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English 102 Pre-Release 04-30-10 By: BILL Two of our favorite all-around dudes, Wes & Tyler have just wrapped up the English 102 project and should have them in hand over the next couple days. You can pre order them at the Four Aces Cycle site or at Lowbrow Customs. This latest DVD covers some stuff not shown in 101; Electrical: Understanding What You Have Troubleshooting your Electrical System How-To Wiring & Electrical Tips Carburetors: Amal, Mikuni & JRC Rebuilding Your Front End Mixing & Matching Front End Parts Rebuilding a Clutch Center Cam Bushing Installation and Reaming 0 Comments

Sacred Aluminum 04-29-10 By: BILL Walking down an alley yesterday with Jason from Sacred Steel and noticed we were in Offy-Land. Stoked to see this place firsthand. 1 Comments

Chopped Keys 04-28-10 By: MIKE D. Here's a peak at the Keystones I am going to toss on my sporty. I took about 2.75" off each side, installed an internal throttle w/billet grips and will be drilling for the internal wiring shortly. 0 Comments

Biltwell 500 04-28-10 By: BILL It's coming, and we're hearing from lots of folks that I'm really stoked to hang out with again. I think the dirt road has scared off some of the less robust riders, which is perfect! The old saying in Baja is "Bad roads bring good people, and vis-versa." I'm going to do one more prerun just to make sure everything is locked on. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read the details about the event here: Biltwell 500. Basically it's a fend for yourself, baja surf/camp trip and anyone with the right attitude is invited. If you can't go, but want to support the run, buy a support shirt here. 2 Comments

Busy Summer in the Windy City 04-27-10 By: BILL Ton Up Chicago. 0 Comments

Thanks, Mike! 04-27-10 By: BILL Check this blasted chunk of aluminum done up by Mike at TattoedWhiteTrash. If you need a sign, hit him up! 1 Comments

Che Bella Donna! 04-27-10 By: BILL Check this '73 Guzzi T3 California from our friend Francesco in Italy. The Diamond Solo Seat in white looks good, but not as good as all the chicks on his site! 2 Comments

NORRA 1000 04-26-10 By: BILL NORRA 1000. Good luck to Eddie Mulder, sadly the only Triumph on the starting line. An HD V-rod sidecar? That's not very vintage, but it sounds like enough of a disaster to make it challenging. Two days from now. Godspeed gents! 1 Comments

Revenge Run 2010 04-26-10 By: BILL The first annual Revenge Run looks like it was a great time. Support your local grass roots events! 0 Comments

Vantastic Monday 04-26-10 By: BILL Modern edition. 0 Comments

Paul's XL 04-25-10 By: BILL Speaking of Holland, Paul's bike looks ready for the road after a hard winter. Lots of BMX and MX influence on this one. Paul, send some pics of your van! If you are in Holland, check him out at Paul's Boutique. 0 Comments

Douche o' The Week 04-24-10 By: BILL Our friend Bart in Holland did a little interview with me for this week's "Workshop Wednesday" feature on www.fatbmx.com Bart and his brother Paul are good souls and have a lifelong love of things with two wheels. We were drinking with bart and a buddy of his in Vegas one year and his friend got pretty loaded. As the night wore on his English began to fade and the last thing he said before putting money into a candy machine that he thought was a cigarette machine was "Bartman, I am F-A-R-T, Drunk!" Thanks Bart, I'm honored to be on Fat. 0 Comments

The Story of AEE 04-23-10 By: BILL Finally, a blog worth reading. Go HERE. Wild cats and private planes! Thanks to Blue Collar Moto Chris for the link. 0 Comments

Boneshakin' 04-23-10 By: BILL Spindle sends these pics and witty banter from the UK. Zorst means exhaust to us cheeky yanks! A few pics of my bikes, with Biltwell parts of course. Novice, the orange bike, was built last year and just check them bars, cut three inch of the ends to get them super narrow, just how us "Manc's" like them to be. Pimper, still a work in progress, all the fab work is done, she's striped down now ready for the expensive stuff, just dig the zorst, there's a Biltwell kit in there somewhere, two sections off a shove zorst nicked of Bobbyl, and two random slashed off cuts stolen from Benny's zorst stash. Happy days. 0 Comments

In it to Win it... 04-23-10 By: BILL I gots mine. You gots yours? You really shouldn't bother 'cause I'm pretty much planning on winning this motorcycle. Go here and increase your chances. Buy a poster, get a free raffle ticket. 0 Comments

