Call Me Crazy.......

But This 1979 Sportster is one awesome motorcycle. Its got good lines and looks real comfy yet will still handle good. After riding that little Honda around I have to admit that sitting up on top of a bike rather than all in it was kinda sweet. Not to mention jumping curbs and ripping around the yard. So this is the problem do I take the Crack Pipe apart and build up a swingarm bike or do I sell it and just buy a stock Sportster. First world problems are still problems right?

Better Then Christmas.............

We have heard about old man Curt before. Every year at Greaserama he brings me something cool and we catch up about life and just hang out. He is cool as shit and has some great stories about riding choppers in the 60' and 70's. Well I guess he has gotten  to that age that he was wanting to clear out some space and unloaded all these mags on me. HOLY SHIT when he called and said he had some rags for me I was thinking like 2 or 3 not a hundred or so. I was freaking out while pulling stack after stack of little pages out and then the old 50's Hot Rods came out then Rod And Customs. For someone like me this is better then winning the lottery in some respect. He thought of me because he knew I would not just flip them for money but will keep them and learn from them. Somewhere along the way I did something right. I'd say it will take me about a year to get through them all. I was going to lay them all out on the floor but the floor isn't big enough. Fuck where am I gonna put them?

Top 5 Saturday

Top 5 Saturday 6/22 is going to blow your doors off. The When Where and How of the coolest bikes. It seems that all parties claim to have started the chopper craze and to this day damn near 60 years later the debate is still going . I will try and give my input and hopefully this will open some eyes or close some eyes whatever. 

 Number 1. Iowa/Kansas City Connection. I have talked about it before but all the bikes that are the craze right now really can be traced to the Iowa/KC connection. The EF's built the most insane choppers ever and are still a legit club. David Mann was from KC and started the KC chapter in the early 60's. Even today this club has a no bullshit approach and choppers are still the rule. Wild Childs was famous as fuck and even Roth himself would come out to Kc and see what was going on. Ray Farner with cars and bike shows had the whole country looking at the midwest. Not to mention the St Paul and Minn scene which was just as influential. One of the biggest parts innovator Smith Bros and Fetrow was from there. Finch from Detroit, etc etc.

Number 2. Bay City Angels. Sportsters rule and these early Angels built some pretty slick hot rods. The mix of filthy and cool was never perfect as the early Bay city bikes. Later to only have been blown out of the water with Ness coming up with the digger look. By the 70's all the club guys were riding big couch sleds and all the chopper freaks were still riding Sportsters. 

Number 3. LA, Hollywood, Long Beach, SO CAL. There are plenty of badass guys that keep it real in So Cal. I do know that there were allot more back stabbing, parts poaching, ripping off mother fuckers down there then anywhere else on earth. Roth basically kickstarted the whole chopper world as we know it. He was a genius and neanderthal all in the same breath. Randy Smith from CCE is another fellow that never got his fame and fortune yet his parts today are worth a small mint. AEE brought choppers to the masses and I am not saying that was a good thing but Tom McMullen had a head for good business which meant he would have fucked his own mother to sell some more bling out of the Street Chopper format. Sugar Bear was still building bikes up until this year and had the talent and eye dating all the way back to the early 60's. The Club bikes from South were always a little bit flashy as the times changed so did the bikes. All I know is all the old timers had cool fucking bikes. 

Number 4. NY East Coast. Seeing that I am from SO CAL it was always hard to believe that a riding season that is only 5 months long would have a bike scene. Well NY proves that not only does this crazy city have a bike scene it has giving us some of the best builders in the history of bike builders. That gives you 7 months to work on your pile so you can ride for the 5 with out any hangups. NY bikes I don't think need the flair that Cali bikes have. The city is so gnarly that they don't need the flash. If you ride a bike in the city you are bat shit crazy. there is a killer video of Chopper Dave riding around NY. It is so fucking cool and scary. Larry might be the most famous but there has been chopper guys in NY since the beginning. If you add in all the surrounding areas then you really do have allot to talk about. 

Number 5. Nowhere Planet Earth. I will just say this as a homage and thank you to all the other shops just like mine all over the planet. We have some ideas and we have some skills. I look at these shops with great respect and understanding. It is hard to run a shop and raise kids, work a day job, mow lawns etc etc. I truly think that we are the ones keeping it real like at the street level. Fame will change you, Money will do the same. I just want to build a solid good looking motorcycle and be recognized for said build. That about sums it up. Also I got waved at 10 times today. Argh

No Waving Here

Pretty fucking funny but I have been riding the Honda for a couple of days just to make sure it is solid  before I sell it. It has been and has made the round trip a few times with no issues. What I have noticed that when I am riding my Harley I get every jack off in the world giving me the BIKER BRO WAVE. On the Honda I did not get a single wave in 3 days. Fucking awesome I'd say. See in the back of my head I am like" Fuck these mother fuckers I have two Harley choppers at home and I am still cooler then you riding this Honda". So there I said it. Screw you and your wave, take that hand and shove it up your ass. Well honestly if they rode that Honda automatic they could ride with one hand shoved up there ass. I rode to get lunch and held my lunch in my left hand and rode all over town with just my right. So Weird. Think I got it sold already so that is good, which means I will be getting waved at again. Ugh

You"ll Meet The Biggest Asshole On A Honda

As in me Ha. Did some trade out work for this pretty clean little Honda CM400A as in Automatic. It is so fucking weird with no clutch. So this is how it works, there is a neutral and to go you move the shifter up into low. This will take you to all city speed limits like about 45-50 then up one more time to high and away you go. Fixed all the little shit and wiring issues and then did a shake down run the long way home. Not even a hiccup out of this old girl. Holds 65 no problem and was actually kinda fun. Big GIANT cushy seat which my ass really liked and besides the fact I probably looked like a circus bear on a tricycle it is ready to sell. You can see all the tire marks in the grass from me ripping it around the yard. Front brakes are weird to use as well. So used to not having one that I never even touched it. Anyways it is gonna be brutally hot this weekend so I will crank the AC and get some real work done.

STALKERS - 3 Way Weekend

Been digging this band lately. I hope it is true they are gonna have a new record out. There first lp Fucking Rules.

Made in the USA

Snapper riding punk rocker for life. Damn this new yard demanded a riding mower. Walking it took 2.5 hours. Snapper action too only 35 minutes. Worth its weight in gold I 'd say. Used it today to drag a old fence right out of the fucking ground. Made in the USA and damn if it doesn't make mowing the yard almost enjoyable, almost that is. Pulled my straw hat out for the first time this year. I fucking love these cheap straw cowboy hats and I get more people asking me where I got it. My secret and let me just say it is ridiculous. Norton is getting sent off to the powdercoat guy and I am doing some trade out for a 1976 Honda cm400a. The A is for Automatic and it should be fun as a yard bike. Strip it down and go.