's rod.
"So, yesterday morning Aaron Kahan got hit while driving my roadster to mooneyes, he's fine other than two cracked ribs and a lot of bruises, pretty miraculous for being thrown 65 feet onto concrete... Here's what the car looks like- again, Aaron is fine-"
"So, yesterday morning Aaron Kahan got hit while driving my roadster to mooneyes, he's fine other than two cracked ribs and a lot of bruises, pretty miraculous for being thrown 65 feet onto concrete... Here's what the car looks like- again, Aaron is fine-"
Sunday, December 11, 2011
A selection of pre-war
I'm trying to sell my Desoto again. I've been trying off and on for a couple years but I always pull the ad. I think I can keep my word this time. If I do sell it, I will be doing the responsible thing and putting it towards finally getting a pre-war motorcycle. It's been a dream of mine for a while, and this might be the only way it ever happens. I want to have a bike for the antique rides and trials. But finding a bike under £6,000 (and that's way on my high end) is going to be incredibly difficult. The good stuff starts around the £10,000 ($15,000 USA) range. Odds are I will have to sell some other bikes, as well. It has to be British. I'd prefer something over 350cc. And it has to have the right look. I've been looking at Matchless, AJS, Triumph, BSA, Velocette, and even Sunbeam. Most are just out of my potential. I guess I can get more serious about thinking about it after my Desoto puts cash in my hand.
This is just a few I spied...
1930 Sunbeam Model 6 long stroke 500cc, £7,650.00 LINK
1928 AJS Model K6 OHV 350cc, £13,500.00 LINK
Matchless ca. 1940 type G3 347 cc OHV, $7707 LINK
1915 Douglas, £10,000 LINK
TRIUMPH SD 550 1924 550cc, £9,000.00 LINK
BSA M22 500cc Sport 1937, £10,000.00 LINK
This is just a few I spied...
1930 Sunbeam Model 6 long stroke 500cc, £7,650.00 LINK
1928 AJS Model K6 OHV 350cc, £13,500.00 LINK
Matchless ca. 1940 type G3 347 cc OHV, $7707 LINK
1915 Douglas, £10,000 LINK
TRIUMPH SD 550 1924 550cc, £9,000.00 LINK
BSA M22 500cc Sport 1937, £10,000.00 LINK
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Legend of the Purple Pre-Unit
Legend is he who starts working on the Purple Pre-Unit will be cursed with a project that never ends. He will eventually go mad.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
1951 Plymouth Cranbrook for sale
I'm selling this for my buddy Francisco who moved to Bali. It's really sad for me, we had a lot of fun and cruises together with my Desoto. He sold everything he owns except his Black Bomber. This car runs great!
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Oh Christmas Tree!
6684 unique hits... not because of a cool piece of art I did, or a cool bike I built, or even because I'm one sexy dude. Because I shit talked Paulie Jr's chitty-chitty bang bang bike. Mike Davis decided to take the high road, even though I strongly disagree.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Jesse vs Pud
Yeh, I'm going there. And don't pretend you're too good to have not had any interest. It's a sad day in motorcycles when this laughable thing...
beats something like this...
Jesse's bike is definitely not something I even really care for, it's not my style, and the fact you have to ride it looking out the side in a turn off. But build-wise, it's leaps and bounds better than Paulie's. People that like Pud Junior's bike are people that a) don't ride motorcycles and b) are like magpies, attracted to shiny objects, deer-in-headlights syndrome. Just look at that travesty! He looks like he's riding a Big Wheel. You can't really ride that thing. And you look goofy doing it. As for Paul Sr, his machine is not a bike, but I think it's cool in its own respect except the riding position. If I had a farm I'd love to zoom around on it. Kill a deer and drag it home. Someone please do me a favor and sew that Jason kid's mouth shut.
Let me start with Jesse. People really hate on him because of the adultery stuff, which is bad but not our business, and some really hate his cocky attitude. I think he's hilarious and entertaining. His shit talking is fantastic, top shelf stuff. But that does not pertain to his ability to build bikes. The man has skill, respects history, respects the process. He's an actual fabricator who surrounds himself with other talent. And he RIDES.
