TIG splatter

2011-10-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

don't plan on any updates 'round here much.. way too busy and to be honest i could really give 2 fucks about the interwebs,right now.. you wanna see new work of mine go to the only website that will be updated..my
own

just work...

2011-08-17T05:11:00.001-07:00

I'm out to lunch...

2011-07-29T09:16:00.000-07:00

ok not really, but I said fuck it and took so much needed time off from the shop.. only 2 days plus the weekend..yeah I work 7 days a week but who the fuck doesn't when you run your own shit..
so fuck it. I'm rollin' and this shall be the theme.. crank it to 11 and go fuckin' ride!

2011-07-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

2011-07-15T08:27:00.000-07:00

So I seem to be working on alot of donks or whatever you want to call them..
The car was flamed by one local shop then it was being reclear and buffed by another. Odd for sure but hey I just got called to striped it i didn't lay it out..This thing has white 26's for it..don't get it but I don't drive so fuck it..

Also finishing up the "A". this thing has only taken way too damn long.

More shit happened and got finished but I am working an odd schedule right now..Which I set for myself but its still odd. I can get more done going in to the shop later in the day than I can going in at 8am.. So I spend time with my family in the morning,hop on the bike and do some shop stops to bid jobs or just say hey and check out what going on then its off to my shop or whomever's shop to work.
I will say life is pretty fuckin' good right now..

2011-07-04T09:30:00.000-07:00

The hippo is allergic to magic..

2011-06-30T15:59:00.000-07:00

Fuck, I am busy as of late..like that has changed at all...
Between working on the Model A,keeping my bicycle build in paint and motos I have no time for much else..No riding,no family time..nothin'.
But all my hard work is paying off..
John from Notstock was in town and shot the sporty I've been working on for a customer,and I drug my buddy kevin along to get his 64 ironhead tracker shot.. I must say John is a class act,Oh and he takes some alright pics, I guess...
Wish i could show you all some but that's not happening..
So,enjoy this story,instead..

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

Parts!!!

2011-06-24T22:20:00.000-07:00

We made an order for the triumph...Mostly engine related..

I think I have a plan for the bike,which will be taking it a bit further than we planned but it will be well worth it in the end..

I also finished this up last week but its been sitting on the shelf in the entry of the shop waiting to be shipped. The bike this tank is for is currently in the Horse mag and was done as part of the TCU BBO winners prize..not sure how much of a prize it is..kind of a boobie prize if you ask me..

you heard of needle dicks,right?

2011-06-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

Last week was an adventure and a fuckin' half.
first things first. went over to Ohio with a couple friends and picked this up.

Its got a rebuilt motor but is a butt ugly mother fucker..so that's changin'.motor is ready to be pulled so the fun can begin..

Then I wheeled my ass north to go to my god mother's funeral..

Then it was home for a bit but a very short bit..
Captain was acting a bit off and when he lifted his tail I noticed why..

crazy fucker ate a damn embroidery needle.. and it almost made it all the way through..1/8th inch off and stuck right in his ass..poor bastard.

Also making some progress on the sedan..
almost have the body all buffed and the doors,fenders,and gas tank get color and clear tomorrow A.M.
a nice pic with "magik" and the A outside of the shop..

Bill's XS

2011-06-18T15:18:00.001-07:00

I painted this a few months back.Sniped these pics of Bill's Xs off of someone elses blog.. Bill's bike own best metric at the BMR and it will be popping up in a mag here soon..did i mention he rode it there?

2011-06-15T14:54:00.000-07:00

Marlowe from ALCHEMYcreative on Vimeo.

Fuct up!!

2011-06-12T23:16:00.000-07:00

What a week..kicked ass at the shop then got a call last night that I lost my god mother.. We were close.She was a cool lady..cancer is bullshit!!..
I needed to ride..so I did..

It's like pulling a rabbit from a basket ball hoop

2011-06-04T06:53:00.000-07:00

Be My Enemy by Magician Johnson

2011-05-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

new shit...

2011-05-08T12:18:00.001-07:00

done and delivered.

Today..

2011-05-07T20:52:00.000-07:00

Was like this..

Hired gun...

2011-05-06T20:54:00.000-07:00

FUCK! what a week.. Its seems my name has gotten around town as someone that knows what the fuck they are doing..
spent every night this week in someone else's shop.
From indy cars to monster trucks I saw and worked on it.
Some of these shops have no business calling themselves a "custom" shop if they have to call someone else in to do the "custom work..
oh well they paid and I did minimal and mostly fun work.

Wrecked Metals from Josh Clason on Vimeo.

odd..but ok..i guess..

