We work Saturdays! NSFW

the end of a 6 day work week! come 4 ill have 60hrs (be getting paid for 40) and frankly i got no patience left. the bikes in the final stages- couple light mounts, couple brake fittings, and another shot of black urethane and shell be ready to tear up the streets.

 

well it will be done just in time for atleast a weeks worth of shitty cold raining weather, atleast this is fun- damn she looks happy

deadlines.............SUCK

really hoping to have the creep machine back together so i can ride it to what used to be called skin and steel, it was hands down the worst show ive ever been to last year but it was a bike related thing to use as a deadline to ride to, as of right now the list is long and im feeling doubtful that ill make it. but im unwilling to compromise- late nights in the shed are proving to pay off with good things happening with the tank

 

last night the magic happened with the help of my little skil hand orbital sander, no pics but i should have some primer ones tomorrow, and than hopefully have her dressed in black within the week!

power slides, drifting, wheelies- SPORTSTER

i am obsessed with this stuff, the power slides and drifting  especially, i don't know if it cause ive seen wheelies done so many times or if its the control of unhooked raw low end power to rip the tire loose, but here some new vid of Matt Mingay

Creep Machine version 3.0

Damn its been a long time, probably forgot we thought about this huh? nah hit that spot in the winter were nothing happens, you feel uninspired and find yourself going to/leaving from work in the dark anyways........

picked up a fresh oil tank (#3) and a headlight lense in Syracuse, vending for http://www.gigacyclegarage.com/ went well

i scored a mint set of shocks locally for the bike

 

my buddy practically gave me this thing, this is the one part that if time becomes an issue will be back burnerd till i can afford the time to have the bike down

and the real success story came last night in the form of sparks and heat

 

 

i also did a front end lower job at home total invested cost was less than 5 bucks- How-To coming soon!!

commited to it now

so ive had this idea for awhile, and knowing that the tubes were cracked only helped convince me i had nothing to lose so last night i took my precision angle grinder armed with a cut-off wheel and lopped the ends of the frame off.......... now i gotta figure out how to get a hoop made and attach it

Creep Machine tear down

this wasn't my first time stripping my baby down so i figured id attempt to document and time myself. i started the clock at 5:00, the plan was to take pictures every 15 minutes (which turned into every 30- shitty), figured it be the next best thing to a video camera set up.

backing up a little here's how she sat after this seasons adventures, damn if this bike isnt fun! in fact riding it down to the shop i almost turned around thinking why bother this bikes cool enough, but hell you gotta dress it different every year- besides what am i gonna do all winter?? and in the end this bike deserves a better level of "finished" so here goes!

  

okay so here we go 5:00

5:30

 

6:00

 

6:30

7:05

 so maybe not the most comprehensive tear down photos, ill try my best to give it a better shot on the rebuild, the plan is a few custom fabbed pieces, paint, and a higher level of finish work......

the Creep Machine is getting dressed up!

well this was gonna be (and maybe still is) the winter of the ironhead, after sitting dormant for multiple years now the old girl deserves her time to shine, but i have that one all mapped out in my head and a basic idea of how i want it to look, so thats left my mind to wander in the way of the 93 creep machine, the white frame, bare metal tank and bars, was fun for a year but now its time to give it the attention to detail and finish work it deserves, so a few changes here and there (including tear it back down and repainting the frame) and a bottle of lock-tite, i think itll put a whole new spin on essentially the same bike

Slack ASS

havent gotten much done lately, managed to get a couple friends to hold the motor while i twisted out the other head bolts, so now i have the cam side off, the primary open, and the heads off............ whats next???

gotta get my hands on a special tool to get the clutch off and than the transmission pulled out

 I suppose if I cant make this one up myself I don't deserve to have an ironhead, or atleast i wont have a running one very long. so that's next on the docket make this tool, get the tranny out, shift rod swapped out and start putting it all back together fixing and gasketing as i go.

just sold a parts bike Kawasaki i had kicking around so now the question is what do i NEED the most.........

Street Bruiser XL1200 FOR SALE!!

 Contact Rivet (Michael Goni) at 908-245-2445 to talk about it- it is on eBay now! Click here!


words from the builder:

‎1996 1200 engine with low miles. Around 2k miles on build, most of the build parts are brand new and not recycled parts. Runs amazing and goes everywhere, it just plain fucking rips. For some more cash I can finish the nitrous setup and re...ally scare someone.

pictures are great but if you want the real details in her scroll a bit further down

Six piston differential bore jaybrake front caliper, 4 piston jaybrake in back, gsxr radial master cylinder, ebc full floating rotors front and back, -2 micro bore brake lines, gsxr clutch perch and lever, just the right kind of narrow ss t bars, kill switch lanyard for drag racing, 520 chain conversion with an ultra light hard anodized rear sprocket with tall gearing (120mph on straights, 100mph highway cruise, 65mph almost idling but still rips between lights), cut down/lightened/shortened front forks off of a 2002 dyna with all new seals and bushings, massaged triple trees, kraft tech no rake no stretch hardtail frame with mso, original neck with numbers, 96 hd title, NOS Super B carb so no throttle shaft air leaks, modified lowbrow peanut tank with RWD cast race quarter turn fuel cap and gsxr styled vent relocated fuel pickup and crossovers added to gain maximum fuel capacity, golan lifetime guarantee petcock, cut down paughco pipes, front street cycle rear fender, custom LED tail light, primary mounted plate, minimized stock wire harness, hella offroad headlight, renthal roadracing grips, stainless hardware on wheels, stainless rear axle, Avon roadrider tires, mini-lithium Ion battery, cut down engine covers, rocker box engraving, brushed finish on all metal all protected by gibbs, biltwell seat and seat pivot. All gaskets new for engine covers, engine does leak a bit of oil from pushrod tube orings if pushed hard though. And I am sure I am missing other things but you guys get the drift.



All hardware installed with appropriate locktight, done right, ride anywhere, no issues, survived me riding it so it will handle anything. Bike was tuned on my dyno and made 63 wheel hp before the factory rev limiter kicks in, will make close to 70 wheel hp with a few more rpm. Shot for Lowside mag at this year's Ride to skate.

Pt2 Brooklyns Finest (in my opinion)