Paul Jr, on the other hand, is a wannabee. He's a mook. Money bought him the facilities and notoriety, and he's convinced himself he's a "designer." The people working for him have the skill (especially the tank metal worker dude, and that Vinny guy seems like a stand up guy), but he's just a supervisor-type when it comes down to it. I need those TPS reports, mmm k? He has gaudy taste. And he doesn't even really ride bikes. That is evident with his creations. I think you need a few more PJD sticker on your truck, there Paulie.
It really grinds my guts that this pudlicker has any sort of fame and there are tons of amazing builders out there that don't get any mainstream notoriety because they don't have enough manufactured drama in their lives to make for entertaining tv. We can't get any real fabrication shows on tv because "the masses" can't comprehend watching something educational. But that's probably a good thing. Keep the good stuff out of the public eye. It's already become ridiculously popular and much more expensive than it used to be. Motorcycle popularity comes and goes... and it's time for it to go.
American Chopper has been canceled. Jesse starts filming his new series in January. And word is Pud Junior is getting his own series. The closest thing we have right now to a real building show is Cafe Racer TV, and even that is 50% crap.
beats something like this...
Jesse's bike is definitely not something I even really care for, it's not my style, and the fact you have to ride it looking out the side in a turn off. But build-wise, it's leaps and bounds better than Paulie's. People that like Pud Junior's bike are people that a) don't ride motorcycles and b) are like magpies, attracted to shiny objects, deer-in-headlights syndrome. Just look at that travesty! He looks like he's riding a Big Wheel. You can't really ride that thing. And you look goofy doing it. As for Paul Sr, his machine is not a bike, but I think it's cool in its own respect except the riding position. If I had a farm I'd love to zoom around on it. Kill a deer and drag it home. Someone please do me a favor and sew that Jason kid's mouth shut.
Let me start with Jesse. People really hate on him because of the adultery stuff, which is bad but not our business, and some really hate his cocky attitude. I think he's hilarious and entertaining. His shit talking is fantastic, top shelf stuff. But that does not pertain to his ability to build bikes. The man has skill, respects history, respects the process. He's an actual fabricator who surrounds himself with other talent. And he RIDES.
Paul Jr, on the other hand, is a wannabee. He's a mook. Money bought him the facilities and notoriety, and he's convinced himself he's a "designer." The people working for him have the skill (especially the tank metal worker dude, and that Vinny guy seems like a stand up guy), but he's just a supervisor-type when it comes down to it. I need those TPS reports, mmm k? He has gaudy taste. And he doesn't even really ride bikes. That is evident with his creations. I think you need a few more PJD sticker on your truck, there Paulie.
It really grinds my guts that this pudlicker has any sort of fame and there are tons of amazing builders out there that don't get any mainstream notoriety because they don't have enough manufactured drama in their lives to make for entertaining tv. We can't get any real fabrication shows on tv because "the masses" can't comprehend watching something educational. But that's probably a good thing. Keep the good stuff out of the public eye. It's already become ridiculously popular and much more expensive than it used to be. Motorcycle popularity comes and goes... and it's time for it to go.
American Chopper has been canceled. Jesse starts filming his new series in January. And word is Pud Junior is getting his own series. The closest thing we have right now to a real building show is Cafe Racer TV, and even that is 50% crap.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Merry Christmas... Holy shit... where's the Tylenol...
First year staying home for Christmas, first year putting lights up. Lights are very addicting...
Monday, December 5, 2011
The List
Yesterday was my 35th birthday. I think I had a bit of a pre-midlife crisis. 35... there's no going back. The days of being mistaken for being a college student are probably over. My balding head and grey beard probably assures that. 35 is almost 40, 40 is almost 50, and 50 is almost, well... The "Price is Right" loser sound just went off. I guess I should get used to having a doctor's finger up my butt once a year soon.
Anyway, I can't get my Triumph's barrels bored until I get new pistons, shells, and rings ($?), so I'm on hold on that. I can't get my crank ground until I get my barrels bored, so again, on hold. Both of those will be $300 combined. I spent a great deal of time this weekend going through every part and seeing what needs replaced. I saw a lot dollar signs in front of me. There's a couple big ticket items that need replaced, like the quadrant in my gearbox... that's a $75 part new. I may just try to pick up a spare gearbox and scavenge it for parts. I can't believe how trashed my cases were, so hopefully Pops can fix those.
1962 Triumph Bonneville Pre-unit
With Unit head and unit clutch
GASKETS:
COMPLETE GASKET SET!!!
