Customer Bike Spotlight: Ronnie's 1971 BSA A65L Bobber

Ronnie for Oregon sent in a couple shots of this clean BSA bobber, keep 'em coming guys we love to see what you are building!

"I have attached another picture of my BSA bobber above. I rebuilt this myself including splitting the case and rebuilding the engine. I have used Lowbrow accessories like the handle bars, duo lamp tail light, seat brackets etc….

Thank you for the help and great customer service.

Ronnie"

Todd's Garage Vol. 1

Todd works at Lowbrow. He answers tech questions on the phone all day, among other things, like imparting motorcycle wrenching knowledge onto us. He is immersed in motorcycles all day, and then leaves and goes home.. to work on motorcycles. Here are a couple photos I liked, the bike above is Todd's latest project, a 1969 Triumph TR6 sporting a David Bird hardtail; he just dropped the motor in this evening. I love it already.

And here is a photo of his workbench, with several of the motors he just finished building (the two pre unit motors on the right are mine, stoked!). Todd uses a unit motor as a step stool in his kitchen and the oil tank off a T100RR as an ash tray, and when he broke his femur he had a connecting rod driven into it the marrow; he is more machine than man. OK, the last sentence was total BS but the rest is true.

The Hood Bush BBQ! July 28th, Milwaukee, WI.

That's right, another Midwest show this summer, and as the flyer says it's a Dirty Bike Show! I am going to try and make it out for this one to see my bro Nick from the Haints and celebrate the dirty bastard's Birthday! I am sure they will be bringing a bit of 'Bama up north with them!-Kyle

Customer Bike Spotlight: Chuck's 750 Triumph Drag Bike

Check out Chuck's 79 750 drag bike build! You guys may know that Tyler and I are very into drag and Land Speed bikes, and so are a lot of our customers it seems! We hope to see this in person down in Wilmington this summer!  -Kyle

"I’m 64 and for more than 44 years I’d been watching/reading about drag bikes and had never been to a drag bike event. Sometime in the fall of 2011 I started talking with Wayne Skinner about Vintage Racing and shortly after decided to build a bike. I’ve owned at least one Triumph since 1970 and decided it would be a Triumph 750 powered drag bike since I knew Triumphs pretty well.

I started with the Rothwell frame and a disassembled  engine from Fayette county that looked decent. After I split the cases I found that it wasn’t decent at all. A rod had broken ( I think) at the small end and damaged both cam journals/bushings on the primary side. No one wanted to repair it for me so I bought a pair of 79 cases off EBay and built up the engine using both 72 and 79 components. So far, so good. First start-up is within a couple weeks. 

The rest of the bike went together pretty well with the usual hiccups associated with homeowner built bikes. I’ve been advised to put wheelie bars on it for safety’s sake so they’re coming from Pingel. I think the bike is too heavy to be a serious competitor especially with my 190 lbs sitting on it. Couple the weight with the fact I’ve never drag raced anything and I may have spent a lot of money on a slow bike with an amateur rider on board. Initially I just want to make a few safe passes with it and not kill myself or tear up the bike. I’ll worry about world records later.

With a different rear tire and taller gearing it might make a decent LSR bike at Wilmington. Hope to run one of those events this summer. Thanks for the interest in my bike and also all of the great Lowbrow parts. I have two other Triumphs, both 650’s, and both have numerous Lowbrow parts installed.

Chuck, Marysville, Ohio"

The Drunk Tank.. Nicotine, Gasoline & Alcohol

This here is a custom tank heavily modified by High Test Speed and painted by Scott at Chemical Candy (formerly known as Backstreet Buckets). This started life as one of our Frisco Sporty tanks, which we are out of at the moment, but a big load of tanks coming in hopefully in the next week! Check out Scott's blog for more swanky paint work.

Two Wheel Round Up: Tremont OH June 7th

Thanks to Will Stoner for shooting this over to us, it sounds like a cool local event!

Bonnie Flinner, fellow motorcycle rider and owner of the Prosperity Social Club,1109 Starkweather in Tremont is hosting what she and I hope becomes the first of their regular “Two Wheel Round UP nights at the PSC on Thursday, JUNE 7, 2012 6-9 PM. See attached flier. The menu will feature their fabulous $10 steak dinner as well as their full menu and drink selections. Believe me, the food is fabulous! Additionally, stepping into the place is like entering a 1940’s Cleveland workingman’s tavern. http://www.prosperitysocialclub.com/ To top off the evening, Ryann Anderson will be playing on the patio.

The event is open to all motorcyclists, but the focus is on Café Racers, vintage Brit, Euro and Japanese bikes, scooters, antique American machines and modern European bikes.

Customer Bike Spotlight: Rich's '74 XS650 Chopper

"It ended up being a father son project. My dad had lots of tools and a realy nice bike lift I didn’t have to go buy, so I asked him if he wanted to help out and it kinda took on a life of its own. Basically its all new bike... Besides the obvious chopping it in half  we completely rebuilt the motor, forks, brake calipers, master cylinders. Installed a new clutch, the old one was floating around in the oil... all new bearings. 

I also sandblasted almost everything on the bike and polished all the original aluminum, wheels, tappet covers, brake calipers, forks, etc . Installed new carbs , had to radius and bob the rear fender (your DIY write up was most helpful). Fabricated all the brackets, and sissy bar. Wired it with all new charging and ignition system. Then I picked out the colors and dad and sprayed it, he has been doing custom paint since the 70's so I figured who better.

Funny side story I kept kicking around color ideas and couldn’t settle on one, but had added a Lowbrow Weirdo t-shirt to an order I had just got and kept looking at it thinking black and green hmm... and so I ended up with what you see in the photos. I'd list all the parts i got from you guys but somewhere around 1/3 of your catalog bout covers it. Anyways just wanted to say thanks it wouldn’t have happened without y’all. Oh yea I am currently looking for the next project bike, I'm hooked !"

This Saturday....The Dixie Roundup!

That's right....finally it is time. The Dixie Roundup 2 is THIS Saturday in Vandiver AL. Larry and crew over at Garage Co Customs have set this event up, and it's gonna be a good one! Free camping Friday and Saturday nights, bikes, and I am sure a heaping helping of crazy times. Saturday morning there is also a group ride to Barber Motorsports museum and a guided tour sponsored by Biltwell. We hope to see you all there! More details HERE!

Customer Bike Spotlight: Kevin's Copacetic Triumph

"Hey! My name is Kevin Hawk I'm from Pensacola, Florida and this is my 1972 Triumph Bonneville. The engine was built by D and D Cycles here in Pensacola and the tank was painted by Fred @ Fulton Paint Works. A large portion of the parts on this bike was purchased from Lowbrow Customs like oil tank, battery box, stock headers, bung kit, rocker oil feed and inspection caps and seat just to name a few. I also decided to run a disc on the front but I couldn't stand those massive HD touring style hand controls with master cylinder that was the the size of a shoe box so I bought a set of  those tasty KustomTech polished hand controls. They work great and they are the perfect solution to handle bar clutter.  It was fun to build and a blast to ride!  I cant wait to start another build"

Just Kickers Bike Camp Out & Ride Davis, Oklahoma April 27 - 29 2012

The Just Kickers bike show, camp & ride is happening April 27th - 29th, 2012 at Washita Hideaway in Davis, Oklahoma! Get your bike dialed and be there. Stay in the know via the Just Kickers blog or Facebook event page.