Hammers!

I love hammers! I only wish I had this many.  Stolen from http://lecontainer.blogspot.com/

Indy Goodguys

I haven't been to the Goodguys show for a couple of years.  Had a good time and got to see some great cars at the Brickyard. Check out my faves.

The older I get, the more my mind wanders

I have never been a fan of sports cars, but for some reason I can't stop thinking about the Porsche 356 coupe.  Sweet lines, simple and elegant design. It sucks when you have plenty of work to do on your current projects and suddenly you find yourself thinking about the next one.  Next project? Maybe.

Travis' Pan in V-Twin Magazine

Travis and I took his Pan to the Louisville Easyrider show like two years ago. We weren't there but an hour when someone approached the bike.  That someone was Michael Lichter.  He liked the bike and took more than a few pictures. We were stoked to the say the least. To add to the excitement, Michael asked the Reverend Billy Gibbons to pose with the bike.  We got to meet Billy and he loved the bike. To cap it off, the bike won the Limpnickie Lot Pick of the Show.  I have always been a big fan of Jeff Cochran/ SpeedKing and Paul Wideman/ Bare Knuckle Choppers, so it was cool that they were digging the Pan.
Growing up reading Easyrider, Biker, V-Twin and In The Wind, the featured bikes and culture that laid out in those pages was a huge inspiration. We were hopeful that it would make the magazine, but after so much time, we had given up.  Finally a phone call from Easyrider and they told Travis it would be in the September issue.  The September issue of Easyrider comes out and no Pan.  Travis finds out that they decided to run it in the September issue of V-Twin. Still cool.   Check it out.

Gas tank, first version

Thought some of you might want to see what the first version looked like.  Just a little too traditional.  The piece was fun to make though.

Gas tank is coming together.

I had the tank welded up once and I just didn't like it.  The tuck and roll piece was what I wanted in the first place, but I thought it was too over the top.  But after finishing the first version, I wasn't happy with the result. So back to the drawing board, sometimes you should you just go with your gut.

Juice Magazine

I love this magazine.  Don't get me wrong, I love magazines with pics of bikes, rods and the such.  But some magazines are all images and advertisements. I really miss the in-depth interviews that you could find in Maximum Rock n' Roll, Thrasher and other low buck mags . Juice Magazine is full of just that.  Skateboarders, musicians, photographers and artists were my heroes. Just this one issue has interviews with Fred Smith, C.R. Stecyk, Ray "Bones" Rodrriguez,  Dennis Martinez and Keith Morris.  That's only the short list. If you see an issue, check it out, you won't be disappointed.