bastard love from scottsdale, az

here's some pics from kelly and nicole in scottsdale, arizona. they're both very cool and down to earth, and a blast to hangout with. kelly helped out with cleaning the bottom end on my shovel, and nicole provided much needed moral support for kelly and i, haha! here's kelly's vest and nicole sitting on 'gypsy', kelly's beautiful xs650. i'm lookin forward to seeing these two chopper fans again when i go to phoenix for the love cycles chopper show...good people man, real good people.

Check out my sexy lady in new cut!!! She did all the hand stitching herself. . Notice the little pink X stitch pattern. . totally custom gotta love it! Show her some love brothers!!!

In My Cut

Sorry you guyz have seen me posting, with the build stuff, beer reviews, etc... But there is no cute chubby face to put with it! I have an old buddy that gave me the vest from the late 70's so I figured I could do him the service of putting the Zen Bastards logo on her.

and now for the money shot...

a smile only a mother or a bastard could love!

Hey Dudes

So yeah, my name's Mike. I'm Pat's little brother. Thought I would post on here cuz I haven't yet, and say what's up to all of you. I've been following the blog and shit and reading all the emails. I think this is some cool shit we got goin on here, to be honest. Yeah man, I'm not too savvy when it comes to working on motorcycles and shit, but I like to ride and I'm willing to ride pretty much anywhere... I just thought that I might be the youngest member at 21 years young. So yeah, I'm pretty much down to ride anywhere, cuz I love going long distances, camping and would like to see more of America on my bike. Yeah I go to school at the U of M in Minneapolis for graphic design. So if yall want me to draw some shit for like t shirts or web stuff or anything I could give it a go. Keep in mind I am a student, though so I can sometimes get "busy" with homework and stuff... But I will try my best. Oh and Steffan I will manage to come up with something for Zombie one of these days, don't think I forgot man! Haha yeah... I've been in London for about 4 months "studying" abroad, so I was pretty busy running around the city making a mess of things. Now that I'm back to real school in the freezing cold land of Minnesota I am ready to get some shit done. Right...I'll see if I have any pictures of bikes or my bike or something from England to spice this post up a bit...I have some shit on my phone, but it is being a bastard right now and not letting me post pictures from it, or email them to myself to post them on here.

CALLING ALL MEMBERS!

MEMBERS:
If you're wearing a patch, or even if you have a patch sitting around that you STILL haven't managed to get sewed onto anything yet, I need you to show your smiling face by posting up on the blog! Seriously, just put up something letting everybody know what you've been up to, what state your bike is in, what you've been stoked on lately...etc. Also, SHOW US A PIC OF YOU IN YOUR CUT! If you're a Zen Bastard, and you are proud to be a patch holder, LET US SEE YOU ROCK THAT PATCH. Don't be shy, be proud! Sound off with where your head is at lately, and let everybody see how that psychedelic sugarskull is lookin these days!

I'll start it off:

-Y'all know who I am, and most know I'm laid up at the moment from a recent knee surgery.
-My shovelhead is STILL coming along SLOWLY...I was hoping to get stuff done while I'm recuperating, but it looks like most of the work will have to wait until I get healed up.
-Anyone who wants to come down to el paso and lend a wrenching hand (especially if you want to bring a portable mig or tig setup!) is more than welcome!
-I've also been checkin out this site i just found to get ideas for planning the summer meet-up.

Here's some pics...I'll show you mine if you show me yours...



yeah, that evo motor is long gone, and the shovel looks better anyway...the zombie bmx bars from steffan look killer on the redneck engineering springer, too, but you'll have to use your imagination a bit for right now. once the tins show up, i can get all my locations mocked up and bungs welded in, but you get the general idea.




the swelling and bruising has gone down a bit since this pic was taken, and i just got my staples out. still hurts like a sonofabitch, though. if you're curious, they implanted a cadaver meniscus (that's right i have zombie cartilage in my knee!) and sawed through my tibia to realign it with a wedge and bolted it back together with a plate and screws (oh yeah, i got titanium in my bones...race ready edition, lightweight and fully reinforced!)






i've taken the 'm' and 'c' off in solidarity since this was taken(again, not mandatory but would be a respectful gesture to members in tight political areas). i've also added a patch or two on the left front side, but this is what my back looks like...






i'm thinkin of using this for either a neck badge or maybe on the backbone between the seat and the tank. what do you guys think?

"Dirty Sanchez"

did a little mock up with the "FUCKED" frame loop. Thanks to Rob,ill have a nice one soon.
the motor is there,you just cant see it. its invisible to the naked eye.
i believe the front loop was caught in a "line-drag" off the great barrier reef judging by the rust.

Educate yourselves.

Lowside Magazine is doing everyone a service. Go to their site and educate yourselves. Then go to other sites and read more. This shit can't stand.

LOWSIDE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!

Pressing Onward......

The BSA project has been moving forward, weather here has been getting more winter like 0 with wind today, and finally some snow! Had some issues with my welder stop working after about 20 minutes of work!! Got everything replaced, I've gotten about 3 hours in on it and it's running like a charm. I welded in a gusset, changed the light, welded the light bracket in. I'm going to drop the front one more inch. I think I'm getting that late 60's look that I like.

