I have mixed feelings on the rat rod thing… an old and original build that’s put together haphazardly and aged aggressively has some organic beauty, but gluing rubber rats and barbed wire to your car with a flat paint job can get kind of hokey. This guy with the Case tractor grill and suicide front…
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Tom the Tailor
Tom the Tailor works out of his home-shop in Minneapolis, MN and offers a broad range of leather and cloth working services. He’s a passionate motorhead too so we paid him a visit the other day to talk shop on current and future projects. Here’s the yield: One of the challenges that buyers of custom…
Happy Monday
Justin sent me these 3 from the vault. That first Shovelhead at the top with the contemporary K/Q seat and John Harman front end is the best 70’s chopper I have ever seen. I wish I could find more photos of it. The other two are excellent samples of proper bikes. I’m usually not too…
Overpriced Excellence in the Country of the Rising Sun
I’ve been trying to keep a closer eye on the Japanese lately because they’re crafty and from my perspective in Minnesota, pretty understated too. There are some folks on that island that take American hot rod culture pretty seriously and not only are they fabricating the components of this lifestyle they are also doing a…
Here’s Some Kulture…
For all us Earth-dwelling planetary cagers… to support the previous post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COs00kpgT0I Freeee biiirrrrddddd…. yeahhhhhhhhh
A Culture for your Kulture… if you insist.
; Picture Justin and me rollin’ in the ‘Lac. So, we were cruising through a parking garage the other day talking about how the connotation of cool things can be ruined at times by their pseudo-guarded and over-saturated cultures. For example, Justin mentioned how in reality fixie bikes are cool (one fixed-gear and brakeless –…
Blue Cat Motors Gathering
Blue Cat Motors specializes in your import & cafe scene out of St. Paul, MN. A tailor/upholsterer we work with recommended checking out their 3rd Thursday of the month gathering so we made a swing through last week. The weather was dismal, but the bikes were cool. I met Casey, who owns this XS650 above,…
Sporty Sunday
Check out this slick sporty chopper with the babe kickin’ it down. That John Harman front end makes the bike, in my opinion. For those of you who don’t know, John’s unique design brought the forks up into the handlebars, and above all else, utilized an internally sprung design. So, there is a front suspension…
Going Live
The training wheels don’t come off until you have a flatbrim with your logo. Justin had this made today and texted me the photo. Thanks brother!
70/83 Ironhead: First Build
Herk and I picked up this 1970 Ironhead in the winter of ’07 in original, but very shitty condition and went right after the frame. I hooked up a weld-on hardtail with some other simplicities and had her on the road the following year with the help of my friend, Braduary. 5 miles into my…
Full Tilt Minnesota
Full Tilt is one of Minnesota’s few purist chopper shows. Events like this, the David Mann show in Nordeast this year & Bearded Lady are as good as they come. We can thank Heavy for rounding it up along with support from other crews like Union Speed & HA 81, among others. Columbus&Co hooked me…
Glorious Joy
My friend Stanislav Stanislavov Stantchevski decided to try motorcycling as a hobby and picked up this rigid ’82 GS650. It’s a gnarly machine and he reported nothing but glorious joy after his first ride on a bike while driving it 50 miles home. 4 carbs for his pleasure and Stan is becoming quite the mechanic…
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