I just got the word from Steve Carr that his team at Lighting Rod Motorcycles took home the top award for their custom build at the Fall Thunder Beach Rally this past weekend. The other bikes also were winners, the Gold bobber won 1st place in its class, as well as a second place for the black and gold boardtracker, and the winner in the metric custom class was a bike on out team as well. Over all we won 5 awards and almost $3000 in cash and prizes. Glad I could be a part of this build.
Freddy Hernandez built the frame for my latest build, a true work of art. I wish I could of rode in this pack of bikes.
He will be featured in the November issue of Cycle Source.
70 year and still going strong. I called Bear a lot during the build of Funkenstien and am honored to be a part of his build for the Harley Davidson Museum. Wishing you many more !
that at the Vtwin Expo 08 I would run into the Biltwell guys and in 09 I would be here in Lake Elsinore, Ca and get to see them all the time. McGoo, Bill and Chris are a great bunch of guys and are doing a stand up job for the motorcycle industry.
They created the El Diablo Run, been a huge part of the Gypsy Run, threw down two awesome events here in CA known as the Chop Meet and the Biltwell Bash. Recently they have launched the newest web forum, Chop Cult and have are working on the Slab City Riot , which I will be getting to spend some down time with Wayne. I am stoked! You can usually find me set up next to these guys, they keep me well entertained! If you haven’t checked out the Chop Cult, please do so and help support my friends!
Thanks to McGoo for his generosity to my family and for his help during the Pink Taco build
Had a awesome time with everyone!
Darin’s bike was giving him a hard time till the bad ass tech crew showed up.
I was stoked when I got the call from Jeff Holt over at Street Chopper Magazine to help create a one off seat for their 40th Anniversary Bike Build. I have been a avid follower of Street Chopper as long as I can remember. So I called my buddies at Biltwell for one of their fancy seat pan with the molded foam and just had to decide what to do.
I hand tool a lot of seats but most people do not realize that I can sew as well. So I sent Jeff the seat and waited for his response, he was happy with the outcome. You will see this bike on the cover of the Street Chopper Magazine Special 40th issue on sale in October. Thanks to Jeff and his staff for the call and Biltwell for the seat pan.
I was over at Freddy’s, Fred’s Frames, picking up a part for the Pink Taco when Freddy showed me an original Denvers Frame that his buddy dropped off. It amazes me how he can remember who built it and who did the molding. If I could spare the cash, I would get this frame and keep it just like it is.
This 200 foot wingspan Martin Mars parks in the lake down the street during fire season here. It’s a 1945 patrol plane that has been converted for fire fighting. The “Hawaii Mars” that is here is the sixth built of seven before production was ceased. You know when it’s flying around. The windows in the house start to shake and the noise is incredible. Four 18 cylinder radials will do that.
I was contacted by Chris Balmilero who is stationed in Afghanistan, to make him a wallet. To my surprise the other day, I received this package.
I am totally blown away! Thanks to the crew for this awesome gift and for everything you guys are putting up with, so I can sit here and bang on leather freely!
