got a message from pete young from occhio lungo on facebook yesterday asking if i’d spread the word about the no future tokyo group, friends of the esteemed shinya kimura and ayu. they’ve taken off to sendai, where the quake ...
Read More »hugo’s leather and copper bmw r51/3 bobber
all the leather work on this r51/3 bobber was done by my friend elias dairis (click that link, please). he’s a young greek leathersmith and he designed all of the dead hide you see on this ride by hand. he ...
Read More »jp choppers xs650 bobber video
this is “mala sangre.” that’s “bad blood” for you americans. it’s a slick xs650 bobber built by jp choppers in spain. kickass bike. kickass video. kickass music. kick. ***. motherf***er. check out jp choppers on facebook. Get the best of ...
Read More »ukraine-built jawa two-stroke 250cc thumper bobber
our friend arpad sent these to me today. seems a man calling himself “cranberry” from kiev built this sleek old 1963 jawa 250cc two-stroke thumper. that’s two posts in a row about bikes from kiev in the ukraine. i don’t ...
Read More »dime dity + cafe racer tv x bikerMetric = world domination?
well, i’ve gone and done it now. after 43 years of being a dishwasher, ranch hand, student, painter, hod carrier, cook, waiter, warehouseman, musician, homeless junkie, sound engineer, stage designer, carpenter, bookseller, “co-worker,” data processor, file clerk, graphic designer, art ...
Read More »1975 kawasaki h2 mach iv 750cc inline-three two-stroke cafe by magneto industries
how’s that for a title? found this nifty little in-progress motorbike on our friend juan’s r4yl 3.0 blog and it seemed my friendly blog linker-toer motoguru was involved in the build. i emailed him to see what the deal was ...
Read More »yamaha xs650 double-motor drag bike in progress and el diablo #14
don’t know where i got this. i think maybe somebody emailed because they’d seen this post. maybe i clicked a link and found it myself. it’s been hanging around for a couple weeks and i thought i’d throw it up. ...
Read More »things have been pretty serious
and today was another serious day. also a very busy one, hence the lack of posts. to make it up to you guys, i’m gonna create a post about food. mostly because it was about 8pm before i even had ...
Read More »i promised metric bobbers and choppers and the space shuttle was on ebay
well, it’s been a busy day. up at the crack of 11 and now it’s 2:20 in the morn and i’ve got to wake in five hours so take what you get and like it. tonight’s “hurry the f**k up” ...
Read More »poll results, honda motorcycle news, and the sun
i am unsure if bringing up last weeks poll in conjunction with news about japan is appropriate due to the nature of the land of the rising sun’s unbelievably catastrophic events. it makes the poll question a little…. eerie. i ...
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