2012 BIGTWIN Show Rosmalen NL

Never been to the BIGTWIN show but I decided not to ride any more Motocross races this year so we went to see some bikes at the Autotron Rosmalen. Now I know why I never went to the show, not to offend some builders but it was not worth going. Definitely not my kind of bikes except for these ones and a couple more so I stay home next year. Our son liked it though and took a lot of pictures so that made me happy after all.

Workshop Wednesday #6

 

Finished Skyway Tuffpedal kicker.

Skyway Tuffpedal kicker for the '67 Ironhead. I don't like the reproduction "copper" kickerpedals so I'm going to make a new one from an old Skyway BMX Tuff pedal. Probably worth more than the repro but I only had one, have two new gold Skyway cages, might use one of them or make the red cage polished silver.

                    Old original H-D peg cut of to use the end going into the kicker arm.

               Old SKYWAY BMX Tuffpedal, axle tread cut of to weld on H-D peg.

            This is the result of an hour work, cage will be silver polished soon.

Hope it won't break, welds were terrible, but I can always use the electric starter hahaha.

Workshop Wednesday #5

New headlight for the Flattracker, the old one broke of and wasn't legal, this has a E3 stamp and so "almost legal". Made a lightweight bracket, no lightswitch yet but I will testride first before going to those steps.

New Hoodlum Project

Is it a Harley-Davidson? It says on the tank so I believe its true. More pictures later, off to Paris now.

Workshop USA

Don't be gentle with a renthal, some years ago in Needles California we tried to make the renthal bike with the biggest wrench I ever saw, and slash hammer. It worked and we made it back to Las Vegas again.

Workshop Wednesday #4

Sprocket guard for the XL1100 is ready, Biltwell Mushman pegs installed and a new brakepedal as well. Grinded down the guard, drilled some speedholes to save some weight (I think 30 grams...) and nicer look. I really like the way it came out even if it was a lot of work.

EDR 2013 dates: May 23-26th

                               Hope I can make it again, 2011 was awesome.

Workshop Wednesday #3

Brakepedal for the 1100 Flattracker is ready. Stock brakepedal, grinded the big square meatcleaver off, drilled a 3/8" hole for the bolt into the Old School GT BMX 24T peg and some more grinding and cleaning.
Polished the whole ensilada and I'm very stoked how it came out. It matches the shifter now after years, now its time to make the Biltwell Mushman peg work on the right side, that's another Workshop Wednesday I guess.

Workshop Wednesday #2: Projects

                     These forklegs need a shave and will go in the 1967 Ironhead.

 This Sprocket cover is going to be much lighter and will go on the 1986 Flattracker

The homemade exhaust made of the Biltwell pipekit will be painted with special paint.

  Thinking of making a forkbridge for these forks, no ideas yet but it will be a long winter again.........

Workshop Wednesday #1 : new season started today.

Workshop Wednesday Season: Winter 2012/2013 Issue #1.

Well I started the new season with a bigger project as expected. The left Biltwell Mushman peg was mounted in an hour but the right hand side is a different story. The pegmount is mounted on the chaincover and that means you have to take the brakepump/exhaust/brakepedal off first and ofcourse one bolt of the exhaust going into the cylinder broke off so thats a nice way to start the new sessions. Riding days are over in Holland so not really in a hurry and have some time to do more modifications. Brakepedal will be the same as the shifter with a GT BMX old school threaded peg, some speedholes/cuttings for a nicer look.

GET SUM!

We are going to Las Vegas next week to : GET SUM! If you are in the neighborhood don't hesitate to get sum beers at the Beauty Bar on Fremont street, also if you are an ugly modderfokker from hell.

World Champion MX2 party today.

Jeffrey Herlings MX2 World Champion, only 17 years old, lives 5 miles from our workshop so we went to the party and got a nice Twin Air crown. I said he wouldn't make it but luckily I was wrong this time, respect for the kid and see you again next year with your second World title MX2.

Belts by Shea

Belts by Shea Nyquist shipped some nice belts to the Hoodlum Society headquarters. Shea is an awesome craftsman and made these belts by hand, HS logo, Aarle-Rixtel Holland, Vans Waffle sole all in one thick leather top quality belt. I'm stoked to have one of the first "Belts by Shea" in Europe but that won't be for long, check his site at Belts by Shea and order a one of a kind USA belt.

Biltwell Mushman pegs

Just got the first production of the Biltwell Mushman pegs for my Flattracker and they look awesome. I was at the Biltwell office when the 3D mock up was ready months ago and they are even better than expected. Motocross style like "Harvey" in "On any sunday", had to cut the pegmount and welded some old footrest so it would fit. Welding skill are in bad shape after a long holiday break but it will do the job for now.

BMX wheels for customer #0000001 Andy Z.

Customer #0000001 Andy Z. from Germany want some new "steez on his whip" so we build this nice wheelset for him. Not an easy job with dual size Profile cassette hubs, crosslaced rims and only 1 spoke length but of course it was a piece of cake for us. Pick up is Thursday, he will be happy.

Cool cooler for 24th FAT JAM

Our BMX jam called FAT JAM has its 24th anniversary this weekend and to celebrate we have some beers for everyone. The theme is METAL so we have 666 beers: 666 The number of the beers! To keep it cool I transfered this cool watertank into a fridge, filled with ice will keep them cold for a short while, it will be around 100 degrees this weekend!

DB-Killer for the Dodge Magnum

Our Dodge Magnum Hemi is loud as fuck so I made some DB-killers today. It's Sunday and people are still on holiday so I decided to go the hard way and not the easy way this time. I could have ask a friend to make a flange on the lathe but made one with some pieces of pipe and a Biltwell motorcycle pipe kit. It worked out really good, its more quite than before.