I Guess I've Been Under A Rock...

...I was just turned onto these guys, today? WTF!?

La Hechicera...

...in English translates to "The Sorceress", which is the name I helped my homie Gil come up with for his Sporty. That sexy Bitch is almost on the road, and here's Gill makin' vroom vroom sounds in Mikey's driveway. Can't wait to see it on the road, Brother.

Here's the song that inspired the name.

Spitfire Motorcycles Feature on Chop Cult

In a nut-shell, Paul provides some history of how Spitfire Motorcycles came to be, and where they're going, as well as some production, office, and showroom pictures (Aaron and I made one of the paparazzi's pix) Check it out here---> "Inside Spitfire Motorcycles"

The Monday Blues

Burnt LEVIS...

...no more. I cut down, and shaped a Spitfire Pipes heat-shield. Then drilled a couple more holes, and had Mikey weld some bungs in the pipe. Off to the coater for black ceramic next week. I haven't had much time lately to finish the other 2 into 1s mentioned below in a prior post, but it's on "the list". Stay tuned.

Bringin' It Way Back...er, I Mean Over!

John Surtees, pictured below at the age of 15 on his dad's Vincent (born 11 February 1934, Tatsfield, Surrey) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver from England. He was 500cc motorcycle World Champion in 1956 and 1958–60, Formula One World Champion in 1964, and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels.

Surtees is the son of a south London motorcycle dealer. He had his first professional outing in the sidecar of his father's Vincent, which they won. However, when race officials discovered Surtees's age, they were disqualified. He entered his first race at 15 in a grass track competition. In 1950, at the age of 16, he went to work for the Vincent factory as an apprentice. He made his first headlines in 1951 when he gave Norton star Geoff Duke a strong challenge in an ACU race at the Thruxton Circuit.

In 1955, Norton race chief Joe Craig gave Surtees his first factory sponsored ride aboard the Nortons.He finished the year by beating reigning world champion Duke at Silvertone and then at Brands Hatch. However, with Norton in financial trouble and uncertain about their racing plans, Surtees accepted an offer to race for the MV Agusta factory racing team.

In 1956 Surtees won the 500cc World Championship. In this he was assisted by the FIM's decision to ban the defending champion, Geoff Duke, for six months because of his support for a riders' strike for more starting money. In the 1957 season, the MV Agustas were no match for the Gileras and Surtees battled to a third place finish aboard a 1957 MV Agusta 500 Quattro. When Gilera and Moto Guzzi pulled out of Grand Prix racing at the end of 1957, Surtees and MV Agusta went on to dominate the competition in the two larger displacement classes. In1958, 1959, and 1960, he won 32 out of 39 races and became the first man to win the Senior TT at the Isle of Mann TT three years in succession.

Mini-Hack Rulers!

Happy St Patricks Day!

Bringin' Back The 80s!

Casey, from the Quad Cam Bastard Forum was looking for some Photo-Chop assisted paint ideas for his Sporty chop. I fulfilled his request, and then took it a step.....er, 20 further. After all, anything worth doing, is worth OVER doing right? On a side note, I could have done better in the seat area etc., but since upgrading to Win7 my old Photoshop is no longer compatible, so I'm currently using a cheezy on-line free program. Sux to be me.

To engage the full 80's effect, please crack a wine cooler, spark up a clove, and listen to the vid below whilst gazing at the pic above.


...a little more subdued


For reference , pic I started with.

I miss Sean's band Throw Rag, but this is KILLER!

...and another one of my childhood ICONs leaving earth.

R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose.

...and if you didn't know, yes that's Sammy Hagar.