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And the journey begins.....

BLITZKRIEG

AKA Massic's Massacre

Jared rode hard. So hard that on one run he broke the throttle cable from pinning it as hard as he could. Cruising speed for him was 80 to 90 MPH. And on a 400cc Hondamatic that's pushing it to the limit. A bike like that should top off at around 65 MPH. On this grim night the oil supply was getting low and the RPMs were high...

It's time to put this bad boy in the corner and start working on this one.

This one is way more suited to 80 to 90 MPH.

Fork Lowering on the Phsyco 78.

I got the forks cut down a bit this week.

Here's all the guts... You can see the 2" I cut off of the compression spring.

Here are the spacers I machined out. I've used PVC pipe before but it just doesn't feel right to me. Aluminum wasn't the best option, I'd rather have used brass, but I couldn't dig any up...

Here it is all lowered.

Axle Adjusters

Machined, Drilled, Tapped and burred. All ready to go. All 4 prototypes came out flawless. I can't wait to get two of these hum dingers welded into the CB750 frame.

Neck Adjuster

 

So! It's been so long since I've gotten to machine an assembly of parts. For the last (I don't know) 6 years I've been running nothing but production on just a few parts. So once I machine a part and it leaves my hands that the last I get to see of it. It really takes the satisfaction out of being a machinist. Machining these frame jigs have probably been way more entertaining to me then you blog readers, But I'm totally stoked on how it's turning out. Most of the parts for this neck adjuster are complete. I just need to turn out the last two parts that will support the neck tube. Hopefully those will be done today! Then I can send everything to Jared so he can fuse it all together with his fancy TIG welder. This frame jig should make some damn nice frames! I held every dimension way tighter than I probably needed to. But I enjoyed doing it that way. TIGHT... Gangsta style...

So tight Jared probably doesn't even have to weld it...

Motorcycle Hang-out

Food for the night was super good! Thanks to my wife for putting it together!

Drinks for the Saints.

Drinks for the Sinners.

I was shooting to have the sign all set up and hung, but wasn't able to get it done. There towards the end I was having some serious Paul Sr moments. But I could only threaten myself with a size 14 boot up the ass.

Jay Keele got the shop shirts done so I put my boy Drake to work folding them. I hope I'm not violating any child labor laws. The shirts look great! And if you need any screen printing done, drop Jay a line at xjaykeelex@gmail.com

Shop shirts are $15.00 Buy one and support the shop!

we decided it was time to bust out the hot wrench and fix Jay's Sk8 rack on his sissy bar.

Jared Massic Doin' what he does best, puttin' the heat to the metal.

Everyone supporting the alteration.

My boy Gavin let us use his deck to test out the rack. Worked out slick!

I hope everyone had a good time. I can't wait to have another one. Maybe next time the weather will be a bit more on our side so we can get more bikes to show up.

Gunpowder

So I wanted a bike that would shatter taboos and end world war III. What better way than with a vintage Japanese bike? So what's the plan you ask? How about a 300 rear tire? How about a 24 over girder front end? What about a crazy flame sculpted gas tank? Does that do anything for you? It does something for me... But it's indecent to talk about it...


Starting out with a 78 cb 750 frame, sandblasted except for the neck because it couldn't fit in the blast cabinet.

Blast cabinet... I like the sound of that...

First order of business... Get rid of the gay bars...





With the gay bars gone and the motor in so I could visualize the rake and stretch needed to accomplish such an epic bike i visualize the end result. Can you see the vision? Please, close your eyes... Do you see Thor riding across an apocalyptic land? His blond locks blowing in the wind? In his wake he leaves flowers and sunshine, rainbows and doves. Beautiful.