2011-04-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

So lately I have been finding myself listening to randomn things via Pandora.
I have been letting whom ever wonders in the shop to type in whatever they want and rolling with it..
So these are a few songs I find i like..

this pretty much sums it up

2011-04-25T19:27:00.000-07:00

Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.

2011-04-19T18:49:00.001-07:00

Cafe cowboy from benedict campbell on Vimeo.

All in a weeks work..

2011-04-17T16:42:00.001-07:00

DONE!

2011-04-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

tis the season...

2011-04-12T22:29:00.001-07:00

Droppin' knowledge...

2011-04-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

Pick it up...

and some ol' shit..

other peoples kids..

2011-04-09T10:06:00.000-07:00

mods vs stockers

2011-04-03T17:59:00.000-07:00

My homeboy Joe B. got bit..I've been hunting for a bike for him and hadn't come up with shit until Friday night when I found this gem. Joe has never ridden and he loves the wifes cafe so it was a prefect purchase. Picked 'er up this morning,made some adjustments once back at the house,then rode the piss out of 'er.

2011-04-01T09:33:00.001-07:00

Butch Anthony's Museum of Wonder from Etsy on Vimeo.

Don Smith show..

2011-03-28T19:11:00.001-07:00

Just got back from the Donnie Smith show.. Good show.. Tons of people..I was working the Ardcore booth so I didn't really get to walk around much.. But here's a few bike I got to take pics of..

close but oh sooo far..

2011-03-15T20:45:00.001-07:00

Work is flowin' in and out of the shop just like it should..Now if i only had a few more hours in the day..After yesterday and today i think i'm takin' a day off..No kids around so maybe if I'm lucky it will not be raining so I can go ride for a few hours..
Here's Bill from Bama's tank..not quite done but oh sooo close..

holy shit!!!

2011-03-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

I hate having to pull all nighters.. Did it last night getting the Pro mod painted.
on another note here's a vid of one of the NAHBS bike I painted..

Time consumption

2011-03-12T20:29:00.000-08:00

Bustin' ass all week to get somethings ready for paint..
First up a '70 pro mod Camaro..
all primed up (now blocked) and ready to shoot monday A.M

And a tank for a customer down in Alabama.. You should have seen what a fuckin' disaster this thing was when I got it.. No tank should be covered in a 1/4+ inch of filler..

Tons of work at the shop which is great,so there will be lots of updates when I can,that is..

work...

2011-03-10T05:10:00.001-08:00

I love it when a car with some history come into the shop..
This 29 roadster has been owned by the same guy since 52. Its gone through many changes since then and now it in our shop for a freshen up.
Full report coming soon..

2011-03-07T06:15:00.000-08:00

Naked Bikes Seamless 2-Speed Kickback from ALVERN on Vimeo.

Damn!!

2011-03-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

I though I was over all this sickness only to wake up yesterday and could hardly breath..
$200 later I was home with a full round of meds..Yeah fuckin' 10 pills a day for 3 weeks and an inhaler..WTF!!
Oh and the doc said no work for a few days..well sorry doc thats not happening I got tons of shit to do.
it seems like everyday I come home from the shop with a stack of boxes full of parts at the door.
So there should be tons of new paint here in the next few weeks.
First project to knock off the list is the pro mod car jeff and I are working on.
Then its sand blasting and priming a big batch of MC parts..
An update on the pooch..the fucker is getting big..

2 wheels no motor..

2011-03-04T17:36:00.001-08:00

Well I'm not much of a bicycle guy but as of late my career as a painter has taken a turn into the handmade bicycle industry. With this new direction(not to say I don't paint motorcycles anymore cuz I do)I have been checking out what this little industry is all about.What have i found? Well, for the most part its not much different than the moto industry other than the fact that the people that are into it are VERY vanilla with a few exceptions.
Recently NAHBS was held in Austin,Tx and I was fortunate enough to have several bikes there that I painted,so well scouring the interwebs for updates about the show and to see what was happening since I couldn't make it I found this.

I have never in my life thought "god damn that's a fuckin' rad bike",ok maybe thats not completely true I did go pretty ape shit when I got a GT performer as a kid but that was a long fuckin' time ago.

This bike was built by a shop calledNaked and there is not one expose bolt on it.. The builder even specially designed the front hub.

I was talking with Tim the builder I paint for and we were discussing the amount of time and thought that went into this bike. Yeah to most its "just a bike" but if you really take the time to look at it and compare it to any other bike you have seen there really is alot of engineering involved. Tim and I wondered how many things didn't work before they found the one that did..

