Saturday, December 4, 2010

A foretaste of a feast to come.

The project is a Titan Sidewinder that was in an accident.

The frame was sent out and professionally straightened and re-welded. This gave the owner a good excuse for a completly new custom paint job. That post will come in the future.
For now, let's focus on th frame.

I started by sanding and feathering all the edges from grinding and welding.

I used body filler to smooth out the welds in the obvious areas.

I plugged and masked off any holes, so primer, paint and clear coat wont fill in threads etc.
Everything was sanded, feathered out, and scuffed for tooth (adhesion).

The frame was then primed.
Then the primer was all sanded smooth as a baby's bottom.
(Notice my shop helpers)
There was 2 cats out here too, but the second ran back into the house before I could snap off a picture.
Straining the paint after the frame was blown off, wax and grease removed, and tack clothed.
Spraying the basecoat
Base coat applied
Clearcoat applied
Bright and shiny. Close up showing how nice smoothed out welds look.
Hard to see the paint overspray in my Beam & Coke.
Now that's just extra flavor for a High Life Man.

Can't ride. Too much snow. Got some new ink though.

Some pain in the form of ink helps ease one's mind from the pain of not being able to ride.

The bike is also finally in getting some engine work done. I WILL NOT WAIT to ride in the springtime because of mechanical issues. That Damn top end knock is finally getting serviced.

Anyway; here are a couple of tattoo redos, and a new one to boot.

The Old Spider and BLOB Web.


The new Spider and Cob web


The new HD tattoo I just got



The new HD tattoo I just got made even better



The kids



Thursday, November 18, 2010

Straight from the gutter

I captured a picture of this road sign while on my travels. I've driven by it many times. It's on my way to and from the corporate office and training center that I am required to travel to sometimes several times a year for business. It's a long drive. The mind plays tricks. Then again with or without many miles under my belt, and road hypnotism setting in, my mind naturally gravitates to the weird, twisted, or demented, and yes, usually straight to the gutter.

So here's the sign.
Before you scroll down past the first picture. Think about this one.
What words pop into your head?
Then scroll down to see what I see.


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Notice the exit number as well.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Corey Miller


Corey Miller is a famous tattoo artist.

He is the owner of Six Feet Under tattoo shop, and currently on LA Ink as an ex-employee of Kat Von D's High Voltage Tattoo, and is working for Craig Jackman at American Electric.


Corey Miller's talent is friggin mind blowing. I love Tats, and I really love his artwork.


BTW. Corey rides a Custom. How fitting.