The rumble seat

What do Shawn at Imperial House , Loc Baker of Eastern Engineering , Rich G of Rich Phillips Cycles , Black Sunshine Customs, The Wall of Death , and artwork by George the Painter have in common ?

They are all set to be at the Cycle Showcase in St Louis this summer ,  the list is growing daily of cool shit that is going to be there ,  GO.   Come down the day prior and ride with us on the River City Riot 3
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Aug 24&25 2013 

Custom Seat for a Customer

Custom Seat for a Customer, a photo by Richard Grabbe on Flickr.

Close up of the stitching...

Custom Seat for a Customer

Custom Seat for a Customer, a photo by Richard Grabbe on Flickr.

Rich Phillips Leather
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Custom seat for a customer.... Soft Black Leather With a nice stitched pattern in white stitching.

Postwoman/doer of mental goodness

As we received 12+ inches of snow yesterday in the gateway area my winter depression had once again returned. But today as a glimmer of hope the postwoman unknowingly revived my well being.

The Born Free 5 tickets had finally arrived along with a Lowbrow grab bag of goodness. The additional swag received was unexpected, but welcomed on this drag of a day. Now just waiting to hear news on the blogs who won the crisp Harpoon tins.

As for anyone on the fence about ordering a BF5 ticket even if your not planning to attend the event poster and ticket will make one nice keepsake and helping the promoters keep the event going so you can attend next year is a must. If you plan to attend and haven't planned to buy a ticket you might not be able to read this here post cause you must be an fucking idiot!!! Free beer for the day, a chance to win 1 of 18 works of art, and supporting a cause to keep our hobby alive.

River City Riot 3 Aug 24th 2013 / Cycle Showcase Aug 25th

River City Riot  is on and many updates will be coming , to keep up to date click here or follow the blog   http://rivercityriot.blogspot.com/ 

We had 40 bikes last year  and it was a great time . We will run the same format . I will publish the new  route soon but I would say around a 150 mile ride with bar stops and tons of giveaways .  We will have reserved parking in front of the Pin Up Bowl on Delmar (start/finish)    Shit is going to be dope

some pics  from last year  

  


Its going to be a hell of a weekend in STL as we team up with DeRake Randy . River City Riot will be on Saturday and on Sunday you will have tons of motorcycle goodness with The Cycle Showcase .  Its my understanding the plan is to have the Wall of Death , featured builders bikes on display, and a motorcycle art show. 

       

Its trying to be spring

here in the state of misery. Picked up the springer today sporting a front brake and new paint. Filthy as hell from dragging it out last week in the rain, but after a short ride on or fake out spring (chance of snow sun) weather i am happy to report it stops.

Im not sold on the paint, but its growing on me. Needs some stripes to outline the flames, its a base clear job and the clear was knocked flat with 2000 and a gold scotch brite.

Got to square away the sissy bar for momma, move the plate mount to the axel so it can be seen when I'm runnin bags, and I'm going to attempt at making my own air clearer cover.

But otherwise ready for some serious miles this season. The kiddo wanted a ride as soon as i pulled up, what momma don't know.........

Stuff I'm stoked on today

Call from a friend says the brakes are good to go, first ride set for fri/sat with the new paint and brake set up.

In the home stretch

My pops finished the paint on my frame now it's down to the nitty gritty.

River City Riot 3 is in works teaming up with a another cool STL event

Details soon for the River City Riot and Cycle Showcase .  

Paint on the twincam

Update from the painter

anybody in STL know where to get some beads rolled in a 65 impala roof?

Tuck N Roll - On the Frame seat 2010 & Up Sporty

Tuck N Roll - On the Frame seat 2010 & Up Sporty, a photo by Richard Grabbe on Flickr.

Tuck N Roll On the frame seat for Sportster Models 2010 and up. Nice soft supple black upholstery leather can come with a gel memory foam upgrade.

Rich Phillips Leather
bikersaddles.com
Contact us at 314-392-7841 or bikersaddles@yahoo.com.

Shes back home

after traveling with me to 3 different homes my number one girl is back home in my garage. I have had this truck since 16 slowly working on her to get it where it is today, but in this garage it will be finished.

not a chopper

but features two wheels and occupies my frontal lobe.

a motorcycle.

Kingshighway kruiser

Apocalypse bumper update

Got half the spacers done for the bumper tonight, picked up a XD9000i warn winch on the list that needs a motor. Shaft is bent on the motor, i may see if i can get it sorted, if not a new ones $80 which made this thing one hell of a deal.

