BE A PART OF STOPPING THE CULTURE ROBBER BARONS

EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT GOING ON WITH OCC 'S PAULY JR. STEALING A PIC OF A FALCON BIKE AND PRESENTING IT AS PAUL JR.'S OWN. WHATS EVEN WORSE IS HIM MODELING IT AS WELL. HE CAN'T REALLY CLAIM INNOCENCE.IF "WE" STICK TOGETHER MAYBE WE CAN STOP THE INEVITABLE THIEVING OF OUR HARD WORK AND CREATIVITY BY THE FUCKIN LAMES,WE GOTTA SHINE THESE FUCKERS OFF!!1

IT;S GETTIN QUIET IN HERE

PREPARATIONS FOR THE RIDING SEASON (WE'RE IN MINNESOTA FOR CHRISTS SAKE) ARE COMING. NO MATTER HOW YOU PREPARE IT COMES DOWN TO A FRANTIC SCRAMBLE. SOME REAL GOOD THINGS ARE COMING. SOMEHOW THEY ALL SEEM TO COME AT ONCE. DOING THE BLOG THING,PICS AND ART, YOU WONDER,WTF IS ALL THIS ABOUT.... WELL I THINK I FIGURED OUT WHATS MISSING. RIDING YER FUCKING BIKE!!

THE COUNT DOWN HAS BEGUN

SOON THE MID-WEST SHALL THAW OUT,AND UPON THOSE DAYS, OUR MACHINES OF FREEDOM WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF THE SUN AND FEEL THE FERTILE CONCRETE OF WHICH UPON DREAMS ARE REALIZED AND THE WEAK ARE WEEDED OUT. LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT...AMERICA!!

LETS GO MOTORING..

THIS IS A RIDE WHERE YOU DON A ASCOT,RIDING HAT,GOGGLES AND GO ENJOY THE COUNTRY SIDE. WITH FOXES AND DUDE'S RIDING HORSES AND SHIT BESIDE YOU.

I KNOW THERE AIN'T BEEN MUCH RIDING GOIN ON HERE.

BELIEVE ME. IT'S KILL'IN ALL OF US SLOWLY. THE MID-WEST IS BURIED IN A BLANKET OF SORROW. BUT HEY,OUR SPRING-SUMMERS AND FALL CAN NOT BE BEAT,LIKE ZERO HUMIDITY. THE AIR-COOLED MOTORS LOVE THAT SHIT. MEANWHILE WE ARE FORCED TO LIVE LIKE NORDIC VIKINGS PRAYING FOR A PAGAN SUN TO COME MELT AWAY THE SORROW. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT....

DECEMBER 1ST!!!

RODE MY BIKE TODAY FOR THE LAST TIME THIS WINTER. YEA 40degrees MIGHT BE COLD FER SOME,BUT IN THE FROZEN NORTH IT AIN'T NOTHIN!! I USUALLY TAKE IT BACK OUT APRIL 1ST OF EVERY YEAR. SO I GOT ABOUT 5 MONTHS TO FIX,BREAK,FIX SHIT. I'M ONLY REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE MECHANICAL THINGS AND DON'T CARE ABOUT BRIGHT AND SHINY. HAD A GREAT YEAR WITH THE SHOVEL,GATOR REBUILT THE TOP END AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND IT RAN AND HELD UP GREAT! AND I RIDE EVERYDAY,IT'S NOT A RECREATIONAL TOY,IT'S MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION BESIDES THE CITY BUS. SO MOST OF THE BUGS ARE OUT AND I'M REALLY GETTIN TO KNOW THIS BIKE,AND I LIKE IT.

MOTORCYCLES.. LETS HEAR YER STORY.

I'VE SEEN BIKES SAVE PEOPLES LIVES,AND I'VE SEEN THEM WREAK PEOPLES LIVES (USUALLY IN A GOOD WAY). WHEN SOMEONE DROPS OFF THE SCENE FOR A MORE GENTLE AND SAFE LIFE OF SHOPPING AT BED,BATH AND BEYOND. IT REALLY BUMS ME OUT. IT DON'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE,THE MOTORCYCLE LIFESTYLE WILL LAST YOU A LIFE TIME. I USED TO BE A HARDCORE SKATER,IF SOMEONE WAS A PUSSY,I CALLED THEM OUT. POSERS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BUM MY TRIP,OR KNOW OF THE PASSION I HAD TOWARDS THE SKATER LIFESTYLE (THIS WAS IN THE 80'S MAN,WAY UNDERGROUND) I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT MOTORCYCLES/CHOPPERS. AND I FEEL BLESSED THAT ALL THIS IS IN MY LIFE,IT HAS SAVED ME.

I DON"T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS....

WHEN I FIRST REALLY GOT INTO CHOPPERS,I HAD TO DIG DEEP. WHEN I FIRST SAW A CHOPPER AS A KID I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW IT WAS DONE AND IT WAS UNOBTAINABLE. LATER IN 93 I STARTED TO DIG,I REMEMBER WHEN -IRON HORSE- WAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE,I WOULD READ THEM COVER TO COVER, IN RICHMOND VA I WAS ALONE ON THE CHOPPER THING,NO OTHER PEOPLE FROM MY GENERATION WERE INTO IT. I BOUGHT PAUGHO SPRINGER'S FOR 50 BUCKS,RIGID FRAMES FOR 75 BUCKS,COFFIN TAIL LITES FROM 2 BUCKS TO TEN BUCKS AND MUCH MORE. THESE FOLKS I WAS BUYING FROM HAD THIS SHIT FOREVER AND THOUGHT I WAS A RETARD EVEN WANTING THIS STUFF. WHEN PSYCO CHOPPERS SHOWED UP I KNEW THE CHANGE WAS COMING. REMEMBER ROGER MERITS BIKE? STEG,INDIAN LARRY,FRITZ?,PUNK ROCK.. NEW YORK HAD IT GOIN ON. AND OF COURSE JASON JESSEE MADE WAY FOR SKATERS. ANYWAY...DO WE REALLY WANT CHOPPERS TO BE THAT ACCESSIBLE,DO WE WANNA JUST GIVE IT AWAY? I'M SURE THIS IS A CYCLE AND PROBABLY HAPPENED IN THE MID-LATE 70'S. I DON'T WANNA FEEL SAFE, GIMMIE DANGER. KEEP IT UNDER GROUND,KEEP IT SCARY...

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTO'S. NEVER GETS OLD.

I DON'T POST ON THE JOURNAL... LET ME REPLY HERE, NO MID'S AREN'T UNCOMFORTABLE, I CAN REST MY ELBOW ON MY KNEE AND LOOK LIKE "THE THINKER". I HAVE DONE "THE THINKER" FOR MANY MILE'S AND COULD FALL ASLEEP IF I WANTED,THAT'S COMFORT. NOT TO MENTION THEY ARE MADE FOR CITY RIDING AND VERY MANEUVERABLE. PLUS YOU GET THE EXTRA "KNEE'S IN THE BREEZE". MIDS FOREVER-FOREVER MIDS