Born Free – take 4

Born Free is a rad show put on by rad people with nothing but good intentions. Its an inevitable who’s-who of chopper aficionados wandering through a sea of lovers, haters and appreciators. Let’s not forget, there’s a bike given away too. How cool is that? As the show approaches, Im thinking more and more about the trip, making new friends and everything else that falls into the spirit of the whole thing. Don’t get me wrong… it would be wild to win a bike but it’s really such tiny part of a much larger plan. The longer Ive known folks like Harpoon, Grant and (locally) my HEAVY neighbors, the more I realize that we’re all one great big Speedmaster spinnin’ down the same highway. Hopefully, I’ll see you all in California.

pic courtesy of MCart.

74″ of Love – part 2

Finally got the bottom end completed. Got that Andrews AB cam spaced out proper. Cone back on. Tappets and hydro lifters cleaned and neatly back in place. New rings on .060 over pistons. Cylinders torqued back down and I even took a minute to set the timing. For now Im shelving the motor and Ill come back to the top end when I have more free time. I’ve got a couple pairs of heads that I need to have blasted before I reassemble so I’ll just save up the extra scratch and service all of them at the same time. This thing is looking real good and should run even better. Much thanks to Gator and Bear on this one. They both really laid some knowledge on me during the entire rebuild. Learning shovels from the best in the biz is a humbling (and equally rad) experience. More from the chopper blog soon.

Where’s Waldo?

This years Born Free sponsor list is HUGE. The logo sheet looks like a damn where’s waldo search. Regardless, it’s nice to see our name listed up there with a lot of super rad folks. Much love from Speed Club.

Freak Show in Minneapolis

So yesterday was a sh*t storm of great bikes, good friends and fine ladies. I’ll post more to the chopper blog soon but I’m recharging today. Here’s an award for the “American” category. I forget dudes name and I have no idea how he planned on getting this thing home but what a rad award! Tattooed Piglet in a Jar. Check out the up close detail! Speed Club Approved

Bearded Lady Motorcycle Show Update

Bearded Lady Motorcycle Show Update: Can’t wait. The show is one more week away and we’re almost peeing our pants with excitement. We’ve had a ton of shirt sales in these last few weeks leading up to the show. Much love to all you moto-freaks for supporting our midwest cycle culture. Tees have been reordered and because you’ve all been so rad about buying them up, we’re extending our FREE SHIPPING indefinitely. SO… Get your shirt before the show so you can wear the damn thing or just pick one up from the Speed Club booth.

Other show highlights will include.
The hot Blonde selling Bearded Lady Swag.
Custom painted Biltwell Helmet Raffle.
Beer-Pizza-Bands
Motorcycle Contest
and more.