On our way back from Born Free last year, we made a number of stops at some long forgotten holes in the wall. This one in particular sticks out. We made a few calls while traveling through Texas. A lot of the bike junkyards had long since closed but one guy gave us a lead on someone. He said “yeah, call Dan… He’s got an old grocery store full of stuff.” Low and behold, He truly did have a grocery store full of parts. We met up with Dan and his buddy Mustang. After they sniffed us out to make sure we weren’t trouble, they let us dig through anything and everything. Jordan scored big. Old pan trans case among some other stuff. I just grabbed whatever looked shinny. The whole time, Dan is sitting out front on a lawn chair pick ticks off his dog. It was surreal. It crazy to remember that we went from standing in the middle of Born Free 3 to a grocery store in Texas full of HD parts in less than 24 hours. There is a second half of this story better left untold for now but… I realized this morning as I glanced at some of the parts I got from Dan, that I never posted any of the pics. Enjoy.
Well, I finally got around to posting a few items in the store last night. I mainly posted some good stuff but I do still have tons of misc odds and ends crap for your chopper project too. Here’s a quick list of some of the random stuff I can pull out of a box and sell you if you need it. Wheels, Drag tires, Bars, front ends, Oil pumps, Helmets, Shirts, Vintage HD leather, Cables, Flywheel, Tanks, Fenders, Primaries, Heads, Pistons, carbs, Headlights, Oil Tanks, whatever. Just email me and Ill follow up with price and availability. Over and Out.
Got turned on to HopperMag through Zac over at Heavy. From there – I found this great article about Tom Hayashi and Junk Motor in Japan. This dude is a cool, calm collector of fine HD artifacts. He quietly pedals his stuff over the internet and hangs out in a tiny little bedroom of a shop. Seriously, this dudes spread looks like a super secret clubhouse. Anyway, there’s a really cool video worth checking out. I talked to the guys at HopperMag to see if they’d open up the Vimeo for sharing but for sake of article continuity, you gotta go check ’em out to get the whole story. The Hopper Mag gang is doing some really cool treasure hunting. They’re actually getting off there asses and going out to capture the scene first hand. Expect big things from them.
Proceed with the following commercial carefully. Do not be fooled. This is NOT brought to you by the dudes who did Harbortown or Choppertown. This is brought to you disguised as one of those documentaries.
Why didnt I think of hanging my signals under my bars and mounting a solo seat?… Oh wait – signals look stupid and I made my own seat. I like to think that my chopper and bobber enthusiasm ultimately has nothing to do with Harley Davidson. Yet – here comes HD trying to steal my thunder. Aint that some bullshit.
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