Dual Tracker, Anyone? 04-22-10 By: BILL I've been thinking about a street tracker built out of a cheap and durable old dual sport forever. This dude did it and it's on CL in Riverside right now. You could spend $2500 on a lot of things that are way less fun. 0 Comments

Keystones 04-22-10 By: BILL Love this pic sent in by Richard Dunn. Keystones on his '75 Ironhead. 3 Comments

The Big Deuce 04-22-10 By: BILL I've been on a WW2 bender lately, reading a couple books in a row on the Pacific campaign. Even subscribed to HBO temporarily for the "Pacific" series that is on Sunday nights. I hate television but am a sucker for ten hour war epics and this one is no let down. Last week I saw a link on facebook to this photo collection and was stoked to find so many amazing images. Being an old Marine Corps tanker, it gets me pumped to see the tank pics especially. This is the ultimate marriage of death-dealing and machinery. The airplanes are easy to love, but tanks are just so much more filthy and a team effort at all times. Mobility, Shock, Firepower - forever. No wonder these guys came back and felt like cutting up motorcycles and raising hell. 2 Comments

Revenge Run 04-21-10 By: BILL Looks like a good weekend comin' up! 0 Comments

Spaced Out 04-21-10 By: BILL I'm glad to hear my from Rob is not dead, just spaced out. He recently made this motorcycle. Ready for Mexico, Rob? 3 Comments

Bring a Number Plate! 04-21-10 By: BILL Hell on Wheels Moto Rally & Scramble complete with Beauty Pageant. This looks real fun and we are stoked to be a part of it. I got two questions: Where's my helmet and what's the course record? BF Josh are going to thrash the bejeezus out of the side car bike on this as long as it can make it around the track. Got some race-prepping to do on that roach this week. Meatball and his crew are also looking for contestants for the "Miss Hell on Wheels" pageant. Get out to Elsinore to check out some solid local So Cal talent. Talk your girl into entering, win some cash, etc. Details above. Fill out this form and race your motorcycle just like real men used to do before everyone became a pussy. 0 Comments

Paint by Chicago Chris 04-20-10 By: BILL Great Grapes! Check this new purple unit done up by Chicago Chris. Yep, that's the same cat who painted up the De Palma bike for Slim. Nice work coming out of the Windy City! 0 Comments

Born Again 04-20-10 By: BILL Finally getting some momentum back on this project. Finished up a couple little bits and tore it down to the frame. Filling some old holes and getting it to powdercoating before the end of the week if all goes well. It's funny how non-kinetic all the parts become once they are all organized and separated. This was a living, breathing machine that I really enjoyed watching my friend Joel blast down Mexican highways on. Now it's a bunch of greasy bits in baggies. As long as I figure out what all that left over hardware was for, she'll live again, hopefully soon. 0 Comments

Sidecar Musings 04-19-10 By: BILL So, the old Bad Idea sidecar bike has been officially registered as a 1976 Chang with our glorious state. This was the last hurdle with this bike, and now it's legal. It's not easy working with the DMV and CHP with this kind of oddity for sure. My secret weapon was Nancy at CARS in Temecula. Sure, it costs a few bucks but if you've got something with weird registration or title issues, the ladies at CARS get it done. The phone number there is 951-694-4331. I think they might be the last business in the country to not have a website. Ol' Officer Friendly at CHP was a weirdo but got the job done. I actually rode the beast to and from work today, which was the first time I've really put any miles on a bike and sidecar other than just around the block a few times. I've made some random observations about sidecar driving after today: Everyone is in a hurry except me Everyone stops really fast except me Old people have the opposite of their usual reaction, they all smile Taking BF Josh and Mike D. to lunch on it today was really gay, and all of us were strangely OK with that Taking the kids to yogurt after dinner was even better One of my dogs is too old to get in, the other too hyper to sit still long enough to ride Willis will dig it Wide bars make sense. Turning a bike rather than leaning it is odd, especially scary at about 45 mph 45 is the top speed, so far I wouldn't take the best sidecar rig on the freeway I need a mirror or we're all going to die It's really practical to be able to haul so much crap to and from work so easily Reverse gears rule You can bring a drink on the road Gear oil makes things shift better Splitting lanes is hard Being able to talk to your dog, kids, friends while riding is kinda fun Two of you could be pretty drunk and still pull it off (that was Mike's epiphany) Kinda nice to not have to put your feet down at lights I'll probably never ride it more than 10 miles or so from the house 3 Comments

Texas Shovel for sale 04-19-10 By: BILL I'm digging this swinger Shovel in Texas that is running our Low Drag bars. It's for sale. You can get the details here. You should buy it and save me a long trip! 0 Comments