hammertime...

Just spent the last couple days out in Johnson Valley again for the King Of The Hammers 2012 race. 4x4's turned into old cars and old cars turned into choppers but the one thing I've always regretted was selling my old Bronco so many years ago. Motorcycles are rad when you're by yourself or with a couple friends but now that I've got a family I've been really looking into building something we can all have fun in together. Just got to make sure that whatever I build has headphones because one thing is for sure, the worst music blasts out of peoples camps out in the desert.

Buy or Die!

We made some new shirts and hoodies. They are up in the store now. GET SOME!


We own you and we do it all for you

Visitors...

Went and got breakfast with the Jokers this morning. They're in town till Monday then they head back home to Sweden. I know I kinda stray from motorcycles quite a bit here and get a little emotional, but one thing that's been cooler than the bikes themselves for me is all the rad people I've met from motorcycles. Call me a pussy, but I like the idea of having a rolodex full of good people all over the globe. You never know when or where you might need a couch to crash on or a garage to fix your broken down bike. Jimmy, Richard, Sebastian and Anne-Li are good people and that's the way I like em. Thanks for the pancakes and hope to see you soon.

raising arizona...

Jamal and I swapping Pans

Me + Buzzard Justin = twins

like a candle in the wind

Ryan's chopper wedding was so awesome. Best dude ever..

Jeremiah, Jamal, Tom Fugle...trifecta of cool.

Eddie got Best Sportster. Thanks for the jail pocket and being my leg all weekend.

T-Bones Shovel has a ton of neat tricks.

Cute girls or Instagram? hmmm....

My boy Jerry reppin the best spot in town...I'll be back there someday.

Roth body

Davey got "honorary triumph" from the Haifley Bros. (Daddy)Dugan got Best Knucklehead

The Rabbithole...Robert and Jay, thanks for letting us take up residence. You guys were way too hospitable.

Pull-start Indian

Jeremiahs international Knuckle build

Nick and Jamal, you guys killed it.

Max was doing some research and development on our latest coozies, still got some bugs to work out.

my next project??

The Jokers from Sweden gave it to me and I couldn't have been more stoked.

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Nick, Jamal and I headed out to Phoenix for one hell of a weekend.  Did alot of riding and hanging out with old and new friends. Just want to say thanks again to Robert and Ryan for putting on one of the best weddings ever, putting up with all of us shitbags for the past few days and for helping me with my bike after it kicked my ass. Jeremiah and the whole Love family, congratulations on the last 3 years and thanks for letting us be a part of it all.

BEN RAYBOURN.

I'd say it's safe to say that John Cardiel is one of the greatest things to happen to skateboarding. The controlled chaos that was his skating has always been so gnarly to watch. Now I'm not going to try and break this down simply because it's just comparing apples to oranges, but just watch Ben Raybourns part from the Bones video and tell me he doesn't have some of that Cardiel flavor. Just check out that arm steez.

frankly crazy...

Dynomite Joe just got the seat pan covered that I made for his chrome-zoned Crazy Frank'd Panhead. Just look at that thing...makes me want to take my shirt off... pics from

The Nash

AZ bound...

gotta check out a couple things.

chopper pen pals..

My friend Alex and his lovely wife Thalie stopped by last night to hang out for a minute before they fly back home to France. Coca-Cola and Budweiser flowed like wine as they romanced me with their accents but don't be fooled, this ain't no sissy shit. Alex rides one hell of a man's bike around Paris and his wife gets down on her own little pre-unit BSA. Good people, good bikes...that's the way I like em.

locals only...

Brixton's Troy Elmore from BRIXTON on Vimeo.

Some pullbacks I did for my buddy Troys triumph chomper. Gonna be pretty sweet when he's done.

Tonite in Oakland!

there's heroes...

...and then there's real heroes.

get bent...

If you skate then you know how good this is.

speed, style and tricks...kids got all the right ingredients.

happy camper..

Man...Paulo really outdid himself. I hit him up about one of his killer helmets, nothing fancy just a plain helmet and he immediately sends me back a sketch of a helmet he was already designing as a surprise for me!! Needless to say, since I saw the photos of the finished helmet I've anxiously been waiting for that box to show up. I couldn't have asked for anything nicer.

If you want a helmet thats almost too good to wear, get ahold of Paulo.
You won't be disappointed.

Joe King Speedshop

gone swimmin..

I've been checking out this site for a little while....basically just a bunch of friends hanging out and hitting all the local swimming holes and hot springs here in SoCal, not a bad gig. Lots of photos, videos and descriptions and detailed directions to every spot. Swimming seasons coming back, better start making some plans...

Los Angeles Swimmin

Gayness For Your Anus, Thee Cormans

In a little less than a week my band Thee Cormans is doing a jaunt up the west coast. If you are in or around SF, Oakland, Portland, Seattle or Tacoma and like shit music come on out! We would love to see your ugly mugs and we need help carrying our gear in. Please spread the word! Let's boogie!

love is in the air..

Jeremiah's having his 3 year anniversary party at his new shop and along with everybody else going he's also got some guest's coming from all over the planet. Sounds like its gonna be a blast.

Love Cycles

bro.

Michael Schmidt's got a nice photo recap of 2011 through his eyes, check it out.

The World Is Flat

happy birthday kook..

I was introduced to Nick a while ago when he was screen printing some stuff for my buddy Brandon. I think we hit it off simply because we both had such low self-esteem. Maybe I was thinking two negatives combining would cancel each other out or something. Whatever it was, he ended up becoming one of my best pals. He kind of pushed me to start this ATR thing a while ago as my little solo deal but I realized it needed that back and forth thing that he brings. He hates everything I like so it was perfect that he joined in. We are our own worst critics, I shut him down on every stupid idea he has and vice versa. It's pretty funny how often we are at each others throats really but it all just comes down to wanting the best for one another.

Well, my plan in writing all this was to just rip him a new asshole but it's turning out to be a little mushy so I'll stop, besides I don't want to waste all my ammo for 2012.