Locks Of Love

 Finally got the certificate back from Locks of Love. Shaved it back in Sept I think. So starting over again . My son also wants to donate his hair so the two of us are going Long!


Fugly!



Told my wife with a shaved head and the chops I kinda resemble the Scottish Squirrel from the kids movie "Open Season".

Fuglier!!



1999 Yamaha R-6 street fighter

This bike has been leaning up against the walll for almost a year now, collecting dust. I wanted to make a street fighter out of it, then I was going to part it out, then I was just going to use it for parts in the garage and upgrade an old bike with it's suspension. Yup, I don't know if I'm coming or going.

Now I'm back on Plan A: Street Fighter. I pulled the front end off, which wasn't the right one, and threw her back together with it's original front end so I could at least roll it out of the shop and clean whatever had collected underneath it. No money was found.

roller

After getting it rolling, I started to figure how I'm going to give it that aggresive streetfighter stance so I came up with an easy way that should work. Basically I'll start by notching the rear subframe at some angles to give a starting point.

mitered frame

start of new subrame

I'm really diggin' the stance it has at the moment and have started to figure out how the rest of the tail will be finished. With some more square tubing I'll give it more dimmension and aggresive lines and then the stock electrics and fender plastic whatever-it's-called will be cut down and re-installed, keeping it somewhat stock. The seat height will also remain the same so riding will be like it was as if it came out the factory, minus all the bodywork.

So far it's a rough idea of how the tail section is going to look and how it's going to open up the back tire and give that "ass in the air" look. I'll be drilling out some holes in the rear swingarm to make it look lighter.

stock rear subframe

Jersey Devil gets a new home

At the end of October, Tony from Tennessee purchased the bike. I honestly miss her. She was the bike that got me into all this. I hope he enjoys it and rides the hell out of it. Enjoy the Jersey Devil, Tony!

"Jersey Devil" 1980 KZ750 twin chop

Fall cleaning

My brother and I have been cleaning up the shop and organizing everything for the last two days, digging into everything and finding stuff I had no clue I had. We're setting up for easier working and getting a collection of parts I have to sell since I don't see myself needing them anytime soon, and I could use some cash.

Therefore we'll be starting a Karnage Kustomz yard sale. not really a store, but like a surprise rummage sale. I have most of a cb360 motor and the whole top end for an xs500 motor with a crank and a bunch of other parts from past bikes. I will start posting some things someone else may need.

shelf got a lot more stuff by the end of the day

went thru all the junk and kept most of it

hasn't been this clean since last year!

let's see how long it stays like this...

1982 Suzuki GS450 bobber video And some updated pics in the sun.

here's a quick vid of the 1982 GS450 bobber kicking concrete's ass:

spring cleaning

This weekend I decided it was time to straighten the mad house out.... Total disaster!

Got my ducks in a row

Part of the 2011 line up.

After organizing and putting most of the parts from certain bikes together it was a little easier to find shit.

Before there was a lot of wasted space and stuff all on the floor. No good.

Another shot of the madness.

Again, shit just thrown around.

Now I've got most of the stuff I use most frequently at easy access, all boxed and labeled.

I've become a parts hoarder, wanting to reuse as much as possible.

My #1 fan. She's dangerous with a screw driver, especialy around finished parts, but she wants to be involved already.

the shop where I make do with what I got!