Seem to be eating through bits on the lathe, checked out some youtube vids on how to sharpen them, but no luck. Im open to suggestions is anyone has any for a newb. I will hit the old man up tomorrow as he has spent some time as a machinist.

Damn thing sure isn't new anymore, its a job in itself just to clean her up.

Parked the 03' at an ol'timers workshop on the hwy as the fleabay and list don't look so promising.

Towing my 79' from storage tomorrow as its time to show her some love while waiting on the springer paint. Then some wood cutting and wheeling in the mud on the quad with my bro.

I thRow some pics of the 79' on soon.

Sproter action

Putting a shout out for a Flyrite sproter set-up. It seems they have no plans to make another run and the 50's look of the caliper is what I'm after, if you've got one lying around let me know!

Spring is near

And it seems everyone is putting the finishing touches on their winter projects. I dropped my tins off yesterday, heres to laying down some miles real soon.
The effie is the what the finished product will represent only in flat.

More evil than a nazi at a bah mitzvah

It's gettin close should be painted in two weeks. Pipes are on the way and possibly a triumph front end.

scrounging up some doe

for a panhead project, help a brotha out if you'd be so kind. Or a possible trade for a VL frame, UL springer, and pan mill

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-F150-SuperCrew-XLT-True-Blue-Super-Clean-Immaculate-Interior-Low-Miles-/111009279319?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=111009279319&_rdc=1&forcev4exp=true#ht_1376wt_1166

Christmas in the ghetto

I finally got my belt drive,clutch parts,brake parts,and some odds and ends. I'm ready to get back to work on my choppa

Just another new guy...

Well, not too sure where to start other then to just start... Name's Mike, I've been around for a min, mostly just hanging out. Finally built me a chop with the help of a few rad dudes including our very own Justin; who actually has my bike now with the engine tore down. Hopefully this year I'll actually be able to make it to a lot more shit and get to really meet the dudes I've chatted with online and followed on these blogs. I'd like to thank Snelvis for inviting me to join this blog and I hope I'm not too much of a disappointment.. Btw, here's a pic of my chop.

Bacon Bash

Bacon Bash, a photo by Richard Grabbe on Flickr.

Cool event my friend Bacon is getting together. I am going to try and make it out to Texas if possible.

Smithy 3in1

Let the part making begin.......

Cage post

So i picked up this 69' f-250 crew 4x4 true hiboy a few months ago to make my daily. Replacing a perfectly fine, paid for 03' f-150 4x2 crew......makes perfect sense right, the wife sure thought so.
The night i brought the big girl home i smacked a 4pointer and trashed the bumper and grille. I was able to bend the valance and grille(nearly impossible to find) back into shape but the bumper was toast.
So now it's time to build her a proper apocalypse bumper. Found a 3" tube bumper on the list for another model, chopped the mounts and need 3" to make it work(thats what she said). So i ordered in some 3"od 1/4 wall tube to cut in 5" bits. I will turn down 1" on each end with my new smithy 3 in 1 to fit inside the 3/32 wall tube thats there.
While i was at it tonight i adjusted the aftermarket grant wheel,fixed the dome light,and added a calling card the the back glass. Not a bad night. Off the Vegas in the morn for work.

Gettin close

Did some work on the bike this weekend. Finally got my 18 rear wheel laced after three sets of wrong spokes. Got the oil tank and fender mounted and started on the sissy bar.

Ohio

Isn't a bad place to kill some time. My full time gig requires allot of travel, mostly by air. Every once and awhile a road trip presents itself. This week from BFE MO i drove to cinci. Got the job done on tues and have spent wed/thurs traveling north hitting dealerships. Killing time before the next job in Ft. Wayne.

Most are the usual cookie cutter corporate HD mandated 100ft from major highway 5000sqft Indonesian parts slinging, motorclothes pushing, autozone style parts lookup dead zones. But there are still some cool old family owned original shops that have mega personality,old parts, educated people, and mini museums.

Snapped some phone pics to share, these are from Ben Breece hd of Ottawa and Napoleon hd.

The reason for my stops at these dealerships is to add to my dip dot collection that was started 8yrs ago when I got the job. I have seen well over 200 dealerships around the world and as strong as my hatred of the factory is, the collecting keeps me away from the bar.

BMX Seat Recovered

BMX Seat Recovered, a photo by Richard Grabbe on Flickr.

Here's another seat Rich recovered for a guy in St. Louis with a Tree Bicycle Seat.

Goat Skin