Heavy reading
copped from Speedseekers
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Dougs Sporty
Just finished making and installing the struts on Dougs Sporty. Started this morning and then had to watch the stupid SuperBowl cuz I had a hun on the game. I didn't win shit so went back and finished up the left side. I used threaded inserts and welded them in. Came out pretty damn nice i'm think'n.....
Also this morning I decided to shave what little hair I had left off my head. Feels soooo nice.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Last night was fender time on Dougs Sporty. I tried a bunch of different ones until I found just the right one. I'm going for a little different, more polished look for this bike. Kinda getting tired of looking at parking lots full of bobbed off fenders and stubby framed bobbers, especially Sportsters. So this ones getting a long swoopy flat fender and I'm going to be welding a Chevy tailight with a glass lens into it. No sidemount hanging off the side for this one. The fender required some reshaping because it was for an 18" wheel, so I sat on it and hammered on it and twisted and untwisted and forced it into compliance. Then I made this nice little mount that will be molded in when I paint it. Next will be the struts, tabs and mounting hardware...stay tuned.
Finally getting around to Doug's Sporty
Here's some shots 
of Doug's Sporty, All work done by myself except the beeeeautiful tank by Slim
at www.slimsfab.com
The
back story for this bike is; My buddy Ralph bought this bike as a stock, non running project. He had it for about a year and never got going on it. So my other buddy, Dennis, decided he would buy it and build a chopper to ride with me and my other chopper pals to all the cool chopper events we were going on. We did the frame and he bought a few parts then got broke, like we all do, and decided it had to go.
So....I had it sitting in my shop for a couple years doing nothing but collecting dust when my buddy Doug say's he's buying it and I get to build it any way I want. So that brings you up to date and I shall be running a continuous series on this build.
Last night I did the fender. I tried a lot of different ones until I found the one I liked and Doug liked it too (as if that matters).
of Doug's Sporty, All work done by myself except the beeeeautiful tank by Slimat www.slimsfab.com
The
back story for this bike is; My buddy Ralph bought this bike as a stock, non running project. He had it for about a year and never got going on it. So my other buddy, Dennis, decided he would buy it and build a chopper to ride with me and my other chopper pals to all the cool chopper events we were going on. We did the frame and he bought a few parts then got broke, like we all do, and decided it had to go.So....I had it sitting in my shop for a couple years doing nothing but collecting dust when my buddy Doug say's he's buying it and I get to build it any way I want. So that brings you up to date and I shall be running a continuous series on this build.
Last night I did the fender. I tried a lot of different ones until I found the one I liked and Doug liked it too (as if that matters).
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
It's TANKART Tuesday
Shot these pic at The Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) this weekend
The portraitature is by this chick www.SaraRayArt.com and the tanks at the bottom are by www.Edogdes
igns.com
igns.com Both were sharing a booth together in the velvet room and their work is AWESOME!!
This is some amazing artwork and if you want this kind of thing then these are your peeps
This is some amazing artwork and if you want this kind of thing then these are your peeps
Friday, January 29, 2010
SoCalCarCulture Photo Albums
SoCalCarCulture Photo Albums
Click on this link, lotsa great pics of THE GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW
Click on this link, lotsa great pics of THE GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW
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