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Old Bars for mockup

Jason and I both looked at these bars and were blown away. They've got a real nice vibe to them and have these funky old grips on them. Perfect for helping me envision what bars I'll choose later on. Look to be a variant of the Speedster bars. Thanks Jason.

Let the games begin

Today was a great day. Finally after months of collecting parts, Jason and I started to put together a mockup of my bike. I usually don't like to begin doing so without having all the parts, but Jason was kind enough to lend me some of his nice vintage parts to help me get things going so I can make some decisions. Here he is, doing a quick rebuild of the rockers so that I'm safe. I plan to ride this bike so safety will come first.

Inspiration - Matt Olsen 52 WR

I think everyone who is into 45's has seen this Matt Olsen 1952 WR that he did for his friend Dave. Matt made a post on his blog this morning with a link to Joseph Emmett Mielke Photography (www.bigjoephoto.com). There are 162 beautiful photos of this bike posted which you can zoom into original file sizes. I shamefully screen capped 4 photos and posted here. I couldn't control myself. Sorry Joe, if you see this post and want me to remove please let me know. Matt's blog is one of my favorites, he posts about all the work he does and about his father's work at Carl's Cycle Supply. It's amazing stuff. I'm pretty much screwed now, I'll be looking at these pics all day and probably all the time for a long time!

Great fit

Digging Jason's seat on Daymon's mockup.

Cool parts, some rare, some handmade

Never seen a chopper stopper up close. Also some of the Lee Clutch pedals Jason is making for a few of his projects, back from chrome.

Friday Closeup

Z bars up close on the JPRC Evo build.

Green Motorcycle - Ironhead

This is all it takes to remind me how much I love Ironheads. From Green MC, pic from daikoube. I posted the paint a long time ago. Nice and tight.

Just what I needed

Magnetozoo posted this 45 today. Love it, makes my day and also distracts me!

George's frame

George is getting Jason to do a rigid shovel for him. Here's the frame so far. Nice workmanship.

Never get tired

I only have a few magazines from Japan but never get tired of looking at them over and over. Just dreaming this weekend, chatting with Jason about a possible future project for me down the road. Our chat reminded me of this May 2009 issue of Street Bikers' and Spice Motorcycle's '77 FX with single loop frame by Chopperdave. Check it out. Jason you know what I'm thinking.