A 2 Step Method On How To Properly Mount A Motor.

 

1 & 2.

Mocking Up

There is a place called Locust, NC.

So a 1960 Ford pick up can make it down to Locust and then back up to Winston in one day, carry a bike and new frame without any problems! good job! Now there is a fifth bike getting ready for smokeout...

 

So we have decided to add another bike in the building just in time to really stress the next two(ish) months...we aint down to the wire yet.

 

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Roll to the Hills! Roll for Your Lives!

 The Hammer in Hand Cycles Straightback bolt-on Hardtail...

You Cant Photoshop Out Motors...

helmet skull helmet ramhorns helmet and artistic measuring

Jerry Springer has it bad for an 84 ironhead.

Bum Bars being put to good use.

I think these are the 6" rise straight bars with a 9" base to keep em close to me forks.

new pipes and brass...

eventually this beauty will be popped into hand made rigid frame, brass an all...

the evo makeover.

shit is coming together, hang in there!

finally working on the 76 ironhead.

had some kinks to workout, well their still being worked out...anyway, got a Hammer in Hand Cycles Straight Back bolt on hardtail (repecting the past by keeping the swing arm optional)! It lines up great and after we customize a seat its going to be sick!

 

now it just needs a new generator, etc...

Soda Blasting an Ironhead and Shovelhead(partly basted).

so soda blasting is supposed not be as abusive to non-metal surfaces and handles not stripping real chrome while cleaning and knocking off all the gunk. it seems to have worked on the iron but the shovel seems to be covered in some kind of paint that is made from oil, enamel, poly something, alloy stuff, and whatever hell else you can make paint from it, that shit aint coming off...but no worries, luckily there are some extra rocker boxes laying around.

 the ironhead so clean, after some polishing will look like a crate motor!

so fresh and so clean clean...

rollin...

Ripping Apart the Shovelhead

So we have been slow on the uploading front but that is because we have been busy pulling shovels etc....

 

Next step will be to blast the "rust" paint and polish...we hope aircraft paint remover and pressure washer does the trick

Our first Kustomwerks order!

Gas Tank mock up

Aluminum Seatpans

 

So we are in the mist making some new product and seats are in the works...

Speed Holes!!!!!!

 

when we are broke we make speed holes in shit we already own so that it looks like we are productive!

Welcome to the Bum Bunker

We have moved and upgraded to place with a bunch of space and some walls to separate fab area and the over all shop...  Now its time to get serious and get riding as soon as possible, clocks-a-ticking to enjoy the spring that is just around the corner.

it 

it only took 4ish loads!

That North Carolina spring is just around the bend!

We are in the process of moving our shop and totally stoked on having enough room for personal builds and fabrication (pictures to come)! Our builds are slowly starting to see some progress and are soon going to resemble motorcycles again. We better hurry cause spring is coming!

until then we can just day dream of better days and knuckleheads...

directional alterations...

our shop will be moving soon, which will be complicated considering all the bikes we have got tore down... ohh well! just mean more excitement to be had. in other news..

WHO WANTS AN IRONHEAD HARD TAIL(WIDE TIRE BIKE) WITH A 40 SPOKE WHEEL INCLUDED!!?? $250 SHIPPED(in US)! 

Sweatsuit Thursdays.

We are in the process of tearing down 3 bikes in one small garage which has been bestowed upon by our gracious hosts.  In the process of building we are also attempting at making the garage a home...its coming along. so far we have tore down an ironhead and are well under way on one of the Evos, its all moving along pretty smoothly.  Now its just a matter of budget and balancing building with fabricating parts for that exchange-value.

that 16" will eventually have a new home on a nice Springer...

 

Shovels all day!

All Small Time Japanese Builds Lead to Rockingham, NC.

So over cups of coffee one morning a decision was made to get motorcycles before April fix'em up and ride (someone didn't make it and was truly missed). Sometime before June of last year weeks away from Smokeout 11 one, of what would eventually become us, had a basket case 80s/90s(?) GS650 on their hands and another decided haphazardly then and there to chop and bob a 74 CB500.  While the more well-versed motorcycle enthusiasts at that time already had the proper HD equipment.  Anyway over the months friendships were made, bikes were sold, traded, chopped, sold, and bought (repeat)...and now we are all building bikes for 2011 and already looking forward to Smokeout 12!


Bobby Brown (KZ650): needs a friend at all times for push starts...

The CB, is that a triumph???, 500: don't ride in the rain...

So after riding up and down 40 on a 500 trying to keep up with my sporty friends, I slowly began to realize that I was missing something...power and speed.  I became frustrated with never being able to keep up and then decided to quit bullshitting and upgraded (though I am still looking forward to the day I or We start playing around with a CB build).  Now its building season, we are all building and again getting ready for Smokeout 12!

Did I mention we like Smokeout?

After some months some things starting to come together...

Food was eaten, money was spend "invested", and shit got welded...

 Now..........................................................BUM building 2011...........................................................

84 Ironhead

progress is key (5 hours total)...

76 Ironhead...no progress.

this build will be fueled by hopes and dreams and will one day house a Straight Back bolt on hardtail (for some reason this frame deserves respect).

Shovels in the making...

Stay tune for updates, mounted engines, trannies, pics, and whatever else.