I think if I had a retarded amount of excess funds I would want to have this bike for my very own..

sick!!

2011-02-23T15:28:00.000-08:00

I have been sick as fuck and I'm over it...

um yeah it's friday BFD..

2011-02-18T19:50:00.000-08:00

All I have to say is today was fucked up..but this made it better..
oh you don't like Radiohead, tough shit..

relaxin'

2011-02-14T20:09:00.000-08:00

Not much too report..
Finished up all the NAHMBS bike I was working on for Shamrock Cycles. Tim builds super nice steel lugged bikes that are hand crafted one at a time.
Spent the weekend talkin' up the shop at the Easyriders show in Columbus.Had a "celebrity" stop in the booth and check out the bikes,and no one noticed until Carl was like"Hey Nate,How do I know that guy?"
It was Tommy Flanagan aka Morrison from Braveheart or aka Chibs from SOA..You know the Soprano's in the biker format..There's a pic of him on the the flying w I'm just too lazy to upload it off my phone..
But my SOA lovin' homeboy Chico posted it cuz well he's not so lazy.
Pics soon I promise..

NAHMBS BIKE 2

2011-02-06T13:54:00.000-08:00

I do paint work for a local hand built bike builder. I have been working on all of his NAHMBS bikes.
Here's number 2.

Time to re-up..

2011-02-02T10:19:00.000-08:00

The weapons supply..
The wife has been discussing getting her carrying concealed permit..Which I totally support. So I think she needs this..

I'm also gonna sign her up for a tactical shooting class...Fuck, I'll take it too, that shit is fun.
Listen to my friends The Gitmos and buy a gun..Before you wish you bought a gun..

Entombed...

2011-02-01T07:29:00.000-08:00

This is supposedly only the beginning of the ice storm..But the truck is completely encased in ice..

Damn..I should have taken that out of the back..

atleast it gives me some time to work with captain..

2011-01-29T17:45:00.000-08:00

The Captain has arrived...

2011-01-28T17:55:00.000-08:00

So today the wife decided we needed a dog..At first I wasn't very pleased as I am so busy with everything else in life I didn't really want to get a dog at this time,so without discussing it with me this lil' guy shows up.
Well I guess I got a new shop buddy.
Also the names they had picked for him were terrible,so I made the executive decision and named him Captain.
In other news there will be a fresh batch of lids real soon..I'll have them with me when we are at the Chicago Super Cycle show(feb 5) and at the Easy Rider show in Columbus,OH(feb 11-13).
Ardcore will have a booth at both shows,so stop by and say hey if you're at either.

Today..

2011-01-25T20:03:00.000-08:00

Fresh out of the booth..

Too busy...

2011-01-24T15:50:00.000-08:00

to keep up this place as of late..

what better than..

2011-01-06T10:46:00.000-08:00

A roller girl zombies B movie?
Having 3 songs in it..

2010-12-25T19:56:00.001-08:00

A dance of discipline from T.C. Johnstone on Vimeo.

2010-12-22T19:48:00.001-08:00

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

2010 Queensland Astrofest Skyscape Time Lapse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

winter..

2010-12-16T16:59:00.001-08:00

Well its that time of year again..and I have 2 projects I have to finish. priority #1 getting the fucking Sleeze redo finished..this past year since it's been down have been super busy with work..I spent a year with out my beloved Wizard and now its time to pay my respects. I am super excited about my latest change on the bike..A Acme super narrow springer!!
Also planned are new mids set up that Carl and I will be working out.Possibly a fender and sissy bar combo,if I go that route I will put a P-pad on it so Alizah can ride..(for some reason the kid has been dying to ride with me since I took here to school on Carl's bike).
Also a possible paint redo*GASP!!

2010-12-12T17:15:00.001-08:00

Spotted..

2010-12-05T09:22:00.001-08:00

Dylan rolling his 1 day ironhead..

The Bird...

2010-12-01T20:51:00.000-08:00

newest shop addition

2010-11-27T17:07:00.001-08:00

2010-11-23T18:29:00.000-08:00

FOUND

2010-11-18T20:27:00.001-08:00

2010-11-17T21:17:00.000-08:00

New...

FOR SALE

2010-11-09T16:51:00.000-08:00

I painted this sporty tank a while back..We used it for 1 show and it has about 20 miles on it..
Did up another tank for the sporty build so this one needs a good home.
$450 shipped in the CON US.
Paypal is ok..

Done and gone...

2010-11-02T13:54:00.000-07:00

workin' in a coalmine...

2010-10-25T19:39:00.001-07:00

2010-10-11T20:08:00.000-07:00

New shit..

