EVERYBODY KNOWS ROOSTER'S FRISCO BIKE BUT....

...did you know the actual wheels from that bike still exists? Mike Fucking Scraggs over at ChopperGuys has them and will be building a tribute bike around them. Sent in by MFS. 

AND SOME CHOPPER FEVER

I twisted Pepe's arm (Kimura grip, of course) into going with me to a bike show all the way in Ventura about a month ago. He bitched most of the way there but so did I. And I had some good laughs trying to cheer him up. When we pulled up the gate to get in, I saw this guy and this spectacular shovel chopper rolling by. I was floored. Just by the lines, I felt absolutely sure of two things...

Number one, he put this whole bike together by sheer chance. Got lucky with the angles already on a roller he picked up somewhere, by someone else from another time & space. 

Or it could be number two, where he actually knew exactly what he was doing. I mean, look at the stance on this thing. With the engine cradled back, stretched, raked, tall but the frame rails not too high off the ground. No overdone pipes. And on top of that, homeboy was pulling a neat fucking trailer at the time. 

So I kept an eye out for his bike during the show. His bike ended up being parked behind the DicE booth, where we ran into Cole. Then the bike caught the eye of all three of us. We sat there and talked about it for a while and got to meet the guy, JD Sansaver.

So I finally rolled up to Culver City to go meet up with him at this neat fucking artist commune there where he has a killer shop. Here's a few shots from yesterday. Upcoming feature for either Street Chopper or Hot Bike.

JD's a cool cat and if you're wondering, he ended up being guy number two. He knew exactly what the fuck he was doing.

CANTSTAYJOSE & T-BONE'S YAMAHA SR500

It's only fat Harley hogs for CantStayJose, bro. He didn't want to be photographed with T-Bone's 1978 Yamaha SR500 while helping me feature it for Street Chopper. He's helped me out with countless features. I'll try to sneak his name into the credits when I can.

So anyway, here he is, on the internet, photographed with a Yamaha.

THREE THATS THE MAGIC NUMBER

BRANDON CASQUILHO'S REAGANOMICS

So I heard its out, the latest issue of Street Chopper featuring Brandon Casquilho's shovelhead. I shot this almost a year ago, but hey, things happen. But its in print now. Here are some excerpts.

TOKYO BREAKFAST

Probably my favorite shop in Japan, Shop Sam's, has opened another location in Tokyo in addition to his original Sendai location. He says rent is ridiculously high but knuckles and pans are abundant, just like a vintage bike museum.

So there was a "breakfast" meet they had in that metropolis and he shared a few photos. 

Arigato Osamu-san!

ANYONE REMEMBER THIS FEATURE?

I shot this for The Horse maybe 6 or 7 years ago. Chopper Nizzle in full effect!

Ran across these tonight while looking for old photos.

I need a slide scanner - got thousands of old slides from a hundred old features!

PANHEAD MIKE'S 1964 XLCH

By request, Panhead Mike Trussell's 1964 XLCH.

It was a really nice day in San Juan Diego, I remember it pretty well.

In fact I even remember what I ate for lunch that day.

Also remember that I used The Hater's fancy camera lens.

It made my eyeballs weird.

I like the ants.

This bike is choice.

So is Panhead Mike.

HOWZIT! IT'S TREVELEN

JASIN PHARES' PANHEAD

More excerpts from the latest Street Chopper feature.

 

 

CHOPPER INNOCENCE EXCERPTS

...from the latest issue of Street Chopper

HA HA

pretty funny

Know Your Chopper from JEFF TWA on Vimeo.

LOOK OUT!

Dis truck is da CHOPPER EDITION!

ALSO SHOT THIS ONE

Brandon Casquilho's shovelhead. And yes, there are no foot pegs. I beat you to it.

SEÑOR JUAN EDUARDO

BRAWNY SHOWED UP...

...at my work on a Bling's Cycle bike he's working on for a customer.

Everybody had such a good time working with Bill Dodge during his time with West Coast Choppers. hee hee honk honk.