Saints & Sinners

Spend yesterdays afternoon in Church!

Looking at Kustom art that is :-)
You need to go, the Saints & Sinners artshow in Geldrop (NL). Its open until  22nd April.
Some pics I ripped from the Facebook site ;)

and ACTION!

Sorted through some of the picks I took of the fotoshoot last Saturday.
Floris Velthuis "the man" in action, look what equipment he is carrying with him ;)
Have a look at his blog for some more of his Artwork.

Floris Velthuis blog

S&S fotoshoot, sneak preview!

Just to satisfy your curiosity ;)
1 pick, out of at least 500, gheghe...

motto, in ya face!

Another great job done by Incastienen

Dampers are back, oohh yeah!

Unlike I posted some weeks ago I decided to ship the leaking dampers to the manufacturer in France. Some specific spare parts were not freely attainable. The boys from Fournales did a fine job repairing them, they even exchanged the cosmetic bits. This on dampers that are 10 years old.
I know what I am doing tonight........back into the workshop :-)

Alu welding, test project!

This project has nothing to do with my bike building, or...... does it?
We got ourselves a different car and as a result the dog cage didn't fit anymore. mmmm...

I will build a new one from aluminium :-) great opportunity to practice my alu welding. Had some 3mm alu sheet cut into the right shapes and started welding and welding and...... almost done

Tattoo removal, The quick fix!

This work was done by Frank Stienen (Incastienen) have a look at some more of his work. http://www.stienen.mijnalbums.nl/

Details, details, have someone stop me!

I had this idea in my mind for a long time now. Today I spend hours in the workshop to get it done.
In short; I made holes and I fitted little stainless bolts. It made the different parts of the bike come together. Me happy :-)

Cool Calendar!

I found this one the web some weeks ago (look here http://www.mitziandco.com/). What a nice bunch of pictures. I'll find a nice spot in the workshop. Only 1 week to go before the new year :-)

Dashboard plate ready!

Look what I just picked up from Rob Wijers.
Based on my basic design drawing, John van Wanroij did the translation to CNC.
Next step is to weld-on the "skirt" and fit the completed dash snugly to the gas tank.

Backpiece, Nice work Marco

In a completely different way some serious artwork is progressing too.
Marco from Skin-a-matic spend a few more hours on Manon's backpiece.
Its coming together nicely. I like it very much....................
That's good news I guess, being married to this walking artwork, haha.

Pinstripe, The last job done!

Tonight the paintjob got its final details.
Incastienen spend some of his valueable time to put his mark.
A long red one to be precise. I am a very happy guy, this finishes of the paintjob perfectly.

Scallops! updated

Another layer of paint, the scallops are there.......

Update: Yeeaaah, all the pieces are done. Cool as fuck......
Keep watching for the next update, more to come....

Colorful start of the paintjob!

Spend an hour with Harold from South East on getting the design finalised.
Minty, minty, I like the color.....and now.......we wait again.

Bigtwin bikeshow... No Swede to be found!

Spend a few hours on the Bigtwin bikeshow in Rosmalen today. After visiting many of these type of shows, things appear to be more and more the same, lacking "new" stuff. That's why I started looking for the smaller things, the details that strike me and stand out.
This time I was struck by a paintjob. No idea who did it, but he/ she deserves a big compliment.

The other thing that I noticed.....No Swede on the show....they must have forgotten about them now everything needs to be oldskool and zero-styled. Opportunity??






nicked this foto from Chopadilics blog :-)
Nice primairy don't you think

Handmade leather seat!

Today I got the word that the seat for my S&S is READY!! It is made by Peer from Perro leatherworks. What a craftsmanship. Me like very much.........