try not to hit any bumps….

The Japanese just continue to kill it when it comes to custom bikes. Check out these pics from the Joints Custom Show in Japan, and then click on over to Sparetime to see more.
Pics via Sparetime

I was flipping through my hard drive and stumbled on these pics of Dave (aka Tigman) that I totally forgot about. These were taken when Dave was welding on some brackets and other miscellaneous mounts to my Suzuki Savage chopper project. He was also was working on an oil tank for the Triumph chopper Chris […]

SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT by Matthew B. Crawford
Why do we devalue manual work when it’s so satisfying?
The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, September 24, 2006
Anyone in the market for a good, used machine tool should talk to Noel Dempsey, a dealer in Richmond, Va. Noel’s bustling warehouse is full of metal lathes, milling machines and table […]

The saddlebag you see above has been graciously donated to the Greasebag raffle by Heyltje Rose. Heyltje does some killer hand tooled leather work - from seats to bags and a lot of stuff in between. I’m psyched to have her a part of this, and even happier that she’ll be set up at […]

or daddy mack?

Matt sent me a link to these pics and I gotta say, love the simplicity of this bike and the fact that someone spent some time with a model of bike that doesn’t usually get much attention.

Check out more pics here: 1969 CB450

1914 HD 5cc Single

In this months segment of the one question interview we asked all our favorite greasebags the following question:
When it comes to building or customizing bikes, what’s the most important lesson you’ve learned:
Lot’s of great answers, tips and tricks to grab from all the answers, a great extended answer at the end by Ian Barry of […]

Caleb, from CRO Customs told me he was going to send me a few t-shirts to throw into the greasebag raffle and giveaways swag pile. I was obviously psyched by this because every bit of support we get for the event helps out big time, and giving this stuff away will be a lot of […]

This is fucking brilliant. This is high on my list of things I’ll be making up for the shop soon.

Perfection.

This latest free ebook - The American Machinist Handbook & Dictionary - is so dense with info, I had to break it into 3 files. This is the 3rd and last installment, the other installments can be found here
Click the link to download: American Machinist Handbook & Dictionary

To learn more about our free ebook series, […]