FXR...

Well, waiting for some more money to come in but will be in the market for a nice clean rider very soon... Dont even need to be fully together and I could care less how far it is from the home base... Will travel for bike....

1985-94ish FXR... figure those are the years I can afford without worring about to much... Some idiots out there think they have special limited edition space ships for the price they are asking... Looking to spend no more than 4G...

Ride or die nigga....

SnowShoe Mountain for New Years...

Well, here goes nothing... I grew up around snow but never been on a mountain with it... Will be snowboarding for the first time in my life for New Years... Hope I dont break shit...

See ya on the flip side son....

The Hard Ride...

So late at night while I was browsing my Netflix on demand I just popped in some words and I ran into "The Hard Ride" from 1971... This movie isn't the greatest but the knucklehead chop and the riding scenes more than make up for it. There are also other cool bikes in this flick as well... Check it out if ya can...

You'll notice right away that the star of the movie is "Baby"...

Here is baby

Cant forget about the brothers from NYC...

Cant forget that the brothers especially up in my hometown of NYC love to ride. Here is a cool trailer of an upcoming documentary that a friend worked on.

Notice the samples of some good HipHop...

A little gantry...

So a buddy has a 51 chevy that he is swaping the frame on. Here is a home made gantry crane with chain lift taking the body off the frame.

I needed gloves cause this thing is one tetanus shot away from a bad day...

Motor is in...

Well after a few days of ripping out the old motor and putting in the new and tuning it its safe to say I dont want to look at a wrench for a while.

Here is the sound of the old tired motor:

Here is the old motor still in and about to be worked on to be removed:

Here is the old 350 being yanked out:

Here is the new 355 on the stand freshly painted and about to put on a new oil pan gasket:

Here she is installed and ready to be fired:

And this is what the new motor sounds like:

New motor specs:

Balanced 355
Camshaft: Lunati.490/.490 lift
Heads: Port & Polished 202 valves
Fuel: 600cfm edelbrock
Intake: Perfromer edelbrock
Exhaust: Long tube headers with FlowMaster turndowns

There is some more but that is all I can think of now.

New Motor...

I'm taking a perfectly good running stock 350 out of the truck and dropping in a worked 355.... Makes no sense they would say... Its a good thing I dont give a fuck what they think...

Cleaning up for new gaskets...

Grab it by the wheel...

After doin all this work and now finally being able to drive the 69 until I put the new motor in over the next week or so I felt something was missing. I kept the old steering wheel but just restored it a bit with some new paint... It just didn't make me feel like I was driving something with any balls... So I decided to call Grant up and get a nice new wheel...


Removed the old one:

And after modifying the existing horn switch to let the steering hub fit correctly I now have this:

Clampin...

So I have had this issue with my rear pipe for a while and just been lazy and cheap... To find good exhaust clamps like the ones I use are either really pricey or I can't find them... So instead I will just modify...

Here is the clamp in question:

Removed for modification:

Cut about 1/4 inch out that sumbitch:

Welded back together and back on the bike:

Now you can jack the bike up from this pipe...

Anotha fix the shit yoself from Joe's Jalopies

A buddies house and shop....

So being in the car/truck/bike hobbies for as long as I can remember you meet people that share that same passion. Here is a friend who restores Antiques for a living in Ashboro NC. Met him a little while back but now finally getting to see his house and shop. Here a few pics from the day:

Here is the shop

72 C10 project they he is finishing up.

These are all orginal pumps from the day... not re-pops...

Burnin it up in the garage...

There is already enough marks on the floor from oil, gas spills etc... why not some goddamn rubber...

Bedliner...

Fuck payin Rhino or Line-X for something I can do with U-POL Raptor liner...

                                                                    Before

After

Handicap This!!!

Who needs bikes for bike week... Go to publix and pick yourself up one of these bad boys!!! Your Grandma will be jealous...

Last one of the year!!!

Will be heading to this tonight. It will be the last one of the year. This shop is one of the most inovative shops around...

Biketoberfest 2011...

Ready to hit this bitch!!!

Tailgate Trim...

Well I have been putting this off for some time due to the money aspect but figured since I will be driving the Truck to Daytona for biketoberfest with the bike in the back I need to make it legal and have a place for the plate... So I drove 440 miles round trip to pick up parts this past Sat morning. Why didn't I order them you ask...? Well its simple... the fuckin shipping on some of the items cost more than the part istself...

Bumper, 3 Piece upper molding, lower molding and Bezels...  Really gives the rear a good look I think...