So I need to mount the gas tank, rear fender, brake cable and rear rod, oil lines, gas lines, and wire her up.



I know she isn't everyone's cup of tea but I'm definately digging it.

Enjoy

GET SOME GREASEBAG HISTORY: HOGSLAYER!!

MANDATORY VIEWING: HOGSLAYER

if you even like the idea of going fast on two wheels, you have to see this documentary. if you have ever had the slightest interest in hopping up your own engine, you have to see this movie. if you have ever seen even the faintest hint of beauty in the norton engine design, you have to see this movie. if you are the least bit interested in how drag racing progressed from the early days of simple stroker engines with wide mouth carbs to the modern day science of two-wheeled death rocketry, you have to see this movie.


two guys from a small town in southeast wisconsin took a tiny norton/triumph shop and turned it into the skunkworks lab that created the single most dominant dragbike in motorcycle drag racing history. they innovated countless mechanical advances that not only put their bike way ahead of the competition in performance, but they also made the thing more reliable and consistent than most stocker street bikes. they did it all out of a tiny shop, with no factory sponsorships or secret engineering prototype hook ups. they had help from their friends, did their research, and modified or invented whatever they needed that just didn't exist yet.


john gregory is an evil genius of an engineer whose imagination and talents are beautiful to witness. tom 'tc' christenson is no slouch mechanic either and just happens to be one of the most fearless, focused, and talented drag jockeys to ever twist a wick. these two regular guys from kenosha, wisconsin, showed the world what two regular guys from kenosha could do: anything they set their minds too!

best of all, these guys are still pretty humble and totally down to earth about it all. hell, whenever you're in bearpaws-jason's neck of the woods you can stop by and shoot the shit with tc. if you need anything that makes a british motorcycle run, it's a good bet he's got it in stock at the shop, too. if you're real nice he just might share some of the go fast knowledge that propelled him and hogslayer to dragbike hall of fame status.

just a short jaunt from chicago or milwaukee...have a beer with jason and check out his ever evolving projects, say hi to tc and grab some norton cylinder heads, gawk at hogslayer III--the triple norton engine nitromethane death missile just chillin at tc's shop, then go out for brats and beers and make fun of green bay packers fans on their hd factory-fresh stock streetglide baggers...kenosha's a pretty rad town to swing through if you're a motorhead.

ALL HAIL HOGSLAYER!

GET SOME GREASEBAG HISTORY: HOGSLAYER!!

MANDATORY VIEWING: HOGSLAYER

if you even like the idea of going fast on two wheels, you have to see this documentary. if you have ever had the slightest interest in hopping up your own engine, you have to see this movie. if you have ever seen even the slightest beauty in the norton engine design, you have to see this movie. if you are the least bit interested in how drag racing progressed from simple stroker engines with wide mouth carbs to the modern science of two-wheeled death rocketry, you have to see this movie.


two guys from a small town in southeast wisconsin took a tiny norton/triumph shop and turned it into the skunkworks lab that created the single most dominant dragbike in motorcycle drag racing history. they innovated countless mechanical advances that not only put their bike way ahead of the competition in performance, but they also made the thing more reliable and consistent than most stocker street bikes. they did it all out of a tiny shop, with no factory sponsorships or secret engineering prototype hook ups. they had help from their friends, did their rese

Hope you feel better Pat,get well soon brutha!

i found What Jeremy has been doing to make extra money.

Hey Members! We need your input!

We need your input on the emails Pat has sent out to you guys.
your ideas,etc would be greatly appreciated.
Gracias.

i really need to make myself one of these!

ok, so fab kevin makes some pretty cool stuff, and his quality and forethought of design is as good or better than anyone else out there. i gotta say, though, that when i saw a pic of this on his website...that's when i was seriously impressed with the dude! i've daydreamed of this concept before, but kevin has already pretty much perfected the idea (not for sale, of course). THE ULTIMATE ENGINE STAND! it's stable AND completely mobile. it's the perfect working height when you're seated on a mechanic's rolling stool. it's got all the provisions for actually testing and tuning right there! a mini gas tank for the carb to drink from, an oil tank and plumbing to keep the moving parts happy, a full size battery and electrical connections, room to attach the exhaust system, room to do the timing, room to adjust the pushrods, and best of all a makeshift starter/primary to bump start the engine between adjustments! i REALLY want to make one of these!! (jason i'm surprised you don't have two already with some design improvements of your own, haha)




some tiny things got done on my shovel, less than an hour to get everything torqued down and ready to mount in the frame. here's a side shot of my carb for no good reason, too.




anybody got one of the carb support brackets that come stock with the s&s air cleaners? the bottom mount vertical style won't work because of the old-stf oil line routing. anybody got other slick ideas?

Fuck your beer.

I'm spending my Sunday afternoon, drinking Bloody Mary's (just realized I had all the ingredients by chance...) and planning my next three bike builds all while watching Lil' Wayne videos on tv. Yes I fucking hate Lil' Wayne. But I love choppers and Bloody Mary's so it is all balance in my house right now.