Inspiration is what you are to me

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you...


Led Zepplin Thank you
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Led Zeppelin~ Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
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To all. I love what I do and want to thank you for coming around to look at my blog, website and biker book page on facebook. It's an honor for me to have your enthusiasm, support and encouragement. Each of my pages has taken on a vital life of their own, because of you. Inspiration is what you are to me. ~June



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Listen to Ballad of Easy Rider by The Byrds

Dennis Hopper

George Hanson (Jack Nicholson) with Wyatt (Peter Fonda)

Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late sixties. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998.  Read More about Easy Rider

1969 Easy Rider Harley Replica in Alabama Barber Motorsports Museum

Easy Rider -- 1969 -- Watch Full Length Movie Here

Easy Rider -- 1969 -- Watch Full Length Movie

I've posted this full length movie in three sizes in case you want to watch it on different size viewing screens. NOTE: If you watch this movie from browser; Internet Explorer then the video is on top of the text. If you it with FireFox; then the video is on the bottom of the text.








Listen to The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider
and
Read More about Easy Rider-
Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda & Terry Southern

How To Draw a Harley-Davidson V-ROD with Pencil

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SKULL airbrushing techniques

Skull Painting/Ultimate Airbrush 5-DVD Training Set here

Skull Stencils here

 

Excerpts from the blog of Jack Shit

I am the Real JackShit and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

I have been a writer since knee high to the priest who molested me.

I am a Comedian, Emcee, Ordained Minister and a Roaster.

I love Choppers old and new and absolutely cherish friendship.

If you are already a friend you know this if not maybe one day you will. 

I had changed what I looked like on the outside but nothing about me had changed.  I was still the very same person on the inside.  Boy oh boy did it all change after the haircut and leaving the life.  Strangers would smile at me walking past, old ladies wouldn't clutch their purses as I passed, people stopped trying to run me off the road while on my bike and the biggest thing, no one tried to kill me anymore!  All this changed because I cut my hair and trimmed my beard?  Is the world that screwed up?  For the first year, I spoke to barely a soul.  I stopped attending toy runs, charity events or anything else for that matter.  I just slipped away.  Over time I found that there was a great big hole in my soul.  I wasn't sure ...  Read More

One of the 50/50's, the big one, was won by a woman named Michelle and she promptly returned all of her winnings, there's another 500 bucks for the kids! I don't know in the end what was raised for these boys and it's really none of our business. I know that not only were they left a bit more financially secure, but they got to see the love, the honor and respect that people had for their dad! Kenny did a lot of bad things, made some mistakes, hell, we all do. But more importantly he did so many more GOOD THINGS.... Read More

Motorcycle events in general have changed so very much in the last few years that some are barely recognizable as such.  Not Choppertown!  This is the shit, the real deal, strap what you can on your bike because you don't need any more kind of party on the side of a mountain in Arizona.   Read More

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Mz Jai Motorcycle Model

I am a Motorcycle Model. I am fun to work with and always professional. I am available for Photo shoots, Promos and Rallies. Please contact me at ModelMzJai@aim.com Thanks!

my links:
Professional Page On Facebook Jaison Nicole
Website (under construction) Mz Jai

Paul Mondor - Iceman - Video & Books - Tour Guide - Frozen Butt Tour

ICEMAN Motorcycle Tour Co.  Tour Introduction
For someone who has always wanted to go on a trip but did not want to waste precious moments of his (or her) short vacation by ending up on a bad road or a place that is not really fun to be at, I have the solution.  Maybe you want to be introduced to riders with similar interests and trip schedules?  You can look at it as a motorcycle travel agency  -- or ICEMAN Motorcycle Travel Co. as we call it.

Sample Summer Tour:
North West Tour

Expected Departure:

From Victoria. Date TBA.

Distance:

13,000 kms (8000 miles) approximately. Backroads.

Duration:

3 weeks.

Accommodation:

Motels all the way in Mom and Pop style (mostly) that are motorcycle friendly.

Meals:

Just down right decadent local cuisine and local restaurants.

Average daily miles:

400-600 miles.

Locales:

Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, BC.

How many people:

Depends!

Backups:

Nope just us.

Notes:

Bike wash every day!

Cost:

$1500.00 - $2000.00/rider. This pays for Paul's guiding services only, plus regular campsite fees.

Two wheels through Winter

Iceman vs. Labrador

These books are not about me. They are about us, motorcyclists, adventurers, risk takers, life grabbers, and all others in between. I hope you will see yourself in them or someone you know. Living these trips has been incredible and surviving them, life altering experiences. But slowly reliving them as I put them on paper has been.... Well-you will see!!