2010-10-03T10:24:00.001-07:00

??

2010-09-26T17:45:00.001-07:00

Sunday's for rockin and ridin'!!!

2010-09-26T08:19:00.000-07:00

We Are Hex Singer-Tastemaker from Clifton Radford on Vimeo.

2010-09-25T19:07:00.000-07:00

Get to hang out with this crazy fucker tomorrow...
Uncle Mark..

and that hondo posted below...it was found and returned to its owner..SWEET!!

Some people are just dicks..

2010-09-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

I never understood the mindset of a thief..Some dicks stole this bike.

still kickin'...

2010-09-09T18:49:00.000-07:00

just been at the shop a lot lately..
which is good work keeps steadily streaming in.
The Tundra is almost done. SEMA is locked in just have to pick who gets it.I'm glad the tundra is going cuz I could use a week in Vegas just to get the hell away from the shop.
This got dropped off today..and I must say this lit'l fucker rips..

Never thought we'd be getting into painting exotics.
I feel pretty lucky to be where I'm at in my painting life.Guess it does pay off to bust your ass.

oldies in random places...

2010-08-22T19:59:00.001-07:00

Its about damn time...

2010-08-15T07:43:00.000-07:00

memories of my childhood come to mind when I see the original..My dad taking me to see it on one of the rare occasions he was around. So being a huge fuckin' nerd I have been waiting for the sequel of this film to see the light of day after the first leak of it even remotely being made back in '94.Thats a long ass time to wait and this shit better live up to it..
Yes I can't wait..

Tron Legacy from Spoon on Vimeo.

heavy rotation...

2010-08-12T19:45:00.001-07:00

the Stude is gone...

2010-07-30T17:35:00.001-07:00

Been working on this thing for 3 months..Got striped to bare metal,primed,blocked, painted,and polished..
I must say I am glad to see it go..Hate the color..

This took the Stude's place in the shop..A 1936 Graham Hollywood,only 1800 ever made.This one is in perfect shape but the owner hates the color..whatever i love this car just the way it is.

classic cuts...

2010-07-25T14:09:00.000-07:00

HoTT SHiT a band described as "the most vulgar band to ever grace the stage"(Rawk magazine '04).
Their debut and only album "Steppin' in" HoTT SHiT was called "a turning point for bad music that was oh so good" (Bland Turner NYCunt mag 04)
HoTT ShiT was made up of 2 knife wielding mace induced basement recording artists that never revealed the faces and it is still unknown as to who they are. Rumors and speculation still float around the trash rock scene about these now legends of trash rock.
Said to have been supposedly killed in back alley knife orgy after leaving the stage at hamburgs legendary Fruchtbar,but the story was never confirmed.
Recently their debut album has found its way to the internet check it out here

Today...

2010-07-21T20:45:00.000-07:00

was my day of birth and today sucked...Bad attitudes abound...
now for something that doesn't suck..

Nothing to report...

2010-07-08T15:57:00.000-07:00

so check out this lid I did for Tip Top Daddy awhile back..

The "Mogwai"

2010-07-02T19:45:00.001-07:00

picked up another bike..or should I say another 360.
That makes 3 of these little bastards. It needs a bit of TLC but nothing that isn't doable to have a good rider after this weekend.Things to do:adjust timing,clean up the hacked together wiring, sync the carbies,and check the valve gap.
The wife finally figured out the paint,I let her handle that on our bikes as I am too damn indecisive.

I plan on riding this over to the R4YL in August so it has to be right and tight before the 500 mile round trip.

The other 360 is getting a fresh motor,hand made tank and tail courtesy of my boy Thom at GodSpeed,man I love having a skill to use and barter material,frsh powder on the frame,new seat,bars,and whatever else I come up with between now and next spring.I'm keeping this one a 2 up bike as my oldest likes to ride. So Momma will have a scoot to ride and Munch and myself will also,Now only if Bird was old enough...
The "Pinche Honda" as she now sits..

and here's a deck I just finished..

My boy Mike...

2010-06-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Is a nut and always has been..His latest..

Muzik...

2010-06-24T15:37:00.000-07:00

My former bandmates Racebannon are dropping a little 12in. It being a bit of a depature of what fans may be used to but I personally love the way the band grows and continues to change it up. Experimentation has always been something we've been into.
Check out a remix . And while your at go to joyful noise cuz the boys are going on tour in July..

This week is gonna suck!!!!

