as promised, chopper related post

as you may know by now, while rob and i were in phoenix over new year's we met an assortment of people who varied widely in their respective qualities of character. two guys that we both really dug meeting were pete and kelly (and kelly's ol lady nicole...she's pretty rad too and very good to kelly). here are some pics they sent me the other day of two super clean vintage harley restorations they saw in phoenix the other day and also one of kelly's xs650 chop, which should be on the road within a week:





the owner of the beautiful red knuck even let pete take it around the block! lucky bastard!






















also, rob came over this afternoon and i actually got out to the garage for a couple hours today! granted i didn't do shit but squirm around in my chair trying to get comfortable with this exoskeleton brace on my leg, while rob wrenched and we chatted. the shovel got the replacement rocker shafts that were supposed to be installed two weeks ago, and now i just need to get 3 more cylinder base stud nuts (left with 8 studs and 8 stud nuts, came back with 7 studs and 5 stud nuts...WTF!?) to properly torque everything down before lifting it into the frame and shimmming it just right into the motor cradle. i'll get some good pics of it in the frame, with the intake and carb mounted, and maybe even the exhaust mocked up...stay tuned bastards!

ps-for members: some important emails comin down the pipeline soon, so please read them and respond. thanks!