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Harley-Davidson Model E - 1936

So William S. Harley, the founding engineer, knew what he was doing when he proposed a new engine design. 

There would be two major changes.  The first involved the lubrication system.  Until that time, most motorcycles had used what's called total loss oiling.  The term misleads.  The oil isn't lost.  Instead, there's a supply of oil in a separate tank.  A pump, hand or mechanical, delivers oil to the crankcase.  Only a few ounces are needed to keep the metal surfaces cool and slick and the pump supplies fresh oil at the same rate it's used, whether burned or leaked away.  Not a bad system when engines run slowly and the pump (or the rider) gets the delivery rate right.  But that didn't happen, so Harley proposed a more modern system, with an engine-driven pump that sent oil to the engine and brought it back to the tank, making sure the engine always had just enough.  Read More...



70th Annual Datona Bike Week: March 4-13, 2011

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Arizona Custom Builders Showcase Feb. 18th-20th

Nick Trask Performance

Matt Risley MRI Customs

Paul Yaffe's Originals

Jim Nasi Customs

Brigitte Bourget Bike Works



John Shope Sinister Industries

Arizona's Custom Builders will be set up all day to showcase thier newest creations! 

 Kick-Off Party, Live Music, Vendors, Giveaways & much more!

 Hideaway Grill Website

Cave Creek, AZ

ANCIENT RUINS written by ~ Neil Cotter

A long time ago, far away from where we are
we fought a battle for our lives in the shadow of stone mountains
Swinging, cursing, crying, screaming
All the sounds of war about us
when the sun rose we were but two
standing among the ruins not of what we were but of what we are
looking for the next fight
among the ruins

That's a photo of myself and my buddy Ruben Carril. We met on a forum for people who had been traumatically injured. We both got wacked on bikes so we hit it off right away. He lived in Cali and I lived in NJ but the bikes were the thing we had in common. Ruben was sideswiped by a car in traffic and forced UNDER the back wheels of a full gravel truck. He and the bike went up in flames and he was crushed from the pelvis down. After dozens of operations he finally had to concede his left leg was never going to be healthy again and he had to have it amputated above the hip essentially squashing any plans he may have ever had to ride again. His wife tried to take the home he owned before they were married. The people he had working for him in his business tried to take that from him also. They never caught the driver of the car that hit him and the truck driver was NOT held liable so Ruben was stuck with over a million dollars of medical debt, on top of everything else. He never blinked. He went to war with his now ex-wife, his employees and even the state of California in court and won! He got to keep his house, his employees had to pay him for the business and the State of California absorbed his medical bills. He met a girl on the internet from London. They started talking and hit it off right away. After a couple weeks she flew to Cali to meet Ruben. That was all it took. Ruben liquidated all his assets and moved to London. He said he was grateful for everything he still had but he still missed riding and didn't see how he would ever be able to do it again. (He was actually missing his left butt cheek so there was no way he could even sit on a bike or even a trike without sliding off the seat.) Until, I found this one contraption that was like half car, half bike! It had a bucket seat like a car but handlebars and an automatic transmission that made riding the thing possible for him. I sent him a pic of the thing just trying to get his spirit up and boy did he run with it. By the following week he had found a place in South Gate that rented them and had made some plans to ride with a guy who had a Harley. I told him, “If you can ride that thing, I’ll fly to London and we’ll go for a ride” He called me the following Monday and said “pack a bag cause we’re riding!” True to my word, I got on a plane, flew to London and we went for a ride to Stone Henge. I had a buddy who sold T-shirts here in the states who gave me the t-shirts you see in the photo at the top.

Ruben Carril in London

Not much sympathy here

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Living the Life

 

 For years I have been encouraged to compile a book of these images. I hesitated pursuing a book because I did not want to explain, or analyze my photos. The thrust of this book is a collection of my biker photography accompanied by compatible Sorez s biker poems. Living the Life is a personal view of a biker's existence. Allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions from the material presented. It is not my intention to stereotype the folks in my photographs. This is because all bikers are not alike, but share the same contempt for being categorized.  The photography in this book is editorial in nature. Everyone in this book was photographed with their knowledge, and permission. It spans over 30 years of traveling with hard core bikers. I would like to thank everyone who is featured in this book for their part in preserving our history.

Long May You Ride, Doug Barber AKA Q-Ball

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