TIMING COVER, PRIMARY COVER (PIZZA BOX?), INNER GEARBOX, GEARBOX COVER, MAGNETO TO CASE, + MISC
CRANKSHAFT:
Keyways: #34 E1558 (QTY 2), #28 E1580 (SAME AS UNIT), #23 E3974
Pistons, rings, circlips (do I need new gudgeon pins?)
Multiple sizes of rod bearing shells - return what don't use
#25 E3975 Tab Washer
#30 E398 Timing Pinion Nut - I need the one for the unit (UNIT: #34 E4565? NUT FOR PINION (UNIT CRANK))
CRANKCASE:
#13 E1534A CRANKCASE JOINT HOLLOW DOWEL
#21 (QTY 2) E1534A CYLINDER BASE DOWEL
#22 (QTY 2) E1647 CRANKCASE JOINT SCREW
#26 (QTY 2) E487 FILTER JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#27 E529 Crankcase Oil Filter
#29 (QTY 4) E1612 Serrated Washers
#37 E1335 COPPER WASHER
OIL PUMP:
#9 E1537 JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
RELEASE VALVE ASSEMBLY:
#17 GS254 FIBRE WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#23 E1670 FIBRE WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
CYLINDER BLOCK & HEAD T120
#1 E2894 CYLINDER BASE WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#27 (QTY 2) E3552 JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#36 (QTY 4) E1577 JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#49 (QTY 4) E1496 BOTTOM JOINT WASHER - as many as needed (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#50 (QTY 4) E3547 TOP JOINT WASHER - as many as needed (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
GEARBOX & CASING (CONSIDERING BUYING A SPARE GEARBOX TO USE FOR PARTS IF TOO $$$)
#31 (QTY 3) S1-51 NUT
#32 (QTY 3) S25-3 PLAIN WASHER
HEAD:
TROOP REBUILDING
GEARBOX SHAFTS & GEARS:
#19 E489 CIRCLIP
#22 T440 GEARBOX SPROCKET NUT
#24 T280 CIRCLIP
#27 T730 KICKSTARTER PINION
#16 T933 SPEEDOMETER DRIVE BUSH - DO I NEED TO RUN A SPEEDOMETER GEAR? IS THERE A GOOD WAY TO PLUG THE HOLE?
GEARBOX SELECTOR MECHANISM:
#11 (QTY 2) 5/64" X 1-3/8" SPLIT PIN
#12 T408/1540 GEARCHANGE QUADRANT
#13 E3309 RUBBER O-RING (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#14 (QTY 2) T404 QUADRANT RETURN SPRING
#19 (QTY 4) E1612 SERRATED WASHER
#32 T1167 PEDAL LOCATION SPRING
#33 S70-3 PEDAL LOCATING SPRING
#36 T1222 COTTER PIN W/ NUT & WASHER
#38 1/16" X 1/2" SPLIT PIN
#39 T495 RUBBER CAP
#40 T1536 T120 CLUTCH OPERATING ARM
#43 T1554 SCREW PEG
#44 E1612 SERRATED WASHER
#45 T413 CLUTCH ROD ADJUSTER PIN
#46 T453 ADJUSTER PIN NUT
CLUTCH (3 BOLT UNIT)
#3 T1735 THRUST WASHER
#21 (QTY 3) T2526 PRESSURE NUT
#22 S66-1 KEYWAY
#23 T2279 CUPPED WASHER
PRIMARY COVER:
#1 T1477 JOIN WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#13 T1059 CABLE GROMMET
#18 T497 SPRING - DO I NEED?
#19 NT316 FOOTREST DOWEL - DO I NEED?
ENGINE & GEARBOX FITTINGS:
#14 (QTY 2) F862 DISTANCE TUBE
MAGNETO:
INSPECT
CARBS:
INSPECT
Anyway, I can't get my Triumph's barrels bored until I get new pistons, shells, and rings ($?), so I'm on hold on that. I can't get my crank ground until I get my barrels bored, so again, on hold. Both of those will be $300 combined. I spent a great deal of time this weekend going through every part and seeing what needs replaced. I saw a lot dollar signs in front of me. There's a couple big ticket items that need replaced, like the quadrant in my gearbox... that's a $75 part new. I may just try to pick up a spare gearbox and scavenge it for parts. I can't believe how trashed my cases were, so hopefully Pops can fix those.