Now I still need all the side molding but she's a gettin there... However, now my goddamn battery is dead... I can't win...

Bag of oil...

Alright, I have been fighting this issue ever since I put the new exhaust on. The pipe was a wee bit too close to the oil bag and had to make some modifications (go figure)... Well after a few days of beaten the streets of Brooklyn the shotty welds broke on the flimsy clamps.

So I took out the cutting wheel and cut all the shit off...

So I decided to hit the hardware store and pick up these couplers which will work great with some bolts...
Now, the welds are not pretty and that is because my welder is not really up to the task of welding thicker stuff... An upgrade is already in the works... However, I think it will stay in place now... I have just about jumped on the bag to make sure it don't move...

Another fix the shit yoself from Joe's Jalopies...

Brooklyn Invitational weekend...

Well I could not have asked for a better week and weekend... Bike ran great, saw some good friends and rode the shit out of the bike all over Brooklyn...

Big thanks to Hard Life Bikes for the rear tire and sprocket...

Re-cleared...

Well after fighting with myself on how to fix the dullness of the paint job I realized there was no way around it... I needed to sand the old (few weeks old) clear and re-clear it. After messing with the config of the gun and reading more on how to properly spray clear I realized where my faults were and the result is a much cleaner shinier clear coat...

Did you just feel that???

Was that my stomach rumbling from hunger, T-Rex comin in for a light snack... Oh shit son it was an earthquake.... Pretty rad if you ask me...

Polished grill = $610 savings...

Took hours and hours to polish the grill and paint the inner shell but it looks so much better and fits the look of the truck just right...

New Rear tire...

Finally getting around to putting a new rear tire on. The knobby is cool but not very forgiving on corners...

Drummin...

For the first time in 14 years I got up on the stage and played with a band... I sucked it up a few times and was probably off timing at times but fuck it was fun!!! I will be doing this more often now...

Anudder Brooklyn trip kids...

Dice party is the night before and Hard life bikes party is the day after... Rumor is there is going to be a wheelie contest...

NYC bound kids...

Well off to see the family and take care of shit... Also going to fit in a nice lil shin dig with some good friends...

Holla at cha boi....

Paint!!!

Well finally see the light at the end of the tunnell with this project. I have been working on this for a good solid 6 months. Finally shot color and clear yesterday.

3 coats of base and 4 coats of clear... Letters were a huge pain in the ass on the tailgate but came out pretty good! Now just need to cut and buff her...

All Primed up...

Well here she is... All primed up and now to sand so that color can go down silky smooth...

Smokeout 2011...

So after spending a day of running around for a new engine shaft nut I was able to get my new BDL primary belt drive on and clutch adjusted. Nothing like finishing something and then putting 200+ miles on it to see if shit breaks...

Open for business...

So since I tinker and I'm always in my garage my neighbor's know they come to me for tool's, parts, know how etc... Here is an example of some metal fab I needed to do on the dashboard...

66 Chevelle with 396 and Muncie 4spd

Here is the hole from a switch panel that was not being used anymore

Here is the piece cut to sit flush and then welded in... Now it just needs to be painted and it will be good to go

New project...

Yup, here is the new project... A bit smaller then some of the others but equally as cool. This is an orginal Murray V-front fire pedal car. From 65-67.  When I'm done she should glissen in the sun..

Thinking bout it for the next build...

I'm thinking about this pan frame for the next build... I just dont know if I want to deal with the title bullshit that NC state requires. This is a 58-64 OG HD frame. Never been chopped, cut, stretched... Exactly what I'm looking for... Lookin to throw a shovel in here. A real good price on it too... Hmm...

1987 GN... 11.6 @ 120 street machine...

This was my baby for 10 years... This is the car that made me into what I am today regarding car's, bike's, trucks and anything else that is fucking cool. I did all the work and had a lot of money and time into it to make it a crazy street/strip machine. I sold this to a fat ass retard in FL... He owned 8 months and then it was stolen from this shop he had it at... I want to go down there and beat him with his own chubby ass hands...

Forever missed my black beauty...

Home made motosickle ramp...

Call me cheap... call me resourceful... but either way it works...  I built this ramp from a ladder rack that came with the truck when I bought it... Saw some good stronge metal and decided to cut it all up and build a ramp... why pay $150 + when you can use your hands...

Shit works too:

Rumble in Raleigh...Come and check it out...

Bikes, bikes and more bikes...

If you dont think that this is the prettiest fucking site you have ever seen then you better check and see if you still have your nutz... because only a pussy would think otherwise...