2010-06-20T19:15:00.001-07:00

Finally found a donor bike to yank the heart out of for the wife's CJ360 build.Picked it up today and started getting things in order...Now this is the part that suck tomorrow morning I will be walking into to HELL. 1 IRL can and 3 days to do it...Fuck I hate those things..
And for a pic of Senior Carlos' tank..I don't know who took the pic but its the best pic of this paint job I have,so thank you photog I don't know..enjoy

Sans technology...

2010-06-11T22:18:00.001-07:00

That's right kiddies' been layin' off the interwebs and even the phone!(gasp)
but since you keep coming back and have to watch the same shit over and over and over.I'll freshen it up for you..

The past controls the future...

2010-05-28T18:56:00.000-07:00

I always read on some forum about how everything has been done before when it comes to building bike,this being after some douche get's butt hurt that "their" idea was ripped by someone else.
Well guess what it has all been done.
Its what happens in a an artistic culture..
here are some music examples of how the past dictates the present..

now get over yourself...and just create something.

Now for something totally unrelated...via James.

work,work,work...

2010-05-25T19:59:00.000-07:00

That's all I seem to do lately...It wouldn't be half bad if I could get some of my bikes finished..
On top of buttoning up the AMC resto I have to start on the Studebaker,finish a 2001 Reynard resto for a customer in Canada,and then start a frame off on a 70 Chevelle...
Oh and more lids..Damn and a '36 Graham Hollywood.Wow, that is an eclectic group of cars..
well atleast I have been given a work release to go work on the beeza tomorrow night and hopefully thursday..Will it be alomost a bike again? I fuckin' hope so cuz if I don't get my knee in the breeze soon I may have to go on a crime spree..

Congrats!!

2010-05-22T16:33:00.000-07:00

To Ed and the Vision Racing team for qualifying 8th in this years 500..
Look for the Fuzzy's car sitting in the middle of row three.

me time...

2010-05-21T17:38:00.001-07:00

Things have slowed to normal around the paint shop atleast for now..
So I had some time to finish up somethings.
But I can only show you one of them until I deliver the other two.

and one for the haters..

Just cuz I like this pic...

2010-05-20T07:31:00.001-07:00

Why I don't have time...

2010-05-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

to work on any of my bikes...

How I spend a friday night...

2010-05-16T08:03:00.001-07:00

Painting 24 painted on number end plates..

And While I have been working my ass off on IRL cars I have been trying to get some work done on the Model A..
slowly but surely making progess.

I am amazed by some of the shit I did to this car 15 years ago...
Grinding out all the old shit..

STFU and hit play!!!

2010-05-13T13:36:00.001-07:00

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

How many...

2010-05-12T19:35:00.000-07:00

Sponsor does it take to keep a race team going?
Hey atleast the paints holdling up..I think my favorite is KING TACO..

I miss my bike!!!!

2010-05-10T21:23:00.000-07:00

been dirty..

2010-05-08T22:27:00.000-07:00

Living in the shop the past few days..Fuckin' IRL cars!!

2010-05-05T07:01:00.000-07:00

Last night...

2010-05-01T08:08:00.000-07:00

Pretty much ruled my ass..Mastodon,baroness live it don't get much better...

welcome to my world..

2010-04-29T12:07:00.000-07:00

2010-04-25T10:00:00.000-07:00

been working on alot of shit lately..trying to get the model A body work wrapped up so I can get it paint in the next few weeks..The AMC is ready for paint and should be sprayed tuesday..
ahhh work is getting in the way of working on the BSA...

My wifes favorite movie...

2010-04-24T08:01:00.000-07:00

Geez he just picked it up yesterday...

2010-04-21T16:35:00.001-07:00

Chris,the guy I did the cb parts for, picked them up yesterday at 3 and had that thing back together lickety split..
looks good..

Restos out the wahzoo

2010-04-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

Ok so I picked up the beeza..sorry no pics yet..damn wife and her gettin sick..
As for work its been resto paint job after resto paint job..
first a BSA

The CB550

And next up this really,really worked Laverda set..this was in the midst of stripping the tank..SIDE NOTE:behind the tank is a 67 AMC Rebel i am doing a resto paint job on..

2010-04-11T17:02:00.001-07:00

this will be mine by weeks end...

more new shit...

2010-04-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

Nice!!!!

2010-04-04T21:31:00.000-07:00

Well not being around the net or TV for week I just found out that Stafan took 3rd place last weekend in St.Pete...
Here a in pit pic..

I'm Back!!!

2010-04-03T22:39:00.001-07:00

And I am a bigger misanthrope than I was when I left!!
every morning as I drank my coffee preparing to head out to feed the cattle I sat and stared at this.
Dirt roads for miles...