1962 Triumph Bonneville Pre-unit
With Unit head and unit clutch
GASKETS:
COMPLETE GASKET SET!!!
TIMING COVER, PRIMARY COVER (PIZZA BOX?), INNER GEARBOX, GEARBOX COVER, MAGNETO TO CASE, + MISC
CRANKSHAFT:
Keyways: #34 E1558 (QTY 2), #28 E1580 (SAME AS UNIT), #23 E3974
Pistons, rings, circlips (do I need new gudgeon pins?)
Multiple sizes of rod bearing shells - return what don't use
#25 E3975 Tab Washer
#30 E398 Timing Pinion Nut - I need the one for the unit (UNIT: #34 E4565? NUT FOR PINION (UNIT CRANK))
CRANKCASE:
#13 E1534A CRANKCASE JOINT HOLLOW DOWEL
#21 (QTY 2) E1534A CYLINDER BASE DOWEL
#22 (QTY 2) E1647 CRANKCASE JOINT SCREW
#26 (QTY 2) E487 FILTER JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#27 E529 Crankcase Oil Filter
#29 (QTY 4) E1612 Serrated Washers
#37 E1335 COPPER WASHER
OIL PUMP:
#9 E1537 JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
RELEASE VALVE ASSEMBLY:
#17 GS254 FIBRE WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#23 E1670 FIBRE WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
CYLINDER BLOCK & HEAD T120
#1 E2894 CYLINDER BASE WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#27 (QTY 2) E3552 JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#36 (QTY 4) E1577 JOINT WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#49 (QTY 4) E1496 BOTTOM JOINT WASHER - as many as needed (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#50 (QTY 4) E3547 TOP JOINT WASHER - as many as needed (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
GEARBOX & CASING (CONSIDERING BUYING A SPARE GEARBOX TO USE FOR PARTS IF TOO $$$)
#31 (QTY 3) S1-51 NUT
#32 (QTY 3) S25-3 PLAIN WASHER
HEAD:
TROOP REBUILDING
GEARBOX SHAFTS & GEARS:
#19 E489 CIRCLIP
#22 T440 GEARBOX SPROCKET NUT
#24 T280 CIRCLIP
#27 T730 KICKSTARTER PINION
#16 T933 SPEEDOMETER DRIVE BUSH - DO I NEED TO RUN A SPEEDOMETER GEAR? IS THERE A GOOD WAY TO PLUG THE HOLE?
GEARBOX SELECTOR MECHANISM:
#11 (QTY 2) 5/64" X 1-3/8" SPLIT PIN
#12 T408/1540 GEARCHANGE QUADRANT
#13 E3309 RUBBER O-RING (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#14 (QTY 2) T404 QUADRANT RETURN SPRING
#19 (QTY 4) E1612 SERRATED WASHER
#32 T1167 PEDAL LOCATION SPRING
#33 S70-3 PEDAL LOCATING SPRING
#36 T1222 COTTER PIN W/ NUT & WASHER
#38 1/16" X 1/2" SPLIT PIN
#39 T495 RUBBER CAP
#40 T1536 T120 CLUTCH OPERATING ARM
#43 T1554 SCREW PEG
#44 E1612 SERRATED WASHER
#45 T413 CLUTCH ROD ADJUSTER PIN
#46 T453 ADJUSTER PIN NUT
CLUTCH (3 BOLT UNIT)
#3 T1735 THRUST WASHER
#21 (QTY 3) T2526 PRESSURE NUT
#22 S66-1 KEYWAY
#23 T2279 CUPPED WASHER
PRIMARY COVER:
#1 T1477 JOIN WASHER (COMES WITH GASKET SET?)
#13 T1059 CABLE GROMMET
#18 T497 SPRING - DO I NEED?
#19 NT316 FOOTREST DOWEL - DO I NEED?
ENGINE & GEARBOX FITTINGS:
#14 (QTY 2) F862 DISTANCE TUBE
MAGNETO:
INSPECT
CARBS:
INSPECT
Friday, December 2, 2011
Missing Blake
One year ago Lori lost the best man in her life and I lost the best second father a person could ask for. Blake, her dad, left us suddenly and we think about him every day. He was a wonderful, warm man who had so much more to give. We all miss you, Blake.
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