Tennant Mountain

Used up my last roll of Kodak Portra 160nc a few weeks ago on this hike. That may be the last roll I'll ever shoot of that film, as Kodak decided to stop production on it.

Fool's Gold

My bike is finally coming together. I've got the motor completely finished, the 6" over forks built, and the frame is in the shop getting all the stuff done that I am clueless about: welding.  Tom Hyson is doing all the fab work for me here in Raleigh. He's got a rad little corner of a warehouse downtown that he's working out of, and I'm so stoked to see what he comes up with for the frame. The rear shock mounts have to be relocated to work with the old twisted rigid struts I decided to use, and the deep tunnel wassel tank I'm using (not pictured) was frisco'd back in the day but was sort of a hack job, so he's fixing that up too. Paint and wiring are next, then hopefully old "Fools Gold" will be ready to hit the road!

swingarm fever

Middle bike is by far one of my favorites.. why doesn't anybody build bikes like this anymore?

This land is our land

Finished up another

A few recent things I've painted

'66 xlch

My good buddy Ben got a 66' xlch the other day. It's crazy seeing all these old survivors people post up on forums around the internet, but it's even better when you find one yourself. It has all the neat little vintage bits, such as dual headlights, sweet corbin seat, AEE springer (possibly), and of course, the magneto. We just tinkered with it a bit the other night and rebuilt the carb, but it needs just a little bit more work to get it on the road. I can't wait to see it run!

Older pictures

Andrew's a badass dude and used to have this rad s-chassis.  I miss riding around in this thing during summers at home in the mountains. It was loud, low, and obnoxious as hell. But what was really cool about it was that it just had such a period correct feel.  If you roamed the streets in mid-90's japan, this is the kind of shit you'd see at little hole-in-the-wall tuner shops! I might add that it is birthday today, so happy birthday bud!

More from the Showclass Chopper Show!

Monte's bike, another awesome build I saw at the show in Winston Salem. 

Panheads Forever

Centennial Trading Co. in Winston Salem last weekend hosted a motorcycle show.  I'll have more photos up soon but I wanted to do a little "feature" on the Panhead that was at the show. This thing looked like it was uncovered in in some old barn, a relic left over from the late 60's, and is exactly what I like in a motorcycle.  It had all the right touches, and the highlight was hearing it roar to life after having multiple people try and kick start it. It was finally pushed up to the top of the hill in front of the shop and rolled, coughing and sputtering the whole way down, until someone sprinted out into the road to give him one last push which started the bike up. Fuck yeah!