Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
50 pan details...
....beautiful leather work done by my local saddler...natural stitching, think leather...im particular with how i design the pieces and he's even more particular with getting it exactly right. cant ask for more that that from a tradesman.
the paint was done here at machine and has not been cut back and buffed yet.....i blocked back the clear many times to get a good shine off the gun.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
mark 1 photo shoot.....
my mate kelly doin her thing....thanks chick...thanks pep for putting up with it.
HEROS 2...
for those that dont know of terry prince and his work with vincents...here is one of those individuals that just has it...looking forward to seeing you the week after next terry.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
le mans....
i've been riding the le mans a lot in the last two weeks since i finished it..(never finished really)...and listening to a lot of beck as usual.
i almost put it arse over a wombat last night but those brembos came to the party and saved my skin...heres a little movie thing i did this afternoon...hit the full screen button and watch it on youtube...i think it sounds good? yes?
Friday, April 8, 2011
50 pan...
has been getting some bits and pieces done and checked...and got a serious clean for the fuel mag shoot...autumn afternoon sun is too nice around here at the moment so i took her for a quick run and some pics of my own...ill post up some detail shots over the next couple of days...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
DAVES BANGER....
...has probably been spotted down south by now...he sent me these shots a while ago so hes probably already worn out those rear tyres by now....stock 31, 12 volt, de arched spring in the rear, big/little firestones, 682c guide lights up front, 37 tail lights and scary mech brakes....i love it.
fuel magazines luke....
dropped past today to do a shoot on the 50 thats been back in the shed getting a few things done....good to see you again mate, thanks for doin the big drive.
if you have not seen or read fuel magazine, the website, or seen any of luke's amazing photography then get on his site and check it out...in my opinion the best magazine with the stuff we like out of australia....bar none.
Monday, April 4, 2011
patchy...
....have had dogs (sorry...terriers).. all my life. my mum and dad bred bull terriers. one of the earliest shots of me is sitting in a box in a kennel with a litter of just born pups and our old all white bully RENA. when i got together with my girl my last dog had left me a couple of years before ( he was one tough fucken bullterrier)...anyway, this boston came into my life and my god he is one seriously cool dog. dont come near machine with any other dog he will go up and under and lock on hard my friend...he dont care how big they are. one spot of sun in the whole shed and he finds it...winter is coming felt a change nipping at the back of my neck tonight.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
machine projects...
....one of the first when we got set up in the shed was for me to make a stool for my girl to use at her desk. it was an exercise in making it as thin and light as possible and to reuse the leftover material we had from the shed building. i still think its a nice looking stool and after 4 years of service it hasn't broken down. if anyone wants to steal my design don't.... cause i'm the first to ever think of a stool.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
le mans...
Monday, March 21, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
river deep mountain high 4 ... no better in my view.
what does it mean when you listen to a song maybe 6 or 7 times in one day...after you have played it maybe 500 times ...
does it get better?...i know one thing for sure. I never get bored of the Saints doing this song.
wish i could find some footage of them doing it live...
river deep mountain high 3
Stevie ... was in my town a couple of weeks ago....get this and then get Chris Bailey...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
i have this mate....
...who is quite a lot like me in a lot of ways.he's a bit older than me but when we are together having a glass of wine or a bottle, we talk the same language, loud, and at each other.
he's a lot smarter than me but thats ok,...cause i'm more handsome.
we talk about bikes and jazz and life and he's always wise.
one day we will ride very fast on our very old bikes together...hopefully soon mate.
today he gave me a present and its just perfect for me...it was given to him by someone and he passed it on today...he's never ridden with it cause his head is too big..mine is like a pin so it fits me like a glove.
its got this little cross hand painted on it and a little story came up while we were talking about the lid today and its something like this..
"a very well known racer in the days past knowing that his time could soon be up, decided that because he had such a rare blood type, he would write it on his helmet so that in the event he had a bad off, the people treating him would know what blood they should give him immediately. so the night before this big race he sat down to paint in red on his silver helmet his blood type but just as he started to paint he remembered a split locking pin he had left off his manx norton while he was race prepping it that afternoon....fearing he would forget that pin in the morning he went directly to his machineshed and put the pin in. he walked out of the shed and decided to take the dog for a quick walk. when he came home he poured another glass of wine and fell asleep in his chair listening to the radio.
in the morning the racer grabbed his helmet, loaded his bike, and took off for a hard days racing.
the painting on the helmet never got finished, the racer died that day on his norton and his helmet got passed from man to man to man"
thanks bruce. you made my day mate.
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