Rollin around the county

West Campus up and running

gotta have the proper tools

Open 24 Hours For Your Inconvenience!

Baloney Pony

the screws i used to mount the stack broke off when it came apart for paint.

goodbye

I had to say goodbye to a dear friend today. he died while i was away with the Army and i wished i could have been there. he knows i loved him dearly and i can rest easy with that. now his ashes rest on top of our favorite mountain. all the ghosts that lurk in this area are in better company now.

its been a really strange summer

things were going somewhat normally for a little bit. i was living and working in Eagle County, CO. riding all the time and generally enjoying being in Colorado. Unfortunately the winters can be kinda rough. outdoor activities only go till about 4pm because the sun is then gone and that leaves a lot of down time to deal with. to compound that, i really wasn't into Eagle, didn't know many folks and really wanted to be on the other side of the pass in Summit; it was more of a home. what really flat-out sucked was not having close friends and family to ride out the winter. also, for the first time in 13 years i had no garage and thus no creative outlet. i had no idea what a profound effect that last bit would have on me. it was discouraging to say the least. so i thought i needed a change, a very drastic one.   

enter in the U.S. Army. 

what the fukk was i thinking. i am now 34 years old, too old for that shit for sure. 6 months of long days of being bossed around, sweating, marching around, sitting in the rain and doing lots and lots of push-ups. but it was just what i needed. 6 months worth of time to think things through and get some priorities straightened out. this was some good thinking time. 

so once i got out, i made some moves. first things first, i needed to dick off and who better to accomplish that than great friends. 

the turmoil of choppers only magnified the things that were important.   

so i packed my shit and started to get back on the path and headed towards the light. i was offered a job in the place i needed to be and that set in motion the start of a recovery. it also got me a bit lost on the wrong road with all my shit in the back. 

but found my way i did

i am still very far from those i love but its a bit more tolerable now. all i have to do is keep my head on straight and not do anything stupid. 

Jivaro head shrinking

Shrunk another head, this one came out 10 times better than the badger. The badger is a disgrace to head shrinkers everywere! Skunk swings from Lola's mirror. And no I didn't kill a skunk to shrink it's head,   this is grade A roadkill. Oh and my wife got it for me ! How cool is that!?

Glass Man

Cut front windshield for my buddy Chris' s 50 chevy pu . First one was great, broke the second one, then had to cut 3 & 4 because #2 was the last of the shit I had with a shade band... any body need one side of a chevy pu with a shade band?

Halifax showoff

A few snapshots of the halifax car show behind wally world.

An instant classic based in the donkey hood ornament!

If you were wondering, yes that is an amazing use of an old fire extinguisher as a coolant overflow.

Coil mount for steady jeff's triumph

A super quick coil mount made from jeff's old exhaust pipes and some shop scrap.

The path just took a hard left

Before, my last day in Colorado

Two months later on my last day of Army Basic Training. Fuckin weird. This life keeps getting more interesting.

By a thread

This is slagathors NEW clutch cable from last season holding herself together by about 6 or 7 strands...FML!!! Thank christ i had a spare cable at the batcave, just a tad shorter then i would have liked, but doing the job none the less!

Gas station chai in Wareham. Livin' large.

Ironhead disc brake conversion

Just a quick photo dump to vaguely document one way to get a disc brake and high mids on an 17mm axle ironhead on the cheap. Wheel is a 3/4 axle dual flange. New axle is 3/4 dia from jenna's unused '81 ironhead swingarm(length unchanged). Caliper is the 4 piston radial flavor off a gsxr(108 mm bolt spacing). Rotor is a drilled, floating, 11.5" hd. Master cylinder is a 19mm Grimeca.
To use the 3/4 axle bore out the chain adjusters, the axle collar(stepped washer thing), and buy an extra axle collar for the other side and bore it out. Turn the chain side wheel spacer to whatever length centers the wheel in the frame. Measure what's left for a wheel spacer on the brake side and then subtract the thickness of your caliper bracket. I had to make a .120 thk washer to move the bracket away from the chain adjuster bushing a little. Last figure out what you need for a sprocket for a straight chainline. In my case I used a 48t, 1/8" offset.

Keepin' it low

Dylan feeling out the stance on a customers beezer...and lovin' it!<3