OH, MOTORCYCLES

I was in Japan a weeks back and came across this stud. I actually got out of the car at a traffic light to take this snap.

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.

RANDOMS

T-ROD'S BLACK PAN

Some sample of yesterday.

For an upcoming Hot Bike feature.

T-ROD'S BLACK PANHEAD

...shot T-Rod's black panhead today, which he built for the owner of VonZipper.

WHAT UP FROM ROCKABILLY JAY

Submitted by Rockabilly Jay

I decided I am WAY to big to be squished onto a café style bike. I thought about doing a Sportster since I wanted cheap and USA made... but then I figured that everyone making Sportster street trackers were just kinda making crappy Buells. So instead of trying to make a cool looking Sportster handle, I went the other way and tried to make a great handling Buell look cool.

Here's a shot from the day I got it

This it what it looked like a couple days later

It rides really good and I fit on it. I don't have a car, so I had to do everything while never taking it off the road..

It rides really good, and I fit on it. I don't have a car, so I had to do everything while never taking it off the road.

Also... I know you will love this as much as I do. Photos came from here:

SM SPORTSTER AND LENGUA

Shot Speed Merchant's Mono-Shock Sportster for Hot Bike today. Brawny Built. Then we took a lengua taco break. Beef tongue and mechanical minded delight!

SNORTIN' NORTON

Heard a putt-putt outside and a Norton parked outside my pad this morning.

HEY LOOK ITS MEL

and her bike.

JASIN PHARES' PANHEAD

More excerpts from the latest Street Chopper feature.

 

 

THEN I STOPPED AT BENNETT'S

...to see bikes from a past era of customization and performance.

Stretched out shovel, stretching its neck out onto the road heading for chopper freedom! Someone spent a little time on that one, at some point in its life.

Then a bike which started out life as a Titan! They used to talk it up quite a bit about these Titans in the 90's in Hot Bike.

RIIIING DINGDING

RD400 project at Todd's Cycle.

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD

...post a few more shots of Len's CB400Four: