my big ticket item

here is what i got from the inlaws for christmas...a sweet folding motorcycle ramp...i've been borrowing a ramp from my father in law pretty regularly this last year...i really hope my 650 never sets tire on this thing...only other peoples bikes and new project bikes

Two Wheeled Freedom Machine co.

brady from TWFMco. has asked me to start contributing to his blog...we firgured 1 blog updated updated every-so-often was better than several blogs updated almost never...

therefore, this blog will turn into a less motorcycle related blog, i guess...so here are some hightlights from pictures i downloaded from my cell phonemy little 3 eyed monstermerry christmas to me, thanks bradlitodo you see it?...really bummed me outwe took my buddy keaton snowboarding a week before his wedding...he broke his collar bone

neon sign says "sanitary bathrooms"

my brother made another videoOld Shred Guys Video #1

bradlito is the one doing all the good tricks...i'm in the black and white jacket doing pow turns

tiny pic take 2

why is this picture so tiny?

dragging my peg up the canyon a few weekends ago...not sure why the pic is so small, what can i say, no a professional blogger...its taken from a video my brother took, no edit coming soon...its snowboard season and he has switched gears...i would too if i could ride like him

"title"...

here is a picture a while back at bradys (www.twfmco.blogspot.com) jays kz400 was in there and i grabbed the rear fender and set it on my bike...i think i'm liking it...what do you think?

this is a fun photo from our last visit to shriners hospital...my little man had to get fitted for a new wheelchair...they had a couple sitting around, so i borrowed one and he and i got to cruise the halls a bit...his new chair is going to be black metalflake and we're gonna take it to get pin-striped

xs650 love

bumming i sold the extra xs650...would have been a beauty...cash went to a good cause though

bumming that i sold the extra xs650...would have been a beauty...cash went to a good cause though

whorely davidson

5-0 foot peg grinds

guess i should start taking my turns a little wider...it sure feels cool though

and bradlito, YOU rotate the pics, too much effort on my part

slims fab trike

shesh, i love this thing!...i don't know why exactly, i just think it is super cool... http://slimsfab.blogspot.com/ i think that everything i've seen that he has made, i've loved

How To: fix your model a tail light the cheap redneck way

so as my last post mentioned my light rattled loose and i lost 2 screws and the lense...with motomonday on the way, i didn't have time to order a new lense add to that the fact that i'm over spending money on this bike, and this is what you get... first find a red disposable plate in your wifes pantry, and use the gasket thingy to trace your "light"...then cut it out

take the screws out of a light switch, preferably somewhere the Mrs. won't notice

try the screws from the light switch, realize that they don't fit, say screw it, grab packaging and to justify it-tell yourself "hey tape won't rattle of, this is a good idea"

then go inside to put the kids to bed and have your boy throw up all over you, even on your chin fuzz, but not actually in your mouth cause that would be sick

i'm starting to think that all my bikes should have the word "redneck" in their name...last one was the "redneck racer"...maybe this should be should be the "redneck roadster"..."redneck rally-er" "redneck roamer"... ???

1st dirty south sunday (on friday)

here are some shots, from my camera phone, the only 3 shots i took....we met at bradys, replaced some bolts and things on my bike that had rattled off...and put a new headlight on my bike also...my old one kept shorting out and was called in to question about sucking too much juice and since i broke the glass on it a few weeks back, i decided to give up on it...oh yeah and to replace it would be at least 100 bucks...then on the way back to the shop my lense from my tail light rattled off, luckily the cover and rubber gasket thing were hanging on by one screw that was only half way rattled loose

oh yeah, so we met at bradys, then to model A cafe which was packed, left there to jeff deckers little restaurant and then back to bradys...we even loaded up my bike and i got to bring it home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just. For. Fun. my brothers new video

what the?

stupid blogger...i go to do my morning check up on you peoples updates and my dashboard tells me i'm not following any blogs...lame

potty mouth

i have a bike that runs, but its not a running bike...yet another summer has past without it running...it really makes me sick...put it up on ksl to try get lucky and trade it for a sporty

jared the welder,etc

so i realized today that my nickname for jared was too limiting, hes more than a welder...therefore as of today his new name "jared the welder,etc..." at first i was thinking of calling him "baby jesus..." but ol' dirty bastard already claimed that one...what was he smoking, oh yeah, nevermind...anyways, back to jared the welder, etc..., he let me use a plasma cutter today and also showed me a bunch of other cool tools that i've never seen in person, just on t.v, going to waste on OCCif you don't know what this machine is, you can ask jared the welder,etc he'll tell you and make you feel stupid for not knowing bradys butt, i mean another shot of that one machine

this is my plasma cutting skills, i have the steady hand of a smoker...i made a heart for my wife (which i forgot to bring home)...and then thought i'd try some lettering...shoulda make it say "i heart TWFMco."

wouldn't it be nice

mini bike action from VA

momentus day for the pt

here we go again, again, again...

i do have a picture of it broke down, but i was too pissed to think of using the flash...and its not worth taking the time to load it to the computer...it broke down after riding it for about 3 hours, totally thought i was good to go, then a few miles from home and after a fresh gas up, @#%$@^^%$...couple days later i thought i had it fixed, venting issue, then it died just as i was leaving my neighborhood, at least i could walk it home and not have to get the truck...but that still wasn't enough to keep me from throwing my helmet at it, denting the tank twice and cracking my helmet, and kicking some crap in the garage...it was like my old hockey temper skateboarding days...so i did some figuring real quick and found i have, AT LEAST, $3,625 into it...if someone were to actually offer me that for this POS, it would be theirs... ...i'm thinking of repainting my tank to look like a lemon...

alternator is in

got to this abour 7pm yesterday...went pretty quick (that is nothing happen that made me throw a hissy fit)...had to take of exhaust, the foot pegs and it seemslike another thing or two, in order to get to the alternator...anyways, it kicked over like 4th try, i remembered to turn the gas on with the 2 or 3rd kick and even pulled the choke...rode down the rode and back and she stayed on...(sure was dark though, gotta get my headlight pointed at the ground more)...battery wasn't even on the charger for the last few days...so hopefully that means i'm good...gonna give it a test ride after work today with skater jay and bradlito

if my bike behaves over the next little while, i'd really like to do a ride somewheres, camp a night or something...just go out and be dudes

has this guy even read the bible?

44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. matthew 5

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows GodWhoever does not love does not know God, for God is love1 john 4:7-8

some of jays pics from vintage gp ride

surfs up

brad hall
thumbs up and most of brad hall

cheese

here we go again; again!

not only are my finger gestures evolving for the better, so is my attitude towards the break downs...well i still pitch a major fit and use words not found in the bible...but this time it only lasted for a few hours and not a few days...my wife even agreed that i am getting over it quicker :)...bradys pep talk really helped me get perspective (see comments of previous post)...anyways, my bike died on the way to motomonday, it was going to be my first time on this bike, my brothers first time on a bike and brad halls first one on a bike...and then my bike had to go and ruin things...i think it might be andy pangeas fault...he renamed the bike harpers heartbreaker and so far thats about all shes done...before that it was called "the cardinal" a tribute to my home state of virginia...but that name doesn't really fit with my pretty new tank and the SLC painted on it, another gift from andy...the heartbreaker is going to take on a new meaning soon, breaking hearts of those who don't have a bike with craftmanship from pangea speed and two wheeled freedom machice co. !!!!!! new alternator ordered 20 mins ago, look for us on the streets (and elsewhere) soon, and prepare yer heart

here we go again!

went to pick it up today and it died again...at least i somewhat censored my bird this time...i'm starting to think that chopping up old bikes is not all its cracked up to be...if you're not a mechanic or rich, or if you have other resposibilities other than you bike, then i'd say buy one already done or get a sportster and throw some bolt on stuff on an call it good...another thing is never give your bike a deadline/due date...this bike has seriously had like 15...this bike has me so pissed that my only options are to stick it out untill she is running like a champ or get her running good enough for me to ghost ride her off a cliff...i'm leaning more toward the first option, because for those 20 minutes she was running AMAZING!, thanks to Brady at TwoWheeledFreedomMachineCo.

1st time surfing video

bradlito is on a video making roll!!!...this is me learning to surf on billy johnsons redneck racer

Bonneville Salt Flats video by bradlito

butterfield canyon

borrowed the redneck racer back from my friend billy (the proud new owner) so that i could get some riding in with VA brad hall and my brother bradlito...pic 1 is me learning to surf, pic 2 me and brad hall holding hands...

livin on a prayer-bon jovi

here is my little baby in the hands of brady at two wheeled freedom machine company... so as far as we can tell, my pamco ignition went bad...today is thursday, salt flat social is tomorrow...hoping to get pamco to overnight me an ignition, get out of work early, run to spanish fork install that thing, hope it does the trick and ride this little tease up to the social...if that works, i'll be the one at the social with the huge grin on my face that will not go away...

hey, brady, if i mention two wheeled freedom machine company in 5 consecutive posts on my blog that nobody reads do i get a free two wheeled freedom machine company tshirt?...extra large

soggy cake

this picture is of my shoes soaking wet after getting stuck in the rain storm yesterday...while mother nature was shooting b.b's of rain at my face and soaked clothes plus speeding motorcycle equals very effective air conditioning when its least needed...i kept thinking about that trips some boltsaction guys took and got snowed on the way back to utah...how did they do that?...i'm totally getting the nearest motel if that ever happens to me

this pic is of my boy tearing into chili's molten lava cake after getting 5 shots at the Dr.'s office...i remember my pre-kindergarten shots, my twin brother passed out...he kinda has a history of that :)

pic1+pic2=soggy cake

brad hall/moto monday recap

this is a pic of my buddy brad halls cb750 as some old gas station back home in Virginia...i miss virginia, but i'm finally making some friends out here, that to the bike scene here being so cool...moto monday was last night, and me not being a professional blogger, didn't bring my camera...my brother and jared the welder both made it out...it was my first time actually riding a motorcycle up there...jared and i met up at the southernmost tip of bangerter and i rode the redneck racer down there...thanks for checking the blog

FREEDOM!!!

dropped my bike off at Two Wheeled Freedom Machine Company in spanish fork and i couldn't be more happy...here is the text i got from him after he had the bike for like 24 hrs..."...just wanted to update you on your bike, i've been working on it all day and finally got the fairing from the ultra classic mounted on your xs! Looks freakin sick! I also mounted the hard bags and painted it to match the great dale earnhart number 3! So start growing your mustache, you are going to be a lady ruler on this cycocycle."... i wasn't smart , and forgot to bring my camera when i went by the shop...i was too anxious to run it down there...you all will see me on the road soon!!! (although, i'm having him cross out the number 3 and paint "shake and bake" on there instead.

love-hate

my relationship with my xs is very love hate...here is one pic of me loving it and one pic of me hating it, about 10 mins after my loving it shot...i love riding it, i hate working on it...maybe if i was able to spend as much time riding it as i did working on it or paying to have it worked on...so far my freedom machine has been more like a ball and chain, with me having to work extra to pay for it to get worked on, or spending too long stabbing in the dark (working on it myself) and missing all that time with the fam...grrr, i'm getting super frustrated....but man, those 2 hours it was running was SO fun

pray that i get this thing working right for this coming moto monday...and if that doesn't work, then pray that its ready for the salt flat social...p.s to my wife...i know you would've prefered that i censor my bird, i was just to lazy to get that creative

poor bradlito

my brother complained that i didn't put up a link to his video from our trip to virginia...so here is this http://www.vimeo.com/12541664 and switch to HTML5 player ...but guess what bradlito, you and brad hall are the only people that even read this blog...maybe the trhee of us should team up and do a blog together...whatever, i am at work, better get back to it...

wiring weekend

got the garage all set up to get busy on wiring the bike up this weekend... nick the number one neighbor is helping me...super anxious about getting this done...everyday this bike is not running, i go a little bit more insane....3 posts in one week...what!

ghostbusters hotwheels...jealous?