High pipes and tank scallops
..are the tits. Just finished giving this CL350 a full tune-up.
King and queen seat – KZ650
Ryan just bought this kz650. The seat was a huge gross king+queen seat. As a temporary solution we decided to trim it down until ryan can get it professionally reupholstered. Turkey cutting knife. Jomar – brown vinyl. $6. Get it tight. Not perfect, but way better than king+queen seat.
2004 Harley XL1200R
So, a lot of you won’t believe this, but I got new bike! I know everyone’s shocked, but nonetheless, it happened. I loved the Husqvarna, but it was murder sitting on it for more than 45 minutes, and my girl-girl couldn’t ride with me on it, so that kind of sucked. I really liked my […]
Camping trip Summer 2011 – photos
If you missed the camping trip, you missed out big time. Sat night was pretty awesome. I was on auto-pilot the whole night. I’m sure you’ll hear some of the stories of the craziness that went down at the “bars”. haha. Check “I like the weekend” for all the images!
cb650 seat – upholstered pad
Seat is finally 100% done. Took about 2 months from conception on paper to finished product. It was my first time doing metal stuff like this. The seat def has some minor imperfections… but it has character. I designed the pad, and had someone upholster it for me.
Ocean City Ride
Last Sunday we decided to take a trip down to Ocean City to spend the day relaxing in the sun. My lady Juli shot these photos while riding on the back of my 550… Chris led us on some nice roads through Jersey. Kevin roasting the RD smoking out everyone behind us. Ricky’s pull cable […]
650 seat – tail light
Got the tail light on today. Looks pretty cool. I’m psyched. Now all that’s left on the seat is to sand down the top, and coat it with Boeshield T-9. Seat pad is at the upholstery place right now getting made.
cb650 seat – finally on the bike
The seat isn’t finished yet. But at least it’s on the bike now. It’s rubber-mounted in 4 spots, distributing my weight, so I’m hoping the seat doesn’t vibrate to death and break itself apart. Fingers-crossed. Made some gusset brackets for the mounting hinges. Good idea adam. They look cool. License plate… crotch rocket style. Right […]
Chicago cafe racing
Last week I took a trip out to Chicago to visit my good friend Ryan. We’ve rode bmx for years and on one of our last bmx adventures around the southwest riding some of the best cement parks (chandler park, Phoenix AZ) I got him psyched on finding an old Honda … A few months […]
Husqvarna SM610
So, anyone who knows me knows that I go through motorcycles faster than most people go through shoes – I’ve had four in the last year. I get itchy feet and am forever on the hunt for my perfect motorcycle. In keeping with that tradition, I recently sold my 2007 Speed Triple to buy a […]
cb650 seat – welding part 01
New seat is 1/2 of the way welded. Pic below is a mock-up of it on the bike with a seat pad …just so you you can get an idea of what it’ll actually look like on the bike. I got all the pieces to fit almost perfectly. Then I spot welded it together… Then […]
2WT – Cafe Racer Night
Good time last night.
cb650 cafe seat – metal cutting how to
So, I’m still working on the seat for the cb650. This is my first time working with metal since high-school metal shop. So, it’s been a while. I’m pretty much winging it. Below are my steps for figuring out what I’m doing and how I’m doing it. So far it’s turning out real good. I’m […]
Helmet Shirt & Tracker Racer Shirt
Get in contact with Devyn if you want to buy a shirt: Email Devyn HERE. click image for color If you want to get your hands on these, either come to RIDE TO SKATE or you can get whatever’s left over at our Thursday night rides. These prints are produced in the bowels of Kensington […]
Tire Shredding
Everything about this is awesome. Jason, Dan, Vinny, and Eric had a wild time past weekend. Those guys have an impressive shop setup and are a wealth of cycle and fabrication knowledge.
Electrolysis Tank Cleaning
The tank on my 550 looks clean from the outside but it had a lot of crusty rust inside. I’ve used muriatic acid to clean tanks before but I wanted to try another method. So, I talked to my buddy Ryan who is a material scientist of sorts for a living and he gave me […]
The adventures of Adam and Ed
Adam always wanted a cb550. On the way back from Denver my chain snapped. We ended up stranded in Morgantown PA. A random guy named Dan came to help us. He had two cb550’s in his garage up the street from where we broke down. He gave me the chain off his bike so we […]
Suzuki Savage
I’m really into the single cylinder choppers. I’ve got some ideas for when I get my hands on one and it involves big knobby tires… Kev’s Suzuki Savage:
Racer Bum Stop and Seat Pan
Here is an alternative way to produce a tail section for your bike with a minimal amount of tools and about $50 worth of material. Materials needed: Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass resin, Fiberglass cloth, Sandpaper in varying grits, Paint and Primer, Painters tape, Aluminum tape or Tin foil (The tape is better and more expensive. Don’t […]
Cafe Seat Build
Hey, I’m excited about the positive feedback about my shop girl posts, thanks! This week I helped Rob as he experimented with building his first ever cafe seat. After deciding the shape, we made a cardboard pattern and mocked it up on a frame to make sure the proportions were right. Then we traced the […]
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Published - Aug 17, 2013
Great Lakes tour – day 7
Destination – Grand Maris Michigan – woke up on the beach and a maintenance guy called the cops on us but cops never came – headed north back over the 5 mile mackinaw bridge towards pictured rocks national lakeshore in the upper peninsula of Michigan. – mackinaw city is a horrible tourist trap. Never go […]